rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 27, 2024 18:43:23 GMT -8
ErnieW, ramen noodles are already cooked, so they will soak nicely in hot or cold water. Other kinds of pasta are raw, so need cooking and then drying. I’ve given up. I use the brown rice ramen from Lotus Foods (Costco carries them) for all my backpacking noodles now.
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sarbar
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Post by sarbar on Apr 28, 2024 11:34:55 GMT -8
Am I reading your numbers correct? If I cook dried noodles then dry them either way they lose 3 oz over the start weight of a pound? (%18 reduction) Is all that starch that goes into the cooking water? Any idea if you can just cold soak wide noodles out of the bag then add them into a hot FD meal? I have heard people do this with Ramen. Indeed, starch is a real thing. Yu can cold soak ramen - it's precooked Not a huge fan of soaking uncooked pasta though. It can lead to gi issues later.
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sarbar
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Post by sarbar on Apr 28, 2024 11:36:45 GMT -8
Sarbar - have you looked a this? Just got one and have been playing around with it at home, using my camp stove. Really IS non stick. I picked up a Sea To Summit similar one recently. The ceramic is nice for the interior.
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Post by dustin on Apr 30, 2024 6:04:30 GMT -8
va3pinner If you're using a 1.3L pot, that sounds like another vote for a larger capacity than I was guessing. Do you think that's about the right capacity for your purposes? I fried some bell pepper in my ti sierra cup/pot last week, when no one else was home (in case of harsh language). I used a few drops of oil and it actually worked great. I even heated spaghetti sauce in it to put on the last two slices of bread to make something like pizza. I eat strange meals to finish the last of this and that. It beats actually cleaning the fridge!
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Post by va3pinner on Apr 30, 2024 10:10:59 GMT -8
dustin I just got that pot. I prefer using wide bottom anodized aluminum over titanium because it heats more evenly. I find the wide bottom pots to heat faster as well, no flames licking up the sides of a narrow pot. GSI makes a nice nesting mug/bowl that fits inside perfectly, with room for a small fuel canister. Stole the idea from the GSI Kettelist - a Teapot with a smaller nesting cut/bowl setup that I have used for years for freezer bag and Freeze dried meals. Tritensil nesting fork/spoon finishes the kit out! Tried Titanium this and that and eventually sold all of it.
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