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Tnskigoing for a week or so and just need sime ideas, so far my list consists of pancake mix, butter sugar, flour ,shortening,raisins/peanuts
I'm not a die hard backpacker or anything but the couple times I've been mountainhouses and a jetboil were super clutch. Shit's delicious. They're not cheap tho
yungonaits terrible!!! bitch!!! 😳 but seriously im not sure if all of them are bad but the breakfast skillet one is dogshit.
yungonaalso sidenote the dehydrated stuff does not make for good outdoor shits
Yeah ngl the breakfast ones aren't the best. And maybe when I eat them, I'm always on an adventure and starvin anyways so they taste delicious. But you're super right bout the poops tho, not the greatest.
I've had good luck with the Backpacker's Pantry Breakfast Skillet (which you can get at walmart for like $8 a pouch) bring some wraps and an avacado and boom, breakfast burritos. Feeds approx. 2 hungry people 2 burritos or 4 people 1 burrito each.
back country Kitchen dehydrated pad thai, red beans and rice and curry are all pretty good comparatively. Once you start getting into dehydrated meat shit gets gross. Way better to have a light bag than to have to eat bland food. Get a good water filter if you don’t have one.
I'll definitely have ti add beans (black ey peas/peas I have a ton of) and tge wrap idea sounds killer(tomatoes/avacados/cream chease) be nice not ti have ti cook but trout in foil gets old .
Was just at rei and chilli mac freaze dried was 14 bones, crazy.
SnowshoeThompsonback country Kitchen dehydrated pad thai, red beans and rice and curry are all pretty good comparatively. Once you start getting into dehydrated meat shit gets gross. Way better to have a light bag than to have to eat bland food. Get a good water filter if you don’t have one.
I don't filter , never had issues in tge wa cascades but e wa. And tge Olympics I wished I had .
I did for a while but it rolled into a lake and disappeared into the silt and drank the water anyway, i figure its like tge Coronavirus, you get sick once and are immune from then on.
CeleryGood to go is a great company that makes some dehydrated food that absolutely slaps, especially the pad thai and thai curry
I'll remember that tip but planning on leaving Sunday so no time to order online.
Here's were I'm at si far, all this is 7.5lbs plus I stick of butter and some beef jerky and whatevelse.
yungonathe dehydrated food from mountain house is fucking garbage. i have never tasted anything worse
Dehydrated meals ain't that bad especially when you're toast from hiking all day with a heavy pack on your back. Biggest problem I've had is they're not that space saving if you have to use a bear canister. Dehydrated breakfast skillets are sooooo good in the am versus oatmeal.
TnskiI did for a while but it rolled into a lake and disappeared into the silt and drank the water anyway, i figure its like tge Coronavirus, you get sick once and are immune from then on.
You will never be immune to giardia lmao, not to mention possible norovirus, e coli, etc.
TnskiI'll remember that tip but planning on leaving Sunday so no time to order online.
Here's were I'm at si far, all this is 7.5lbs plus I stick of butter and some beef jerky and whatevelse.
Have you counted how much calories you're bringing for each day? Are you planning on catching some of your food? Is that almost a guarantee that you won't come up emptyhanded? How many miles are you doing each day? How heavy is your pack right now?
All those nuts are great for greasy poops at least whenever I eat a shit ton of peanuts. If you're really looking for extra stuff you can get from your grocery store: ramen, tortillas, peanut butter, tuna packs, mayo packets from restaurants, hot sauce packets, oatmeal and granola clusters, dehydrated milk for extra calories, mac n cheese, pasta (you can dehydrate sauce at home super easy), rice, tea, crushed doritos.
Edit: whelp just saw ur leaving today lol. Good luck
**This post was edited on Aug 30th 2020 at 2:28:32pm
TnskiI'll remember that tip but planning on leaving Sunday so no time to order online.
Here's were I'm at si far, all this is 7.5lbs plus I stick of butter and some beef jerky and whatevelse.
Breakfast is the easiest. Pancakes are good, oatmeal is also super easy and I like to do powdered milk with cereal or granola. For dinners I really like instant mash potato powder. You can add some tvp, Garvey mix and dehydrated veggies and make a shepard’s pie. Most of my other go to meals are too big/heavy for backpacking. I mostly do canoe trips where that doesn’t matter as much
CeleryGood to go is a great company that makes some dehydrated food that absolutely slaps, especially the pad thai and thai curry
Second this! Good To Go rocks (they're a Maine based company just down the road from me!). I love their mushroom risotto, bring some sausage or meat to add to it and it's bomb! Just remember to let it cook for a while, sometimes it can be crunchy if you dont add enough water and let it sit.
Just got back from 3 nights 40 miles and shit ton of vert, just bring food that you like that is light and won't spoil. 3lbs a day is enough to ensure you won't run out. Snacks can be whatever, boxed rice and bean dishes or ricearoni are really good
tap ur local asian market and buy the wildest ramen flavours you can find, keeps meals interesting and ur not paying 10 dollars for a pouch of some times good food.
tried black garlic and artifical pork last time and it it was really good
I can't justify the cost of mountain house and the like, but Knorr Sidekicks and some TVP or an envelope of tuna achieves almost the same purpose at a fraction of the cost. Last time I grocery shopped they were on sale at 4 for $5CAD.
paige.I can't justify the cost of mountain house and the like, but Knorr Sidekicks and some TVP or an envelope of tuna achieves almost the same purpose at a fraction of the cost. Last time I grocery shopped they were on sale at 4 for $5CAD.
WTF I've been posting here for over a decade and this is the first time I've ever had a pink name. Do not like.
flavourtowntap ur local asian market and buy the wildest ramen flavours you can find, keeps meals interesting and ur not paying 10 dollars for a pouch of some times good food.
tried black garlic and artifical pork last time and it it was really good
Word! There are so many possibilities at at asian market, alot of bazzare dried stuff with endless possibilities.
Trumpkin2020Dehydrated meals ain't that bad especially when you're toast from hiking all day with a heavy pack on your back. Biggest problem I've had is they're not that space saving if you have to use a bear canister. Dehydrated breakfast skillets are sooooo good in the am versus oatmeal.
You will never be immune to giardia lmao, not to mention possible norovirus, e coli, etc.
Have you counted how much calories you're bringing for each day? Are you planning on catching some of your food? Is that almost a guarantee that you won't come up emptyhanded? How many miles are you doing each day? How heavy is your pack right now?
All those nuts are great for greasy poops at least whenever I eat a shit ton of peanuts. If you're really looking for extra stuff you can get from your grocery store: ramen, tortillas, peanut butter, tuna packs, mayo packets from restaurants, hot sauce packets, oatmeal and granola clusters, dehydrated milk for extra calories, mac n cheese, pasta (you can dehydrate sauce at home super easy), rice, tea, crushed doritos.
Edit: whelp just saw ur leaving today lol. Good luck
**This post was edited on Aug 30th 2020 at 2:28:32pm
Correction:
I drank out of this tadpole infested creek last week with no issues
I feel water filtering is wise but if the waters cold I feel its safe, if its not cold I just leave my water bottle in the sun for awhile
I stand corrected. Interesting. So what did you end up eating? Was this more of pack in, stay for few days and then pack out? Or did you move each day?
TnskiCorrection:
I drank out of this tadpole infested creek last week with no issues
I feel water filtering is wise but if the waters cold I feel its safe, if its not cold I just leave my water bottle in the sun for awhile
Trumpkin2020I stand corrected. Interesting. So what did you end up eating? Was this more of pack in, stay for few days and then pack out? Or did you move each day?
Moved each day ti different off trail lakes, no summits this time. Food? Ramen, knorr parmasan noodles, lentils rice w/turkey gravy , rice all with fried trout. Gatorade, rausins peanuts sunflower seeds for travel and huckleberry pancakes with butter and sugar for breakfast. Alot of cooking but a great adventure fuck i love tge cascades! Leaving later today fir one last huckleberry picking session and a summit. Peace bro
OK that makes a lot more sense if you were catching part of your meal. Your first post was practically all fat and sugar lol hence all the negative responses
I feel water filtering is wise but if the waters cold I feel its safe, if its not cold I just leave my water bottle in the sun for awhile
temperature doesn't affect the purity, you still need to filter it. bacteria are crazy with the extremes they can live. sometimes if i cross a small spring stream i will trust it enough to drink without purifying, but any standing or slow-moving water like the looks of that picture i'll filter. the upside of getting giardia, though, is that you typically develop an immunity to that strain of giardia. so you can drink more impure water in the future supposedly without getting sick.
BiffbarfI'm not a die hard backpacker or anything but the couple times I've been mountainhouses and a jetboil were super clutch. Shit's delicious. They're not cheap tho
Dehydrated: Mountain House beef stroganoff, pasta primavera, lasagna with meat sauce, and biscuits with gravy are the only ones I can stomach
'real' food: Ramen packets, box mac n cheese, little pesto container and pasta, cured meats, gnocchi, oatmeal, hard cheese
When I'm backpacking I'm usually too tired to cook properly but looks like you enjoy gathering hucks and making from scratch. Props.
Breakfast I always go instant oatmeal - can throw some seeds in to add a bit of substance.
Lunches I’ll usually throw some mac n cheese in a ziplock bag to pack smaller for a super cheap easy energy boost. Chop up some pep sticks and add hot sauce if you wanna add a bit of character.
I honestly like mountain house stuff but I want to get a dehydrator for my own. Would be rad to bring up some fresh tortillas and then just rehydrate some rad taco/fajita filling up there. Or bring dry stir fry and noodles and it would be super light on the way up.
For short overnights I’ll bring a fresh veg to freshen up a carb-forward dry meal without adding a ton of weight.
And always a beer or two per day for the apres-hike and a flask of whisky for the eve.
graveltemperature doesn't affect the purity, you still need to filter it. bacteria are crazy with the extremes they can live. sometimes if i cross a small spring stream i will trust it enough to drink without purifying, but any standing or slow-moving water like the looks of that picture i'll filter. the upside of getting giardia, though, is that you typically develop an immunity to that strain of giardia. so you can drink more impure water in the future supposedly without getting sick.
Idk I got this philosophy that people were meant to live in harmony with the wilderness and water filters are relatively new and not filtering has been practiced for tens of thousands of years so I'm cool with risking it but sometimes I am a bit concerned so whatever.
extravertDehydrated: Mountain House beef stroganoff, pasta primavera, lasagna with meat sauce, and biscuits with gravy are the only ones I can stomach
'real' food: Ramen packets, box mac n cheese, little pesto container and pasta, cured meats, gnocchi, oatmeal, hard cheese
When I'm backpacking I'm usually too tired to cook properly but looks like you enjoy gathering hucks and making from scratch. Props.
Ya its a bit rought building a fire ,cooking and cleaning up while being raped by mosquito's etc. But alot of times i just bring stuff that doesn't require cooking so i can lay in the tent and get a break from the bugs
