Originally Posted by
gamecock
I would neither cook in a tent nor use a tent in which cooking had been done in bear country.
"cooking" many freeze dried foods involved boiling water, the pouring it into a ziplock bag with the ingredients and letting it stand for 10 minutes while everything re-hydrates.
I would not be worried about bears coming to my tent when cooking freeze dried foods in the vestibule.
However, I would never fry bacon in the vestibule.