Re: [at-l] food find

["Mara Factor" <m_factor@hotmail.com>]

That curried lentil soup is probably by Fantastic Foods and is marvelous.  I 
but it in bulk and eat it at home and on weekend backpacks.  I found that 
for long trips, it has so little calories and no fat, it stopped appealing 
to me on the trail.  Perhaps if I had dumped a bunch of butter in.  :-)

Trader Joes has expanded...  From their web site, www.traderjoes.com:

"Currently, there are Trader Joe's in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, 
Washington, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut,New Jersey, Maryland, and 
Virginia. "


>From: Owen <jim_ginny_o@attglobal.net>
>Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:07:19 -0500
>
>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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