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I was out at the grocery store last night.  It started as an innocent enough trip.  Just out picking up the basics for the next couple days.  Somewhere along the way though it turned into a discovery session.

I think it started with a search for powdered eggs.  I’ve got a backpacking trip coming up and a couple recipes I read through called for the fabled stuff.  Turns out they aren’t in my grocery store.  Powdered egg whites sure, but not the real stuff.  The powdered egg search turned into a hunt for all things backpackable.

I sifted through all kinds of sausages, dry batters, puddings, and the like looking for something interesting to tote along with me next month.  I came up with some good ideas for simple things to spice up the trip’s meals, and I’m really excited to try them.  I’ll share my results when I get back.

Its been my goal for a long time now to make a quality breakfast biscuit on the trail.  Sausage, egg and  cheese is the goal, but I’d be willing to settle for something less royal.  Last night’s trip took me one step closer to the possibility when there at the checkout line was the week’s”Extreme Buy”, “ready to serve ” bacon.  No refrigeration required.  I think its the final link in the biscuit quest.  With a simple outback oven I can bake fresh biscuits, eggs come in powder form (though that makes them of questionable quality), and now finally a suitable meat for the breakfast sandwich.  Score!

My other interesting discovery last night was that Pay By Touch is no longer available.  The company went belly up.  Its interesting, one of the big predictions of back to the future was that we would all “thumb” our payments.  Not so I guess.  This seemed like a security and privacy nightmare from the start.  I can’t say I’m shocked that if failed.  It will be interesting to see if this ever takes off for real.