[pct-l] Cooking with canned gas

[Ed Jarrett]

You may need to boil it if you have not otherwise treated or filtered it.  Assuming you care about such things.

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> From: wandering_bob at comcast.net
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:03:58 -0700
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cooking with canned gas
> 
> Something to consider - do you really NEED boiling water or could your
> purpose be served just as well with a lower temperature? Heating to a lower
> temperature increases the number of heats you can get from your canister.
> 
> Personally, I cannot drink tea or coffee made with boiling water; I need it
> cooler. The hot water restaurants give you to brew tea at the table is never
> boiling. Freeze-dried meals can be rehydrated in room temperature water - it
> just takes longer. The cooking process is essentially a time vs. temperature
> relationship. Once I stop for the day, it really makes no difference to me
> if it takes 30 minutes for my dinner to "cook" vs. the 8 minutes the package
> calls for. I'm not going anywhere until the morning anyway.
> 
> 
> 
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