i have been looking around for a good solid meat for the soup and pasta stew that is a mainstay on my trips. the dry chicken or beef is ok but it disappears into the general mush of the stew,nicknamed Garg--the best so far had been the sausage paddies but they are hard to find now. so the next best thing i could come up with was the freeze dry pork chops--uncooked--that are sold in the #10 cans.
they come about thirty five or so to a can,boneless. these went along on a weekend outing with a stove collection buddy where we tried out a pile of stoves and some cooking experments--the salt pork was one of those.these chops were rehydrated in warm water for about thirty minutes,dipped in egg and bread crumbs and deep fried in peanut oil..they were not bad,somewhat like the thin cut chops from the stores...
this however is what i wanted to try.could you boil a uncooked,freeze dry chop in soup,Knore Spring Veg,and have it turn out ok,not chewy or raw.i had a very old pack of soup and some busted bits from the pork tin and fire up my Svea 123 for a test.
the result was very good.the meat cooked and was soft but not mushy. i'll be adding this to the trip menu this year.

Hey WCDog? What's a can of those chops cost? Looks good.

WCD,
Clever, I am inspired to look for those chops. Thanks for the tip.
Boppa

Where dis you find them at? Was it in the twin cities area?

Try--LDP campingfoods..and Email--marcus@ldpcampingfoods.com for a heads up on when the next sale is.you get free shipping.i payed about $35 for that can at the last sale..