backpacking food?
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kerrville, Tx. USA
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backpacking food?
I know this question has made the rounds before, but haven't seen it in awhile. What do you take backpacking for food. Here is a parial list of what we take:
Dehydrated foods, good but expensive, just add water and stir: nothing to clean up.
bread rolls (doesn't matter if it gets squashed)
instant oatmeal
granola bars
power bars/gel
candy bars
What would you add to this list?
What would you add to this list if packing in on horses?
Dehydrated foods, good but expensive, just add water and stir: nothing to clean up.
bread rolls (doesn't matter if it gets squashed)
instant oatmeal
granola bars
power bars/gel
candy bars
What would you add to this list?
What would you add to this list if packing in on horses?
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jul 2004
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RE: backpacking food?
On your back:
Beef jerky
Kellogs or Familia brand Mueslix dry cereal (serve with rehydrated dry milk)
GORP: mix of bulk granola, peanuts, rolled oats, almonds, raisins, chopped dried fruits,
sunflower seeds, and M&Ms
Cheddar cheese and rye crisp
Lipton's brand pasta dinners or noodle side dishes
Dried packaged soups
Beef jerky
Kellogs or Familia brand Mueslix dry cereal (serve with rehydrated dry milk)
GORP: mix of bulk granola, peanuts, rolled oats, almonds, raisins, chopped dried fruits,
sunflower seeds, and M&Ms
Cheddar cheese and rye crisp
Lipton's brand pasta dinners or noodle side dishes
Dried packaged soups
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: golden co
Posts: 852
RE: backpacking food?
One item I liked when backpacking was ramin noodles. Very light, cheap, cooks fast and tastes good. I would crush them and and repackage them in baggies to keep the bulk down.
And if packing in on horses steaks and beer of course.
And if packing in on horses steaks and beer of course.
#7
Nontypical Buck
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RE: backpacking food?
I pack in enough water to get me to my campsite. I then use a MSR water filter to obtain drinking water ($75 at Cabelas). Just have to know a water source near your camping area.
I had forgotten a nut mix, that is a really good one too as well as peanut butter. And beef jerkey, how could I forget! Bagels and pasta too. Good ones guys, keep um coming.
I had forgotten a nut mix, that is a really good one too as well as peanut butter. And beef jerkey, how could I forget! Bagels and pasta too. Good ones guys, keep um coming.
#9
RE: backpacking food?
Power bars are a good quikie and they make them where they actually taste good now. Sometimes you have a destination to make by a certain time and rather than stop, the power bars are great for a temporary quik fix while enroute. When hunting with a pack/ gear and equipment its easy to burn 3-4 hundred calories an hour and I pack away the gatoraide also and drink up to 6 quarts a day depending on conditions. Not only does it help in replacing body fluids but also helps in muscle spasms such as charlie horses, something you young whipper snappers think happen to other people. A good ole p/j sandwich is loaded with protein as well as a banana/peanut butter sandwich. I keep it in a tupperware container to keep scent away from the critters and especially from the ole griz. Good luck, Bobby