[pct-l] Dehydrating Food

[thebeave7 at hotmail.com (eric lee)]

Though not a PCT hiker, I did the JMT last summer and used this technique 
for my hike. I own a Ronco dehydrator from Target, and it's worked well for 
the past 3 years. I've done jerkey, fruit leather, dried tomato sauce/paste, 
various chunked veggies and fruits. I usually make most of my summer hiking 
food in the spring as I find good prices. I kept jerkey for about 3 months, 
no problems(trimmed off all fat, and it was VERY dry). Also the tomato sauce 
and fruit leathers(most berries work really well) lasted the entire summer 
without going bad. May I also suggest a vaccuum sealer, this will add months 
onto the storage time, especially if you are shipping it places. Not to 
mention it helps to save space.
Eric J Lee,  long time lurker


>From: csx@schizoaffective.org
>To: "Aaron Doss" <AaronD@Cadwell.com>
>CC: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Dehydrating Food
>Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:40:51 -0700
>
>On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:32:17 -0700, "Aaron Doss" <AaronD@Cadwell.com> had 
>this
>to say:
>
> >I know that any foods which have any fat or oil in
> >them will go rancid after a few weeks.
>
>
>True fat can go rancid but I've not had it go rancid that fast..  I keep 
>some of
>my dehydrated food in the refrigerator until I am ready to use it hiking.  
>I've
>not actually had any food go rancid yet.
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