[pct-l] No Cook

[dicentra]

Here's the article I wrote on stove free food ideas... Might help?
 
http://www.onepanwonders.com/stovefreehiking.htm
 
Dicentra


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--- On Sun, 8/30/09, Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com>
Subject: [pct-l] No Cook
To: "PCT MailingList" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 4:27 PM


>>I am moving to no cooking on the trail.?
I am starting to do this as well for longer backpacks.  I have done it on short stretches for day or two at a time, but never consistently.

This past year, I experimented with this method on a chunk of the Arizona Trail (115 miles), for the Tahoe Rim Trail (168 miles) and about to do it again
on a chunk of the CDT this week (Silverton to Cumbres Pass. ~150 miles.  I took the lower route when I did the CDT in 2006 due to snow).

Anyway, I've grown to love the no-cook method. Not so much for weight savings (perhaps  a wash as I can't use all dried food), but for simplicity.

No fuel, no futz, easy resupply. I can find PB, tuna and crackers almost anywhere. :)

I am finding many of my traditional backpacking foods (cous cous, mashed potato flakes for example) rehydrate great and taste fine cold
(An experiment with stove top? Not so much! :D).  Add some protein (tuna or hard salami) and it is a good backpacking meal.

I also doing cold oatmeal with walnuts and craisans (cold) for breakfast, so I am saving weight that way.

Going cold is not the best choice for everyone or for all occasions, but it is another great tool to use in the long distance hikers kit and
perhaps something for others hikers to consider.



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