[pct-l] Caustions about no-cook-food

[Reinhold Metzger]

[pct-l] Caustions about no-cook-food *Once  "Hiker Trash",......always  
"Hiker Trash"

Some folks ask..."Wat's the difference between "Hiker Trash" & "Homeless 
Trash"?

GORTEX!!!

Also,  "Homeless Trash"  is cleaner and less malnourished.

JMT Reinhold
Your filthy, malnourished trail companion



Scott Williams* wrote:
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Yeah, when we saw him dumpster diving for just the right water bottle, we
knew he was one of us.  We couldn't turn him into hiker trash, he was
already there.

Shroomer


On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com  <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>
>/  wrote:
/
>/  Dear Reinhold
/>/
/>/  Cooked carbohydrate became alpha state ( We call this state alpha in Japan,
/>/  it is a paste like state ), so we can digest easily, but it return to the
/>/  precooked state in several days, so we usually cook once again. The
/>/  carbohydrate in the naturally (or may heat ) dried food will turned into
/>/  precooked state in the long run(several weeks). The freeze dry food
/>/  maintains cooked state for a long time.
/>/
/>/  I don't know the state change of protein. It may remain cooked state or
/>/  not. The study of digestive rate of egg is also shocking for me. But, I
/>/  usually like cooked state, for example, I do not like Sashimi ( raw fish )
/>/  and Sushi.
/>/
/>/  Concerning the digestive rate, a few studies were carried out.  There may
/>/  be no gender difference, but the author maintains the digestive rate may
/>/  related to the length of small intestine. Therefore, some people will be
/>/  largely influenced by the no-cooked state.
/>/
/>/  I was proved to be a hiker trash from long time ago, based on the American
/>/  standard. The investigation of hiker barrel or trash box is a great delight
/>/  for me. Thanks very much for American friends. Therefore, Shroomer could
/>/  not spoil me.
/