Re: [at-l] RE: High-Calorie options

[Pat Villeneuve <patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>]

Trailmixup@aol.com wrote:
> 
> << << By the time hot weather hits, most thru-hikers have huge appetites. If
> you still have you stove, check out the pasta salad kits. Some of them pack
> over 1,000 calories (it's all the mayo, which is a bit heavy, but...) And you
> don't necessarily have to chill them. >>
> 
> 
> Gotta be VERY careful about mayo in hot weather--food poisoning is a real
> danger.  Can you substitute for the mayo?  Maybe oil on the pasta?  There are
> lots of interesting flavors in oils these days and that should provide lotsa
> calories.
> 
>  Trailmixup


The "mayo" (read some lesser form thereof) comes in the kit. It's sealed 
in a foil pouch. Should be fine if you open it, toss it on the pasta, 
and eat. Don't save left-overs--<what's that?!>--for the next day.

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