[Philmont] And that's the way it is

Just tear off the top carefully, have the diner hold it by the top edges, and have the cook carefully pour 1/2 cup or so of not quite boiling water in the bag. Stir a little, wait a
 little, and dig in. You can eat it with a spoon (spork) or just squeeze it.

Dave Smith
   
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  Dave is correct. You can do that. You can also stir it with your finger and use no utensils at all. And there are other ways still to come.
   
  However!
   
  There are a few things I do enjoy enjoy even on backpacking trips. My Therm-a-rest, my Crazy Creek, my North Face Blue Kazoo down bag, my Asolo leather boots, my NON CROC camp shoes, my Lexan bowl and spoon and my stainless steel cup.
   
  The SS cup and spoon even go with me in a daypack or a fanny pack. I'm never without a cup---------------never. Years ago it was a canteen cup which served me well pre Army and in the Army from 1967-69. I've boiled a lot of water to drink in it, cooked a lot of food and washed and boiled out a few pieces of cloth to clean/steralize them also.
   
  I don't go without my cup.
   
  Mark don't go without his blankie.
   
  I don't go without my cup.
   
  It's a luxury I truly enjoy.
   
  It's been a long time since I just added water to the envelope of anything. It always goes on top of the hot water after heating it in my cup, stir with the spoon and with manners eat it, drink it, spoon it.
   
  I have nothing against those who eat oatmeal out of the envelope, I just don't.
   
  It's pretty popular with PhilRangers to take a swig of water and a shot of oatmeal and slosh it around in the mouth and down the hatch it goes. I choose not to, but that's fine if they want to and the Scouts follow suit. Gatorade too for that matter.
   
  There are multiple ways to skin a cat. You can start at the head or you can start at the tail or you can start at any point in between those two and what you get in the end is the same, a skinned cat. Same way with preparing food and eating food.
   
  As Walter Cronkite would say, "And that's the way it is on October 24, 2007".
   
  John LeBlanc
   
  
 

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Received on Wed Oct 24 06:37:07 2007