[pct-l] No-cook Recipes

[karl jorgensen]

hi jj

on my 06 thru hike i only used a stove one time.  I made all of my meals before hand and dehydrated them and they a couple of hours before time to eat put them in my container and rehydrated them.  It worked very well.  If I ever do a long hike or thru hike again, I will do it the same way, and will not even carry a stove.   jorgy 06

ps  if you want more info just let me know


----- Original Message -----
From: Steel-Eye <chelin at teleport.com>
Date: Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:05 am
Subject: Re: [pct-l] No-cook Recipes
To: Jim Keener <jj at oldmanwalking.net>, pct-l at backcountry.net

> 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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