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What Are Your Favorite Cold Soaking Meals?

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Aug 17, 2021 at 6:08 pm #3725083

Lowell k
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@drk

I will be trying cold soaking and am curious about anyone’s tried and true meal recommendations.

Also, when I read about the crotch pot I initially thought it was a joke. Are folks having success with this?

Thanks,

Lowell

Aug 18, 2021 at 2:52 am #3725140

John S.
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@jshann

Refried beans or red split lentils are what many seem to share. Everybody prob thought the crotch pot was a joke the first time they heard it ; ). I think it gets used but I have not heard much feedback. Van Peski is apparently still using it.

https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/north-america/utah-buckskin-gulch-ultralight-hiking-glen-van-peski/

Aug 18, 2021 at 1:13 pm #3725188

Todd T
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@texasbb
Locale: Pacific Northwest

That’s all.

Aug 18, 2021 at 1:43 pm #3725191
Kevin Babione
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@kbabione
Locale: Pennsylvania
The last couple of years I’ve done cold-soak for all of my lunches. I love the Packit Gourmet meals:
- Many Beans Salad – 770 cal, 25g protein
- Texas Mesquite Chicken Saled – 400 cal, 40g protein
- Southwest Corn and Black Bean Salad – 530 cal, 21g protein
- Trailside Bean & Cheese Burrito – 410 cal, 23g protein
What I really like about the cold soak is that they’re ready the instant we stop for lunch. For the chicken salads I wait to mix the mayo in until I stop, but the water is in there from breakfast. If it’s really hot outside (which I desperately try to avoid) I’ll put the cold soak package into my coozie to keep it cool.
Aug 18, 2021 at 3:24 pm #3725198

Matthew / BPL
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@matthewkphx

Wow @ Todd! Does that end up tasting like a creamsicle?

Aug 18, 2021 at 6:13 pm #3725212

Todd T
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@texasbb
Locale: Pacific Northwest

Wow @ Todd! Does that end up tasting like a creamsicle?

Never tried ’em together. Maybe I should!

Aug 18, 2021 at 8:15 pm #3725222

David Thomas
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@davidinkenai
Locale: North Woods. Far North.

Tabouli. Double the olive oil for more calories and calorie density. Add the olive oil to the cracked wheat in advance so it acts like an absorbent, although an 8-ounce PEET #1 plastic water bottle makes a reliable, leak-proof container. Rather then fresh diced tomatoes, I add dehydrated tomato flakes.

Add cold water an hour before lunch.
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