How do you keep your cookies and crackers from crumbling?
I like cookies and crackers during much of the day. Fairly light and satisfying.
How do you keep yours from crumbling in your pack?
I used to carry poptarts. I put them in a freezer ziplock bag with air trapped. Then I put them in the top of my rolled top food bag with a bit of air trapped in it. The food bag is a heavy item that goes near the top of my pack. Never had a poptart crushed. Not once.
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Eat em first.
Crumbled cookies mixed with raisins and nuts make a great snack. Just eat it with a spoon or mix with oatmeal for breakfast. "That's the way the cookie crumbles" ... sorry couldn't resist.
Simple is good.
I call the tortillas (flour not corn).
How do you keep your cookies and crackers from crumbling?
I dont.
Parts and pieces are edible too.
Theres a bunch of people packing bear cannisters in CA, that know that crushed up fritos and potato chips, pack smaller than uncrushed, and taste just as good.
tennis ball container???
I put my Wheat Thins in an outside pocket during the day and am careful where I lean the pack. It's sort of a game to see how many I can keep whole and sometimes I do pretty well.
"Throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence." John Muir on expedition planning
I use an empty cleaned out peanut butter jar to keep crackers intact. Look around the grocery store as you shop - there are lots of useful containers available for "free" after you eat the goodies inside.
1st world problem. let them crumble it makes them easier to pour in your mouth.
Keep some air in the baggie, like a balloon. Not perfect, but helps a lot.
Get the small cannister that kool-aid or Country Time lemonade comes in. Or a small pringles can. I like to include crackers, some pepperoni, some cheese and a small baggie of olives in there too. Antipasto for lunch.
I have thought that the translucent green self-serve containers at he Whole Foods salad bar could be useful as an extra bowl. They have a hinged top, and if the size is right could work for your purposes too. The plastic is very thin.
I carry corn chips in a ziplock bag protected in my cook pot or mug. Works great.
Good idea. I think my only complaint would be the bulk per serving.Originally Posted by Rocket Jones
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I tend to buy crackers of the type that come in their own long cardboard box, square in cross section. The box adds a little weight, but does protect the crackers some, either in external mesh or just in the food bag. And if you're concerned about the weight, you could burn it mid-trip. Of course I'm fine eating crumbs too, I just find that, in practice, when I'm in a trail town and pick up a little box of crackers that I'm inclined to keep it in the box rather than get to "crumbs" stage too soon.
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I've never solved this problem... nor put much effort into doing so.
Pringles can works good, but it can be a tad too small in diameter for some crackers.
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As Slo-go'en suggests use an empty Pringles container.
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Last edited by atraildreamer; 04-24-2015 at 13:38.
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Air trapped in a ziplock. Air trapped in the food bag. Food bag near top of pack. Simple. Works.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
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