[pct-l] bulk foods (and "REAL food" question)

[fascin8tion at hotmail.com (Amy Goodrich)]

Hi listers,

First, thanks for all your input on my hiking in a dress/skirt/kilt/MUG 
question - like anything, I suppose it's a system I'll have to try out in 
advance for fine-tuning.  I've scrapped up a few candidate dresses (thanks, 
Goodwill!) of varying materials and lengths, so here goes...

I happened across this website: http://www.bulkfoods.com/ and thought it 
might be of interest to anyone planning on using maildrops at any point(s) 
on the trail... especially if you're nowhere near a whole-foods store (I'm 
stuck in Texas for the time being) the prices look pretty good for a wide 
array of stuff, including:

Dried fruits: w/ or w/o sulphur or sugar, all-natural, and organics
Nuts: roasted, raw, w/ or w/o salt
Mixes: fruit, nut, seed, trail, snack, gourmet, and combinations thereof
Snack-foods: about 15 different kinds of sesame-stick things, crackers, 
roasted seeds & soy nuts, and wasabi/cajun-type spicy mixes
Bulk grains, cereals, pastas - lots of variety
Beans & Legumes: including a few soup mixes
Baking Mixes: listing several varieties of milk, egg, and whey powders
Cooking mixes: listing soup bases, dried vegetables, and tvp

>From what I can see, the shipping's free with a $5 packing charge for any 
size order...

On that note: I know most people resupply on-the-way, but I've been thinking 
about sending a few key resupplies to dilute the fare of 
snickers/pop-tarts/MSG-laced ramen I'm assuming I'll be saturated with... l 
have a feeling I'll miss my meusli and tvp and other such "real-food" 
staples (no offense to pop-tart connoiseurs...:)

Where would be the best locations for this?  This question could maybe also 
be phrased: where are the worst spots, as far as the diversity of resupply 
options?

Thanks,
**Amy**

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