Just trying to cut weight and spread my wings a bit ;) It is just me and my eight year old-ergo my desire to cut the weight....Lord any weight cut is a good thing...but not at the costs of gourmet and a wash in fuel weight:)A friend of mine shreads it post steaming and rinses very well with hot H2O and runs it through the freeze drier at work...dont have that apparatus at home...so I thought that i would bounce the bird dilemna off yawl.