Turkey Day Trail Recipes?

“Since we're planning on spending Thanksgiving on the trail this year, I thought I'd find out what recipes TTers have tried in the past...

The closest thing to a Thanksgiving meal I've prepared on the trail is to take a packet of stove top stuffing and prepare it as directed (basically just boil the water and let it sit for 5 minutes - simple!) plus add one of those foil pouches of diced chicken (Turkey available also). This recipe is simple and delish!

Anyone else have ideas?”

“Looks like I'll be on the trail, too. Any SIMPLE ideas for the noncooks among us??!? lol”

“Shhhhh, don't mention turkeys around Maple Leaf. She sees dead turkeys. They attack her.”

“Bring a 20 pound turkey and a large alcohol stove. Enough metal to make a 2 foot diameter windscreen and put the turkey over medium heat with about 3 gallons of alcohol below. It should be delish! :)”

“Sweet Sue turkey in a foil pouch, dehydrated mashed potatoes and stove top stuffing and it’s all available at Wal-Mart.”

“Don't forget the gravy mix.”

“Don't forget the spices and save us some for when we get there!”

“dont forget to carry a pumpkin for pie making”

“dont forget to carry a pumpkin for pie making”

“dont forget to carry a pumpkin for pie making”

“dont forget to carry a pumpkin for pie making”

“Maybe you should remind her again.”

“Throw in some dehydrated ice cream to go on top of a carrot cake Cliff Bar and you have desert.”

“Idahoian mash is THE BEST fake taters I've ever tasted!”

“how about dehydrated cranberries?”

“You all have convinced me. I'll take my Thanksgiving dinner at my sister-in-law's.”

“Stuffing should dehydrate well, considering that's what it starts out from...”

“Never done it, but this sounds good to me -

turkey in a foil pouch
your favorite instant potato
dehydrated veggies (onions, peas, etc)
stuffing mix (I prefer croutons any other time, there's such a variety now)
gravy mix
butter buds
turkey spice - the stuff you put in homemade stuffing or rub on the turkey
mix all together - yum!

pack in some banana, pumpkin or zuchinni bread and cream cheese

McDonald's pumpkin or apple pies
(or other pies in a plastic container)

slices of jellied cranberery sauce in a baggy.”

“that would be "cranberry"

I'd haveta bring squash as one of my veggies to.”

“This month's Sunset Magazine had a great looking recipe for Southwest Cornbread Stuffing............yummy. Complete with chopped chili pepper.”

“Bring a big strong he-man to carry the dutch oven hehehehehe (dreaming) and they are great for baking bread in, making pies, etc.”

“You laugh about the dutch oven, but when I was in boyscouts we had to take three on a backpacking trip into Pharaoh Lake”

“miss opie has a very good turkey tetrazini recipe..but i like the stuffing and turkey idea...i'm gonna be on the trail this turkey day also...”

“Any food will taste especially "ausable" when sharing a Thanksgiving Feast in the Daks with Trailyackers!!!!!

Yeah - I'm psyched, wheh-hew!”

“One of the best turkey dinners I ever had was with a turkey stuffed with grits.

Ya mean I gotta actually enter a Wal-Mart to find turkey in a pouch?”

“Just wait till you see this trail - there's a reason I've been there four times without doing the peaks. I'll be going as light as I know how.”

“Maybe the mud will be frozen this time.”

“we have the turkey in a pouch at food lion.”

“I was up to my knees in muck last time I hit that trail. Yeah, hopefully that muck will be crusty from the cold.”

“THANKSGIVING ON THE TRAIL

At home, bag separately,
1 bag Success® White or Success® Brown Rice
1 package hunter’s gravy mix
4 cups water
1 cup stuffing mix
1/2 cup cooked turkey, either frozen or dried

In camp:
Submerge unopened bag of rice in 4 cups of boiling water. Boil uncovered
for 10 minutes. Remove bag from water and drain. Cut open bag and empty
contents into an insulated cup. In cooking pot, mix gravy mix according to
package directions. Add an additional 1/2 cup of water (for stuffing mix).
Cook over medium heat until gravy comes to a boil. Add cooked rice, stuffing-
mix, and cooked turkey. Simmer for 2 minutes.

SERVES: 2

As you probably can guess this is from the Success web site. We've had it and it's tasty. Makes a rather large 'batch' for lighter eaters. If you dry your own turkey, like we did, it may take a bit longer to dehydrate.”

“Great........mud....”

“Whose bringing the cranberries?

I'll bring the dinkleberries!”

“Turkey stuffed with grits???


What a way to #&%!$ up perfectly good grits.”

“Dang chili, this was Xmas dinner soul-style, and it was most excellent.

I remember outta sight sweet potatoes too.

It was many moons ago, before the dawn of grey hair.”

“You people go all out. I was just going to pick up a couple mountain houses and throw them in my pack.”

“No soul food dinner would be complete, TT, without collards and cornbread.”

“I'm growing collards in my garden. This morning's frost should've sweetened them up nicely.

Ummm, cornbread, great idea chili! But I still have some home grown zucchini in the freezer. Perhaps zucchini bread with walnuts?”

“You guys are making me feel very inadequate. I'm definitely going light.

BTW, we shall need crampons if trhe trail is (I hope) frozen from what I saw on Debar yesterday.

I did my first weight training in a long while this lunch hour. I used the climbing work-out from the June issue of 'Outside' and added curls, military press and upright rowing.”

“Stroke, Stroke!!!”

“I took leftover T-day dinner on a day hike once. Microwaved it then put it in layers of tinfoil with chemical heaters stuffed deep in my daypack. It wasn't very warm at lunchtime but it wasn't frozen. I shoulda used one of those packets from a self heating meal.”

“Yep...”