Coleman Classic Awning : Tooled-Up.com. Experts in Adventure Cuisine! Freeze Dried and Dehydrated Food, and Cookware for Backpacking and Camping. Dehydrating Brown Rice. Spring has arrived in Georgia and that means it's time to crank up the dehydrator and hit the trail. On Sunday I dried a load of fruit in the Excalibur – seven bananas, four pears, two cantaloupes, and five large apples. I had intended to dry vegetables, but I noticed my bananas were getting brown spots and wouldn't be good for drying if I waited another day. Bananas are tricky. They're usually a little green when you buy them – not at their sweetest potential for drying. The best time for drying bananas is when the peels are completely yellow with just a few brown dots showing up. Congratulations to Chef Russ, the “Best Backpacking Recipe” winner for March. In this first edition of , I will answer Mike K's question about dehydrating brown rice: Whole grain brown rice contains fiber, fat and nutrients that are stripped away from white rice.
Cook brown rice in the usual way – Bring 2 1/2 cups water to a boil, stir in 1 cup brown rice, cover and reduce heat to low. Regular Serving: P.S. Food to Pack on a Camping Trip. When preparing for a camping trip or just a day hike, planning ahead will make purchasing and packing food and water a simpler task.
The goal is to travel light, ideally buying fresh meat on the day of use, and fresh fruits and vegetables as close to the day of use as possible. There are lots of great food items that can be stored for longer periods of time, and even foods that can be eaten while hiking along the trail. In this article are some simple and clever meal ideas for camping. Foods Ready to Eat In the ready-to-eat category, consider dried fruits, nuts, cans of pre-cooked sausage, meat, or tuna, beef jerky, individually packaged cheese sticks (just drop unopened into a cool, clean stream for a minute to cool them down), pretzel rods, graham and other crackers, fresh carrots and other freshly cut-up vegetables in pouches, and baggies of dry cereals or Chex Mix perfect for a snack while walking along the trail. Of course, there are many ways to mix up a delicious GORP recipe. The Outdoor Type’s Camping Milk Products of Choice.
By Blair Paterson, David Rutter, and Garry Sonter Isn’t it amazing the variety of different milk products filling the fridges and shelves of modern supermarkets these days?
Naturally then, these products have pros and cons in the world of camping. On a recent bicycle trip the three of us Outdoor Types discovered we were each travelling with different fresh milk substitutes – we thought this topical and trivial but interesting nonetheless. Here we discuss why we choose the milk products we take on our camping trips: Dave’s choice: Condensed Milk As teenagers, me and my friends lied around campsites sucking this sweet, white syrup straight from the tube for what seemed like hours.
Normally, I’m a “milk and no sugar” person. The problem, as I see it, with powdered milk, is that it does nothing to the consistency of the tea. In my twenties I learnt that condensed milk was one of those universal foods which have a variety of uses. Garry’s choice: Powdered Milk. Fish Rver Hiking Packing List.