Re: [at-l] dehydrated food

[ejbaker <ejbaker@sover.net>]

I'd dry if I had a food dehydrator, but I've an electric stove and I'm on a
tight budget so I'll probably be:
	-buying some dehydrated veggies, fruit and protein stuff bulk, along with
couscous, some pasta varieties etc.--and packing them for postal drops.
	-buying fresh fruit, vegetables and gorp-type stuff along the way.  I'm
not too keen on peanut butter but I might try another nut butter.  Also, I
find my food tolerance goes way up after a 20 mile hike.
	I'm worried about protein intake so I'll be concentrating on making sure I
have enough of that and vegetables--my naturopath has sighed and said
"well, I don't like suggesting this but, veggiecaps" so I'll probably pack
those and vitamins in my drops as well.  I try to stay away from downright
sugar because it makes me tired so, other than fruit and occasional
chocolate (which is life and must never be ignored) in my GORP, I may try
making some snack bars or sticking to oatmeal and rasins as a filler.
	HOWEVER if anyone has cheapo dehydrator ideas for someone with an electric
stove, a small apartment and no woodstove or fireplace, please respond!
			EJ

At 05:38 PM 1/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I haven't really started the drying process yet. I plan to dry cooked 
>hamberger; veggies like carrots, corn, green beans; a lentil soup based 
>on a recipe from my Mom; jerky of some sort though my success rate at 
>making tasty jerky hasn't been to good yet; and fruits of various sorts. 
>Other things may get added to this list.
>
>My plan is to use most of this stuff as extra ingredients that'll go in 
>with Ramen noodles or mashed potato mix (maybe I'll try drying potatoes 
>into flakes). 
>
>Breakfasts will generaly be poptarts and/or outmeal/cereal. Snacks will 
>icnlude granola bars, snickers, GORP which I'm not a huge fan of but will 
>take. Lunches will likely be bagels with PB&J, sumer sausage and cheese 
>when I can get it and eat it quickly enough to ensure it won't go bad. 
>Much of this stuff I'd buy at stores on the way.
>
>I imagine I'll buy Lipton meals now and then too for a change. And, on 
>rare occassions, try to make something completely different beyond just 
>you raverage drop-in-water-and-boil meal.
>
>  ** Ken **
>
>ps- I haven't determined how frequent my maildrops should be yet for my 
>VA-PA section hike. The problem is I'm not sure how fast I'll go. 
>
>On 1/30/2000 6:19 PM Pat Villeneuve patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu wrote:
>
>>Anybody here from the class of 2000 who is drying food for maildrops? If 
>>so, what are you drying, and how do you plan to use it?
>
>
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