<Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com> wrote: >I'm the proud new owner of a food dehydrator. Looks like fruits and >veggies are easy to do and I've found lots of info regarding it. Jerky >appears to essentially be in the same boat. SNIP I'm >interested in stuff that I can add boiling water to, and be eating >within a short amount of minutes. That is, I'm trying to use my >dehydrator for meals not snacks, if that makes sense. Hi Rick, I've found tinned hash dehydrates pretty well - lay it on paper towel and change the towel until it stops emitting grease. The result will look pretty unlikely as food - sorta the texture of grit, but put some boiling water in and then fry it up in a little corn oil and it actually tastes better (less oily) than straight out of the can. Put some onion flakes in the dried mixture before rehydration if you like a bit of zip and the illision of "vegtables" with your meal. My other suggestion is a not a complete meal, but it makes a meal complete, IMHO: on wax paper, dry chutney to a fruit-leather like consistentsy. Rehydrate it in camp in simmering water. Serve with a rice and dried curry dinner, sprinkled with some unsalted peanuts to add texture (the bane of one pot meals is often their mushiness.) Packbacking books and websites are a good source of more ideas, as they have to go lighter.... Happy eating, Philip *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 03 2005 - 11:06:02 PST
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