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[problemdaimyo]

[As per usual, he made no attempt to seal his message away from anyone, other than a perfunctory check to ensure certain other daimyo wouldn't be able to read the message. Also as usual, he leaves no signature. Eventually he presumes people may begin to recognize him anyway,if only as the author of similar messages.

Then again, there are an awful lot of people with access to the scroll network.]

For those of you who travel often, do you have different favorite foods between staying home and when you must carry and make food while traveling? Do you have any favorites that cross over both, or food that you appreciate only when one condition of the two are met?

Comments

[morningpeacock]

I eat curry anytime, anywhere!

I will only eat ration-bars, however, when traveling. Otherwise I do not find them tasty. Fruits and vegetables are the perfect carry-and-eat snacks, regardless of at-home or on-the-road status!

[problemdaimyo]

[Now, this text he's certain he recognizes from previous conversations, but which ones...?]

Fruits and vegetables do seem like sensible choices, but their perishable nature might make it difficult to pack enough for a long trip away, wouldn't they?

[morningpeacock]

That is why you dry them! If you make fruit into chips or chewy dried snacks, they keep for much longer and go well with granola as well! Dates, raisins, prunes, apricots...just to name a few! You can also dry some vegetables into chips! Or use dehydrated vegetables to cook with! They still retain much of their nutritional value!

[problemdaimyo]

Oh? So do you prefer them dehydrated when you travel? Only then, like you do rations, or at all times?

[morningpeacock]

For travel specifically, I prefer them dried because they keep longer. I also eat them dried after training and as an afternoon snack with my protein shakes! But I generally prefer to eat fresh when I can!

[problemdaimyo]

Wouldn't hydrated fruits and vegetables be even better after training, given how much water you'll have lost with all of the exercise involved? Why choose to have them dehydrated then as well?

[morningpeacock]

You are right! But usually I am eating them as part of a trail mix, with peanuts and other nuts/seeds, so they are less about hydration and more about ease of packing. A bag of trail mix tends to take up less space than an apple would while providing more protein and other nutrients. And when I require hydration, I have water and/or sports drinks!

[problemdaimyo]

Perhaps it does take up less space, but the nutrition and satisfaction of eating a bushel of grapes after a hard work out is greater than that of a mix of raisins. Surely after hard work, such satisfaction is a necessary reward?

[lostmarauder]

I find that using seals tends to be the most effective method of keeping things fresh, which makes travel cooking much easier. Things that taste better over open flame are usually meats so I indulge in those more in the field.