[pct-l] Instant coffee tastes awful?? Cowboy Coffee

[mardav at charter.net (Marion Davison)]

Bluce Ree wrote:

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>I was wondering if anyone had luck with soaking foods
>ie beans, rice instead of cooking them. I'd like to
>ditch my stove for this hike. Any ideas?
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We did a 300 mile hike in 1996 from Camp Whitsett to Mt. Whitney to 
Yosemite Valley (JMT +90) and did not carry a stove, to save weight.  
Breakfast and lunch were eaten on the trail--dried fruit, nuts, energy 
bars, chocolate, dried tomatoes, jerky.  Dinner was granola with 
powdered soy milk, eaten while our main course rehydrated in cold 
water.  The main course was bean soup.  It rehydrated in a plastic 
koolaid container with a lid.
The recipe for the soup is in Lipsmackin Backpackin on page 72.  It is 
really cheap to make and nutritious as well.  We saved a lot of weight 
with no stove, fuel, or pots.
llamalady