[at-l] The Cheap Hike

[kellyswhitman at hotmail.com (Kelly Whitman)]

I'm working on my menus (dehydrating vegetable korma as we speak) so this 
food info is much appreciated, everyone.

Kelly Whitman
iN*TP*
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"There ARE no other women like me."  -- 7 of 9

>My food bag for a 4-5 day hike would be:
>
>  Quick-cooking oatmeal divided into sandwich baggies. In the beginning of 
>a long
>  hike I follow the package directions for the amount, but after a week or 
>10
>  days I double the amount claimed to be "one serving." I add to each bag
>  appropriate amounts of salt, a spoonful or so of brown sugar, enough 
>dried milk
>  to make a cup of liquid, and a handful of raisins. Coffee bags -- at 
>least
>  enough for a couple of cups per day. Hot chocolate packets. Swiss Miss 
>are best
>  in my opinion.
>
>  Pita bread, Peanut butter, hard salami, sliced cheese. Un opened American
>  cheese lasts the best. Swiss tastes the best. I eat Swiss early on. 
>Amercan
>  towards the end of a resupply cycle. All combined with the hard salami or
>  summer sausage.
>
>  A concoction of pasta, bouillon, quick-cooking brown rice, and spices -- 
>enough
>  to make a cup or so of dry stuff. Add any extra salami, you may have.
>
>  The basic rule: add twice as much by volume of liquid for every unit of
>  oatmeal, pasta or rice. A little extra liquid make cooking easier and 
>adds
>  important fluids to your diet, but makes for a sloppy meal, which gets 
>tiresome
>  after awhile.
>
>   Snacks include Snicker Bars, peanuts, raisins, dried fruit, granola 
>cereal,
>   packets of lemonade mix, instant cider etc.
>
>   If you plan ahead and buy carefully, you can eat well for $1.50 a day 
>using
>   mail drops. Prices tend to be higher in trail side stores,  but you save
>   mailing costs. So it comes out about the same in the end, though trail
>   selections vary widely.
>
>   Weary
>
>
>
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