[Philmont] autumn adventure gumbo

John LeBlanc laments the inability of fresh or freeze dried shrimp to meet his requirements for an Autumn Adventure gumbo.

The 1967 edition of the BSA Fieldbook relates, at p. 130,in pertinent part:

     To some people, "living out of cans" means being downright shiftless. The picture of a glum
     greenhorn spooning cold beans out of a can isn't very appealing. But there are times when
     canned food is a lifesaver, and often it is the only practical way of carrying certain foods--
     which is what we're thinking of, after all.

                                                     * * *
     You'll find many canned foods useful on pack trips where you have no refrigeration . . .

                                                     * * *
     Cans add only a modest amount of weight to dense foods, like meat or fish, which are high
     value foods hard to find or carry other than canned. Although inedible, the can is not useless
     if it is the price of having necessary foods on hand at all.

I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. But did you know that canned shrimp is not limited to shrimp pieces or those tiny cocktail shrimp? Bumble Bee offers sizes through medium and up to what they term large. Click on http://www.bumblebee.com/products_fam.jsp?famid=3 for the complete lineup. My local Acme has a can of the "large" for $4.96, which works out to $19.96 per pound. Depends on how much you like your gumbo and how much you value those you are travelling with.

After all, you're not really backpacking it on this particular trip.

Let us know if the gumbo does make an appearance.

Bill Sheehan, ASM
Troop 55, Pitman, NJ
Philmont '70,'72, Autumn Adventure '01,'03,'05,'07

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Received on Mon Aug 20 18:40:10 2007