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Post by MtnGoat2 on Nov 19, 2008 12:36:49 GMT -5
For most of my jaunts involving an over-nighter, I insist on lugging a can of Dinty Moore Beef Stew and whatever else strikes my fancy...but I realize that's not practical for spending several days 'on the trail'.
This category was created for you, the hardcore backpacker, to submit your favorite camp recipes and to perhaps find a recipe from someone else.
Happy Eating!
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Post by MtnGoat2 on Nov 20, 2008 8:43:45 GMT -5
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Post by pedxing on Mar 1, 2009 13:08:55 GMT -5
When I solo, I go stoveless except in winter or near winter conditions. When I do cook one really easy and tasty option is tortellini - whatever variety you like. I take some extra virgin olive oil (both a great seasoning and a very weight efficient source of calories) and a baggie with a blend of salt, pepper and freshly ground parmesan cheese.
You can pay a lot more and work a lot harder, but its tough to get anything tastier - and cleanup is a lot easier than for mac and cheese.
Whether I cook or not, I usually take along dry Italian salami. It keeps well and has about 110 calories/ounce - much more than most preserved meats.
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Post by MtnMagic on Jul 1, 2009 19:03:13 GMT -5
On long distance backpacking trips, I don't eat gourmet, though sometimes on the 1st, perhaps into the 2nd day. Adding cold water to couscous for 15 minutes or so beforehand dehydrates it nicely w/o cooking. Evoo and garlic has been my basic healthy flavoring for many years.
For me on just several over-nighters, I too, enjoy a hearty beef stew meal for dinner. I usually bring a pound of frozen shrimp or salmon and add it to pasta. Evoo and garlic, a must. Let me think about my meal plans during my younger days and post them another time.
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Post by MtnMagic on Sept 1, 2009 18:33:09 GMT -5
Bars get old quick. Too quick.
Mac 'n cheese, pasta, ramen noodles, or cous cous w/added contents from those aluminum pouches of salmon, tuna, or chicken. Add a bit of mushroom, red bell pepper, and a bit of onion w/evoo and garlic and you'll eat like a star!
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Post by percypeaks on Sept 11, 2009 17:24:23 GMT -5
That's a very good point Ridgerunner has there.
The Cohos Trail is a wild trail. No reason not to eat wild food on a wild trail.
I'll throw in a few items. Wild cucumber is common and edible, if you know what to look for. Spruce gum (globs of it sometimes congeal on spruce trees) can be chewed like gum if you like the real refreshing and intense taste of raw spruce tree. It clears up bad breath, I can tell you, and the gum breaks down after a time and turns purple. Kids will like that.
I have seen very large snowshoe rabbits at many of the structures on the trail and atop Dixville Peak, and in the Moose Alley region of Pittsburg. Haven't eaten one though. I don't know how to build an effective snare, and I'm not familiar with the legal hunting season for rabbit.
Better to eat a fresh wild rabbit than a Kansas feedlot hog or Chicago stockyard bovine or shrimp from horrid, degraded shrimp farm estuaries in Thailand, I always say.
percypeaks
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