[at-l] food and other stuff

[Valerie Henderson <vlh1@acpub.duke.edu>]

Hi all!

Slow day at work today, so figured I'd ask some more questions.

Been reading Ray Jardine's book about the PCT (doing a bit of dreaming, 
too), but he has some interesting ideas that I wanted to get feedback 
on.  First off, let me say that I don't want to start up an ultralight 
vs. "heavy" war on the list.  I'm just trying to get some input from all 
you guys out there.

First off: shoes.  Personally, I don't think that the running shoe thing 
will work for me because I've had a lot of ankle problems.  Basically, I 
have to play sports and hike in an air-cast.  But I was curious about the 
cost vs. wear of running shoes.  Sure, they're lighter, but how much 
faster do they wear out?  Could someone out there with some medical 
training (maybe our resident physical therapist) speak up about ankle 
problems?  

Second: food (a common topic with me, huh?).  Jardine goes on about the 
wonders of "corn spaghetti"?  Any experience with this stuff.  I have a 
small batch that I'm going to try out sometime to see if I like the stuff 
and if it goes well with my style of cooking (you know, the throw 
everything into a pot and boil the heck out of it style <g>).  But, 
what's so great about corn products (grits, spaghetti, etc.)?  What 
nutritional value does it have that other veggies don't?  Does this 
"wonder quality" of corn hold for "normal" corn?  Is corn on the cob just 
as good as say grits?  Just curious.

For other food junkies out there.  I tried dehydrating yogurt for the 
past couple of weekends, just to see what it would do.  (It's ALIVE, Igor 
<g>).  Worked surprisingly well.  IMO, it kind of tastes like chewy ice 
cream and does really well for a quick desert.  I used Yoplait Custard 
Sytle Vanilla and then tried another of Rasberry.  For me, the trick 
proved to be getting the yogurt more or less smooth.  You can't just pour 
it onto the trays.  You have to spread it out and try to make it even.  
Otherwise you end up with gooey chunks.  Yuck!  I'm still experimenting 
with the yogurt that has the fruit chunks in it to see how that works.  
I'll keep you posted.

Later y'all.

Val

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"If you don't understand it, it must be intuitively obvious."
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Valerie Henderson
vlh1@acpub.duke.edu
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