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Hello Howard, Thank you for this profile it's very helpful.
I would be interested to know how you made the <font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>granola
bars</font></font> and how long they keep. Do you have a recipe?
<p>Denise
<p>Howard Mendes wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>In a message
dated 3/9/2002 4:09:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, denise1234aEARTHLINK.NET
writes:</font></font>
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Do
the refuges feed you? or should I plan to take my meals in</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>restaurants?</font></font></blockquote>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>I only had meals prepared
by the refugio in two isolated towns that had no decent restaurants or
cafes. The food was about $4 a meal and not as good as a restaurant;
some refugios have kitchens where people can cook communal meals if they
like. The preponderance of the refugios are in towns or cities where
you can get a variety of great meals for a relatively modest amount of
money.</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>One word of caution -- be
prepared to plan your own breakfast and lunch a day ahead of time if you
will be in a place without meals available at the time you decide to eat.
You can buy yogurt (as Shirley MacLaine and I did), fruit, cheese, bread,
juice, etc., in a supermercado that will keep a day or more.</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>For emergencies I made my
own granola bars and trail mix before I left home. I doubt that this
added more than a few ounces to my backpack. What I did not eat or
want to carry, I shared in the refuges or on the Camino with my new amigos.</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Howard Mendes, NYC</font></font></blockquote>
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