[pct-l] Non-Cooked Food - Share Your Recipes!

[Brandon McGinnity]

No, I was in Jersey, haha. I kept my (rusting) can of denatured alcohol in
the bed of my truck, it's my hypothesis that water got into it and affected
the burn temperature.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:39 PM, dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   Could it have been due to elevation? Water boils at a lower temperature
> the higher you go. (something to think about as you guys go into the
> Sierras)
>
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> *From:* Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>
> *To:* dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com>; pct-l at backcountry.net
> *Sent:* Wed, February 9, 2011 2:26:50 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [pct-l] Non-Cooked Food - Share Your Recipes!
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> Well, the rice sides are half pasta... but it may not be that bad, I don't
> know, never did it with the rice. I just know that I tried cooking some of
> the noodle sides, but couldn't acheive a boil, something wrong with my
> alcohol stove (water in the alcohol?), and even though the water was hot,
> the noodles were slimy and gross. I shudder just thinking about it, haha.
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 6:30 PM, dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>   Ah. Good to know. I haven't done much with those. Do you mean both the
>> rice AND the noodle sides??
>>
>> Thanks,
>>  Dicentra
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>> *From:* Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>
>> *To:* dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com>; pct-l at backcountry.net
>> *Sent:* Tue, February 8, 2011 3:56:45 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [pct-l] Non-Cooked Food - Share Your Recipes!
>>
>> Knorr Sides do NOT come out good without boiling water. It's terribly
>> mushy and slimy.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:58 PM, dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> FWIW, any just-add-water type meals can be done hot or cold. It just
>>> takes a bit
>>> longer to rehydrate them in cold water. And eating cold oatmeal is an
>>> acquired
>>> taste.
>>>
>>> I can post some specific ideas if anyone is interested...
>>>
>>> ~Dicentra
>>>
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>>> From: John Abela <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com>
>>> To: PCT L <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>>> Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 2:53:37 PM
>>> Subject: [pct-l] Non-Cooked Food - Share Your Recipes!
>>>
>>> Hey All,
>>>
>>> Over the last two, maybe three, weeks I have had at least two dozen
>>> people
>>> email me off-list wanting to know what non-cooked food I am using.
>>>
>>> Sadly, my list is very very small.
>>>
>>> But I know a fair number of you out there have made the switch (and some
>>> of
>>> you for many many years now) to non-cooked food.
>>>
>>> So, if you'all could share what you take/make/concoct when it comes to
>>> non-cooked food, for the rest of us just getting started in this, that
>>> would
>>> be awesome!!
>>>
>>> I know for me personally... I would freaking love to be able to have some
>>> variety... there are only so many ways I can switch up Muesli - shrugs.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> John
>>> www.RedwoodOutdoors.Com <http://www.redwoodoutdoors.com/>
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>>> (ps: to the ~dozen people I have told I would post this... sorry it has
>>> taken so long for me to get around to posting this message)
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