[pct-l] foods you would never pack again

[Kevin]

Were you mailing your pasta? Did you try pre-cooking it at all? I did a test batch a couple days ago. I haven't cooked any yet though. Hoping to try a meal on the trail this weekend if I can get away. 

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On Mar 10, 2011, at 11:10 PM, Jeffrey Olson <jolson at olc.edu> wrote:

> Any kind of pasta grows old over time.  There is nothing like warm, 
> sticky, undercooked, "make it seem good by calling it al dente" pasta.  
> Boil the water.  Let the pasta soak.  Hah!
> 
> And after a couple weeks you realize you're carrying a lot of air with 
> that macaroni or rotilli or???  About the only pasta worth carrying is 
> spaghetti - you're not carrying air in your baggie.
> 
> I remember choking that stuff down because I was hungry and knew if I 
> buried it (and I've buried lots of pasta) I'd be hungry later.  Choke, 
> snort, cough, swallow, grunt, moan.  No more pasta please!!!
> 
> Jeffrey Olson
> Martin, SD - where after a 50 degree day the snow is melting, the vales 
> between hills are filling with water, and skunks are the most visible 
> form of current roadkill.  Prairie dogs come in April when the snow is 
> gone and the roads are warm but the earth is frozen still.
> 
> 
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