[pct-l] Ray Jardine

[giniajim]

I like Fritos Corn Chips myself, one of my favorite snack foods.  Never thought about carrying them on an extended hike, seems like it would be hard to keep from crushing them.  What other ready to eat corn pastas are out there on the market?  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CHUCK CHELIN 
  To: Scott Williams 
  Cc: Matthew Edwards ; pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Ray Jardine


  Good evening, Shroomer,



  I don’t always agree with Jardine – maybe half the time – but I certainly
  agree about corn pasta.  It is one of my all-time favorite trail foods.  The
  way I like it best is simple:  Deep fried with a little salt.  It has good,
  basic, whole-grain corn; corn oil for Calories and palatability; and the
  salt that hikers need.



  I have prepared it myself at home for a hike, but for convenience I now buy
  it ready-to-eat.  My favorite brand is Fritos Corn Chips, although there are
  many others on the market.  All of them are just corn pasta -- fried or
  baked -- ready to eat.  Yum.



  Steel-Eye

  Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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  On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

  > I love that old copy too.  It was reading that book that got me slowly but
  > surely lightening my load.  Each year in the 90's I'd try at least one new
  > Jardine technique per backpack trip.  First was tennis shoes instead of my
  > old Vasque boots, and corn pasta.  The tennis shoes stayed, the corn pasta
  > was a bust, at least for me.  I know other folks had figured out some of
  > the
  > ultra light phylosophy on their own, but it was reading Jardine that got me
  > to seriously looking at all my gear.  My pack is easily 35 to 40 lbs
  > lighter
  > than it was pre-Jardine.
  >
  > Shroomer
  >