[at-l] Hiker Food / cake

[wb4pan at mindspring.com (Chase Davidson)]

Hiker Food will never be OT,
	WE all eat it, we have different ideas about nutrition and like 
different things. I like to hear what others eat and about their 
concerns or not for nutrition. It is all enlightening :-)
	I did a few more experiments on baking cakes / bread in my .9 L pot. 
I finally hit on a plan that has worked very well several times in a 
row. This procedure takes 50 minuets, two Esbits and a pot cozy. It 
produces an 8 oz to 10 oz cake, cornbread or biscuit. So far with this 
technique I have only used "just add water mixes", Chocolate chip 
muffins, cheesy biscuit, cornbread mixes. I am sure something from 
scratch will make a better more nutritious cake. I use a coffee filter 
in place of paper cup type muffin pan liners.
	I have a small pan without lid that is the size and just slightly 
taller than a coffee filter. The mix goes in a coffee filter inside 
this small pan. The small pan goes inside my .9 L Titanium pot. First 
I place inside the .9L pot the lid from an Altoid square box. This 
provides a 1/4" high raised rest for the small cake pan to sit on. I 
add enough water to the .9 L pan to just cover the pot rest.
	Light one Esbit and place the pot on. (with a wind screen of course) 
After about ten min the first Esbit is almost burned out, add the 
second Esbit. When the second Esbit is through move the pot to the 
Cozy for 30 min. Yum now you have a half pound of hot fresh baked cake!
	I bet this same procedure will work well on other stove types with a 
little tweaking. Another idea is to cut down a regular muffin pan to 
make a three muffin insert for the .9L pan. This might cook with one 
Esbit.

chase




Dave Hicks wrote:

> Some may find this message OT, but finding good recipes for the trail is one
> of my passions.  So, if you are not into cooking trail food, well ;-o}
> 
> For those interested, I just received a message from Christine and Tim that
> Lipsmackin' Vegetarian Backpackin' is finally done!
> 
> They are currently in the marketing stage of this book.  However, grassroot
> efforts were key, we believe, to the sudden and current success of their
> first book.
> 
> As you might recall they will be donating 25% of the pretax royalties. The
> votes were very close with the PCTA, ATC, and the CDT all raking at the top.
> Because the vote was all so close they've decided to split the pot evenly
> among them. Hope all will be satisfied with this decision.
> 
> It is already available on Amazon:
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0762725311/qid=1082133627/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1_xs_stripbooks_i1_xgl14/002-9998573-6198412?v=glance&s=books.
> 
> Look for it in your local bookseller and if you don't see it there ask for
> it.  Let them know if they are missing something from their shelves!  :-)
> 
> Chainsaw
> 
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