[pct-l] Mountain House #10 tins - breaking them up into zip locks?

[Gary Wright]

On Jan 19, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Jim Banks wrote:

> I put the contents of the Mountain House foil packages into the smallest zip
> lock that they will fit into.  Then I bring one of the empty foil pouches
> (once they are empty they fold very small and flat) and use that foil pouch
> to cook all the meals in.  You need to rinse it out after each meal.  The
> Mountain House foil packages are pretty sturdy, some of the other brands you
> have to be careful not to poke a hole in the pouch when you are stirring the
> meal with a fork.


Isn't it just easier to use your pot to cook in?  I'd rather wash out a pot
then try to clean the inside of one of those foil pouches.

Your pot also gets sterilized each time you fire up your stove, whereas the
foil pouch doesn't.

As for cleaning pots, I scrape as much food as possible with my spoon, add
water, scrape some more, drink water, repeat until clean.  I keep a bandana
with my pot for a final wipe of pot and spoon.  The bandanna gets washed in town.

I don't use soap on the pot nor do I throw out the water used to scrape/clean
in order to practice leave-no-trace where I'm cooking.  Some hikers seem
to have a hard time with the 'drink the water' but it is exactly what I
just ate with dinner, just more water, so it doesn't bother me.

Radar