[pct-l] dehydrated foods

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

Regarding the dehydrated foods:

My wife decided to only go with dehydrated foods from Kennedy Meadows to 
Lake Tahoe so she didn't need to carry a stove or pot. She made up her own 
menus of nutritionally balanced, appropriate calorie food and dried those. 
It took her quite a while and the house had the aroma for weeks. ... But, 
she said it worked great. She just threw the food into cold water in a 
plastic jar, hiked with it for a few of hours, and then had an enjoyable 
cold meal (at least most of them). She now says she would do this in other 
sections too, although sometimes she would have enjoyed something hot. I 
don't think this would work for long when it gets cold (like in 
Oregon/Washington).

She did not vacuum seal anything. Instead, she put the individual portions 
in plastic bags and then froze them until they were shipped. She had no 
problem with spoilage.

Doing this reduced the weight of food and gave her the balance she needed. 
Just make sure to sample the food before you go to make sure you like the 
taste and that it hydrates OK. Some of her meals didn't work.

Regarding sleeping bags:

Lots of good ones out there. Spend the $. I would go with 800+ down, a cover 
which has some waterproofing (like Epic) [we just used normal nylon which 
works OK], and enough room so you don't compress the sides. Women normally 
sleep colder, so I wouldn't go less than a 20 degree bag. Find a store or a 
friend's bag and crawl into one before you buy.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SUSAN STARK" <susanstar3@msn.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 11:00 AM
Subject: [pct-l] dehydrated foods


Hi folks,
Ah, 101 questions...
Two that currently or at top of my (ever expanding list) are food prep and 
sleeping bags.  Eating and sleeping are two great pleasures of life.
I have a dehydrator and vacumm sealer.  Have not used dehydrator yet.
Would love to hear how PCTers have utilized these items for trail foods.
Sleeping bags - again, so many...
thanks
susan
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