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Arthur, you should read the "At Home" portion of the recipe. You don't carry the can of beans with you on the trail. You drain the beans, then double bag them in zip-top bags.
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 Michael Luthi

Be careful eating dried potatoes in the middle of the day...both times we tried it as a warm lunch on cold days it felt like there were bricks tied to our shoes for the next two hours!...on the other hand eating them at the end of the day is better than a sleeping pill.

Try real bacon bits, individually packaged sharp ceder and dried potatoes which is good, quick and very lite.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 Todd

The best potatoes I ever ate on a backpack were found in a bag of real potatoes that someone had hauled down to an Appalachian trail shelter in West Virginia's Cranberry Backcountry. We built a fire, cut slits in 2 potatoes (there were two of us), and roasted the potatoes in the coals of the fire. We just happened to have some butter and pepper, so dinner was perfect that night. We left the rest of the potatoes to other hikers.
I'd consider carrying a couple potatoes on a short backpack again...
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 Pat

Regarding the White Bean Potato cakes, what's the point? Drag along a heavy can of beans to use with dried potatoes? If you are going to carry a can of beans, mostly water weight, why not fresh potatoes? Or why not cook dried white beans, then dehydrate them and use instead of canned?
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 Arthur Wester

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