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Freezer Bag Cooking: Trail Food Made Simple | 
 enlarge | Author: Sarah Svien Kirkconnell
Publisher: Lulu.com
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 62827
Media: Paperback
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 1411660315
EAN: 9781411660311
ASIN: 1411660315
Publication Date: January 9, 2007
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Product Description
Spend any amount of time in the outdoors and you have probably found that mealtime is full of trade-offs. Do you choose foods that fuel your body or foods that satisfy your taste buds? Do you spend the extra time to prepare a real meal or grab a protein bar on the go? Freezer Bag CookingTM minimizes these trade-offs by changing the concepts of traditional outdoor food. It offers simplicity, convenience and variety and whirls them together with the philosophies of lightweight outdoor adventuring. The cooking gear needed is minimal, lightweight and can be bought, found or even made. When ready to eat, the meal is prepared in and eaten out of the freezer bag. Mealtime becomes fast, effortless and cleanup is as easy as licking your utensil and sealing the zip top bag. So whether you like to be fancy with your food or keep it simple, Freezer Bag CookingTM: Trail Food Made Simple can be your ticket to better eating and enjoyment of your outdoor experience.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 weak information in the reader November 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was considering purchasing this book but when I looked inside, using amazon's reader, there is little comment on the first page (3 short paragraphs on breakfast being the favorite time of day) and it immediately went into recipes. Since most or all of the prep work will likely be done at home in the kitchen, I'd like to see some in depth information (with photos) on the topic of preparation and not a lot of recipes. I'm not sure how much informative material is in this book since it's not shown in the reader. Plus the book is only 96 pages, about 90 pages of written material and a few are copyright info and the index. The index only refers to recipes; no subject matter,which gives you an idea of the content. I want a book with specific information pertaining to the title. If you want recipes subscribe to taste of home magazine. I'm just not convinced this book covers in depth the subject of "freezer bag cooking" by looking at the table of content or the list in it's index. This book may be better than I've judged it, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the reader.
 Freezer Bag Cooking - I love this book! October 11, 2008
Before reading this book, I always wished I could sit down and actually come up with some creative recipes for backpacking foods. I never seem to make the time to do it. Instead, we just make do with what we have - very predictable meals that get us through - more like fuel than food. This book gives lots of creative ideas and recipes you can make with basic camping supplies. Once you start using these recipes, you get inspired to make modifications and implement your own ideas. Thanks for a great book!
 great book August 10, 2008
Great book! Excellent concept and good recipies. My daughter and I used the freezer bag method as described in the book while hiking the Appalachian Trail. The meals were great and no dishes to clean.
Concept okay, but tiny book, quite overpriced. April 1, 2008
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a very slender book, with not that many recipes for the price you're paying.
And, you can do the same thing with a large, lightweight insulated travel mug (you know, the kind that are 'way too large for any car's cup holder), saving the truly wasteful practice of throwing away plastic bags, and/or having them blow away in a brisk wind, creating yet more litter.
Check this book out of the library first, before buying.
a good start January 13, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this from her website with the cozy and a long spoon (the starter kit). This is a great start for learning to make good meals for your hike. I think you get a lot more out of using the book and the website together. (I also made her little baker which is shown on her site out of cheap aluminum cookie sheets and it works very well.) Her links on her website also get you resources to buy all the little packets she includes in her recipes, if you don't want to drive around town collecting them from fast food/restaurants. I am a particular fan of her pasta recipes - the trick of dehydrating cooked pasta to rehydrate on the trail wouldn't have occurred to me, and it saves so much time and fuel to just pop the ingredients into a cozy while you're drinking that nice hot cup of tea, instead of hauling a big pot and boiling pasta for ten-twelve minutes.
You're not going to be making haute cuisine with this, but let's face it - you really just need fuel for the trail and the lighter and simpler you make it, the less calories you'll be burning to carry it. It also minimizes clean up after each meal. And freezer bags are reusable - use them as trash carriers, take them home and wash/dry them, use them next trip. My current kitchen is a metal pot, a square of foil for a lid, stove and canister, lighter, a cozy and a spoon. How simple and uncomplicated.
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