Re: Rehydrating food???

I toss everything I'm going to have to rehydrate into a wide mouth plastic jar, poor in water, stuff it into the bag someplace before dinner, put the lid on and continue walking. If its beans they start early in the day. If other food, I usually get it started 1 or 2 hours before I expect to finish the process.

I dump out what I can (remember how much liquid you put in there) into my cooking pot. Then clean the remainder out of the jug with the remaining required water. You have to 'cook' the mess over a fire for a bit to bring it up to a good temperature. But it saves fuel, and speeds the process. My cooking 'pot' doubles as my bowl and cup.

Don't think I'd worry about the eggs and fat/oil being hotter in a previous post. It all starts out at the temperature of the water and can't get hotter than the source water unless you are cooking the whole mess in the bag.