RE: [Philmont]: Turkey bag cooking

I was flip flopping on whether to use it or not, so I brought about 6 bags
last summer. We used them for the messy stuff like mashed potatoes and the
meals with gravy like stew. We had a four quart and an eight quart pot. We
would fill one pot and boil water. We would place the turkey bag in the
other pot and dump in the meal. No, we didn't dump everything in together.
We left that up to individual taste. Once the meal was in the bag, we would
add water according to direction and stir. Then we would close the bag and
let it soften up. The stuff came out hot, there was next to no clean up and
we still had extra hot water for personal gear washing and hot drinks. The
bags were pretty well cleaned out by the hungry and took up a lot less space
than the rest of the Philmont issued trash we had to haul. Also reduced the
water need significantly such that we had more than enough even at Dry Camps
for Dinner (4-5 litters of water per person). Suggest giving it a try on a
tune up trip.

Personally I wouldn't recommend the mix in the bag method with a large group
because the chances of someone knocking over a bag go's up exponentially
with the larger the group. I usually do that solo or with a friend, but
I've seen way to many accidents in 35 years and would prefer for no one to
go hungry. One exception, we did do individual bags of instant oatmeal.
That worked good, except make sure the water isn't still boiling with
someone holding the bag.

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Nancy Divine
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:13 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Turkey bag cooking

Can you explain how your crew prepare the turkey bag cooking at Philmont?

Our troop is going later this year and wanted to see if we should use this
method.

YIS

Nancy Divine

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Received on Wed May 11 21:19:28 2005