grocery store food that will work as lightweight backpack food?

[Superman]

Prepare, and then dehydrate, your own meals.

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by Superman

Prepare, and then dehydrate, your own meals.

You left out " ..add water and then cook with X Ray vision" Supe. Hope all is well.

[Cajundaddy]

I agree with avoiding the processed stuff and go for whole foods as much as possible. Menu choices for me vary depending on altitude, terrain, and expected temps. I prefer to shop at Trader Joe's or a little Italian market rather than the grocery store for stuff. Dried fruit (peaches, apricots, bananas, pineapple, raisins, dates), GORP, hard cheese and hard salami, pasta, dried soups, powdered eggs, dried stroganoff, oatmeal, fresh onion and sun dried tomatoes are all in the mix. If I am in the Sierras I count on fresh trout to be the bulk of my protein.

[fanaudical]

I pack dried fruits, nuts, salami, instant potatoes, cous-cous, dehydrated veggies, tuna, tortillas, cheese (eat this first), mini-bagels, carrots, small packs of peanut butter, oatmeal. Sometimes I'll pack a frozen steak for the first night out (use it to keep other things cool and have it defrost on the hike).

[Zeke]

Not a backpacker, if light weight is the prime consideration, I think I'd take dried fruit, powdered milk and cereal. I mean that's all from the corner store, right?

[Outback Porsche]

Steak and eggs in every can.

[pbs911]

Originally Posted by vash

i admit, i am a food snob.

i dont eat processed food. not much anyways. i have a trip coming up. no telling what they put into a pack of Mountain House dehydrated food..

I say starve! You are a self-professed food snob and to partake in anything other than your snobbery is proclaiming that you are a hypocrite. You are not the type to go camping and quit pretending to be such a person. So are you a hypocrite or a person who truly stands up to his snobbery? I bet hypocrite. . . .

[id10t]

Originally Posted by Outback Porsche

Steak and eggs in every can.

If'n you gonna go there, just remember that Guinness is nutritionally complete except for vitamin C and Calcium... Of course you need 47 pints a day to get full ADA recommendations for everything. I'm sure I could handle day 1.... day 2, probably not so much. And probably no hiking either.

[vash]

Originally Posted by pbs911

I say starve! You are a self-professed food snob and to partake in anything other than your snobbery is proclaiming that you are a hypocrite. You are not the type to go camping and quit pretending to be such a person. So are you a hypocrite or a person who truly stands up to his snobbery? I bet hypocrite. . . .

you're an idiot. read much? i was saying i dont..nevermind.

you take everything serious? i was playing off the "snob" thread.. like for fun..idiot

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by pbs911

I say starve! You are a self-professed food snob and to partake in anything other than your snobbery is proclaiming that you are a hypocrite. You are not the type to go camping and quit pretending to be such a person. So are you a hypocrite or a person who truly stands up to his snobbery? I bet hypocrite. . . .

You are starting. This is how threads get shut down!

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by recycled sixtie

You are starting. This is how threads get shut down!

It was 11:30 pm. He had his Guinness.

[rusnak]

I would probably take some minute rice, raisins, and a couple of pouches of Myoplex protein powder.

[scottmandue]

Vash... Vash... Vash... I though you were a mountain man.

All you need is a really, really, REALLY, big knife!

Kill your own food an eat it raw... blood running down your chin... nom, nom, nom...

If that doesn't work there are always grubs...

Mmmmmm... grubs...



I hear termites are tasty, when is termite season?

[aigel]

Originally Posted by Zeke

It was 11:30 pm. He had his Guinness.

Not an excuse to be an a$$. AAMOF, you should be in a better mood after a few, otherwise you have issues ...

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