[pct-l] Quinoa?

[Diane Soini]

Something that worked well for me was to cook my dinner (I cooked in my pot) and then put the entire pot inside a cozy and inside a heavy zip-lock bag or two. Then carefully put it at the top of my pack and hike on for another hour or two. This ensured it was always perfectly done and not so hot to burn my tongue. Does not work well with soup. A trick for low water sections in the north part of the trail was to make a pot of instant pudding and store it in my pack to eat later. That's like two extra cups of water.

On Apr 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Message: 17
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 15:16:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jake Handy <jakers329 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Quinoa?
> 
> I've chosen quinoa as one of my main dinner choices for the trail. ?I've cooked ?on a few backpacking trips but it always seems to be a bit under done. ?My system is to bring a cup of it to boil (with dehydrated veggies/spices), boil for about a minute then put my pot in cozy for about 10-15 mins. ?Two questions; ?Any better system anyone else has discovered? ?And, is it ok to eat under done quinoa?
> Thanks!
> Jake