I just came across a great site with a ton of information regarding recipes and tips for better trail food. I am notorious for being a top ramen kind of backpacker, and I have always thought there must be simple way to get good food on the trail. This site and may be my salvation.
See what you think,
3 responses so far ↓
1 Derek // Mar 12, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I agree…with freezer bag cooking the possibilities are endless. I would think really hard about it before I tried it though. I know people have been doing it for a long time with no consequences. But there’s a lot of evidence that when those plastics are heated in a camp stove they release some pretty nasty chemicals. Google it and you’ll see what i mean.
It’s kind of like the whole Nalgene controversy …but I refuse to stop using those bottles until they have concrete proof it’ll hurt me.
2 Sarah // Mar 12, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Hi Derek,
I saw your comment and wanted to let you know that the bags do NOT go into the pot and are not sitting in boiling water. The water is added to the dry food inside the bag.
I recommend to use only well known brands of bags that are made here in the US. The bags are now rated for microwave use as well and are of food grade plastic. The bags are Dioxin free (the nasty found in bad plastics).
But of course you can always use the recipes in “one pot” cooking where you dump the ingredients into your pot
Sarah
3 Derek // Mar 17, 2008 at 5:58 pm
ok. Thanks for correcting me. I’ll definitely have to give it a try then.
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