RE: [Philmont] - philmont Digest - V01 #1089

The big problem we had with adding mashed potatoes was not rehydrating the
rest of the food, but trying to swallow a paste-like substance not
dissimilar to spackle :-).

The food bags that Philmont provides as a container for the meal packets
have air holes cut into them, so they would never work to cook in, so I'm
not sure what you mean by "rehydrate in the meal bags."

At any rate, the turkey bags may weigh in around an ounce for 6 or 7 bags,
so carrying enough would cost, maybe 3 oz. for the whole kit and kaboodle.
And they serve as yum-yum bags once the meal is over. To me, not having to
clean a pot is superior to not carrying the extra bags. But each to his
own, I say.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Scott Sibley
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 8:09 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: RE: [Philmont] - philmont Digest - V01 #1089

We cooked even the mashed potatoes in the one pot method. However, it is a
bit tricky. Rule one, cook anything else. Once you put mashed potatoes in,
all of the water is absorbed and there will be no water for the other food
to rehydrate. Rule two, use enough water. Our ranger promoted the "that
looks like enough" water method. That won't work well with mashed potatoes.

The only thing we cooked separate was the cheese cake. We made this is a
ziplock bag, squishing it around until it was mixed. Then we scooped it out
into the pot lid and added the crumbs. It was great. We even pulled some out
of swap boxes to make it an extra night.

I am impressed with the "rehydrate in the meal bags" method. No additional
turkey bags to carry. No additional trash to carry.

Thanks,
Scott Sibley

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