Ultralight food or Misery in a pouch?

“My rule of thumb for rehydrating is just to add enough water to cover whatever is in the (presumably) ziplock. High-tech, I know. However, seems to work pretty well for me most of the time (check when you get into camp or what not). Sometimes you need to top off a little more, but not usually is my experience.

Good point on the burning stuff, CD. Bleech!”

“for a cold meal, I like a fruit cookie sold at Winco. It has coconut, dried fruit, seeds, and a lot of fat. Its a real meal, and edible. Add some beef jerky, cheese, ritz crackers, and a payday bar, and that is lunch.

This time of year I like to buy up all the Hostess Fruit Cakes. They are awesome! chuck full of fats and carbs for winter hiking. And they freeze well for months.



Caption from the source of the picture:

The Hostess Fruit Cake is good eatin’, pals. And like the cycle of life, I returned the fruit cake to its original form. That of a four pound turd.”

“A great alternative to drying meat is Green Giant textured vegetable protein in the freezer section. It dries up real nice and pops right back and gives food a nice meatiness. (OK, begin the mad dash over to the out of context thread!)

Beans are a good alternative as well.”

“but nigal, if you don't eat meat you can't get protein. lol.”

“lmao”

“So don't anyone like good ol' Spam for protein on the trail anymore??? I still like it. The single slices are great! Comes in Turkey also...

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“I've said this on some other threads, I'm vegetarian. But, the thought of Spam however does make me salivate. I don't know what it is about salty, convenient, death in a can that can make me so dang hungry. So, I'm with you.”

“I've never had Spam and God willing I won't!

Go ahead you out of context quoters (I refuse to change it!)
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“C'mon, live a little, Tango!”

“Yeah, NO. I heard there are feet, tails and floor sweepings in there so I have say NO WAY. I would be a vegetarian except I can't give up cheeseburgers!”

“From some of your other posts, you'd probably like a Rothlis-burger:)”

“I worked in a meat packing plant in Milwaukee, WI several years ago...As far as floor sweepings...You would be suprised how clean the plants are kept...Plenty of USDA inspectors running around when I was working at the job...There is more crap in hotdogs than Spam...Yes it is salty...But you sweat it out on the trail and the salt will keep you from getting muscle cramps...And on the trail is when I ONLY eat Spam...I don't eat it as an entree...I add it to my freeze dried meals to add some body and calories to it...I am a growing boy and need a lot of food when I am out there...”

“You can cook the new spam singles over a fire while they are in the pouch. Works good.”

“Tang, you'd be surprised at how good veggie or black bean burgers could be. Here at the Vortex in Atlanta they are actually better than the meat alternatives.

www.thevortexbarandgrill.com”

“I've tried a lot of veggie burgers and sorry not the same as a juicy cheeseburger. I have moved (mostly) to turkey burgers though.”

“Good tip MB!”

“This thread is getting to me. Ha! I'm going to do Animal Husbandry work in Peru; including slaughter. I know, weird outfit for a vegetarian. So, at some point I have to eat start eating meat again. If friggin' Spam is my first bite of meat in 2 years, I'm going to blame the he|| out of you guys! LOL”

“LOL @ Words!”

“Birch and Sass took me to an Argentinian steak house last month where they have gauchos walking around with 3' long skewers full of meat (they had 15 different meats and cuts) and they come around and slice you off a small hunk. I ate so much rich red meat I thought I'd be sick. It was the bomb though.”

“I am not looking forward to eating Guinea Pigs or Hamsters. 'Cause I'm pretty sure since it's a delicacy, it'll be offered as a first meal. What what what?”

“I once tried melba toast cooked with a dried egg batter to try to make french toast. It was awful.

It seems to me that dinners and breakfasts can be pretty light weight (pastas, oatmeal), but lunches tend to be bulky and heavy. For a 6+ day trip, the lunches get pretty bulky. I have thought that you would have less bulk for lunch if you stopped and had spaghetti for lunch, but I like to eat continually all day. Are there light weight and non-bulky lunch stuffs?”

“I wouldn't reccomend the powdered humus that I carried on the 100 mile wilderness trip a couple of years ago. But it was light, humus and a pita. I have heard that there are some recipes to make your own that are better. i also snack all day while hiking but to really cut weight I think you need to stop and make a meal. Or another idea make something in the morning that you could eat cold ie seasame noodles”

“Being a newbie I think the food packing will be a big hurdle for me. The few times and short trips I have been on I took a lot. Packing for a 4+ trip......I will need to figure out what to take for meals. I dont think I will try 32oz idea of slackpacking to yogieing......might backfire on me and then I will starve.”

“Oh what the heck...Freeze a big steak...foil up a potato...throw it in the embers and pig out on the first night out!”

“The first night's meal is easy: slice steak think, freeze it solid, take a fresh bell pepper and onion, fry it up, Yummy! Nemster, buy Sarbar's freezer bag cooking book, plus Prosecutor's cookbook, and start trying them out at home.

That is all you need. Adjust Prosecutor's recipes to 3 oz of angel hair pasta per adult per meal, and 3/4 cup of instant rice per adult. Next, buy little plastic bottles of vodka, drink the vodka, and use the empty bottles to take small quantities of oil on backpacks.”

“i love that drink the vodka idea. totally eliminates the misery.
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“Word, it's called cuy (qwee). It is a delicacy, so it's not readily available everywhere, sorta a specialty thing. Unless you're living with rich folks or country folks, don't expect to get it. I saw it served a lot more in Ecuador than Peru...

As for SPAM, at 2 a.m., after drinking all night in the middle of the woods and your buddy busts out a couple of cans of spam and proceed to grill them up, it's goooood stuff!”

“what the heck is cuy?”

“Last outing we made quesadillas from Spam Singles. Turned out very good and it is easy to pack tortillas, cheese, and Spam singles. Took a couple of packets of taco sauce which helped.”

“you can't tell me camping makes EVERYTHING taste good.”

“Macaroni and cheese with sliced up pepperonis is still one of my all time favorites. I can still remember the one day years ago when I was hiking on a cold gray day in the spring. I was starving and just as I came to this little pine stand the sun came out and warmed everything so I stopped and had mac and cheese with pepperonis and laid in the sun with my shoes off. I remember thinking, "Damn, this is the best meal I've ever had in my life.".”

“Rosey, I'll be in a pretty remote location. I'm not sure exactly where yet though. The Peace Corps doesn't give you an exact location until you're in country. I didn't, however, know it was called cuy. The reason I said that was because I had seen it on "Bizarre Foods" or something of the like.

I did eat meat yesterday for the first time in years. Felt horrible, but opens up more camping food options. SPAM, here I come!”

“cuy = guinea pig”

“Idaho Bob, an alternative to the vodka bottle that is totally leak proof is an urinalysis cup from the doctor's office (unused of course, make sure that seal has NOT been broken, lol). Our Doc let us have 1/2 a dozen. They have never ever leaked oil, unlike every other little bottle we've ever tried.”

“I bought a set of small, leak proof Nalgene bottles from REI. Should be great for carrying oils and such.”

“Let me know where you end up, I've been all over Peru and in really remote areas...”

“Go to safeway now. They have the Knorr Sides + Veggies for a buck each!!!!!!”

“holy crap, i should have listened to Bacpac. I decided to take the sierra scrable enertia meal that came in my "box pack" when i was hiking in the cohutta last week.

It set up, but it tasted like a paste of pure egg yolks and onions. My dog wouldn't even eat it, and i've seen her eat rocks and crap.”

“Sass and Nigal, you are not getting it. If you use little vodka bottles for carrying oil, you have to drink the vodka first.”

“Thanks, Rosey. I'll for sure have some questions to ask you. Should find out more specifics in Feb.”

““Sass and Nigal, you are not getting it. If you use little vodka bottles for carrying oil, you have to drink the vodka first.”

Or better yet I'll carry my oil in a 750ml bourbon bottle just in case anyone wants to deep fry a turkey!”

“Just be sure to drink the bourbon first.”

“Jock itch would be misery in a pouch.”

“J�germeister in a food grade plasitc bottle works for me on a hike...Just might take a can Redbull and make a J�germeister Bomb or two also...Makes that ground softer at night...

Pack it out!”

“Jager-Bombs = Overpriced


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“Hey guys, I got a couple really long day hikes coming up and I need some stuff that I don't have to cook. Light and compact would be good, but the most important thing is no cooking, and SUPER high calories. I figger I need to carry 6000 calories at a minimum. I'll probably have a couple gel packs, and some beef sticks, but I need something to really pack in the calories. I know there are some adventure racers out there. What are you guys eating?”

“olive oil.”

“and what? more olive oil? No thanks. LOL!cI seem to recal hearing a story about some guys on the JMT that tried something like that though.”