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May 26, 2010 at 9:00 am #1259471
I have looked everywhere i cannot find 4-cheese powder, or dehydrated cheese powder/mix. I have to buy mac and cheeses and store the noodles.
May 26, 2010 at 10:07 am #1614045May 26, 2010 at 3:00 pm #1614140This is even better :-)
http://www.frontiercoop.com/products.php?ct=dfmbc&cn=Cheese+PowderAll natural, I have gone to using it. Btw, you can buy direct from Frontier (they are often the brand sold at natural food store bulk bins) and their shipping is fast.
May 26, 2010 at 3:03 pm #1614142They also sell cheese powder that you can use in DIY sauce mixes:
http://www.frontiercoop.com/products.php?ct=dfmbc&cn=Cheese+PowderWhich can be used in this recipe:
http://www.trailcooking.com/recipes/parmesan-cheese-sauce-powder-mixMay 26, 2010 at 3:11 pm #1614148Isaac–If you aren't using cheese powder on the pasta, what do you use it on? Mind sharing if you have some good recipes using this stuff? I've had several packs of the kraft stuff in the pantry–the noodles got thrown out b/c they got wet but the cheese packs were sealed up and are fine. Need to use them somehow.
May 26, 2010 at 5:33 pm #1614197For a bit of extra taste with cheese sauce try adding a some dry mustard powder.
BTW, fresh garlic keeps. It is obviously bulkier and heavier but I think that the "medicinal" part (allicin, the sulphur smelling liquid) is mostly lost in the drying process.
(this is only my personal opinion….)
BTW, I would strongly suggest Sarah's recipe over the commercially available mac'n cheese .
Probably cheaper, most likely healthier.
FrancoMay 26, 2010 at 7:03 pm #1614235I use it for Mac and cheese w/ beef
Cheesey beef w instant potatoes and spices
Cheesy chicken veggie rice (2tbsp dry milk, salt, 3tbsp cheese mix,1cup instant rice,1/2 cup your fav veggies)
I do dehydrated meatloaf with cheese mix and breadcrumbs and couscous, with ketchup packets addedKinda made-up man meals but they work for me
May 26, 2010 at 7:10 pm #1614242"…dehydrated meatloaf with cheese mix and breadcrumbs and couscous"
That's really strangely excellent sounding. And I like Franco's thing with the mustard powder in the cheese sauce too–I'm going to try that.
May 26, 2010 at 7:12 pm #1614243Isaac, those sound pretty darn good!
May 26, 2010 at 7:13 pm #1614245oh and leave it to Cameron to find the cheese! Nice!
Packit Gourmet rocks BTW!
May 26, 2010 at 7:21 pm #1614250Brian…if you search here I can tell you I have posted a number of recipes that use cheese sauce powder over the years. My son loves the stuff (be it the good natural stuff or the orange dyed junk) so many recipes came out of that hungry boy.
You might also search my website as well – plenty more there that use csp.May 26, 2010 at 7:26 pm #1614253Sarah, did you change your URL for your site. I tried to go there the other day (I have it saved) and it came up closed or not in service…..
May 26, 2010 at 7:28 pm #1614255Ken, both http://www.trailcooking.com and http://www.freezerbagcooking.com work :-)
May 26, 2010 at 7:34 pm #1614258Sarah, it's entirely possible it was due to operator error, but I searched your site yesterday or the day before and only found the cheese sauce recipe which I thought was strange. Just did it again, but this time I hit the jackpot–lots of recipes. Thank you!
May 26, 2010 at 7:37 pm #1614260Thanks Sarah, dunno what happened…but I will. I really enjoy your recipes!!!!
May 26, 2010 at 7:42 pm #1614262Brian,
Kirk has been tinkering on the site so that might have something to do with the search engine. Hopefully it continues to work right ;-)May 31, 2010 at 11:12 pm #1615587Franco,
The company listed in Sarah's link, Frontier, has the most flavorful dried powder style garlic I've ever found, their "Garlic Granules".. We pretty much use fresh garlic exclusively, but this stuff is a close second as far as adding actual tangible garlic flavor.
Quite good, although from a medicinal standpoint, nada que ver.
Jun 10, 2010 at 9:23 am #1618635Is dried cheese powder even any better than fresh cheese in terms of energy density? Here's a recent thread about fresh cheese, with discussion of the (lack of) need for refrigeration: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=12747 Fresh cheese is about 4 calories per gram. I did a little googling, and the results for powdered cheese are about the same. It may be a little hard to tell, because a lot of powdered cheese products are probably intentionally formulated to be low in fat, which is the opposite of what you want when you're backpacking. The calories in real cheese are basically fat, and fat is one of the densest forms of energy you can pack. And fresh cheese tastes a heck of a lot better than powdered.
Jun 10, 2010 at 10:58 am #1618665It's always fresh cheese for me. I took a bag of grated parmesan out for 6 hot days and the left overs were still good for my next trip, the cheese didn't evn sweat at all.
Jun 10, 2010 at 11:06 am #1618667I have a stupid question here. If I take ordinary grated parmesan cheese, open it to air, and put it in a ziplock bag… how long will it keep?
Assume temperature well below body temperature.
Does it get moldy, or what?
Maybe I need to test.
–B.G.–
Jun 10, 2010 at 11:51 am #1618684See my last post Bob, thats exactly how I stored my parmesan. When I'd make camp I'd put my bag of perishables in the shade with a wet cloth draped over. In total I had that cheese unrefrigerated for about 9 or 10 days, no mold, no sweat, seemed perfectly fine.
Jun 10, 2010 at 11:55 am #1618688Bob,
I've taken grated parmesan in a ziplock bag to add to my Mtn Hse Spaghetti many times. No problems for up to two weeks. Once I didn't unpack it on coming home and three months later is was moldy.
I find string cheese, cheddar, parmesan, etc., last fine for at least two weeks. I just try to keep it cool in my pack.
Jun 10, 2010 at 12:38 pm #1618705I've carried pre-grated parmesan in small ziplocs for weekend trips and it was fine. I suspect they would last longer too.
Even better is to just order lots of pizza and keep the small packages with parmesan.
Even better than that is to buy some good parmesan (not grated). I suspect a wedge of parmesan can easily last a couple of weeks unrefrigerated if kept out of the sun etc. Only problem would be the added weight of a small grater.
Jun 10, 2010 at 5:28 pm #1618815I finally found time to post this recipe up this past week:
http://www.trailcooking.com/recipes/cheddar-cheese-sauce-mixSep 29, 2012 at 8:37 am #1916627Finally found a place where I can buy this in bulk. They have white and "yellow".
The sales lady said is is very popular with the gluten free crowd. $11 / pound (about 50 cents a serving). Not as cheap as Honeyville, but what would I do with a three pound can?Rocky's in Eastern Market sells bulk nuts and spices. I just happened to see it.
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