[at-l] food ideas needed

[icw@xxxxxxxxxxx (Clark Wright)]

Dave's list is darn good; I'd have to add some hard boiled eggs,
pre-cooked bacon and foil packed tuna to his lists to feed my roaring
furnace! :)

thru-thinker

Dave Hicks wrote:

> Colin Fletcher's _The Complete Walker III_  has a great seven day list on pp
> 184-189, for those who limit cooking.
>
> NOLS's _the National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide_  has a
> great 10 day list on page 175, for those who want to cook.
>
> I personally do a mix.  Also, I dehydrate stuff.  So, to some degree the
> menu for any given short trip is driven by the dehydrated left-overs of some
> homecooked meals the weeks before it and by what mixes I have been playing
> around with.
>
> The next variables for me are the time of year and how much I have hike in
> the last month so.  Breakfasts in April will contain hot cereal (real ground
> grains -- not your rolled oats, much less instant).  Whereas, You'll not
> find a hot cereal in my pack by August.
>
>
> The following is an actual list I packed for a ten day (nine night) early
> spring hike.
>
> I'll send a spreadsheet with weights and calories if you want, but can't
> over the list.
>
> General & Emergency Pack
> 18 Tea Bags
> 9 Coffee bags
> 7 oz. Dried Whole Milk
> 1/2 lb. Sugar
> Salt, Pepper & Spices
> 3/4 lb. Butter
> 18 Balance Bars @ 2.0 oz
>
> Breakfasts (9)
> 9 oz Rolled Oats
> 9 oz Multi-Grain Porridge
> 9 oz Course Grain Yellow Polenta
> 3 Bagels @ 4.0 oz
> 100 Spiralina
>
> Lunches (9) & Snacks
> 3 Bagels @ 4.0 oz
> 2 lb. Cheese
> 1 lb. Dried Fruit
> 2 lb. Trail mix
> 6 Soup Mixes @ 2.0 oz
> 1 lb. Hard Tack
>
> Dinners (9)
> 5 Freeze Dried
> 2 Rice Meals
> 2 Noodle Meals
>
>
> Total weight in lbs. 17.6 Cals 29,054.
> Weight per day 1.96 Cals 3,228
>
> Chainsaw
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leroy Mullins" <iaclm@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu>
> To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:02 PM
> Subject: [at-l] food ideas needed
>
>
> If you were on a seven day hike and had to pack seven days of food, what
> would you menu be like on the third or fourth day.  You menu for breakfast,
> lunch, dinner, and snacks would be appreciated.
>
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