[pct-l] Instant Rice, Powered Cheese & Butter

[dicentra]

LOL!!
 
Of course the real thing is the best.  Stumbling Norwegian mails (yes mails!!) himself string cheese - the single serving, individually wrapped kind. There's a ton of flavors of those now too. I just saw a tomato basil one in the store!

Nido IS the best for powdered milk. It might be kind of hard to find on the trail.  You can sub powdered baby formula (kudos to Jester for that idea). 

Annie's brand used to sell the packets of powdered cheese (like you get in a box mix) without the pasta. I searched their site and Amazon with no luck so I don't think they are doing that any more. 
 
HOWEVER. There are no rules. If you buy a box of mac n cheese... Use the noodles to make something else (alfredo? pesto? tomato) and use the cheese powder in your potatoes or couscous or whatever.  Same goes for those packages that have sliced potatoes.

OR... Packit Gourmet, Harmony House, Frontier Foods all have several kinds of powdered cheeses and butter.

Instant rice.  Store brands are pretty much the same across the board.  You can find instant BROWN rice.   If you have a dehydrator you can make your own instant rice (quinoa, millet, barley, lentils, wild rice...) by cooking it normally and then laying it on dehydrator trays to dry.  I think you end up with a much nicer and more nutritious product that way... You might not to do that much work before your trip. *shrugs*


wow... that was way longer than I intended it to be. I hope the info is helpful.
 
~Dicentra

http://www.onepanwonders.com ~ Backcountry Cooking at its Finest
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--- On Wed, 3/13/13, Tracy Fisher <tfisher9 at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Tracy Fisher <tfisher9 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Instant Rice, Powered Cheese & Butter
To: "Jackie McDonnell" <yogihikes at gmail.com>, "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 3:35 PM


How dare you all caps me! My dad owns a powered cheese factory.... ;-)

No, really, thanks for the tip/info. Yes, I'd much rather eat real cheese. 

Tracy

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> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:27:42 -0500
> From: yogihikes at gmail.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Instant Rice, Powered Cheese & Butter
>
> POWDERED CHEESE!?!?! Say it isn't so! That's worse than turkey bacon.
> Just carry real cheese. You can buy it at pretty much any resupply place,
> including resorts and C-Stores.
>
> yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Tracy Fisher <tfisher9 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What is everyone's favourite of the following and the best source for
> > them, bulk or otherwise?
> >
> > 1. Instant Rice
> > 2. Powered Cheese
> > 3. Powered Butter
> >
> > I've tried a couple instant rice mixes as well as cheese powers that were
> > not that great. I am looking for products that lean towards healthy (with
> > mostly all natural ingredients or at least with very few ingredients).
> >
> > All suggestions appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Tracy
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