Wow, you folks that do light weight backpacking and still are able to do the gourmet cooking, amaze me.

For me, salsa, and hot sauce (in the little packs that family and friends save for me from Taco Bell, are used to make the freeze dried Mountain House meals edible.

Ah, all this knowledge is wasted on me anyway, If I can't heat it up out of a can, microwave it, or rehydrate it when backpacking/camping, I couldn't cook it anyway. I just like to read these food forums, just to salivate, and see how the "other half" lives.

J.