[pct-l] time before peanut butter goes bad

[Romano Scaturro]

Hello Steel Eye--

That sounds like good advice, which you seem to have no shortage of. 
Thanks.

I'm wondering at what point, going north bound, a bear cannister should be 
acquired or, if one is needed at all?  I hiked the JMT 4 years ago with one 
and it was really bulky and heavy.  I cursed it often but did find it useful 
as a camp stool and washing machine.

Also, whats your preference for backpacks?  I currently have an old NF 
Snowleopard which Ive been using for the last 25 years.

And lastly, what's the earliest you think one should arrive to the central 
Ca. section, namely the JMT portion?  I remember that even in July Forrester 
Pass had quite a bit of snow.

Romano


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net>
To: "Zoli Bassoff" <zolish at gmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] time before peanut butter goes bad


Good morning, Zoli,

If I receive a resupply box it will have been packed about two to three
weeks before I use it.  When I call home from a trail town my next box will
already be at, or on the way to, the next stop.  What I then do is specify
where my stop-after-next box should be sent, the number of trail-days
projected, and the number of Calories per day that it should contain.  That
way the food is in transit and stored for two weeks, and it could be in my
pack for another week.  Peanut butter, and most hard cheeses and salami,
will tolerate that OK.



At home I much prefer the taste of the all-natural, no-preventives, PB, but
for resupply boxes I use the name-brand stuff that’s chock full of
preventives to keep it from going funky.  Yummy.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Zoli Bassoff <zolish at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reading the post of ideas for storing peanut butter. I was considering the
> idea. If one has to pack up the food boxes months in advance how does one
> pack peanut butter in seperate packages and not have it go bad. Does the
> person mailing the boxes give a hand with the fresh peanut butter and
> cheese items in the food boxes.
>
> thanks
> zoli
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