wrote on May 4^th, 2004 at 7:26pm:

Many freeze dried meals are OK and some pretty good, but many are really bad. Last year with the church youth group we were given some freeze dreid Beef Stew by the outfitter-I will not name the brand. It was so bad no one could not eat it.  I took a youth with me to the far end of Bat lake, well away from any campsites, to bury the whole lot. There was enough stew to feed 7 people and probably more and we had to bury the whole pot. It took a big hole to get it down far enough to make sure it did not leech to the surface. If you are on Bat Lake this year and you see a big fat bear-he might have found the stew and dug it up. Yuck!

LOL - would you believe THAT was the story that got me thinking about this topic? We are doing a food planning session this Saturday Night.  You can bet your beef stew will come up in conversation.

TB