[pct-l] Cookless Soak-N-Eat Foods

[bluceree_superstar at yahoo.com (Bluce Ree)]

Marshall, which foods did not rehydrate well, do you
remember?

Also, I just started playing around with a homemade
solar stove and boiled some water (in only 1 hour!). 
The heaviest part of the rig is the glass jar (painted
black). Does anyone know if hard plastic microwave
safe containers painted black would work too?!

Solar of course has it's draw backs but just a little
aluminum foil and two containers and presto! you have
a solar stove! I like the idea of carrying an
emergency Esbit tab! Thanks Mara.

aloha, Bluce

--- Marshall Karon <m.karon@comcast.net> wrote:

> If you are willing to dehydrate your own food, you
> could make your own 
> tasty, nutritious meals that you could hydrate
> without cooking. My wife did 
> that for the Kennedy Meadows to Lake Tahoe section
> with success. However, 
> she did find some meals that didn't hydrate well in
> cold water and others 
> that she no longer liked after several days. I
> believe this would also work 
> from Campo to Kennedy Meadows without problem.
> 
> I also met a hiker who did the whole trail without
> any cooking nor 
> dehydrated foods - mainly nuts and vitamins.
> 
> However, I would not suggest going without a stove
> the whole way. When it 
> gets cold, you really need something hot. By the
> time you reach Oregon and 
> Washington, the weather will often turn quite cold
> and damp. And, I think 
> you have more variety options with cooking.
> 
> But, with each trail town within 3 to 7 days of each
> other, I suspect that 
> going stoveless could work - if your other equipment
> will protect you if it 
> turns cold and wet. Each to their own.
> 
> Marshall Karon
> Portland, OR
> m.karon@comcast.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bluce Ree" <bluceree_superstar@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Deems" <losthiker@sisqtel.net>; "pct"
> <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Instant coffee tastes awful??
> Cowboy Coffee
> >
> >
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> aloha, Bluce
> > 
> 



		
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