Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Dehydrating and weight reduction
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alpinebrule |
Try making your own hummus, the Backpacking Chief mentioned above has a good recipe. Let's you eliminate the oil from store bought. Jimmey Dean's Sausage also dehydrates well, rinse the fat. Off the shelf frozen veggies, cook about half-way first. Canned chicken dehydrates better than fresh. I make thin sliced zucchini with garlic chips that are really good. |
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Argo |
We bring ghee to fry fish. But it doesn't serve as a lightweight alternative. Olive oil is not desirable as it's a low smoke-point oil. |
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boonie |
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Heyfritty |
Fritty |
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gravelroad |
I’ve also done dehydrated hamburger stroganoff with a very good result, using very lean hamburger as a substitute for the ground venison in this recipe: Backcountry Beef (Venison) Stroganoff |
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Hockhocking |
To minimize food weight, which was the original question, one important part of it is to take only what you will need to eat, and aspire to have no left-over food at the end of a trip. After realizing I had over a third of my food left after a trip, I got serious about packing smaller portions, less of the bulk stuff like trail mix, and so on. I am now hitting much closer to what I actually eat without going hungry, and I have finished trips with a couple oatmeal packets and maybe a protein bar left. |
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merlyn |
I have always taken regular salted butter in a plastic container for up to 10 days with no problems and unflavored Crisco for frying fish. A side note on the rotisserie chicken-- you get to eat the delicious skin! (makes the wife crazy) |
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Minnesotian |
Welcome to dehydrating. This chef basically taught me how to dehydrate everything, including ground beef, chicken, tuna, and even shrimp as well as all the vegetables and fruit. Have fun! Backpacking Chef Dehydrating Meat |
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Heyfritty |
I’m looking into buying a dehydrator. I recently acquired a lighter solo canoe and now single portaging is a real possibility. Food weight is my only focus now. For each of two 11 day trips, I needed one BV500. My last trip, I took 9 lbs. 8 oz. of food(only). Also, I’m not interested in freeze dried packaged meals. The first item to be replaced are foil packs of meat. I had 6-2.6 ounce packets equaling 15.6 ounces and 17.6 with packaging. Other thoughts? Is there dried summer sausage? I brought 12 ounces. Are there alternatives(edible!) to oil. I brought 8 ounces and used it all. I’m also taking out 5 ounces of Mio squirt flavoring. In the BW, I eat to live, not live to eat. I prefer one-pot boiling, using a cozie after. I use only olive oil, for simplicity. I haven’t brought cheese. What is the key ways or info for food weight reduction. For this post, I’m not interested in getting into other ways of cutting weight. I’ve done pretty good there, and I’ll work on that later. Fritty |
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egknuti |
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