Previous :: Next Topic |
Author |
Message |
forest gnome Forest nut...
Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 3518 | TRs | Pics Location: north cascades!! |
Was just thinking ofthe food list from my begining hikes, and now (light-wt.)
1.) Can of stagg chili poured over frito-lay's corn chips and topped with cheese, onions,garlic.(don't ask how this comes out the other end)
2.) Fresh pasta from safe-way (in the plastic trays) with garlic bread
and a bag of white cream sauce from costco. (for two people)
3.) Two fresh eggs (each) Small ammount of kielbalsa sausage/
and 1 each person mico-waved potatoes. TOP W/ CHEESE.
NOW : It's mostly de-hydrated h.b. and pancakes. And dehyd. dinners.
Beef jerky, honey coated peanuts, 1 bag of tims potatoe chips. wheat thins and cheese, w/ peperoni. candy, 2 soups.......DRY FRUIT.
Mostly dehyd. stuff for the LIGHT-WEIGHT /IS THIS THE CASE FOR OTHER LIGHTWEIGHTERS HERE??
CARE TO ADD ANYTHING OR SUGGESTIONS ? THANKS!!!
|
Back to top |
|
|
salish Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 2322 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
|
salish
Member
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:36 am
|
|
|
I'm getting so old I can remember when we actually did bring lot's of canned foods like chilli, spam, bacon, eggs, etc. My mom would pour a dozen egg yolks into a one quart mason jar half filled with water, and we'd simply pour the eggs into the bacon greased fry pan. But talk about weight! I had a buddy who actually packed a small hibatchi and charcoal up to Pratt Lake. One of my buddies still uses his old bright orange external frame pack with blackened pots, pans, and a coffeepot dangling from it in various places. I love it.
Then I got into freeze dried and dehydrated backpacking foods and I still use them quite often. I also have a dehydrator and use it for meats, vegetables and fruits.
But the last couple of years my hiking buddies and I are reverting back to our old ways; if the hike is relatively short we pack frozen thick sliced bacon, steaks, complete salads in ziplocks and fresh vegetables, and always, a dented old coffeepot.
My short-term memory is not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my short-term memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
My short-term memory is not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my short-term memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
|
Back to top |
|
|
MCaver Founder
Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 5124 | TRs | Pics
|
|
MCaver
Founder
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:11 am
|
|
|
Forest gnome is so lightweight he abbreviates words like "take".
|
Back to top |
|
|
forest gnome Forest nut...
Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 3518 | TRs | Pics Location: north cascades!! |
hEY IS THE HIBATCHI still up at pratt lk.? (I find that a's and e's are the )
(heaviest vowels.) does anybody know their exact weight???
|
Back to top |
|
|
Stefan Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 5085 | TRs | Pics
|
|
Stefan
Member
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:24 am
|
|
|
Used to take: Dehydrated food. Expensive. Tastes bad. Not enough volume.
Now: Real food. Cheaper than dehydrated. Tastes better. More calories.
This is how I look at food as a comparison:
If you're going to pay for a hooker, might as well get the most bang for your buck.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Heavy eater of light food Guest
|
|
Heavy eater of light food
Guest
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:28 am
|
|
|
Freeze-dried: heavy packaging, expensive, salty. Potato flakes: yum, cheap, buy in a big box at Trader Joes.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dslayer Member
Joined: 02 Jan 2002 Posts: 652 | TRs | Pics Location: Home: Selah Work: Zillah |
|
Dslayer
Member
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:20 pm
|
|
|
I used to backpack in steaks for the first night out and all kinds of canned stuff plus a lot of beer.
Now, I usually plan for catching a meal or two plus some dehydrated stuff and MRE entree. During hunting season I go ultralight, living off dried fruit and meat-camping wherever I'm at when it gets dark.
"The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights is my concealed weapon permit."-Ted Nugent
"The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights is my concealed weapon permit."-Ted Nugent
|
Back to top |
|
|
treewalker Member
Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 269 | TRs | Pics Location: Atlanta |
Maybe I'm crazy but for me spending time in the woods is a spiritual cleansing experience. I usually try to go light on food in general and shed a few pounds on my extended trips. I just bring a couple of luna bars per day, maybe 1 or 2 dehydrated meals, small bag of trail mix/granola and maybe a couple pieces of fresh fruit or veggies. I'd be screwed if I were lost but I usually stick to the trail.
Josh
|
Back to top |
|
|
BarePaw Barefoot Hiker
Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 425 | TRs | Pics Location: Here |
|
BarePaw
Barefoot Hiker
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 1:50 pm
BAH!
|
|
|
I can't stand all the dried, proccesed, candied stuff they sell to hikers nowadays. Give me carefully packed fresh fruit, nuts, Sunflower seeds (a must), and the fish you catch at your destination. You don't need a hibatchi if you can build a decent fire pit. Take some alluminum foil, wrap it around vegetables and meat with some butter, and put it directly into the fire.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Larry Member
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 1084 | TRs | Pics Location: Kitsap |
|
Larry
Member
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 2:10 pm
|
|
|
treewalker wrote: | Maybe I'm crazy but for me spending time in the woods is a spiritual cleansing experience. I usually try to go light on food in general and shed a few pounds on my extended trips. I just bring a couple of luna bars per day, maybe 1 or 2 dehydrated meals, small bag of trail mix/granola and maybe a couple pieces of fresh fruit or veggies. I'd be screwed if I were lost but I usually stick to the trail.
Josh |
A couple of years ago I headed for the Burke Range for 4 days. At the trailhead, I discovered that I had left my food in neat little daily packets on the kitchen counter. Well, it was a decision...drive 20 miles to the Quinault Mercantile, or just get on the trail.
I figured I'd be awfully hungry, but I wouldn't starve in four days, and knew that I could probably do a bit of foraging for berries and such. The thought of no coffee REALLY made me pause, but in the end I just took off, sans stove and utensils. I drank a lot of water and that helped. Also, I took my time bushwacking up the hillside so as not to drain my energy too badly.
Needless to say, I survived (of course), but I was getting pretty weird thoughts by the time I got back to the car...
My stomach growled and churned the second day, but things really settled down for the rest of the trip. The hunger was there, but it wasn't excruciating or anything. I did feel a little bit weak in the last few miles out, but the rest of the time I felt just as strong as if I had eaten normally.
What do you think the odds are that I just drove on by the little hamburger stand at the Mercantile on the way home?
|
Back to top |
|
|
Miss Normandy Member
Joined: 23 May 2003 Posts: 171 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
forest gnome wrote: | 1.) Can of stagg chili poured over frito-lay's corn chips and topped with cheese, onions,garlic.(don't ask how this comes out the other end) |
Frito Banditos are my FAVE!
Support Search and Rescue. GET LOST!
Support Search and Rescue. GET LOST!
|
Back to top |
|
|
Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
I used to take cans, soups, chilli's and the like.
Then I evolved into the F/D stuff only.
Now it's a mixture of the two.
TB
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
|
Back to top |
|
|
sarbar Living The Dream
Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Posts: 8055 | TRs | Pics Location: Freeland, Wa |
|
sarbar
Living The Dream
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 4:56 pm
|
|
|
Yep, I can rember the painful hauling of canned food NEVER AGAIN!! I eat a combo of freeze dried commercial and my own dehydrated foods. I repkg everything into ziploc freezer bags and pour the boiling water in. No mess, no cleanup and very little pkging to haul out. All you need is a bp tea kettle, measuring cup and spoon. I love it!
|
Back to top |
|
|
MCaver Founder
Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 5124 | TRs | Pics
|
|
MCaver
Founder
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:40 pm
|
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Allison Feckless Swooner
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 12287 | TRs | Pics Location: putting on my Nikes before the comet comes |
|
Allison
Feckless Swooner
|
Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:45 pm
|
|
|
Lotsa dried, very little freeze dried.
Mostly just like always.
www.allisonoutside.com
follow me on Twitter! @AllisonLWoods
www.allisonoutside.com
follow me on Twitter! @AllisonLWoods
|
Back to top |
|
|
|