[pct-l] Butter Powder

[Ernie Castillo]

Powdered refried beans + water + powerdered cheese + oil sounds interesting.
Has anybody tried to dehydrate or freeze dry tortillas?
If so, I won't be able to use my addiction to Taco Bell as an excuse not to go hiking.

Ernie Castillo
PCT Class of 1980
 
> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:43:39 -0800
> From: steeleye at wildblue.net
> To: atetuna at hotmail.com
> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Butter Powder
> 
> Good morning, Eugene,
> 
> As a cookless hiker I use lots of powdered butter and/or cheese. I used to
> buy the product in cans from Walton Feed at http://waltonfeed.com/ -- an
> excellent source for hiking food -- but I recently found that a local food
> store chain, Winco, sells powdered cheese in bulk. Strangely, I can’t tell
> much difference between the powdered butter and the cheese. Both are pretty
> much like the stuff in the packet that comes in the Mac ‘n Cheese box.
> 
> 
> 
> I carry about ¼ cup of the powder in a small, “snack-size” Ziploc bag, and
> for a meal I pour in water – or even better, oil if it’s available – and
> kneed the contents for a minute or so till it’s smooth. I use it as a dip
> for my dry, brown carbohydrate substances or I just bite off one corner of
> the sack and squeeze it out like toothpaste.
> 
> 
> 
> I use powdered refried beans in a similar fashion. I used to dry my own
> refried beans – it’s really quick and easy – but now I buy them in bulk from
> Winco. The beans won’t readily reconstitute well with oil so I use
> water. That’s
> OK because when I hike cookless I don’t carry oil anyway. A favorite is to
> combine the sack of bean powder with the sack of cheese powder and mix it
> all together. That’s a good place for a cookless hiker to mix in some hot
> sauce as well.
> 
> 
> 
> I sometimes carry little individual packets of condiments, and my runaway
> favorite is mayonnaise. Real mayo has a very high oil content for added
> Calories, and I can squirt it on most of my food basics. Sometimes I just
> take a bite and squirt some mayo into my mouth. Most other condiments
> enhance flavor but don’t increase the Calorie level very much.
> 
> 
> 
> Bon Appétit …
> 
> 
> 
> Steel-Eye
> 
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> 
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> 
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Eugene Leafty <atetuna at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I bought some of that stuff for my macaroni and ramen for my training
> > hikes.
> > It works pretty well. I didn't use it after my training hikes, but that's
> > because I want completely cookless.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> > On Behalf Of Austin Williams
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 3:36 PM
> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: [pct-l] Butter Powder
> >
> > mmmmmmmmmmm........
> > https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/information_center/butter_powder.htm
> >
> > --
> > Austin Williams
> >
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