June 09--Name: Fishpeople Seafood
What they are: A line of gourmet seafood dishes -- four entrees and five bisques and chowders -- that come in boilable pouches that campers can use to enhance their outdoor experience. Boil for three or five minutes (depending on the dish), shake the pouch and serve. The menu includes Chinook salmon in chardonnay reduction sauce, Albacore tuna Thai coconut lemon grass entree, Albacore tuna yellow coconut curry entree, Chinook salmon and sea shell pasta in a wild mushroom sauce, Dungeness crab and pink shrimp bisque, alder smoked wild salmon chowder, coconut red curry seafood bisque, creamy razor clam and bacon chowder and seafood chili blanco.
The good: We tried the tuna-coconut-lemon-grass entree, the crab bisque and the salmon chowder. All were good, though the tuna got rave reviews. The salmon was second.
The bad: If there is a concern, it's about the weight of the envelopes. Campers, and especially backpackers, travel light. The packets we tried weighed between 7.25 and 10.5 ounces. A dozen of them in your backpack might slow you down, but as one longtime camper put it, "All of them would taste great out on the trail." These would be a nice treat on a trip instead of those usual dehydrated foods.
Cost: $4.99 for soups, $5.99 for entrees.
Available from: http://www.fishpeopleseafood.com
