hiking food

[islayhawk]

What kind of food do people take with them on hiking trips

islayhawk

[mrssanta]

here is one link on the site

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=21174&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Also there are some posts about food on the currently active bothy bag thread.

[balgonie]

flapjacks of various flavours seem to be a WH favourite source of snacks as discussed in earlier discussions

[hawkinm]

I don’t advocate buying any of the specialist outdoor foods (they are too expensive). For breakfast I prepare bags of muesli which I supplement with extra dried fruit. Instead of milk I use my morning tea to moisten the muesli. Lunch will be oatcakes with fish or cheese. There are some excellent flavoured tuna packs available in supermarkets. Flapjacks are good for a mid afternoon snack. The evening meal tends to be Batchelors dehydrated pasta and sauce mixes or cuppa meals be they noodle of pasta based. If one is insufficient for you have 2 or even 3. There are many different flavours available. Cuppa soups provide many flavours to go with noodles which are easier to cook than pasta. If there are 2 of you then larger meals can be made up using Batchelors Beanfeast meals bulked out with noodles or dehydrated potato. For a bit of luxury, packet custard (just add boiling water) with a piece of fruitcake is brilliant. This works well when you are starting off and can prepare it in advance. The problems are when you have to restock using a village store. You just have to adapt to what is available. That said I take the opportunity to eat at any café, pub or shop that I might pass (not many in Scotland). This helps to extend the meals I am carrying.

[islayhawk]

Has anyone ever removed the contents of Pot Noodle container and repackaged them in a resealable plastic bag for ease of carrying.. Pot Noodles are handy but bulky. I wonder if they would stay fresh repackaged. The fact that they are dried makes me think they would but I do not know

islayhawk

[nathan79]

Has anyone ever removed the contents of Pot Noodle container and repackaged them in a resealable plastic bag for ease of carrying.. Pot Noodles are handy but bulky. I wonder if they would stay fresh repackaged. The fact that they are dried makes me think they would but I do not know

islayhawk

No, but you get very similar pasta in a packet things called Mugshots in a variety of flavours. Available in all good supermarkets for something like £2 for 5.

[rockhopper]

Overnighters:
Breakfast - at home, mix up porridge oats, sultanas, dried milk powder, sugar into an easy roast oven bag and tie off - in tent, just add boiling water to the bag, mix up a bit (careful - don't burst the bag), wait 5 minutes and eat with no washing up (experiment with weight etc at home), malt loaf, breakfast bars
Lunch - breakfast type bars, home made oats/peanut butter/mixed fruit energy bars, nuts/raisins mix
Snacks - nuts/raisins mix, jelly babies
Dinner - Mountainhouse deydrated main meal, then custard (using instant custard mixed with raisins again in an easy roast oven bag)

No washing up (other than wiping sporks) - just have to take away the empty bags

[mck3nz1e]

Has anyone ever removed the contents of Pot Noodle container and repackaged them in a resealable plastic bag for ease of carrying.. Pot Noodles are handy but bulky. I wonder if they would stay fresh repackaged. The fact that they are dried makes me think they would but I do not know

islayhawk

Me and my brothers walked from Ullapool to Ardgay and lived on pot noodles for most of the way. We removed them from the pots and kept them in zip lock sandwich bags. Tasted just as good! The only problem is I have to eat loads of them to fill me up!

[Glencoe Keith]

Breakfast for me is normally muesli and dried food in a sandwich bag with added dried milk. Add warm water in the morning and enjoy. Tea is dried mugshot soup to start followed by dried noodles and a tin of fish. Flavour comes from some dried cuppa soup and chillies. I normally have some leftovers for lunch plus some flapjack/malt loaf etc.

Lovely!

Keith

[Cairngormwanderer]

Remind me not to go camping with you bunch of ascetics.
Most times we're only away for the weekend, right? So why the fixation with weight?
Saturday breakfast: supernoodles or maybe two slices of square sausage in wraps
Saturday lunch: pack of cold meat (salami is nice) and pack of shortbread, full of carbs, fats and sugar.
Saturday dinner: These days I am mostly eating pack of bacon lardons fried with a chopped onion (fresh), then at the last minute throw in a packet of ready-cooked egg-fried rice to heat through, along with a sachet of hoi sin sauce. Lovely, and all in one pot. Enought for two of you lot, but if I've been out climbing hills I can manage no bother.
Sunday breakfast: More super noodles or the other two squaries out of the pack, each in a wrap.
Sunday lunch: more biscuits, maybe choc on them for variety
Sunday dinner - hopefully at home and either one of my wife's lovely meals or a chinese/indian carry out.

So. What is this lightweight food people keep going on about?