butter powder

“This weekend I had two fancy breakfasts (that means it wasn't oatmeal, grits, or pop tarts). I found this pack of "Enertia Trail Foods Cherokee Cinnamon Rice" and some "Granola with Blueberries" in my pantry so I tossed them into the pack.

Damn, they were good.

Here is the rice:

http://www.wildernessdining.com/tf304.html

That said, they are totally something you could make at home.

Ingredients for the rice were:

Long Grain White Rice, Dehydrated Papaya, Dehydrated Pineapple, Raisins, Butter Powder, Cinnamon

Any dried fruit would do, but papaya and pineapple are very sweet naturally. It came with a teaspoon of "sugar in the raw" which I put into it.

The white rice was clearly "instant rice". You add 1 cup of water, let sit for 5 mins, and eat.

What I lack is the butter powder. I can find it online but don't want to pay the shipping charge.

The Granola with Berries was just Granola, Dehydrated Milk, and dried blueberries. Not rocket science.

Anyway, if anyone has any insight where one might go to buy "butter powder" in the big city I would appreciate it.

I am thinking for short trips (weekends) one could just use regular margarine. I think it has a long shelf life.
last edited: 9/11/05 10:57:16 PM”

“You mean that 5 calorie imitation molly mcbutter stuff? you'll find that in the spice section. I use that stuff all the time, it's good.
last edited: 9/11/05 10:51:27 PM”

“No, no ... butter powder. I didn't know such a thing existed:

http://waltonfeed.com/self/butter.html”

“There's also Butter Buds, not quite the same thing though.”

“I first read this as "Butt powder".


Sorry about that.”

“I use the molly mcbutter stuff just fine, and mrs. dash too,, both nice and light and give a good flavor to what you're eating”

“I usually settle for butter buds, or take some butter flavored oil (usualy sold for popcorn).”

“Now i'm wondering what would happen if i churned some powdered milk.....”

“depends on which "stick" you use for the "churning"”

“I had their Denver Omelet wrapped in tortillas this weekend. My original plan was to bring fresh eggs but I thought it was a little too hot for that.

I've went on my fair share of trips and this is actually the first time I've had a dehydrated meal. Wasn't bad, wasn't great but wasn't bad either.”

“Thrifty, I've seen Ruby carry fresh eggs on the trail. Just crack them into a small Nalgeen and freez.”

““Now i'm wondering what would happen if i churned some powdered milk.....”
Roam Around
8:25:32 AM
9/12/05

lmao....hahahahahahah”

“nigal, i've carried them too but it was pretty hot this weekend so i didn't want to chance it...i'm sure i would have been fine but i wasn't just cooking for myself and i didn't want to posion someone on their first trip!! LOL”

“yeah, I can dig it! :D”

“I found butter powder. The stuff is wild. It's sort of "dehydrated butter" and if you add water to it and stir it you get butter. I plan to use it in recipes for backpacking. A friend of mine that works in food service (a purchaser for ingredients) found some for me. What a gift!”

“I had some at the movie theater on my popcorn. Is that the same thing as you're talking about?”

“Not sure, this is like dehydrated butter. An easy way to carry some calories with you on the trail. Some stuff just tastes better with more fat in it.”

“Excellent. I just showed this to a friend here at the library.

For winter calories I put pepperoni slices on peanut butter on pita. Try it!”

“Very new here and of course don't know where you are hiking, so no idea how warm it might be, but wondered why sometimes you don't just take regular butter? Although we commonly refrigerate it, butter used to be made and kept out. Generally, SALTED butter sticks will stay fresh for about 2 weeks at room temperature of around 80 degrees.”

“Too squishy..... I guess you could take it in a ziplock but I've always been able to eat very well w/o it. I'm the kinda guy who wants simplicity after I'm wiped out from hiking.
Welcome to the nuthouse Gertie!”

“As usual, weight is the issue, not perishability. You will find this to be a common theme.”

“Thank you for the reply, and the welcome, stratd00d! I can actually see more how the squishy issue might sorta be more it than the weight since hopefully you don't use too much butter. But then, I'm not a gram nut myself. Might become one 10 days into hiking the AT, though. Nice to hear back from you, also, bitpusher.”