wolfpackjeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- 500' and 500KCAS, RAF lakenheath
If you are backpacking then avoid stuff in cans. Why pack in the extra weight? Rember a pound of steak weighs just as much as pound of crappy beef stew, and I do not have to pack the can back out. I eat good on the trail. A frozen stake will make it at least as far as day one just fine, and is still probably frozen in the center on day two if you pack it right. Get the vacuum sealed ones. Add a carrot and some potato in a tinfoil sack and throw it in the coal for a bit. Makes a great meal. Rice cooks well, and if you dice up some chicken and put it in a ziplock baggie with some condensed creamy soup then freeze it, it cooks well on the trail.
Bagels pack great as a bread. And if you buy the right coffeepot they can be stored nicely. Get some squeeze jelly and some peanut butter (put in a squeeze tube, the camping store sells them) there is a quick lunch. I know a lot of guys who liked tuna, especially now that it comes in mylar pouches instead of cans.
I am also a firm believer that the guy who invented Ziplock baggies should be canonized as the patron saint of camping.
Also, while hiking, the fun sized baby ruth and snickers bars are good to keep in a pouch you can reach for a quick energy boost. Just as much energy as a powerbar and they taste better. Little boxes of raisins are good too.
I am much more of a hiker than a car camper. And I was an eagle scout. I will be out at SERE school sometime over the summer, so that should be cool up until the POW training.
Bagels pack great as a bread. And if you buy the right coffeepot they can be stored nicely. Get some squeeze jelly and some peanut butter (put in a squeeze tube, the camping store sells them) there is a quick lunch. I know a lot of guys who liked tuna, especially now that it comes in mylar pouches instead of cans.
I am also a firm believer that the guy who invented Ziplock baggies should be canonized as the patron saint of camping.
Also, while hiking, the fun sized baby ruth and snickers bars are good to keep in a pouch you can reach for a quick energy boost. Just as much energy as a powerbar and they taste better. Little boxes of raisins are good too.
I am much more of a hiker than a car camper. And I was an eagle scout. I will be out at SERE school sometime over the summer, so that should be cool up until the POW training.