Re: [at-l] food find

[Owen <jim_ginny_o@attglobal.net>]

Pat Villeneuve wrote:
> 
> I visited the health food store this weekend and found bulk mix for
> curried lentil soup. Very easy: Pour 3/4 cup of boiling water over 1/2
> cup of flakes. (Double/triple/quadruple as necessary.) It reconsitutes
> almost instantly and is quite hardly, although I could imagine hikers
> mixing in potato flakes, rice, etc.
 

Along the same lines, we found that the instant refried beans (Rosas?)
made a great soup if you doubled the water.  Also, Trader Joes (a
western chain) sells a potato/bacon soup that was really rich. We cooked
it about half the recommended time and let it sit and it was really
good. When dehydration is a problem, (not generally a big deal on the
AT, but definitely a problem elsewhere) then a thick soup can be really
good at putting liquid back in the body.

/ginny

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