Re: [Paddlewise] Cheese That Lasts?

> Gouda (waxed) works well for me too. I had great success with string
cheese
> last year in Alaska. I had two of those strip packs every day and they
lasted
> just fine for a whole week.

How you guys manage to keep hard cheese for a week? :-) It never lasts more
than 4-5 days in my trips, even if I take 1 kilogram.  Regular hard Swiss
cheese can last a week or more in warm temperatures, as I've found.  The
problem is - it either melts and softens in a plastic bag, or dries out in a
tisssue wrap.  No harmful changes anyway.

> cats tuna, but the chicken is ok for trip food. There are small foil tubes
of
> pesto sauce that keep a long, long time. You can make chicken pesto and
cous
> cous with parmesan for a really nice meal. Tomato sauce is also available
in
> those tubes,too.

Yes, aluminum foil tubes of tomato sauce or paste (when you can find them)
can make a dry food much more tasty. Just keep rolling/folding the end as
the paste is being consumed, - this makes easier squeezing the paste out,
and reduces the amount of air inside (less air, slower oxidation).
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