[pct-l] Food on the trail

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What I've been doing lately is using ground meat, turkey, or chicken, tossing 
the stuff in a pot of boiling water for a couple of minutes to boil off the 
fat, then sticking it it my dehydrator for  three hours or so,  Then I put 
result (about the consistancy and weight of styrofoam) in a freezer bag (they're a 
bit tougher than standard sandwich bags) toss in a little oxygen absorber 
packet that you can order from Walton Foods by the hundred and stick it in my 
back pack.  Then, come dinner, you can reconstitute it in a pan of water; that 
takes a minimum of 10 minutes, better if you wait for 20 minutes.  I add it to 
Lipton Noodles or, if I don't mind simmering for 20 minutes, Hamburger Helper.  
Trust me, it tastes a lot better than any of the freeze dried dinners.

You can use most any kind of ground meat.  I've used 20% fat hamburger and it 
works just fine.

However, don't ever try this with pork sausage.  I did once and I'll tell 
you, if you have a significant other like mine, you'll never hear the end of it.  
As in, Gee. I'd Sure like that new MSR stove, to which the reply is, is this 
another pork sausage experiment? Or, as in, I'd sure like that new fleece 
jacket, to which the reply is, is this another pork sausage experiment? Or..well, 
you get the idea....