[pct-l] How much food a day do you need? [PowerMush]

[brentramsby-pct at yahoo.com (Teflon)]

For this approach, don't think in terms of throwing individual food
items into a food processor.  Think in terms of throwing an entire
pan of lasagna into a food processor.

You are correct, veggies and grains aren't super high in calories. 
Most of the calories will come from fats ... cheeses, oils, nuts,
etc.  You will usually need to add more of this stuff to any recipe
you make in order to boost the calorie content.  

Using this approach, when you finish dehydrating and regrinding, you
notice that you'll have a slightly to very oily "powder" remaining. 
(powder is probably not the best choice of words here)  most of the
weight of this substance comes from the oil that remains after
dehydrating.  The ground-up, dehydrated veggies weigh almost nothing

-Teflon




--- Jeffrey Olson <jjolson@uwyo.edu> wrote:
> I wonder if you could be more specific about the food you threw
> into the
> food processor.  200 calories an ounce goes to the "cashew" level
> of
> density.  Veges and grains tend to be 60 to 120 calories an ounce.
> 
> Thanks for being concrete!!!
> 
> Jeff Olson
> Laramie WY
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Teflon" <brentramsby-pct@yahoo.com>
> To: <judsonb@internetcds.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:50 PM
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] How much food a day do you need? [PowerMush]
> 
> 
> > >
> > For a serving size of 1 cup (dry)
> > * Average calorie content = 800 to 1200 calories
> > * Average weight = 4 to 5 ounces
> > * Average cost = $1.00
> > >
> > Here's how you can make PowerMush for yourself.
> >
> > 1. Prepare a regular "one-pot" meal as you normally would
> (boosting
> > carbs, protein and fat as needed)
> >
> > 2. Throw it in a food processor and grind until relatively smooth
> >
> > 3. Take the mush and spread evenly on dehydrator trays and
> dehydrate
> >
> > 4. After dehydrating, throw the crispy stuff back in the food
> > processor and grind into a rough "food powder"
> >
> > 5. Package individual servings in vacuum-sealed bags.
> >
> 
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