[at-l] Tuna & Chicken Foil Pack - More Food Ideas

[icw@esisnet.com (Clark Wright)]

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I second the idea re instant pies - there are some instant cheesecake
mixes out there, complete with graham craker crust mix, that you can do
one in a while on the trail - melt a bit of squeeze parkay in your pot;
dump in the graham cracker mix, pat it down a bit, and dump the rest of
the mix [after first adding some water to it while in the foil packet]
on top, and then dig in - comes out best in cooler weather . . .

there also are various gummie-type candies that come in real fruit
flavors with added vitamin-C - I think Hi-C makes a version of these; I
must have eaten 100 lbs of those on the Trail in 2001! :)

thru-thinker

RoksnRoots@aol.com wrote:

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>In a message dated 12/30/2002 2:29:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>jplynch@crosslink.net writes:
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>>Any good suggestions for herbs/spices to go with the chicken and tuna?
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>       ***   I'm one of those barbaric omnivores for whom meal repetitiveness
>isn't a problem. I ate oatmeal mostly every morning and never got sick of it.
>Bulk roasted peanuts are another regular I never tired of. The calorie demand
>of long distance hiking made me glad to just be packing energy for muscle
>power in the morning.
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>     To answer your question, I spent the premium on Knorr's soup and sauce
>spice packets and Lipton's vegetable soup packs for flavoring noodles. For
>me, a vegetable soup spice pack, some on-sale egg noodles (79 cents a pound),
>a few pepperoni slices, chicken, and a squeeze parkay'ed bagel was a gourmet
>meal that I never got sick of. If you rotate a rice or dried potato meal in
>between this noodle stew you'll find yourself eating light and cheap on the
>Trail. Stovetop stuffing is another good meal padder that goes with
>anything...
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>             You can cut the cost of this way down by using individual spices
>instead of the brand name soup packets. Your voracious appetite won't notice
>any difference. On my hike I sometimes made an instant pie for dessert and
>ate the whole thing. Powdered milk and squeeze parkay are key foodstuffs
>towards a more expanded meal plan out on the AT...
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>       Grab whatever bulk candy packages that are on-sale in the store.
>Starburst is vitamin C fortified as are Skittles...
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