An evolving element of overnight bushwalking is food. What to eat for variety and nutrition!
Here I am experimenting with pre-soaking during the day to conserve time and fuel when preparing an evening meal.
I've read about potential containers and pre-soaking lighter weight dry ingredients for the above purpose, without much detail. Popular with some American style thru-hikers.
Working with my current fascination of re-using plastic jars instead of new ziplock bags, here's my test number one:
A plastic jar
180g of yellow split peas
(half filled the jar)
200ml cold water
I let it sit for a bit more than an hour, then I tipped out 100ml of cloudy water.
Results:
The split peas absorbed the water readily in winter conditions. The excess water discarded may have been unnecessary, may have contained nutrients or it may have acted as a rinse.
Conclusion: this pea was quick and successful to prepare. From past experience I would trust the plastic jar to not leak water inside a backpack. Tonight the ingredient is being added to a curry indoors, so I look forward to trying this when out walking.
180g of dried split peas is rather a lot! Perhaps try a mixture up to this amount.
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