[at-l] Hiking food you love to hate...

[RET33@prodigy.net (Robert Tomlinson)]

It sounded good in the store but when I used tuna from the foil
packages to mix with noodles for dinner for myself and three hiking
companions, somehow everyone wasn't hungry anymore, and the smell took
hours to go away.

RET in Sunny Fla

----- Original Message -----
From: Anderson, Paula_(MD) <PMAnderson@apshealthcare.com>
To: AT-L (E-mail) <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 5:25 PM
Subject: [at-l] Hiking food you love to hate...


> Since it seems many are preparing their maildrops and other food
lists for
> upcoming hikes, I thought now would be a great time for this.
>
> we've all done it...  carried it....  prayed for a garbage can or
hiker box
> so we could get rid of it... buried it in a cat hole... attempted to
give it
> away at shelters...
>
> You have a food you normally really like or simply have no problems
eating.
> you buy it for your hike because its a 'good' hiking food and
suddenly
> discover on the trail around 7 days in that you cant stand the
smell, sight,
> taste, texture etc.  @ 10 days you know if you have to eat one more
bite you
> will gag.
>
> For me it was 2 - oatmeal & poptarts.  yep, the ole favorites of
almost
> everyone.  Somehow poptarts starting sticking in my throat, i
couldn't
> swallow & it was like chewing cardboard for me plus they are heavy
as *&^%$.
> I knew it was hopeless when I started gagging after the second bite.
I've
> recovered from the poptart phobia but still cant face all my
leftover
> oatmeal from 2000.. <sigh> and I used to really LIKE oatmeal...
>
> whats yours?
>
> Cheerio
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