I use powdered butter. You can't use it for sauteeing your mushrooms but it is great for adding flavor, fat and calories to a soup or noodles dish.

http://www.wildernessdining.com great for the lightweight add-ons to a supermarket menu. great hiking condiments.

When stationed in Korea I learned some really good ramen recipe's. Over there in the Army when you go out the field, the ladies, and no not that type, the little old cooking ladies brought Ramien and Coke to the frozen Korean tundra. Take a hot bowl of ramen and add any number of military MRE compon...

I am curious how this hike went for you. I just read your post and recently did this hike and found it to be very not what I had planned.