Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:05
Thank you ExplorOzites for your practical responses. In the supermarkets around my location, only the dehydrated peas are available. They come in two brands: Surprise and store brand – both the same peas but the Surprise peas cost around 3 or 4 times the price of the others. Have tried both and there is no difference other than the price and by the look of the wording on the packages, I suspect both made in the same NZ factory. Curiously, the peas and corn combined are not available. I was hoping to get the corn on its own – as I think I have seen it a long time ago - for various
recipes. I will follow up on health food stores for the corn kernels – thanks for this.
I am aware of soy meal which can be used instead of mince meat and of course, the packaged meals. The latter do not interest me as they are expensive and relatively unpalatable. Ideal if one is hiking for a few days but that is not our situation.
As a matter of interest, does anybody know of any other dehydrated product – apart from soy meal, instant potato, dried onion, parsley and the like and complete meals?
On the matter of instant potato (aka ‘Deb’) we have found the ALDI product to be much cheaper and more acceptable than the better known brands. It also contains more in a packet than the others. For travel, we have emptied the dried potato (several packets) into a plastic jar, added dehydrated onions and garlic (both flakes) as
well as some dried mixed herbs and dried parsley and then stirred
well. Thus, when it comes meal time we simply spoon into a bowl and add a small amount of butter and water for a reasonable mash potato serving.
Camperman2
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