shepherds pie

[Grinder]

This recipe brought me great pleasure, after a 15 mile day.

Requires two freezer bags

Meat.
1/2 cup of gravel
1 Tbsp each, Onion, leeks, celery, carrots, peas (maybe some others??)
1/2 package of gravy mix (I used mushroom gravy)

Potatos
1 cup of flakes add liberal olive oil when rehydrating.

Boil 2 cups water
1 cup in meat bag and the second in the potato bag

Cosy for 10 minutes or so.

Add meat bag to potato bag and eat. This was a really big portion. It was all I could do to finish it.

[Gray Blazer]

Gravel? No wonder they call you Grinder.

Keep grinding on. I wish I could join you.

How was the Bash? Did you see my pics hanging in the Sapphire lobby?

[Lellers]

Sounds great! I made a white and sweet potato mash here at home last night for dinner. Had some leftovers, so it's going into the dehydrator. When dry, I'll grind into a powder and package for the trail. I think I'll try your recipe with my sweet/white potato mixture.

[Gray Blazer]

I don't want to make fun of Grinder. When it comes to hiking, he is the real deal. All of his gear is homemade. He even made a backpacking knife out of an old file. His backpack is homemade. And, obviously, he knows how to eat well on the trail.

Hike on , Grinder.

[Doctari]

Gravel? My guess is pre cooked dried "Meat" of some sort. I like this idea, looks like something you could throw together even at resupply on the AT from your local grocery.
It's copied to my "On trail recipes" list now. Thanks!

[Gray Blazer]

I thought maybe it was gravy. I googled "gravel" cuz I am just a moron.

[Loneoak]

Gravel = dehydrated burger

[Loneoak]

Grinder, are you using quart size bags ?

thanks

[Gray Blazer]

Gravel = dehydrated burger
Thank you. I guess I would have known that if I ws into dehydrating.:o

[JAK]

That sounds really good. I might like to try it with oats instead of potatoes. I would also want to add some turnip or rhutabaga. I wonder if turnip and rhutabaga dehydrate and hydrate well enough. Wonder also if it might help to add some oil, or does the hamburger gravel hold enough already? I would guess that it does.

[Graywolf]

Gravel = dehydrated burger

Thanks for clearifying that..I was about to post a question on what size gravel, course or fine.??:D

Looks good ..I will have to try this out...

Thanks for sharing..

Graywolf

[RichardD]

Since I am English, transplanted to Texas, Shepherds Pie is a staple, both at home and on the trail.
On trail, I use freeze dried vegetables, any kind and several diffrent kinds. For meat I have used TVM or Freeze dried hamburger meat (I guess that is what you are calling gravel), plenty of dried onion and perhaps dried mushrooms. All of these go into a ziplock. Separately hydrate some potato flakes, (I do this in my coffee cup) mix in a few herbs and spread over the top of the Hydrated meat and vegetables. An added touch would be a slice of cheese on top. It is almost Shepherds Pie, it needs Worcester sauce which I don't carry on trail but it does make a very substantial dinner and it tastes very good in camp after a day of hiking.

[Farr Away]

... it needs Worcester sauce which I don't carry on trail ...

I've cooked hamburger with Worcester before dehydrating it. That might shorten its shelf life, but I store mine in the freezer so don't worry about it.

[skinewmexico]

I'll have to dehydrate some hamburger and try that. Got a new dehydrator for Christmas, and still haven't used it. I bought a big jug of TVP, and it's not really working for me.

[sarbar]

it needs Worcester sauce

PSSSTTTTT! You can get that in powder form http://www.packitgourmet.com/Worcestershire-Powder-p342.html :)
I love it.