Dave & Jennifer Many thanks for the quick feedback. This gives me some hope ;-) We will only be bringing evening meals (de-hi stews & mashed potato) and perhaps some small amounts of other dried ingredients (eg: dried milk powder & dried apples). This sort of stuff is pretty light & compact and can fit within our baggage allowance for the international flights. I certainly don't want to upset any border officials by lying about anything or carrying any 'contraband' at all. Don't smoke and haven't any need to bring alcohol with us. But it would be very sad to prepare lots of de-hi meals and have them confiscated ;-((( We will expect to buy locally fresh produce, salami, cheese, PB & J and bulk starch (rice, pasta, crackers, etc) and any other essentials such as energy bars ;-) I'm expecting to be able to do this sort of shopping at any jumping-off point, from Tofino to Juneau - based on the simple assumption that the local population has to eat something too - and these are staple ingredients. Sorry, used 'scroggin' instead of 'gorp' or 'trail-mix' - just got my idiom wrong. After 30 years in Canada followed by 30 in NZ - with a South African partner during the last 10 and various Australian & American friends - I do struggle to keep the various English vocabularies on-target sometimes. Occasionally someone's eyes will glaze over slightly and I'll realise I've got it wrong again. Before anyone tells me that I can get powdered potato at any supermarket, I can only say that if you've ever de-hi'd your own mashed potato, I don't think you'll be tempted by the store variety. Best Regards Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Mar 19 2010 - 19:25:08 PDT
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