Thu 13 Jul, 2017 3:06 pm
Thu 13 Jul, 2017 6:06 pm
davidf wrote:I have successfully experimented using a Bhuja Snacks packet, vegetable chiops from coles. Since the chips are dry they rinse out easily. add a 1 person meal of dehydrated mince, vegetables, deb, cous cous, rice, herbs, spices etc and not have to use a whole bulk packet of dehy mince, vege etc. Haven't tried rinsing out used back country ones yet. Think they could be hard to clean even at home properly without food poisoning but will have a go. The boiling pot stays clean.
Sat 22 Jul, 2017 9:55 pm
Sat 22 Jul, 2017 10:29 pm
Zzoe wrote:I have used a recycled BackCountry packet and there wer no problems at all. In fact, I've kept and will keep re-using it until it gives way! It was a mince packet. I don't like thier mince, so I now use the packet to hold my own which I dehydrate. Have happily fed a family of four on the track and no-one has had any tummy bugs at all; the seven year old included!
Sun 23 Jul, 2017 3:08 pm
Sun 23 Jul, 2017 4:35 pm
Mon 24 Jul, 2017 10:45 am
Zzoe wrote:Ahhh... Should have clarified: I washed the bag several times with boiling water and then dried it using a hair dryer before I then put our mince straight from the dehydrator into it. I would not re-use it on the track, if that makes sense: I don't know what I'd put in it, anyway, as we re-hydrate everything with its own allocated bowl/saucepan/vessel.
I could be wrong, but seriously doubt that recycled paper bags have a higher environmental cost than plastic ziplocks that are typically used once then sent to landfill, your reuse and recycling notwithstanding. I'd be more concerned about the potential for any water to ruin multiple items using paper than anything else...Mark F wrote:I don't like freezer bag cooking. In my clumsy state, squishy, flexible containers of hot food are more likely to end up anywhere other than my mouth. I pack all dry ingredients into appropriately sized zip lock bags and rehydrate in my pot and bowl. The bags get reused for the next trip although one bag is sacrificed to act as the "garbage bag". As all the bags never contain wet ingredients I find a quick shake out at the end of the trip and they are good to go. I think many of my zip lock bags go around at least 5 or more times before they are retired into the municipal (ACT) recycling stream which does handle flexible plastics.
Tip - for a range of small sized zip top bags - Officeworks.
Zzoe - you are still creating a lot of waste with the paper bags etc which also have quite a high environmental cost. Why not cook the spag bol and then dry. when packaged up it becomes a single bag of meat and sauce. I also precook and dehydrate the pasta to reduce the rehydrate time. My spag bol gets packaged as three ziplocks, a sandwich size the holds the pasta with the sauce and parmesan in smaller, thinner ziplocks inside. All three bags are reused several times.
Mon 24 Jul, 2017 12:20 pm
Mon 24 Jul, 2017 1:30 pm
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