[pct-l] jet boil or to boil water

[David Ellzey]

I thing I learned while teaching myself how to prep FBC meals was that store bought dry pasta is uncooked, it was dried directly from pasta in dough form. So what you are really doing is cooking it, not rehydrating it and that takes longer. For FBC meals you take the time to cook it at home first then dehydrate it back to dry pasta so you are in fact just rehydrating it with hot water.

I had a few meals of crunchy pasta before I figured that out...

Dave

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Postholer
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:09 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] jet boil or to boil water

When rehydrating food we tend to boil water, then drop in the noodles, 
macaroni, whatever.

Right? I mean that's the way we do it at home? :)

Try this. Put your water in the pot, drop the noodles in the cold water, put 
it over the stove. You *must* use a lid and well fitting wind screen. This 
is a tried and true method used by many 'a thru-hiker. This will cook ~1 
quart pot (1 pkg liptons noodle & sauce, box of mac &cheese or 2 pkgs of 
ramen) in about 10 minutes, using 1 esbit tab or shot of alcohol.

Another tip is to short the amount of water you use. If you need 2 cups, use 
1 3/4.

A 'perfect' wind screen can be made from 3 or 4 folds of heavy duty aluminum 
foil and it weighs almost nothing.

-postholer
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