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KillEmAll · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 475 Location: Layton, UT

Kazak wrote: There are also Mountain House scrambled eggs with bacon, but those are kinda nasty.

Glad to hear you think they are nasty. It's the only thing I've ever tried and it was pretty awful. Thanks for the info.

Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2511 Location: SLC, UT

KillEmAll wrote: Kazak wrote: There are also Mountain House scrambled eggs with bacon, but those are kinda nasty.

Glad to hear you think they are nasty. It's the only thing I've ever tried and it was pretty awful. Thanks for the info.

LOL sorry to hear that man, ya I can see how those can turn you off on dehydrated foods. Try the Strogonoff one, my wife loves them, she had a craving for them when she was prego and never got over it. I like the chicken ones as well.

These are my favorite:

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I've tried these and liked them quite a bit. Even though it says for TWO people, I (so the rest of my gang) ate one of those packs each night. So plan ahead.

James_B_Wads2000 · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject:

Kazak wrote: I also like to take Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches, you don't need to keep them cool and they are quite filling for lunch. For breakfast I usually bring a bagel with cream cheese and a power bar.

I second PB&J’s they are easy, good and last for days. I usually make them on bagels rather than sliced bread. Bagels don’t get smashed as easily as bread, plus eating one bagel is like eating three slices of bread which can come in handy if you are expelling a lot of energy hiking around.

Kazak wrote: MREs are good if you don't have anything else, but they taste kinda crappy. The retailed dehydrated food is a lot better in taste, it's actually like home made dinners. I like the chicken stuff (Like Oriental Chicken, Chicken with Rice) and Beef Stew and Strgonoff. Some dinners are kinda nasty, so I stick to what I know tastes good.

You can pick up the dehydrated food at any sports store, including Walmart

Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find anything better than these for extended backpacking trips (>2 nights). You just can’t beat the light weight, just add water. Other things that work well are dehydrated potatoes and Lipton noodles. Or any thing else that all you need is boiling water.

They have these things called Tasty Bites that they sell at Smiths Marketplace in the organic section. They are precooked Indian or Thai meals in a sealed pouch that you put in boiling water for a few minutes. Open the pouch and eat. I like to serve it over Couscous which cooks like instant rice.

I have been known to bring bratwurst on some backpacking trips. These will last a couple of days in a sealed package as long as you cook the hell out of them. Plus it helps to have a campfire.

Pretty much I try to bring a variety of things and I always bring extra. Then I purposely shop separate from my friends and then we share wile we are out in the woods. Someone will always think of something good that I would have never thought of.

Jame

Reedus · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 462

There is only one way to cook trout when you are backpacking or camping IMO. You clean the fish, but leave the head still attached. Build a fire and let it burn down to just hot coals, no flame. Lay the trout with the head attached on the hot coals for about 5 to 7 minutes on a side. Remove the fish with a stick through the mouth. The blackened skin comes right off leaving nothing but juicy meat. Season with lemon pepper and hot damn if they aren't the best tasting trout I have ever had. No pans and no tin foil= no mess and no weight.

Reedus · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 462

On another note after reading James reply. Sams club sells cooked BBQ pork ribs in the freezer section. The come in a sealed pouch with BBQ sauce and you boil them in the bag for ten minutes and they are good to go. Damn good eats too

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4427 Location: somewhere

James_B_Wads2000 wrote:
They have these things called Tasty Bites

tasty bites are great, but they are a little heavy, so on extended backpacking trips i either take them only for the first 1-2 nights or not at all, depending on how demanding the hiking is.

KillEmAll · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 475 Location: Layton, UT

Went to REI today and picked up some chili by Backpackers Pantry. It was fairly cheap so I thought I would give it a taste test. The consistency was more like a soup than the Nally's chili I'm used to, but it was surprisingly good. It will make an excellent side to my fish. :nod:

Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2511 Location: SLC, UT

About the PB&J, I like to make them a night before and put them in seperate sandwich zip lock bags, then you don't get any mess around. I agree with the bagel idea, I have done that in the past and found it gave me more calories than regular bread (which I want on my bping adventures).

Another cool idea one of my buddies did was to smoke the salmon before the trip. It was a perfect snack that day, even though we smelled like smoked salmon the rest of the trip it was sure tasty!

Mtnman1830 · Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 1294

I have been tasting the Mountain House foods for a trip, (I don't want to get suck with a nasty meal -beef and potatoes with onions- on a trip. Link: http://uutah.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2304

I favor the Chicken a la King with noodles (my fav). And my way of cooking fish, is after they are cleaned, put a sapling thru the mouth and firmly into the tail meat, and cook like a hot dog.

Glockguy · Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 321

When are you guys going up?

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 12181 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Bigben wrote: When are you guys going up?

The week of the 24th.

Shan · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 794 Location: Cache Valley

The food packing is my task when ever hubs and I go backpacking. (Though he helps plan, because I'm not going to hear complaining 10 mi. because there's no candy!)

Here are some links I found:

http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/bkrecipe.htm
http://www.ziplink.net/~24601/recipes/bprecipe.htm
http://www.wta.org/~wta/magazine/1174.pdf
http://mattfischer.com/ramen/ (Official Ramen Homepage)

What we usually have:
Breakfast
-oatmeal packets topped w/brown sugar, raisins, walnuts
-coffee
-dried fruit
-flapjacks (get that pancake mix in a jar stuff, or even a packet of Jiffy's fruity muffins and have fruity flapjacks - just omit the egg)

Lunch/Snacks
-bagels
-turkey pepporni (by Hormel) keeps well w/o fridge and very tasty!
-peanut butter and jelly in those tubes
-store bought hummus, does well without fridge.
-cheese
-gorp
-jerkey
-granola bars
-powdered drink mixes (cocoa, gatorade, koolaid)

Dinner
-burritos. I dehydrate a can of refried beans at home, bring along a rice packet that has corn and beans, and some tortillas.
-chili and corncakes. I make up a pot of chili at home and dehydrate it. corncakes are a packet of jiffy corn muffin mix, mixed with water, and fried in a pan.
-spaghetti and meat sauce. Again dehydrate the sauce at home. smaller pasta cooks faster. Angel hair only 4 minutes.
-chicken and noodles. packet of Lipton noodles of your choice, foil pouch of chicken. Dehydrate some mixed veggies at home to add in.

Really any one pot dish you eat at home can be dehydrated. I bet even beef stew as long as the pieces weren't too big. I can't have cheese or milk so that's why there are all dairy free.

Cooked ground beef dries really well into beef "gravel" and can be added to lots of things.

I tried dehydrating scrambled eggs using a recipe and that wasn't good.

Lipsmackin' Backpackin': Lightweight Trail-tested Recipes for Backcountry Trips by Tim and Christine Connors is a good book. It was at my library.

Shan · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 794 Location: Cache Valley

The best way I ever had trout:

cut off heads and tails, I think he took the guts out too, steam in a cast iron skillet with water with skins still on.

After meat seems cooked, peel off skin and debone.

Fry up some butter (lots!) and onions, add the steamed trout (that is bone and skin free).

Eat it up - yum!

(this was on a canoe camp trip - hence the cast iron skillet)

Shan · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 794 Location: Cache Valley

Hmm, I found this about eggs:

http://outside.away.com/outside/gear/gearguy/200209/20020930.html

Q: I have a weakness for eggs. Love 'em. Don't care what they'll do to me, I have to have them. In the Navy, eggs are coated with a thin wax layer that will keep them fresh for about a month. Can I get these eggs somewhere, or can I do this myself? Also how long will a raw egg stay good when unrefrigerated? I would love to enjoy my eggs no matter how long I may be on the trail.

A: I like eggs, too, and often take them backpacking. Eggs are extremely long lasting, and I am hard put to imagine a scenario in which they would not stay good for as long as you care to lug them. Two weeks, easy. Fresh eggs, in fact, have natural bacteria-killing agents and actually will last longer than unrefrigerated hard-boiled eggs. In short, you can pack in as many eggs as you think you'll want to eat (or carry—eggs are pretty heavy) and not worry much about spoilage. And, well, if one does go bad, you'll know about it when you crack it open. Does the phrase "smells like a rotten egg" mean anything to you? That's hydrogen sulfide you smell, and it's potent stuff. No mistaking it.

Anyway, the wax bit was an attempt to "seal" the shell, which is porous, and prevent bacteria from getting inside. You can do this at home—just dip the eggs in warm paraffin wax. But I don't think it'll make much difference for you.

Try this next time you carry eggs into the woods:

Outback Frittata:

4 eggs
1 cup milk (made from powdered)
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 mushrooms, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried parsley
Salt and pepper to taste

Warm a non-stick skillet over your camp stove. Add oil, then mushrooms. Sauté mushrooms until browned. Add all other ingredients and stir to mix. Turn heat to low, cover skillet with a sheet of aluminum foil, and cook until center is set—ten minutes at the most. Then, prepare to fight off neighboring campersB

KillEmAll · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 475 Location: Layton, UT

Shan, thanks for the info on the eggs and all of the suggestions on meals! If only my wife would take care of the food. :haha: I heard fresh eggs are the best to take, but was never sure why. Now I know. Also, you have great suggestions for dehydrating. My dad gave me an old dehydrator. Maybe I should test it out. Those store bought meals are so expensive, but I also don't trust my own food yet.