Dehydrated food isn't like freeze-dried food- that is, it doesn't reconstitute. The structure of the food is chnaged in drying, with cells collapsing, etc. It toughens and takes a long time to soften in boiling water. You can dry fruit, if you don't dry it to the point of complete dehydration, but you may find (as I did) it's cheaper to buy dried fruit. I played with a drier in the past, but nowadays I buy most of my camping foods in the supermarket- prepared couscous mixes are my staple, with canned seafoods(tuna, sardines, mackeral, octopus, squid, etc) added. Breakfast is instant oatmeal. Lunch is usually something I can eat in the boat, or on the trail- dried salamis, hard cheeses, pilot biscuits, hardtack, nuts and dried fruit. Homemade granola bars. Dessert? Mix powdered cocoa mix, powdered milk, grape nuts and dried or freeze-dried fruit. Add boiling water. Mmm. mike ===== -------------------------- Michael Edelman mje_at_spamcop.net http://foldingkayaks.org http://findascope.com *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jan 04 2005 - 19:42:35 PST
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