When developing recipes I often call for dry milk (powdered milk) in them. Why though? It adds nutrition – extra calories. Body and creaminess. A little powdered milk in your rice dishes will finish it off. It is a lightweight ingredient that is easy to use! We do get asked if one can use substitutions [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Dry Milk and Substitutes
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, Food Finds, Trail Cooking, trail food, trail meals, wilderness cooking on February 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The New Minimalist FBC Cozy Is Here
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking, tagged FBC, FBC Cozies, FBC meals, Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, Trail Cooking Gear, www.freezerbagcooking.com, www.trailcooking.com on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If there is one thing great about running a ‘cottage gear’ industry is being able to go off on a whim and create a new item in a matter of hours, days or weeks. A month or so ago I was out having lattes with Catzia and talking shop. We were lamenting over how we [...]
First Test On The Giga
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, tagged canister stoves, Gear, gear testing, stoves on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Had time to do a test run on our new Snow Peak Giga Stove this afternoon. The standards for the test: 37° water (pretty close to the temperature of creek water up high in the Cascade Mountains in summer). 49° outside with a very low breeze. No windscreen. Half filled Giga Power fuel canister (we [...]





