i am sold on freezer bag cooking,i tried it this past weekend at hobbs
cabin,at home i added the 1 and a half packs of raman noodles chili flavored
half a cup of crushed plack pepper jack dorito chips and 2 thin sliced slim jim beef sticks,this recipie is called chichi,i got it off white blaze last year
in camp i added 2 cup of boiling water,then i placed the bag in my jet boil pot and let it set for 10 minutes,i love it no dishes:cool: neo

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Sarbar just got done with a new experiment. Barilla makes a precooked and dried tortellini. There's a couple of flavors. Dump a serving in a bag, add two cups boiling water, cozy for 15 minutes, drain and add desired sauce and toppings. Good stuff. I'm thinking pesto and parmesan.

Sarbar just got done with a new experiment. Barilla makes a precooked and dried tortellini. There's a couple of flavors. Dump a serving in a bag, add two cups boiling water, cozy for 15 minutes, drain and add desired sauce and toppings. Good stuff. I'm thinking pesto and parmesan.

sounds great to me i love pesto:cool: neo

Sarbar just got done with a new experiment. Barilla makes a precooked and dried tortellini. There's a couple of flavors. Dump a serving in a bag, add two cups boiling water, cozy for 15 minutes, drain and add desired sauce and toppings. Good stuff. I'm thinking pesto and parmesan.
Even better is if you have a Trader Joe's nearby-they sell their brand of it for cheap ;)
It was tasty........and easy!

Check Big Lots! Sometimes Barilla tortellini can be found for .59 a bag. Great savings.

Check Big Lots! Sometimes Barilla tortellini can be found for .59 a bag. Great savings.

i love shopping at big lots,ya cant beat it,excellent way to buy lots of good food at a very low price:cool: neo

Neo that is my all time favorite place to hike too (Hobbs cabin). I have flown back from Colorado just to hike there. I am also a big time freezer bag cooker and I enjoy making cool recipies at home and trying them on the trail. It makes it so much easier to clean up. Dont just limit your cooking to dinner try some breakfast stuff too.

Neo that is my all time favorite place to hike too (Hobbs cabin). I have flown back from Colorado just to hike there. I am also a big time freezer bag cooker and I enjoy making cool recipies at home and trying them on the trail. It makes it so much easier to clean up. Dont just limit your cooking to dinner try some breakfast stuff too.

hobbs cabin is my favorite place in the whole wide world,its a very special place to me:cool: neo

Check Big Lots! Sometimes Barilla tortellini can be found for .59 a bag. Great savings.
.48 yesterday at "My" Big Lots, one pkg tho, I got it :p

The expiration date is 02/01/06, but so what :cool:


Doctari.

.48 yesterday at "My" Big Lots, one pkg tho, I got it :p

The expiration date is 02/01/06, but so what :cool:


Doctari.

wow i am going to big lots today:cool: neo

What sort of bag is a "freezer bag". Okay, I can read the labels, but I see there are several "freezer" bags. Are the cheapy sandwhich bags not going to work? Do you use the bags like the MRE containers from Mountain House etc-just add boiling water and zip shut?

cheap sandwich bags can work but don't zip them all the way up - the air inside expands from the hot water and pops the side seam

note a lot more people use quart size freezer bags than sandwich bags - I just happen to be one of the sandwich bag users - key item in my kitchen is a CCF cozy that will hold a sandwich bag supporting the sides and able to hold the top open for pouring the boiling water - after I pour in the water I typically just fold the top and put the CCF top on the cozy for cooking - see http://www.cloudwalkersbasecamp.com/hoi_cooking_system.html for some photos of the cozy I use - I would not recommend using sandwich bags unless you are using a cozy that supports the sides of the bag while you pour the boiling water. Even with the cozy that I use there will be approximately 5% of the sandwich bags that leak anyways - just put the cozy somewhere that the leak is a don't care and then don't worry about it - even if it leaks some the food will almost always be cooked - another item about sandwich bags is that you have to be careful packing them - what I do is to pack the food in the sandwich bags and then put the sandwich bags into a couple gallon sized freezer bags just to protect the thin plastic of the sandwich bags.

What sort of bag is a "freezer bag". Okay, I can read the labels, but I see there are several "freezer" bags. Are the cheapy sandwhich bags not going to work? Do you use the bags like the MRE containers from Mountain House etc-just add boiling water and zip shut?

i use one quart freezer bags,glad is my favorite brand:cool: neo

Just for fun I checked the price of Barilla's Tortellini at Kroger yesterday--$2.49 a package. Ouch. Thanks, Big Lots!

What sort of bag is a "freezer bag". Okay, I can read the labels, but I see there are several "freezer" bags. Are the cheapy sandwhich bags not going to work? Do you use the bags like the MRE containers from Mountain House etc-just add boiling water and zip shut?

I have used sandwich bags, but as I note on my website, I don't recomend it. If you do, at least buy the high end Glad ones! I do it for oatmeal sometimes in the morning.
Otherwise I use Glad freezer bags-the blueish green colored ones work very well, and if you can find the, the freezer bags that stand up with a pleated bottom are the best.

Sarbar just got done with a new experiment. Barilla makes a precooked and dried tortellini. There's a couple of flavors. Dump a serving in a bag, add two cups boiling water, cozy for 15 minutes, drain and add desired sauce and toppings. Good stuff. I'm thinking pesto and parmesan.

I went to the store yesterday and saw five different brands of "dried" tortellini. They all had the same recommended cooking time. Are these all "precooked", or is there a particular brand that hydrates in less time than other brands?

I went to the store yesterday and saw five different brands of "dried" tortellini. They all had the same recommended cooking time. Are these all "precooked", or is there a particular brand that hydrates in less time than other brands?
They are all the same :) Buy whatever is cheapest-and smallest in size.

They are all the same :) Buy whatever is cheapest-and smallest in size.


wow the freezer bag cooking website is awesome,i plan on buying the book:cool: neo

My Motto~“Do not take what you do not like to eat.” your moto definately makes a lot of sense:)neo

Hey neo!

Thanks for the idea and recipe which I just tried. I substituted pepperoni slices in place of the Slim Jims. I used "Old Wisconsin Snacker Stackers pepperoni slices" found in my WalMart deli section ($2.50). The slices are about two or three times the the thickness of those found on frozen pizzas. My recipe then was one package of Ramen noodles, 8 pepperoni slices (about 1/5 of the package; quartered), and two cups of Black Jack Pepper Dorito chips (crushed). I was pleased with the flavor and surprised by how filling it was. Here's the stats:

1025calories...57.5g fat...25g protein...97g carb...3080mg NA = 7.1oz total dry weight

I think for at home trail prep I'd pre-crush the chips then mix and bag with the pepperoni pieces. On the trail, I'd prepare the noodles with as little remaining water as possible (or pour it off) and then blend in the chips and pepperoni. Given the numbers above, it should keep me warm and perking late into the night and the high sodium should replace that loss during a sweaty day. This may not be health food but I think it'll be a good energy boost.

FB

Hey neo!

Thanks for the idea and recipe which I just tried. I substituted pepperoni slices in place of the Slim Jims. I used "Old Wisconsin Snacker Stackers pepperoni slices" found in my WalMart deli section ($2.50). The slices are about two or three times the the thickness of those found on frozen pizzas. My recipe then was one package of Ramen noodles, 8 pepperoni slices (about 1/5 of the package; quartered), and two cups of Black Jack Pepper Dorito chips (crushed). I was pleased with the flavor and surprised by how filling it was. Here's the stats:

1025calories...57.5g fat...25g protein...97g carb...3080mg NA = 7.1oz total dry weight

I think for at home trail prep I'd pre-crush the chips then mix and bag with the pepperoni pieces. On the trail, I'd prepare the noodles with as little remaining water as possible (or pour it off) and then blend in the chips and pepperoni. Given the numbers above, it should keep me warm and perking late into the night and the high sodium should replace that loss during a sweaty day. This may not be health food but I think it'll be a good energy boost.

FB

your welcome,i thought about using pepperoni or summer sausage or chorizo
next time:cool: neo


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Would chopped pepperoni from a stick survive a month if vacuum sealed, kept in a freezer, then sent out for a mail drop?

Matt,

no need to chop and then package. Krogers sell some already sliced and sealed. They do not keep it refrigerated at Krogers, so I guess it would be okay to mail.

every time i do the freezer bag cooking thing i kick myself for not cooking like this sooner:cool: neo

every time i do the freezer bag cooking thing i kick myself for not cooking like this sooner:cool: neo
Lazyness rules :D Lol!

Lazyness rules :D Lol!
save water,and sure beat doing dishes lol:cool: neo

Matt,

no need to chop and then package. Krogers sell some already sliced and sealed. They do not keep it refrigerated at Krogers, so I guess it would be okay to mail.

They have a very long shelf life until opened. Then eat within a few days... like that is hard to do. I got pepperoni, sausage and salami in the pre-sliced packs.

I have been taking pepperoni on hikes for a while. Added with few slices of cheese and wrapped in a tortilla it makes a great snack or meal if you don't have time to cook. The slices also sizzle up very nicely on the end of a pointy stick in the campfire flame. The turkey pepperoni slices taste almost as good the regular too.

Thanks for the info on freezer bag cooking. There is a lot of useful info here and on the site.

Would chopped pepperoni from a stick survive a month if vacuum sealed, kept in a freezer, then sent out for a mail drop?
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Absolutely and as others have said ...you can already buy it in resealable bags. Carried one almost all the time in my food bag in 2003. Ate it like a snack and also added it to ramen, cheese or lipton meals for a little extra flavor.

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How long will the shelf pepperoni last once it is out of its package. Shelf bacon too? (looking for tips so I can by a bunch of stuff in bulk)

How long will the shelf pepperoni last once it is out of its package. Shelf bacon too? (looking for tips so I can by a bunch of stuff in bulk)

It is recommended that shelf bacon be refrigerated after opening. FWIW, I've eaten it after it's been opened w/o refrigeration (2 days, cool weather) and suffered no ill effects. YMMV.