Backpacking
Food
Following are some possibilities to pack
for the trip.
Possible
Food*
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Snacks/
Deserts
Clif Bars
Cookies
Gorp
Nuts
Power Bars
Pudding Cup
Raisins
Rolls
Snickers
Mars Bar
Twix
Butterfinger
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Breakfast
Cold:
Bagels
Breakfast Bar
Breakfast Drink
Cereal
Cheese
Dried Fruit
English Muffins
Gorp
Honey
Jam
Jerky
Hot:
Canadian Bacon
Cream of Wheat
Instant Oatmeal
Omlet
Sausage Links
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Lunch
Canned Meat Spread
Cheese & Crackers
Dried Fruit
Dry Salami
Gorp
Granola Bar
Jerky
PB&J Sandwich
Pepperoni
Rice Cakes
Tuna Fish lunch kit
Vienna Sausage |
Dinner
Chili
Dried Hamburger
Dried Vegetables
French Bread
Instant Noodle Dinner
Instant Pasta Dinner
Instant Rice Dinner
Instant Soup (Ramen, etc.)
Sandwiches
Potato - Baked
Potato - Powdered
Tacos w/pita bread
Tortillas |
Drinks
(optional)
Gatorade
Hot Cocoa
Instant Coffee
Soy Milk
Powdered Milk
Tang
Tea |
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*
Stay away from fresh fruit (too heavy) and stuff like
canned beans or canned chili. Cans are not only bulky
but usually a lot heavier than the dehydrated alternative.
This also applies to canned drinks. If you really feel
the need to bring canned soda or beer, just remember that
1 quart = 2 pounds AND you will be carrying those cans
back out.
Ultimately,
drier is lighter. Any moisture you carry, you want to
be drinkable. Food can always be rehydrated. Once
you get the swing of this concept, you are really only
limited by your imagination. FYI: Chicken doesn't rehydrate,
too bad.
Dried
Hamburger
This is terribly simple. Buy VERY lean meat. Brown it
thoroughly. Drain it even more thoroughly. (The grease
is the fat and the fat is what makes meat spoil.) Now,
spread out the browned meat on a cookie sheet and put
it in your oven at 150 degrees for about 4 hours. When
you are done, you will have rock-hard little meat pellets.
Bag 'em. When you are ready to prepare your meal, simply
pour a bit of water in the ziplock with your meat and
let it sit for about 5 minutes. Once rehydrated, you'd
never know it was dehydrated in the first place. Dehydrated
meat, when done properly, can keep about 6 months on the
shelf.
Dried
Vegetables
This is the same principle as dried hamburger but it's
a lot more tricky. If you're really interested in doing
dried veggies, let David or Michael know and they will
give you specific instructions on the type of vegetable
you are wanting to dehydrate.
Gorp
Gorp is better known as trail mix and is great energy
food. You can really put anything you want to in it. Nuts,
raisins, sunflower seed kernals, M&M's, dried fruit,
chocolate chips, etc. Just stick it all in a ziplock and
go. Just remember that it doesn't take much to fill you
up and a big bag of gorp can get really heavy.
Omlet
Yes, eggs will keep up to three days cracked without refrigeration.
Crack a couple of eggs, throw in some cheese, dried/minced
onions, dried peppers or whatever and seal in a ziplock.
Then seal that ziplock in another ziplock for extra protection/freshness.
You are good-to-go.
Sausage
Links
Get the precooked kind. It should stay good for about
three days.
