[pct-l] Dehydrated Meals

[TBrokaw at montmush.com]

Great tips here from everyone.  I would add a couple of suggestions.  I've 
been section hiking also, so I have an opportunity to learn & make 
adjustments each year.  You can make a pot cozy for almost no cost using 
heat reflective bubble wrap & duct tape.  Sacrifice an old windshield heat 
reflector or purchase new material from a hardware store for about $1. 
With this, you can cook pasta.  It will also conserve fuel thus saving 
pack weight.  Bring your pasta to a boil then put the pot in your cozy for 
another 15 min. to finish cooking.  My first year, I supplied myself with 
way too much food since many sources suggested 3,000-5,000 calories per 
day needed.  What I didn't realize is that this is not needed for the 
first few weeks.  Also, I found it hard to eat much in the desert.  So, 
you don't need to plan for so much food until the Sierras.    I also found 
it slightly inconvenient to wait for re-supply places to open.  I lost a 
package at Paradise Cafe since they closed early on the day I passed by. 
This was understandable since it was Easter Sunday.  I didn't miss the 
food much but did miss my printed maps that were also in the box.  The 
following year, I decided to shop more along the way to be more flexible. 
One further point, I suggest providing some sort of electrolyte supplement 
for the desert.  I felt nauseated after long days in the heat despite 
plenty of water.  Since I live & train in a cooler climate, water is 
normally sufficient for me.  But after several days of profuse sweating, 
your electrolytes can get pretty depleted.  Good luck & have a fantastic 
time.

Barista
 
Tom Brokaw
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From:   Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com>
To:     PCT List <pct-l at backcountry.net>, 
Date:   05/07/2016 06:05 AM
Subject:        Re: [pct-l] Dehydrated Meals
Sent by:        Pct-L <pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net>



I have cooked pasta first, then dehydrated it. And it reconstitutes fine 
with cold water along with the rest of the meal. Same with rice.

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> Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 21:39:52 -0700
> From: melaniekclarke at gmail.com
> To: awb51 at hotmail.com
> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Dehydrated Meals
> 
> Dear Adrian,
> 
> First of all, to reduce all the packaging, most of us transfer all
> dehydrated foods into a sandwich sized ziplock baggie.  There is just no
> way to do a long distance hike without this step.  Yes, it takes time.
> Many of us do not take a stove.  We place the dehydrated dinners inside 
2
> ziplocks; the sandwich size we carry in our pack and then a Quart size.
> Add water at about 2pm and place at the top of your pack.  By dinner, it
> will be rehydrated and ready to eat.  This will only work with 
completely
> cooked dehydrated foods.  Pasta needs to be boiled.  It will never
> reconstitute.  So forget pasta.
> 
> A good vegetarian (and vegan) hiking food company is *OUTDOOR
> HERBIVORE http://outdoorherbivore.com/ <http://outdoorherbivore.com/> * 
They
> will mail to the towns along the trail.  So, you need to have some idea 
of
> where you are going to stop to resupply.  Get Yogi's PCT book
> http://www.yogisbooks.com/  I also think you can get her book on
> Amazon.com.  She puts one out every year to update information but most 
of
> the information stays the same so get any year you can.  I walk about 20
> miles a day (35K) and like to stop about once a week.  I work so I'm 
just a
> section hiker but I plan to hike the entire PCT in about 3 years when I
> "semi-retire".
> 
> I read the other responses and they are good.  It will be very easy to 
hike
> vegetarian.  You will soon understand why Americans are soooo fat!!! 
It's
> a little tricky to hike as a vegan.  You can combine several different 
food
> sources; stores along the way, mail order etc.  Mountain House and
> Backpacker's Pantry have Vegetarian dinners (at hiking stores, REI etc)
>  I'm an older female so I avoid sugary foods, even when I'm hiking.  But
> many young men with no body fat seem to like the Snickers candy bars for
> high calorie foods.  Nuts are also nutritious and high calorie.  Most of
> what you'll burn is carbohydrates.  Only 5-10% of your calories need to 
be
> from protein (more than enough). (Human breast milk is only 5% protein 
and
> babies double their size on this diet) Fats lighten your pack load but
> understand that your body has to convert the fats to carbohydrates 
before
> you can utilize them.  Fats metabolize at a slow rate, just so you know.
> 
> I think it is a good idea to just supply your hike up to Mammoth or 
Tahoe.
> By then, you will have a better idea of your hiking pace and what you 
like
> to eat and how much.  In Mammoth or Tahoe, take a day or 2 to resupply 
for
> another 800 miles.  Our post office supplies boxes and everything you 
need
> to do this.  The post office will hold your package for you.  List a 
date
> for possible pick up.  You can supply most of your food and supplies in 
the
> towns along the way.  But ordering packaged food is good too.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Diet Plan
> 
> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 2:16 AM, awb51 <awb51 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Since I am flying in from Europe via Canada, I prefer to source my 
meals
> > for
> > my Mail-Drops locally in the US.
> > Which are good brands or sources for vegetarian meals?
> > On a long-distance hike one burns tons of calories, as a result I need 
high
> > calorie versions, i.e. double portions whenever possible. Often the 
pouches
> > have less than 500kcal which leads to too much packaging and cost.
> > Thanks
> > Adrian alias Matterhorn
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