[pct-l] Re: TVP

["Erik Wingren" <erik@wingren.com>]

As someone who has watched the market for 'preparedness items' for a couple
decades off and on, I'm going to bet that (assuming we come through Y2K just
peachy) there will be a lot of barely-used freeze dried food on the resale
market this spring. Not to mention that as demand has gone up prices were at
least for a while pretty badly inflated. I'm not sure if that has tapered
off at this point or if it continues to climb, and I haven't been tracking
specifically enough to say about the prices mentioned below.

But I'm still betting that if you're willing to work with #10 cans of
nitrogen packed FD beans, corn, peas, tvp, etc. etc., you'll be able to pick
them up at better prices early next year. ;)

You can also shop around for bulk deals on FD meals.. still kind of pricey..
but at 4-6 bucks.. no more than the drive through and less than most meals
out. I'm a definite fan of Mountain House stuff.. and while I sure wouldn't
try to provision a long hike on them alone, I'd sure throw some in. I'm
surprised that I haven't seen them mentioned even for variety on anyone's
provisions list.



Thanks to you all for the inputs here, pretty decent signal to noise ratio,
it's helped my shorter hikes and helped my .. thinking about longer hikes..


-- Erik, maybe in 2003 to 2006 range? we'll see. :)



> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:55:22 EST
> From: Timshaffer@aol.com
> Subject: [pct-l] TVP
>
> see if your local supermarket has a y2k-preparation shelf... happened upon
> one in our local smith's a few weeks back.  they stock tvp [textured
> vegetable protein] in #10 cans for $10, both chicken and beef flavors.  the
> can holds about 16 3/4 cup servings, each serving containing 25g of protein
> [and a LOT of sodium].    tvp tastes ok... sort of like baco bits.   i mixed
> it with my two favorite trail staples pasta and stuffing mix with good
> results.  did find that it's better tossed in the prepared meal just before
> eating... when i cooked the tvp with either of these, it rehydrated to the
> consistancy of earthworms.   this section of the store also had dehydrated
> corn and peas, at $28 for a #10 can [about 80 1/3 cup servings].  that's a
> LOT cheaper than the freeze dried versions in outdoor stores.    anybody want
> to buy a like-new dehydrator?
> blaze

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