08-02-2011, 05:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2011, 05:48 PM by ColdBlueSteel.)
Asparagus, another powerhouse food that should be considered for addition to the menu in the PZAW. Fresh steamed is best, frozen is ok and canned is a slimey mess, but we can some anyway.
We cut pieces about an inch or so. Like string beans, you can raw pack the spears whole but it's a pain and takes a lot of extra time.
Pack quarts or pints depending on your preference. Some add salt (not necessary) or lemon juice (again not necessary). Add water to the jar to an inch from the top. Process pints @ 10 psi for a half hour. Quarts for 45 minutes.
Now to use it up. Dump your slime into a pan. Add beef boullion cubes appropriate to the quantity of asparagus you are heating up (quart or pint). Add some tyme and simmer. Make a great soup but you will be on the lite side for carbs so make up some grilled cheese to go with it and you have a complete meal made up in 15 minutes or so.
Been doing a little experimenting with Chicago Ted's idea of "meals ready to boil". Here's one to try out.
A cup of oatmeal, the instant kind or regular. BTW the instant kind does not compare for nutritional value, but make you own choice of course. Even the "irish" or steel cut oats will work. Add 2 tablespoons of powdered milk and about an equal amount of dried fruit. Depending on your tastes you may want to add a tablespoong of sugar, or if using dried apples some brown sugar goes well. I'm looking around now for some maple sugar to try in a a mix. I'm thinking schnitz & maple should be good.
Approx a cup of water worked well with the mix I used.
I cooked mine up using my sterno stove. I got the water hot enough to just start to boil and dumped the dry ingredients in. A reduction in heat is needed at this point so I used the lid of the sterno can to choke back the flame. (this taught me the value of having a Gerber tool in my BOB). Stir and if the mix gets too thick add a little more water.
Good lite weight meal that by tweaking the mix you can vary the nutritional content. Of course you can always just buy the prepackage stuff with the Quaker dude on the package but with them you take what you can get.
We cut pieces about an inch or so. Like string beans, you can raw pack the spears whole but it's a pain and takes a lot of extra time.
Pack quarts or pints depending on your preference. Some add salt (not necessary) or lemon juice (again not necessary). Add water to the jar to an inch from the top. Process pints @ 10 psi for a half hour. Quarts for 45 minutes.
Now to use it up. Dump your slime into a pan. Add beef boullion cubes appropriate to the quantity of asparagus you are heating up (quart or pint). Add some tyme and simmer. Make a great soup but you will be on the lite side for carbs so make up some grilled cheese to go with it and you have a complete meal made up in 15 minutes or so.
Been doing a little experimenting with Chicago Ted's idea of "meals ready to boil". Here's one to try out.
A cup of oatmeal, the instant kind or regular. BTW the instant kind does not compare for nutritional value, but make you own choice of course. Even the "irish" or steel cut oats will work. Add 2 tablespoons of powdered milk and about an equal amount of dried fruit. Depending on your tastes you may want to add a tablespoong of sugar, or if using dried apples some brown sugar goes well. I'm looking around now for some maple sugar to try in a a mix. I'm thinking schnitz & maple should be good.
Approx a cup of water worked well with the mix I used.
I cooked mine up using my sterno stove. I got the water hot enough to just start to boil and dumped the dry ingredients in. A reduction in heat is needed at this point so I used the lid of the sterno can to choke back the flame. (this taught me the value of having a Gerber tool in my BOB). Stir and if the mix gets too thick add a little more water.
Good lite weight meal that by tweaking the mix you can vary the nutritional content. Of course you can always just buy the prepackage stuff with the Quaker dude on the package but with them you take what you can get.
Luke 22:36