RE: [Philmont]: RE: Re-hydration Techniques

Hi Dave,

With certain exceptions, like mashed potatoes with almost anything else, we
practiced 1-pot cooking (ranger suggestion). 95% of the time it worked out.
When we needed to cook the potatoes separate (only a couple of times), we
did have to secure the turkey bag outside the pot, if I remember correctly
(it wasn't my night to cook). Otherwise, it worked pretty well. Securing
the existing bags with rocks works too, so long as you find the right rocks
(which shouldn't be a big problem most places (not sure about the Valle)).
We did carry 2 pots, but the weren't significant in terms of weight, just
noise.

Technique, exactly. And why I am a firm believer in practicing what you
plan to do and not deviating from the plan. So what ever technique you are
most comfortable with, you go for it. Although, for the life of me, I'll
never understand the crews that still cook in the pot, with no "protection"
and spend their waning hours every evening cleaning :-) But each to his own.

Joe

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Dave Parmly
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:23 AM
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Subject: [Philmont]: RE: Re-hydration Techniques

Joe,

That is a valid point RE the bag of food tipping over. It is easily
prevented by building the little "corrals" out of three rocks (grapefruit
sized work best) and placing the bag in the center. We simply rolled the
bag shut and folded the rolled part over so the weight of the bag held it
closed, but one could use twist-ties to do the same thing.

Putting the bag in a pot is very secure but what if one has two or three
bags? Obviously one would not want to carry extra pots just for this
purpose. We carried two pots (one large one medium) but decided the medium
one was not needed and would not take it unless required to by our ranger.

It is 6 of one, half-dozen of another...that's why we call it a technique.

Dave Parmly
Knoxville, TN

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