Here is our cooking method… I am the “Steve” that Jerry Lewis was referring
to in an earlier post.
<snip from web page>
Note on our cooking equipment and procedures for our 2005 Philmont treks.
Each crew carried 2 8-qt pots with lids and pot cozies (see
www.antigravitygear.com for an explanation of a pot cozy - we made our own
custom cozies - see our how-to page here
<http://home.comcast.net/~445philmont/potcozy.htm> , then e-mail
SHoffman@troop445.org with questions). We used a modified "turkey bag
cooking" method with these pots, cutting our KP time to about 5 minutes per
evening. Unlike Philmont's current teaching, we DO wash everything every
night.
Our process: In the "wet" pot, we would boil about 6 or 7 quarts of water.
While the water was on to boil, the cooks would line the "dry" pot with a
small turkey bag (dry pot was already in its pot cozy). The cooks then
placed the dry ingredients (minus any mashed potatoes - those were mixed in
our personal bowls) into the turkey bag. Once the water in the wet pot was
boiling, the wet pot was removed from the stove and immediately placed into
its pot cozy. The cooks would then measure the amount of water needed for
the meal from the wet pot and put that water into the turkey bag in the dry
pot. The meal was allowed to re-hydrate for at least 10 minutes then we
blessed the meal and ate. (The food in the turkey bag stayed warm for about
30 minutes after grace as long as the lid was kept on unless serving.)
The remaining water in the wet pot remained extremely hot when the pot was
placed in its pot cozy. The remaining hot water was used for KP.
KP consisted of removing the turkey bag from the dry pot (it became the
evening meal's yum-yum bag), placing about 2 inches of water in the dry pot
along with 2 drops of CampSuds, washing all personal gear (after personal
sumping), washing the dry pot, then using the remaining hot water to rinse.
(Since the wet pot only had water in it, no cleaning was needed.)
One other note: On future treks, Philmont or otherwise, instead of each
person carrying personal eating gear, we will carry lexan bowls and spoons
as crew gear in a mesh ditty bag. This will allow the gear to be ready and
available immediately when time to sanitize. Also, the KP crew will do a
good job on all of the items, because they don't know which one they will be
eating from the next meal.
<end snip>
We will use the same process for our 2008 trek.
Pot cozy how to page: http://home.comcast.net/~445philmont/potcozy.htm - no
pictures yet
2008 Philmont page: http://home.comcast.net/~445philmont/08frame.htm
Shane Hoffman
Advisor Crew 445 - <http://www.crew445.org> www.crew445.org -
<mailto:SHoffman@crew445.org> SHoffman@crew445.org
ASM Troop 445 - <http://www.troop445.org> www.troop445.org -
<mailto:SHoffman@troop445.org> SHoffman@troop445.org
"We should all realize that every right implies a responsibility, every
opportunity an obligation, every position a duty, and that the most
effective sermon is expressed in deeds instead of words." ~ Waite Phillips
81/84/00/02/05/08!
_____
From: philmont@troop47.com [mailto:philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Mac
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 6:49 AM
To: philmont List Member
Subject: [philmont] Cooking Water
Just a word to the wise. The best way to add water to the supper meals is a
little at a time in a Turkey bag. What we do is to add dry food to Turkey
bag, add water till it has a amount of water extra in the bag. Let it sit a
minute or two. Work the bag to mix well over or in the pot. After you feel
the amount is right. Then add about a quart of water or 2 inches in the
pot. Then place the bag of food in the pot light the stove and heat it up.
You can do this with any dry add water meal. We use the Lipton rice or
noodle meals on hikes.
Steve MacIntyre
615.804.0975
Troop 777
Hermitage, TN
Philmont Advisor 02-32NFM2, 03-23, 05-32, 06-32, 07-30 we hope
----- Original Message -----
From: JC <mailto:jc.lewis@tx.rr.com> Lewis
To: philmont List Member <mailto:philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:17 AM
Subject: [philmont] Cooking Water
If you put all the entrée packages in one pot for dinner for 12, what’s the
most number of cups of water that would be called for in the instructions?
(Please don’t hijack this thread down the path that it’s best not to put all
the water called for in the pot; we know that. We also don’t need to know
which specific dinner requires the most cups of water. We just need your
best, educated guess about how many cups would be called for at the most,
per the instructions. We’re doing a pot-size analysis.)
Jerry Lewis
2007 611-I-2
Troop 303, McKinney TX
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