[pct-l] dehydrated beans and potatoes

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Apr 15, 2010, at 12:42 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Also this may be a dumb question, but a lot of people on here have  
> mentioned being able to buy dehydrated beans/potatoes. Can anyone  
> tell me where you guys are buying them from? I'm gonna head up to a  
> Trader Joes and see what I can find today but I was just stumped by  
> where I might find this type of stuff. Any help with that would  
> also be appreciated.
>

I believe if you can find bulk bins your best choice for dehydrated  
beans is black bean soup mix, dehydrated refried beans and/or lentil  
soup mix. For the soups, just put less water and you have something  
like refried beans. If you can't find bulk bins, you can sometimes  
find this as a dehydrated soup usually in a single-serving cardboard  
cup.

For potatoes, they mean mashed potatoes. Idahoan is easiest to make  
because you just add water and it has different flavors, but other  
brands have less chemical-sounding ingredients and even if they say  
to add milk and butter, you can add just water.