[pct-l] Cooking Methods

[dicentra]

Puzzling.
 
Here's my thoughts. YMMV.

If you are doing just-add-water type meals I think you would use about the same amount of fuel with both methods.  After all you are only boiling water and that pretty much takes a set amount of time.

HOWEVER... if you put the food in the *cold* water to soak first, it can start to rehydrate and you don't really need to bring the water to a full rolling boil to be "done".  Just warm your food to whatever temperature you desire.
 
That said, I almost always just add boiling water to the dried food and wait for it to rehydrate. 
 
~Dicentra


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--- On Sat, 3/9/13, Daniel Zellman <danielzellman at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Daniel Zellman <danielzellman at gmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Cooking Methods
To: "PCT-L" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 5:53 AM


I think this may already have been discussed on here, but I can't find it
in the archives and so was wondering if anyone can speak to whether it
actually saves a significant amount fuel to cook by boiling JUST water and
pouring it into the bag/pot with the beans [potatoes/noodles/whatever] vs
putting the dry beans [potatoes/noodles/whatever] into the pot with the
cold water and bringing the whole thing to a boil.

Thanks.

-dz

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