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Deb, Debs, Debbie, Irish pudding, fluffy, path veggies, Continental Deb Prompt Mashed Potato 350g, or no matter else you would possibly name it, is my latest mountaineering companion. For anybody questioning the ‘trail veggies’ title above, look no additional than the grocery store placement. Deb might be discovered within the canned veggies part of all supermarkets at present being investigated for worth gouging.

There she is, trying beautiful in a bowl (although rudely stripped of her packaging!) | @jessleenehme
It’s my unqualified opinion that Deb is the final word mountaineering carb supply, and no, fancy ‘nutrition stats’ gained’t change my thoughts. Positive, while you’re on a multi-day hike, getting the proper vitamin is tremendous essential, however for most individuals mountaineering is one thing they do for enjoyable, so having fun with what you’re consuming is essential.
Learn extra: A Information To Wholesome Mountain climbing Meals
However earlier than I even get into style, I would like to elucidate the method of constructing it. Sure, it’s immediate, however it’s additionally fascinating. Anybody who’s tried to observe Nagi’s Paris Mash recipe is aware of the method to make completely easy mashed potatoes, and but Deb does it not solely INSTANTLY, however with solely two substances: dandruff-looking crumbs (hopefully of potato) and boiling water.
It’s magical to look at.
The one factor I can evaluate it to is being a toddler and watching these grow-in-water toys that develop over a number of hours or days.
Did I point out Deb is immediate? Prompt!
Inferior Path Carbs
When you’re nonetheless not bought, let’s take into account the path carb choices that haven’t gained my coronary heart.
Pasta
Professionals: It’s yum.
Cons: It’s not as yummy as Deb, has an extended cooking time, is cumbersome, straightforward to crush, and makes use of tonnes of water.

It’s principally an inconvenient sponge in comparison with Deb | @thecampstovechef
Rice
Professionals: It’s yum.
Cons: It’s not as yum as Deb, is dear (if freeze dried), and has an extended cooking time (if recent).

This meal would have been ten instances faster with Deb… simply saying | Shot by Amelia Gillies
CousCous
Professionals: Brief cooking time.
Cons: It’s takes longer to cook dinner than Deb, and is tremendous flavourless until you hike with butter.

Have you ever seen the corners on a couscous field? They’re an unyielding nightmare in comparison with the candy malleability of Deb
As everyone knows Deb is scrumptious, light-weight, has a quick cooking time, and is flavourful solo. The one con is that you just’ll should cease your self from downing your entire packet on night time one.
So for those who’ve been on the look out for a mountaineering companion and may’t appear to seek out the right one, otherwise you simply need to add some child-like surprise, I extremely advocate you attempt Deb.

Folks have been loving Deb for many years | Supply: Pacific Islands Month-to-month November 1963 by way of Nationwide Library of Australia by way of @bycroftboy on Flickr | License
Deb Serving Solutions
- Pairs superbly with an On Monitor Meals steak. As a bonus, it may be cooked in the identical water you heated up the steak in (thank me later for that stroke of genius)
- Excellent as a aspect to any meal that hasn’t fairly happy you
- Works effectively as a thickener any time you add an excessive amount of water to a dehydrated meal. I genuinely advocate including this to all dehydrated meals. The addition of the salty flavour together with the elimination of any extra water makes any meal really feel much less like rehydrated slop
- Light-weight hack to have both by itself while you realise you didn’t convey sufficient meals, or to bulk up meals you probably did convey which are too darn small
Prompt gratification is throughout us lately, and whereas I hike to get away from that, all of us want luxuries. For me that’s Deb’s Prompt Mashed Potato.
Whereas I’ll endlessly now be labelled the loopy Deb man, when you attempt it I feel you’ll agree there are worse issues to be labelled.

She even goes with dessert! I relaxation my case. | @jessleenehme