[pct-l] No stove

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Bastian,

Soaking instead of cooking is a pretty good compromise in many situations.  I
know several people who pour a sack of dry stuff into a re-hydration
container and enjoy a fine meal an hour or so later.

My first try at such was notably unsuccessful:  I somehow believed that
soaking would be the same as cooking except it would take longer and the
results would be warm instead of hot.  Once on Trail-600 hike around Mt.
Hood I put a whole box of Macaroni in a Ziploc to soak for an hour,
intending to add the cheese stuff to the soft pasta just before I wanted to
eat.  When I opened the sack in anticipation dinner I found a big,
semi-soft, amorphous mass of pale-white, gelatinous crud that resembled what
med students practice upon.

I strongly recommend starting with recipes from someone who knows what they
are doing.

Steel-Eye
Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
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On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Bastian Schlagowsky <
bastian.schlagowsky at web.de> wrote:

> I met a guy on the JMT who put the water for his meal in a Ziplock and
> then this Ziplock on his lower back to "preheat" it and he said he
> saved a lot of fuel by doing so...
>
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> Bastian Schlagowsky
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> Am 10.12.2009 um 20:36 schrieb Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com>:
>
> >
> >
> >>> If you're prepared to go 'cold', never cook, think how much easier
> >>> this
> >>> would be. Fuel, stoves and pots, sporks and the extra weight all
> >>> go away. In
> >>> the end, it's a trade off.
> >
> > For longer hikes (and sometimes even short, solo ones), it is what I
> > do now.
> >
> > I usually only did one hot meal a day on thru-hikes. So, to switch
> > to no stove was not a
> > huge leap.
> >
> > Many of the off-the-shelf backpacker food (Cous Cous, hummus, Ramen,
> > mashed potatoes and others)
> > work quite well with some hydrating. Rehydrate and eat out of a zip
> > lock or a
> > "disposable" tupperware-type container for a 1oz penalty.
> >
> > Never mind the weight savings. No futzing, resupply is a breeze, no
> > fuel worries.
> >
> > It is not for everyone, but it is an option that may work well for
> > some people (esp. in warm or
> > hot weather).
> >
> >
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