[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 34, Issue 112

[greg mushial]

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> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:54:07 -0700
> From: Kevin Cook <hikelite at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] trail cooking
> To: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
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Kevin - the top of the day to ya...

> Greg, I think I recall reading that SA article! :)
>
> I have no idea of those freeze dried meal bags have BPA in them. In that
> article, they said that boiling water increased the amount of leeching 55
> times. What if you just pre-leech the bags at home? take a half dozen of
> them and repeatedly fill them with boiling water a few times? That outta
> leech out most of the nasty stuff, no?

Can't argue - that should precondition the surfaces

>
> How do we know your titanium pot is safe?

when I google "titanium toxicity" and read the hits I feel generally safe - 
but, do I "KNOW"...  no, hard to prove a negative

> Mine is aluminum. I know some
> folks have issues with aluminum, but I've never found a study linking
> aluminum cook pots to any problems.

Aluminum would probably be my 2nd choice - but since I took a weight hit, I 
tried to make is as small as possible

> I think you missed the major benefit for
> me though. I don't want to dirty my pot.

I hear you - have to agree...  and if I could find a soak-bag that I 
trusted, I'd do likewise

> If possible, I prefer to only use
> it to heat water. I don't think the plastic bags are harder to clean.

I find that the inside corners are hard to get the food out of, even if I 
turned them inside out

> In
> fact, as I said, I think they clean easier. I even use them at wet camps.
> They save fuel and I think are easier to clean. Plus my morning coffee
> doesn't have that subtle flavor of mac n cheese :P
>

mac n cheese coffee...  such a way to start the morning  :-(   actually I 
find that heating 2 or 3 oz of water, takes little time, a little fuel, and 
speeds the cleanup, especially if there were fats in the meal...  but again, 
I've moved to Diane's approach - one hot meal a day, the rest finger food... 
so the number of cleanups isn't that great.

enjoy - TheDuck