Food Find

“Nigal.
If you want dried shrimp, you can get them at most Asian Grocery Stores. If you want to make them easier to re-hydrate, put them in a food processor to grind them up a bit... :-)
They come in a variety of sizes-- you may want to test them out first--some are saltier than others...
--Iris”

“Oh, and I believe you can also get dried scallops as well....”

“I can't remember who it was, but they recommended adding vegetable dry soup mix to any meal to add veggies. I tried this and it was very tasty. The soup mix had dried veggies in it and they rehydrated nicely.

Thanks - whoever you are...”

“Veggie soup, or "Just Veggies" works well, too! :-)

My hubby & I try not to consume too much MSG, so we tend to opt for the Just Veggies... (he has a sensitivity to onions and almost all soups have onions in them!)”

“We use the just veggies. I like 'em.”

“Ok...where in the heck can I find "Just Veggies" ?? Never heard of it. Which part of the grocery store should I look in ?”

“I get them at REI in brentwood.
You can find them here too http://www.busybeaks.com/just_veggies.htm.”

“�I can't remember who it was, but they recommended adding vegetable dry soup mix to any meal to add veggies."

Birch always ads instant soup mixes to plain cous-cous and it always lookes so good.”

“Thanks ya'll”

“soup & cous cous. sounds good and cheaper than buying the packaged stuff. I bet that would be good with instant taters too. I love instant taters.”

“Isn't cous cous like pastina, which is tiny itty bitty egg pasta? My grandmother used to make it for me in soup when I was a kid. I don't think I have had it since.”

“Although a little more expensive, Groceries have couscous in preseasoned packages . They rock and are prefect for two people. I believe the brand is Zatarain.”

“if you have a Krogers grocery store in your area you might want to check them out.

Cliff Bars 10 for 10.00

Hershey's 6 oz Chocolate Bars 10 for 10.00”

“I found a reference to haba-jala mix in one of Sgt Rocks's posts on White Blaze. When I googled it this is what I came up with -

http://www.sedonatradingco.com/index.asp

This company makes a variety of spice capsules. Kind of interesting. Anyone use them?”

“OK, tell me where to locate (for free at a resturant): Maple syrup and Lemon Juice

Syrup is at McDonalds but I don't trust the packaging.”

“I think Wendy's has lemon juice packets. It's been awhile since I've been there though. They do have great chili oil packets for their chili. Hot!”

“Sarbar's website has that info and more.”

“McD's syrup is not "Maple". It is corn syrup and such.

I carry the real stuff in a small, flip-top squeeze bottle (~2 oz)I purchased at the craft store. I put the small bottle in a snack size ziplock just for extra protection against leakage. The little bottles are good for real honey too (KFC's honey is corn syrup.)”

“He's looking for free.
Beggars can't be choosy. ;-)”

“I have found lemon juice packets at Subway. And you can usually find a good score for stuff like that at continental breakfasts at hotels.”

“i have "grade a" syrup i was going to bring but decided to save the weight of the container and see if i could find mapley syrup akin to chocolatey chip cookies (no chocolate) or cherry pie (not "cherries" but cherry singuar). i may carry a dropper bottle with syrup still but if i can avoid all that weight i will.

i forgot about sarbar's web site which is dumb of me. thanks for reminding me ss.

i can buy lemon juice packets for $2.xx for 6 on the web (+ shipping) but that would be an awful waste. I know you can get the stuff in little plastic packets but i don't want to have to fly on an airline to get some.”

“continental breakfasts at hotels

ohhhhhh, that's goooood! i am going to give that a shot.”

“That's one of the benefits of working at a hospital with a large cafeteria...lots of condiment choices on your way out the door !!

Recently they added Mrs. Dash and chili pepper packages! Woot!”

“http://www.minimus.biz

...has it all + free shipping over 20 bucks... but it takes a lot of stuff to get to 20 bucks. not free but a good resource if you order bulk and want some odd items. got this from sarbar's web site.”

“I love Minimus-the fun part about a $20 order? You'll never want for stuff for a looong time ;-)

Lemon juice packets? Often at grocery store delis. Maple syrup? I have to agree-carry the real stuff, though you can get fake syrup at McDonalds, Burger King, Jack In The Box, etc.

I have a friend that works in a hospital, so I have been getting Mrs. Dash packets now, love those!”

“not really a food find, but a good recipe for take along food. I'd have to add potato and cheese to it...

http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/appetizers/snacks/scotchegg.html”

“and for fans of squirt cheese, I saw cream cheese in a squirt can...”

“Squirt cheese is way to close a description of the way that stuff comes out of a person. ;-)”

“squirt cheese... hmmm... why does that not s9ound rugnt?”

“ok, i looked that recipe over... so basically a scotch egg is the exact opposite of an arterial stint, right?”

“Have you seen the recipe for Delilah's famous mac and cheese? Not for the "faint of heart" LOL...”

“Or real Haggis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis”

“I finally found a local store that carries wasabi peas. I ate a few and they are hot. I added some to my trail mix and will put the rest in some mashed potatoes with cheese sauce”

“The first time I ever ate any of those wasabi peas was on the AT. Thought I was gonna use up my whole water supply in one gulp.”

“I like the wasabi paste.... never had the straight peas”

“i hate peas, but wasabi peas rock! youre talking about the dehydrated ones, right?”

“aint that the truth...I know he hates peas. He sat tehre and picked EVEY SINGLE pea out of a beef stew I gave him LMAO>>>>”

“wasabi peanuts are good too.”

“crash, these weren't dehydrated.

BackSlacker, they had the wasabi peanuts also. I will get them the next time”

“hmmmm i might not like them, then. but ill let you bring them on our next trip so that i can try them”

““I finally found a local store that carries wasabi peas. I ate a few and they are hot. I added some to my trail mix and will put the rest in some mashed potatoes with cheese sauce”

Have you ever used wasabi oil?”

“Nigal, I haven't tried that. I bet that is hot. I pile on the wasabi and hot mustard when I eat Chinese.


Crash, remind me on our next hike a yr from now...lol”

“Those peas are great Lesubtil used to carry em all the time.”

“I love the freeze dried or flash fried wasabi peas.”

“I like peas, and I like wasabi, but for some reason the two combined don't sound like a very good snack.

Speaking of wasabi, I've been having a real hankering for sushi!! I wonder if I'm allowed to eat the cooked kind...the only reason I can think of not to is that maybe it could touch the raw fish? hmm.”

“wasuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaabi!”

“we usually have a box of wasabi peas in teh office. I love to offer them to the young and innocent.”

“Yum!! :) They are easy to find out here.

I have a recipe for wasabi almonds up on the OPW site... I wonder if you could do the same thing with dried peas...?”

“OPW???”