Here is a rehydration ratio chart that might be helpful. This lists the amount of water needed to rehydrate specific ingredients rather than a meal.
Hope it helps!
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Here is a rehydration ratio chart that might be helpful. This lists the amount of water needed to rehydrate specific ingredients rather than a meal.
Hope it helps!
Here ya go:
Fresh/Dry Equivalencies
This shows how much fresh food it takes to make one ounce of dehydrated/freeze-dried food -- so not exactly the same thing but it should give you a pretty...
We did a little experiment on tortillas - The Everlasting Tortilla.
We tested out a couple of different brands and also compared them to fresh to see how quickly each type would mold.
We've...
We made a Fresh/Dry Equivalencies chart awhile back that might help you wrap your head around freeze-dried amounts. It lists the fresh amount (in ounces) of an item and what that works out to once...
We've split out many of our meals by diet:
http://www.packitgourmet.com/Special-Needs-Diets-c85.html
Currently we have them split by:
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten-Free
Dairy-Free
We posted a nutrition per ounce chart recently that you may find helpful. It lists nearly 200 trail-friendly items broken down by the amount of nutrition contained in once ounce of that item.
The...
We posted a chart a while back that might help. It lists the nutrition contained in one ounce of nearly 200 different food items. Calories, fat, sodium, etc. are all included.
Nutrition Per Ounce...
Did you want to make your own meals or buy them ready-to-go?
If you want to make your own, there are several great sites you can check out:
TrailCooking
One Pan Wonders
Wilderness Cooking
...
I like Nature's First whole milk powder. Best I've tried so far.
Definitely Gourmet Meats of Texas! Delicious, nice texture (not too tough) and fresh.
http://www.packitgourmet.com/Mesquite-Smoked-Beef-Jerky-p288.html
I like this silicone steamer from Chefn.
It has nice high feet on it, about 3/4 inch and it squishes down in the pot nicely. Since it's silicone, I imagine you could trim the feet and any extra...
If you're worried about cooking in freezer bags, we have some Cook-In-Bags up on the site that are safe for use with boiling water. They come in three different sizes and have a zipper top and a...
I’ve never heard that you can reuse the silica gel desiccants and the packages that we order don’t say that they can be reused (versus the clay desiccants which specifically say that they can be...
That sounds like a great idea, but it probably wouldn't actually work.
On the sillica gel, as soon as they're exposed to the air, they begin to absorb both oxygen and moisture. They can only take...
I LOVE the Gourmet Meat's of Texas jerky and sausage - so now we have it up on the site :)
I usually like whatever is local though. It's always fresh and has a bit of the local flavor to it.
Yup - we have two different kinds depending on what you want.
You can get the clay desiccants which work to absorb moisture and can be reheated and reused once they've absorbed all that they can...
We put together a little variety packet of freeze-dried veggies that would probably work well for this. We made it specifically for Ramen but the veggie mix would work well for just about anything...
I've tried two that are good. Both are up on Packit Gourmet.
Ova Easy – Made with just freeze-dried eggs, this one is definitely my first choice when it comes to powdered eggs. It’s the closest...
I thought that these sounded really cool so I called the company to make sure that they could be used with a pan over a flame, rather than baking. Turns out that it’s not recommended :( They said...
That would be my guess too.
Silicone should be a safe alternative though. Silicone can be baked and can usually withstand temperatures up to ~400° F
Sarbar (from freezerbag cooking) uses muffin...