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> Provisions are stowed under Kent’s feet. “I have enough food – half freeze-dried – for six months at 1,500 calories a day. I have intentionally put on 20 extr

> Provisions are stowed under Kent’s feet. “I have enough food – half freeze-dried – for six months at 1,500 calories a day. I have intentionally put on 20 extra pounds for the trip as well. > “My diet consists of nuts, dried fruit, protein powder, nutrition bars, a variety of soups, stews, pasta, peanut butter, Nutella and so on. I have a huge variety as well as 64,000 extra calories in the form of two gallons of olive oil to add to my food. > “None of my food needs cooking but I do have a 12V/120W heat coil wand to heat water for dinner or tea or coffee, if I can afford the power. With a two-minute boil time I should be able to use it often. All of this fits in the bilge and down the keel.” I wondered how he did food. And how he has pasta that doesn't need cooked but lasts six months.

CarVac 9y ago
Dehydrated pasta doesn't need cooking.
- baddox 9y ago
  More specifically, it's already cooked.
- ReligiousFlames 9y ago
  In fact, 8 oz of hot water (say from a coffee shop or not quite boiled on a camping μstove) added to a larger cup, covered, will rehydrate pasta without external heat just fine (~15 min) and it's probably not as sodium-terrible as ramen.
  - Johnny555 9y ago
    Ramen doesn't need to be sodium terrible. Even with cheap Top Ramen and similar, you don't need to use the entire "flavor packet", the noodles themselves (which are all you're interested in for the calories) are low in sodium. Even ages ago when Top Ramen was a staple of my diet, I found it much too salty to use the entire flavor packet.
  - learn_more 9y ago
    I use a wide mouth, vacuum bottle, to cook rice or pasta. It keeps the heat in, so you only have to heat it up initially, not continuously. A bonus is that you don't have to pay any attention while cooking,
bradly 9y ago
Lots of dried foods like ramen, beans, mashed potatoes, etc will hydrate without hot water. It takes more time, but works well. These no-cook setups are used by many long trail thru-hikers that choose not to bother with stoves and fuel.
- qbrass 9y ago
  If you're looking to try that. Be careful with beans, either get them pre-cooked or make sure they're a type that's safe to eat without boiling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean#Toxins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean#Toxins
- dstroot 9y ago
  I actually hiked with a person who "cooked" or rehydrated meals by putting the ingredients in a sealed plastic bag and then putting that in his underwear. Seriously.
  - mowenz 9y ago
    Perhaps a clever, yet obviously comedic, idea. But which foods will cook at a warm temperature that wont at a cold?
    - pvg 9y ago
      There is no cooking involved in those cases, just rehydration. It just happens faster at higher temperatures. And it's less unpleasant than eating ice-cold.
      - mowenz 9y ago
        Yes, I should have used prepare in place of cook, as cooking requires heat.
  - ArnoVanLumig 9y ago
    Ah, the infamous crotch pot slow cooker.
  - 9y ago
PhasmaFelis 9y ago
I've read that heating and hydrating pasta are separable processes. Boiling hydrates it fastest, but you can also soak it in cold water for a few hours, then boil for 30 seconds to heat it and you're done. Maybe you can skip the heating step completely if you're okay with cold pasta.

CarVac 9y ago

Dehydrated pasta doesn't need cooking.

baddox 9y ago
More specifically, it's already cooked.
ReligiousFlames 9y ago
In fact, 8 oz of hot water (say from a coffee shop or not quite boiled on a camping μstove) added to a larger cup, covered, will rehydrate pasta without external heat just fine (~15 min) and it's probably not as sodium-terrible as ramen.
- Johnny555 9y ago
  Ramen doesn't need to be sodium terrible. Even with cheap Top Ramen and similar, you don't need to use the entire "flavor packet", the noodles themselves (which are all you're interested in for the calories) are low in sodium. Even ages ago when Top Ramen was a staple of my diet, I found it much too salty to use the entire flavor packet.
- learn_more 9y ago
  I use a wide mouth, vacuum bottle, to cook rice or pasta. It keeps the heat in, so you only have to heat it up initially, not continuously. A bonus is that you don't have to pay any attention while cooking,

bradly 9y ago

Lots of dried foods like ramen, beans, mashed potatoes, etc will hydrate without hot water. It takes more time, but works well. These no-cook setups are used by many long trail thru-hikers that choose not to bother with stoves and fuel.

qbrass 9y ago
If you're looking to try that. Be careful with beans, either get them pre-cooked or make sure they're a type that's safe to eat without boiling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean#Toxins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean#Toxins
dstroot 9y ago
I actually hiked with a person who "cooked" or rehydrated meals by putting the ingredients in a sealed plastic bag and then putting that in his underwear. Seriously.
- mowenz 9y ago
  Perhaps a clever, yet obviously comedic, idea. But which foods will cook at a warm temperature that wont at a cold?
  - pvg 9y ago
    There is no cooking involved in those cases, just rehydration. It just happens faster at higher temperatures. And it's less unpleasant than eating ice-cold.
    - mowenz 9y ago
      Yes, I should have used prepare in place of cook, as cooking requires heat.
- ArnoVanLumig 9y ago
  Ah, the infamous crotch pot slow cooker.
- 9y ago

PhasmaFelis 9y ago

I've read that heating and hydrating pasta are separable processes. Boiling hydrates it fastest, but you can also soak it in cold water for a few hours, then boil for 30 seconds to heat it and you're done. Maybe you can skip the heating step completely if you're okay with cold pasta.