Food Find!

“I've tried to dehydrate sausage before and when I re-hydrated it, it smelled like garbage water.”

“There was something there about dehydrating your sausage and then it smelling like garbage....Nah...I think I won't go there today.

Laq, when I brown stuff down I season it too.”

“not to bring old things up but I was gone for a bit so i am late on this thread. why not talk about what happened,I know it may be hurtfull to some but if somebody learns something and a life is saved down the line is it not worth it?
I got nailed by hypothermia a few months back and if it was not for Lorax I do not think I would be here. I posted a topic about it because I thought it would help and it did lead to a good discussion
In closing I knew some of these people too”

“LOL... so much for "ask an honest question"!

I still want to hear more about dehydrated sausage. I do ground beef ala sarbar1's web site and it works well (brown, rinse off the fat in a colander, and dehydrate). Do you use the same process?”

“cook, pat dry, dehydrate and pat dry with a paper towel every so often during the drying process. I have done it for years”

“JS,

Dehydrating sausage is recommended only if cooked thouroghly first or with the use of a curing agent. It is unlike ground beef in that it has guts and stuff which develop bacteria when heated at a low temp.”

“Degreasing the sausage can be tricky, but it's definitely better to cook the sausage over higher heat before the dehydrating process. Press the sliced sausage between absorbent layers of paper or something to remove as much grease as possible. When dehydrated, it's best to vacuum pack it and store it in the freezer until just before your trip. It's a bit of a bother but prevents storage rot.”

“scamed 15 packs of Guldens spicy brown mustard from a Culvers last week, and some moist towlettes”
spalpeen

shuuuuush, i scored a fist full of parm cheese packets from donatos this weekend”

“i am always scamming packets of red pepper flakes and honey when i see them. parm cheese as well.”

“KFC is good for grabbing honey packets.”

“Lining the old hiking pockets ;-) Condiment raids ;-)
There is one McGreasy boy that will give me all the mild picante packets my heart could want here.

This was my lunch yesterday. It was good!

(Red Bell Pepper Pesto with mushrooms and spahetti. With lots of Parmesan :-)”

“that sounds good!”

“Doesn't look too bad either.”

“oh man, now i am really hungry.”

“The recipe:

At home:
Split a packet of Knorr Red Bell Pepper Pesto Mix into 4 portions. I used craft ziploc bags for this. 1 bag per meal.

In a quart freezer bag put:

4 ounces cooked and dehydrated pasta (weight after drying)
1/4 cup freeze dried vegetables or 3 Tbl home dried mushrooms

Also take:
4 or so packets of Parmesan cheese (or up to 1/4 cup of shelf stable Parmesan cheese)
1 packet olive oil (1 Tbl)

Cover pasta & vegetables with boiling water. Push out air, seal well and put in a cozy for 10 minutes. Open bag and if any left over water, drain off most of it, leaving a bit behind. Add in oil, pesto mix and mix well. Top with cheese, stir again and enjoy.

Each bag serves 1. Ford very much enjoyed this meal.
Using 1/4 of the pesto pack per meal gives good flavor without being too strong. You can use less or more to taste. You can start with half of your packet and mix it in, then add more to taste.

Would work well with dried hamburger added with the dry ingredients.”

“Or maybe dried white beans.”

“Canneli beans? That'd be good! I have a bag full of dehydrated canned ones loitering in the cupboard :-)”

“thanks sarbar1... i can't wait to give this a try!”

“I saw these advertised on the back of a Hamburger helper box. The meat is included. Just cook for seven minutes.

Anybody eaten one?”

“i try and avoid hamburger helper best i can.”

“"I don't know why they call this stuff Hmburger Helper, it does fine on it's own"

Eddie
Vegas Vacation”

“Growing up my family saw some tough times and we ate a LOT of hamburger helper and spaghetti. I still love both to this day.

But no, I haven't tried it. Sorry. I am worthless.”

“If you like HH already, you will like it. It can be done like Ezy Mac (that is basically what it is!). To fill you up though, you'll need two packets. To me it smelled gross. The kid though, he liked it somewhat.”

“lol at Nigal! the second sentence that is.”

“I bought a box and had one for dinner last night. It was OK, not much more than Mac-N-Cheese like sarbar said. There was maybe an ounce of hamburger.”

“Bagged hamburger scares the crap outta me!”

“It is from Betty Crocker. What could be more wholesome than Betty Crocker?”

“May I repeat... ewww!!!”

“But someone's gotta eat it, I suppose...”

“It is freeze dried beef. Freeze dried foods are a backpacker's staple.”

“Anything but ground beef... don't know why that grosses me out more than other things...”

“Doesn't sound like anything more "special" than what you could throw together yourself, bp.”

“Really...No Comment

http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/23969/”

“Just picked up Lipton Sides - Plus. Plus = flavorful sauces and veggies. Going to try one tonight.”

“Dollar Tree has Fiesta Cheez-its for $1.00..


wooo hoooo......

...and...ya'll remember a candy called "Black Jacks"...they were a licorice taffy....white , pink & black striped???

well..I found some simillar awhile back....yummmm”

“i made the mistake of getting food for backpacking at the dollar tree once...got out in the back country and realized it had been sitting on a shelf in a warehouse for like 20 years...it tasted musty”

“I check expiration dates!”

“I get lance pb crackers there”

“spagatti sauces in a box ready to heat and eat. Krogers Dayton OH”

“www.onepanwonders.com

nuff said. :p”