RumiDude
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Post by RumiDude on Jul 21, 2018 13:30:03 GMT -8
Much of what I eat on trail is no cook. For instance I like to eat granola for breakfast along with bacon jerky which gives me a good start to the day. Well except I have to have a cup of coffee. all my snacks and lunches are non cook. My evening meals are generally FBC style meals. I also enjoy hot chocolate some evenings as well, with a little bit of whisky to broaden my smile. The point of the cup of hot coffee and the hot dinner and drink at night is simply a matter of food to fuel my mood. During a long hard day, just thinking of that tasty warm meal and maybe hot adult beverage goes a loooooong way to boosting my mood and thus helping me get up that 1500' of elevation. Knowing that I will awake to a crisp morning and a hot cup of joe puts a smile on my face as I drift off to sleep. Or maybe I am just weak mentally and need this.
Anyway, I have a scattering of evening meals which are no cook. A few times I have cold soaked meals which I normally FBC and I was not satisfied with the results. I rarely enjoy the same meal over and over and over, so I think I would need more than one or two satisfactory non-cooked meals to get me through a trip of more than two or three days.
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zeke
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Post by zeke on Jul 21, 2018 15:44:28 GMT -8
Well, RumiDude, my request was for a couple of cold entrees as a break from hot food when the weather is too warm, not as a substitute for the entire trip's dinners. I agree, more variations are good.
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RumiDude
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Post by RumiDude on Jul 21, 2018 17:12:06 GMT -8
Yea zeke, I know what you mean. I often plan my meals as I hike, knowing what I have left in the bag. I kinda have an idea what I will eat each day, but circumstances may cause me to adjust. So having a couple non-cook meals in my quiver so to speak, offers me the chance to adjust when I don't feel like cooking. Sometimes I eat a lunch for dinner and figure out how to make the food all work for the rest of the trip. I have had burritos, cold soaked refried beans and meat with cheese and salsa for dinner. I just have to start soaking the beans early so they get fully hydrated. The meat generally hydrates in 15 or 20 minutes with cold water. Those are OK without using the stove. Rumi
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Jul 26, 2018 20:50:28 GMT -8
zeke, the salads I made for our lunches turned out really well. I'll try to shoot you some recipes in the next few days. I got them from a variety of sources, but all were assembled at home and dried, usually after marinating for a day or two in the fridge. When they called for chicken, I left it out and then tossed in a handful of freeze-dried chicken (I bought a #10 can of the stuff, and it was way better than what I dry at home, totally worth the cost). I was afraid they wouldn't feel like enough lunch, but with some of them we didn't really need anything else but a bit of chocolate. A slightly larger serving and a dessert would make a fine dinner.
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