[pct-l] Rehydrating food versus cooking

[Jim & Jane Moody]

I've gone stoveless the last two years. Some things that rehydrate well in cold water (but require several hours) are freeze-dried meats & veggies, peanut powder, refried and black bean mixes, cous-cous, and instant potatoes. I pre-mix the peanut powder with honey crystals, Nido, and coconut milk powder. 
Mango 

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From: "GottaWalk" <gottawalk at pacbell.net> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 9:18:37 PM 
Subject: [pct-l] Rehydrating food versus cooking 

We carried Fideo cortata that cooks in five minutes. It is about the same thickness as angel hair past. It is raw and needs heat to become palatable! I tried rehydrating it after running out of fuel and it was a horrible gluey mess. Hot chocolate with milk does not mix well in cold water but stays lumpy and grainy. Perhaps they needed more soaking time but I thought they were both disgusting. 

I am going stoveless this year. Neither is on my menu. 

BTW, we have never had a campfire while hiking. Our first hikes were in the Sierra where signs prohibit fires above a certain elevation, either 9000' or 9600' because the environment takes a very long time to replace the burned wood. After thinking about that, it seemed to make sense to forgo all campfires, especially in the arid West. 


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