wrote on Jul 12^th, 2005 at 11:52pm:

Some things, like chicken, turkey, corn, and peas take a looong time to soak and be edible. And I don't like the idea of any food soaking at room temperature for very long.

Have you tried adding hot water to speed the reconstitution? We took some jambalaya that had wild turkey in it (the fowl; not the beverage) and it reconstituted fairly quickly using hot water. All except for that little ball of lead. (luckily I was the one who found it)

Also, if you are going to shred / dry chicken, protect it somehow when you pack it or you might be disappointed when you find some fiend replaced your shredded chicken with chicken dust.