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[pct-l] Dehydrating Food



So that's what I've been missing while on all those long walks.

Steve Peterson <steve_peterson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:One thing I would mention here is that mashing everything up makes for efficient 
packing and rehydration (and I do a lot of mashing myself), but it *kills* the 
variety of texture that many (most? all?) people eventually miss after a while 
on the trail.

Professional chefs give a lot of thought to how food feels in the mouth and 
I've found that variety of texture (crunchy, chewey, rough, smooth, etc.) is 
important to me on longer hikes--an unexpected finding. I suspect what many 
hikers miss by the time they get to town is a change in texture of the food as 
much as the calories and nutrients.



		
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