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1731 slosteppin Send Email Apr 11, 2006
6:48 pm
Hi Jack, Is the list still active? I've been reading old e-mails for about a week. I just looked in the files section and saw your note new members and...
1732 Nicole Markee
perlchyk Send Email
Apr 19, 2006
2:14 am
... www.freezerbagcooking.com also, you should search the archives at yahoogroups.com you might find more action on dehydrating in general at http:// ...
1733 pkinnetz@...
pkinnetz Send Email
Apr 19, 2006
2:37 am
From time to time, this list is active and offers great suggestions. You're doing the right thing by getting a dehydrator. That probably more than anything...
1734 Bart Humphries
banaticus Send Email
Apr 29, 2006
9:29 am
I'm going on a hike in a bit (Redlands, CA) and I was thinking that I'd take some boxed macaroni and cheese (the kind with powdered cheese) for dinner. I plan...
1735 Carol Donaldson
coosa_ga Send Email
Apr 29, 2006
11:42 am
And leave the cardboard box at home, right? If you use powdered milk and add a teaspoon of Creamora (coffee creamer) to it, the milk will have a nice flavor....
1736 Shane Steinkamp
sssteinkamp Send Email
Apr 29, 2006
2:03 pm
... I recommend Kraft Easy-Mac. I now use nothing else. Shane...
1737 Ron
hikin_teach Send Email
Apr 30, 2006
10:27 pm
I take a couple of sun dryed tomatos along, rehy and toss in to the 'easy mac' Ron...
1738 sheri
kennewicksheri Send Email
May 1, 2006
2:56 am
sounds good... I might add some dried mushrooms.... well, I am not a mac and cheese fan... so would like to enhance it.. perhaps some dried chives? or green...
1739 K. Oland
koland Send Email
May 1, 2006
2:47 pm
Takes quite a bit of time to cook the pasta in these (although you could use the thermos method to let it cook while you hike). Would be easier to make you...
1740 Bart Humphries
banaticus Send Email
May 2, 2006
12:59 am
Looking at the cooking time, Eazy Mac might just be the way to go. Although, with boxed macaroni, it's only about a 3:30-4 minute cook time for the noodles to...
1741 sheri
kennewicksheri Send Email
May 2, 2006
1:02 am
well, you be sure to let us know how your mac and cheese experiment turns out, too *sheri* ... From: Bart Humphries To: lighttrailfood@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
1742 Hamilton Moore
moore_hd Send Email
May 2, 2006
3:59 am
I've been working on what I hope will be the ultimate light weight 2500 calorie per day diet. I notice nuts, and particularly pine nuts have more calories per...
1743 jmgiv47 Send Email May 2, 2006
4:26 pm
... that ... cheese, ... About once a month we have Mac'n Cheese at home. I use the Safeway house-brand mac 'n cheese. Prepared as directed, I add sauteed ...
1744 K. Oland
koland Send Email
May 2, 2006
10:14 pm
No powdered milk? Would go well with cocoa and rice (for flavor). A lot depends on how long you were on such a diet. There are no fresh greens there and some...
1745 Carol Donaldson
coosa_ga Send Email
May 2, 2006
11:50 pm
This is a float trip, right? No exertion, right? A long distance backpacker needs 4500-6000 calories a day so that he doesn't lose weight. On 2500 calories,...
1746 trekker4@... Send Email May 3, 2006
1:17 am
Moore, I don't have the expertise to comment on your diet, but I think you'll find 1 pound of food per day to be too little. I never cook when hiking by ...
1747 jeff
climbzen Send Email
May 3, 2006
1:47 am
... hey there, actually it has been my experience that not cooking your food add alot more weight to your food load and your pack in general. my goal is almost...
1748 Hamilton Moore
moore_hd Send Email
May 3, 2006
3:55 am
Probably because I am so overweight, I've found it easy to survive 10 days on 1.5 pounds/day or 2500 calories. There is an interesting discussion of this in...
1749 Hamilton Moore
moore_hd Send Email
May 3, 2006
3:57 am
I'd be very interested to know how you get more than 2500 calories into a pound. ... when ... is...
1750 Hamilton Moore
moore_hd Send Email
May 3, 2006
4:07 am
I do take powdered milk. To deal with the fat issue, I am looking for a good source of full fat powdered milk. I use the powdered milk for breakfast with...
1751 Shane Steinkamp
sssteinkamp Send Email
May 3, 2006
4:10 am
... Pure fat is 3500 calories per pound. Yummy. Shane...
1752 Bart Humphries
banaticus Send Email
May 3, 2006
4:25 am
... It takes about 20 to 40 days for scurvey to start to set in. Just drink plenty of lime/orange juice before you go, stay completely away from things that...
1753 Ralph Oborn
polecatpop Send Email
May 3, 2006
4:49 am
Perhaps a flintstones vitamin would help :] Ralph...
1754 Shane Steinkamp
sssteinkamp Send Email
May 3, 2006
5:28 am
... Too obvious. Too simple. We're trying to pretend like we're living out in the wilderness for months on end, man! We face many dangers, and our bones ...
1755 Andrew Priest
aushiker Send Email
May 3, 2006
5:57 am
... Thought about drying the fruit yourself? Andrew...
1756 Carol Donaldson
coosa_ga Send Email
May 3, 2006
11:22 am
Don't you have to be sure you have the correct percentage of protein, fats, carbs to be sure that your body uses up the fat first? And how much of your weight...
1757 Lisa B Fink
desertboiler... Send Email
May 3, 2006
6:14 pm
You are exactly right. From everything I have read 2 to 2.5 pounds of food per person/per day is the norm. I have gotten it down to under 2 pounds per person...
1758 K. Oland
koland Send Email
May 3, 2006
9:24 pm
For short time periods, scurvy won't be a problem - but vit C tablets are the easiest to pack and prevent it (but not as tasty in your water! also try ...
1759 K. Oland
koland Send Email
May 3, 2006
9:28 pm
Then some dried lemons/limes. Not all the vit C is lost when food is dried (much more is when it is cooked) and it ends being up light to carry. Alternative,...
1760 jeff
climbzen Send Email
May 4, 2006
2:24 am
... hey there, dehydrate everything you can. lol actually thats just part of it. well i'm a vegan so i never carry any meat or cheese, so that helps. my basic...
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