My trips to the wood tend to run into a number of days, very rarely less than 5 nights a trip at least, so even for a moron like me food can get a bit monotonous. It's usually either rat packs or other boil in the bag stuff. So taking a giant step ( bearing in mind my late Mrs said I was dangerous around food in the kitchen...sorry her kitchen...) I've been playing with de-hydrated stuff, vegetables mostly.
Towards the end of last trip, 9 nights, I was left with this sort of grub.
Forget the extra goodies, it's the Wayfarer's and other ready meals I thought I might improve on.
Stumbling around the local supermarket I found these..
Only weighs 40-50 gms and 50p+ per packet, does me for 2 meal additions.
I put half a packet in the Kleen Kanteen and add half a Crusader mug (50ml) of hot water, give it a shake and leave it.
I like onion too so a couple of big spoonsful of dried Onion goes in as well.
This is a "Look what I've found" not a lot on it's own but not a bad taste and I don't think there's any of the loser of the 4.30 race at Doncaster in it....
I think everyone's familiar with this...
I put the dried veg in water a few hours before cooking and just let it soak. Then tip it into the mess tin and bring it to a low boil for a few minutes, drain off any excess water, add the bag meal and heat them together. When ready add the spud.
May not be rocket science, but for me who was always taught ' Food is just fuel..get it down your neck' it's woodland Cordon Bleu...
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It is always a pleasure to see what you can make !, instead of buying it ready made. R Proenneke.
Originally Posted by jus_young
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