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

[richard at hare22.demon.co.uk (Richard Hare)]

I think your vacuum sealing may be  the key then.  I don't have one so rely
on zip locks which I've found  tend to let air in over time.  I've tended to
make vegetarian dishes too, but drop bits of beef jerky in as I rehydrate
it.  I add boiling water to a zip lock full of couscous in a cozy, then as
much oil as I can stomach!  seems to work well for  me.

I'm just considering my old rice pudding recipe based on your idea.  Tinned
cream rice pudding dehydrated was a disaster, never rehydrating properly,
but I guess if I chucked it in the  blender I would have a sweet creamy
ground rice type comfort food mmmm sounds good to me!


Rik

> Almost all the meals I made had a pretty high fat content.  I'm not
> sure what the maximum shelf life of these meals would be.  However, I
> do know that they will last at least 9 months when vacuum sealed in
> plastic bags.  I didn't encounter any spoilage during this time.
>
> Note: I only made vegetarian meals.  I'm not sure if meat-filled
> meals would have the same spoilage rate.  I'll leave that for someone
> else to try.
>
> -Teflon
>
> Btw, grinding makes for quick, even rehydrating.
>
>
>
> --- Richard Hare <richard@hare22.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > That's neat idea,
> >
> > I've ended up with made several of those crispy dehydrated mush
> > meals which
> > never really rehydrated well, I never thought to through them in
> > the blender
> > again!
> >
> > One thing though,  when you say 'boost your carbs, protein and
> > fat', I've
> > never really used much fat while dehydrating, I assumed that it
> > didn't keep
> > well and went rancid easy preferring to add oil whilst cooking.
> > How long do
> > your 'high fat' meals last?
> >
> > Rik
> >
> >
> >
> > > Heres 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.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>