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"I celebrate soup."<br><br>This is my favorite response to the question! I too do this when it occurs, but I have a very old plastic cup that has measurements on the side, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and 1 cup. But even then, soup occurs!!<br><br>believe me, you will enjoy having food, any way it comes out by the time you get to. . . well the Saufleys, but definitely the Sierras!<br>tammy<br><br>> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:43:33 -0800<br>> To: Pct-l@backcountry.net<br>> From: jeffreyn@sonic.net<br>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] How do you measure up?<br>> <br>> I've never found that trail cooking, er, rehydrating, requires much <br>> precision. I know from experimenting in the kitchen how full my mug is <br>> with 8 ounces, and I eyeball it. When in doubt I fall back on the 500ml <br>> marking on my pot. If things turn out a little sticky, I add more water. <br>> If things turn out a little runny, I celebrate soup.<br>> <br>> <br>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:20:25 -0800, <stewjohns@comcast.net> wrote:<br>> <br>> > I always seem to have a problem measuring liquids when I am back-packing.<br>> > I have a titanium pot and cup, and when I need to re-hydrate a meal, the <br>> > directions<br>> > say add a cup of water, or a cup and a half etc. I tried to mark my cup <br>> > with a<br>> > felt tip marker at home before I go out, but the mark doesn't last but a <br>> > couple of<br>> > days before it fades away. I know there is a good trick out there for <br>> > measuring<br>> > on the trail, but I never heard anyone mention it. I know no one <br>> > carries a measuring<br>> > cup with them, so what's the trick? How do you measure liquids on the <br>> > trail?<br>> ><br>> > Doc Holiday<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Jeffrey "57" Zimmerman<br>> Sonoma County<br>> The Left Coast<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Pct-l mailing list<br>> Pct-l@backcountry.net<br>> To unsubscribe or change list options (digest, etc):<br>> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l<br><br /><hr />Make distant family not so distant with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/digitallife/keepintouch.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_VideoChat_distantfamily_012008' target='_new'>Start now!</a></body>
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