Simple, non refrigeration cooking, favorite hints and meal

Larry Patrick":27h3msco said:
Mountain House has dehydrated or freeze dried pouches,can find them many locations. I have eaten them while back packing they are good .Some other brands were not really good,but Mountain House keeps you coming back for more.
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Larry, I use Mountain House as well, but the stuff (individual ingredients) from Thrive is better, or at least that's my opinion. It would also be less expensive to mix up your own meals.
 
I like all foods except pomegranates (too much messing around). I was quite happy opening tins and packages and chucking it all in a pot. Then the admiral started looking at the contents on the back of the labels, especially the salt content. So beware about dehydrated foods.
I told her my beer was 95% water. I think I got away with it :wink:

Martin.
 
Interesting thread - reading through it I was beginning to wonder when someone was going to bring up home canning meat. I worked out on the prairies when I was younger and some of the ranches did not have hydro. Some of the best tasting beef I ever ate was home canned.

Agree with Bob - the pressure cooker is an excellent pot to have aboard. Makes numerous one pot meals. We also use ours to boil water for dishes. They also cook faster using less fuel. We use a stainless one - they say aluminum can give you sometimers!

Many tips can be found in cruising(sail) magazines. One tip is - do not wash any root vegetable - they rot faster after they are washed.

Regards, Rob
 
Donna and I always have a hard time adjusting to the relative "luxury" of the boat after backpacking. Some of those luxuries include: a pressure cooker, vacuum bags with a hand pump( Food Saver bags and Reynolds pump) ,canned food, and Gin.
We seem to prepare the same types of food( one pot) and eat fish fried,in soup or ceveche. We carry tons of limes for this reason and the aforementioned Gin of course. Even fresh water fish can be steamed ( over rice in one pot) and lime added when cold.
Some of the best foods we have found from backpacking: Nido
whole dehydrated milk, deyhydrated refried beans, dehydrated ground beef ( make it yourself) and of course dehydrated coconut milk. For more ideas go to packit gourmet.com.
 
knewlin":oh2q2vww said:
For more ideas go to packit gourmet.com.
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Just went and checked this out. Sweet! Now that I know there is dehydrated blue cheese my life is complete :D

Seriously: Looks like a great resource. Shouldn't go hungry next trip :thup
 
My wife makes beef and chicken stew and then we can it using a pressure cooker. I always keep 24 jars onboard; just add potatoes and grated red beets for a complete meal.
 
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