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What is cold soaking as a way to prepare backpacking food?

Rehydrating dried food with cold water.

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Why: Cold soaking rehydrates dried food with cold water, often to avoid carrying a stove.

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Answer: Rehydrating dried food with cold water. Cold soaking rehydrates dried food with cold water, often to avoid carrying a stove.

  1. Backpacking (hiking) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacking_%28hiking%29
    Cold soaking consists of rehydrating dried food with cold water, generally used to avoid carrying the weight of a stove.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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