[pct-l] food containers when you don't need a bear vault?

[Laura Newman]

As a girl who has mainly backpacked in the Sierras, I have always  
used bear canisters to hold my food and other stinky stuff.  As I  
daydream about not having to haul that thing for the entire 2,650  
miles it dawned on me that I don't know what to use for the other  
areas where a canister is not needed.

Any good suggestions to insure not ending up with a bag of crumbs for  
dinner or the possibility of spilling something all over one's gear?   
And how do you keep the critters out if using a stuff sack?  Lastly,  
is the point to start using it at Kennedy Meadows?  And when can one  
safely send that thing home?

Thanks in advance,

Laura
Class of 2009