[pct-l] No-cook Recipes

[Steel-Eye]

Good morning, JJ,


I often hike without cooking, or even "heating", and did so for several 
months on the PCT this year.  I resupplied mostly from home, and several 
homemade items continued to be popular the whole time.  One important item 
is beef hamburger jerky. I much prefer 'burger jerky because it is much less 
trouble to make, the pieces can be made very consistent in size for good 
packing, and it can be easily crumbled into a pot dinner if that's what's on 
the menu.  I like to use the low-fat meat because I believe it keeps longer. 
Cold, I like eat it with little squeeze-packets of mayonnaise because I like 
the flavor and the mayo increases the fat content.



For breakfast I eat homemade granola every day on the trail.  It's high in 
calories, dense to pack, and I can eat it right out of the Ziploc while 
hiking.   I like to eat various kinds of chips, crackers, and bread 
products, and I usually have something to spread on them or something for a 
dip.  My favorite spread/dip is reconstituted powdered cheese or powdered 
butter.  I carry the powder in snack-size Ziplocs, and at lunchtime I add a 
little water or oil, close the sack, and kneed it for a minute or two.  I 
then bite off the corner of the Ziploc and squeeze the stuff onto a cracker 
or directly into my mouth.  I dehydrate canned refried beans, make it into a 
powder and eat it the same way.  It doesn't seem to mix well with oil so I 
use only water to reconstitution.  I pack peanut butter the same way, biting 
off a corner and squeezing out the contents.  It's easy to get PB into the 
Ziplocs.  I melt it, put an open-top Ziploc on the scale, and pour till I 
get the measure I want.  I've never had one open up in my food sack.  I 
always like homemade trail mix, with lots of nuts, dried fruits, and dark 
chocolate chips or M&Ms.



If any of that is of interest to you I can send you the instructions.

Steel-Eye
http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Keener" <jj at oldmanwalking.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 12:49 PM
Subject: [pct-l] No-cook Recipes


> Greetings,
>
> I am looking for no-cook recipes for the trail. Some I can pack and
> ship from home, and others I can pick up along the trail.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Keener ( J J )
> http://oldmanwalking.net
>
>
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