Hiking food
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When planing an expedition try to break the meals into Snacks, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Hiking food does not have to be expensive, try shopping in bulk. Chinese stores are great for dehydrated stores.
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When planing an expedition try to break the meals into Snacks, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Hiking food does not have to be expensive, try shopping in bulk. Chinese stores are great for dehydrated stores.
I usually do not crave sweets while hiking, after a week or two, I really miss meat, so you can get some beef jerky / slim jims even those sealed sausages. another must in the food bag, is Anti Acid, nothing worse than having serious heartburn while hiking. dried fruit is pretty good , you can have them separate or mixed in with your gorp. I have not carried myself, but have seen others that make corn bread, / pancakes, which is oh sooo good on a cold night in a tent.
When I would go backpacking the night before leaving I would crack some eggs (beats powdered eggs) into a ziploc bag and put them in the freezer. they were my first breakfast item that would get used.
fry up some beef summer sausage first add the eggs… i can still smell it to this day!
buy them at wally world in the box they end up being about a dollar a bar.
i always keep some on hand as well.
i like to eat chips
So much more economical shopping at the grocery store vs. the mre’s! Just have to get a little creative. I always love the backpacking food tip videos.
I never considered protein powder for any reason. But I suppose it does make sence for hiking ventures and I understand it comes in many flavores. I’ve been making for years many of my own dehydrated foods vegis and such. Just learned how to do meats though so next summer should taste great.
if you are really a trailhead foodie, consider getting your own dehydrator….there isn’t any meal that you make at home that can’t be dehydrated then reconstituted in the field….and as an added benefit you get to control the salts, sugars and other preservatives that go into your food.
Fruit leather is great and you can make your own cheaply over the radiator
my 2 cents – consider cous cous. Just add the correct amount of boiling water to couscous (I think its almost 2 to 1) and cover with a lid for about 5 minutes. No prep, no fancy equipment. A very hardy carbohydrate food that can be flavoured with dried veg, or just a bit of butter. Not too pricey either!
Awesome Foods, I always carry some Poptarts, oatmeal, and my homemade jerky and granola. I never thought about the tortillas with peanutbutter, i will have to give that a try.
Clif Bars… I never go anywhere without them. Hate that they’re not exactly inexpensive though.
I admit Ramen is not exactly luxury cheap and filling though.
SPAM: Stands for Special Pressed American Meat, theres some trivia for the day, from what I have seen its a cheap and popular camping food.
I overdosed on beef jerky when hiking on the AT I can still eat dried seafood.
I know the table is huuuuuuuuuuuuge, needs to be for all the awesome hiking food. The dried seafood is fairly cheap in Chinese stores
Selica
mmm RAMEN
I am lucky in that i love them all the time.
Jell-O in Oatmeal, Great Idea. And you cant go wrong with Pop Tarts.
Now Im hungry.
Keep the good videos coming.
Great video and advice, I never thought of taking dried shrimp as hiking food.
On a side note, that is a very large table.
its bannock
great job Selica, you must b a veggie terryian
what about MEAT ? i use jerky or summer sausage or spam and tuna even comes in those foil packs now.
puddin , lol
My Dad always had smoked spam in the mourning. Thinly sliced and fried with eggs. Had that in a lot of fabulous camp grounds out here in Ca. I know spam has got a bad rap but it made us happy campers.
Now they have little signal sliced packets. The smoked spam is the best.
They have tuna packets too.
The dollar store has all that stuff.
Excellent video! Alot of different options that I didnt think of.
what i love to eat when im out is beef jerky and i love banic bread also
Tons of good stuff there!
crushed ramen ….beef jerky
common man’s dinner …or you could just bring food?