Lightest food...

[whitefoot_hp]

what is the lightest food in terms of oz/ to calories?

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Fats - like olive oil.

[wrongway_08]

table spoon of pure sesame oil = 130 calories
table spoon of olive oil = 120 calories
table spoon of butter = 80 calories

[Appalachian Tater]

carbohydrates and proteins have 4 cal/gm
fats has 9 cal/g

[Dr O]

fat is where it's at

[Franco]

For some reason when discussing food I always forget two types that I usually have with me : olive oil and parmesan cheese ( the Italian stuff, not the italian type...).
Something that Is a bit of a challenge for me is to find instant soup that is not 97% fat free and does not have MSG in on form or another.
Franco
Fats is where it's AT, what about the PCT ?

[Footslogger]

what is the lightest food in terms of oz/ to calories?

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Stovetop Stuffing mix ...

'Slogger

[RedneckRye]

Bacon cheeseburger, pub fries, chocolate milkshake, and a 22oz. yuengling right before leaving town. Also a lot tastier than anything in my pack.

[mobileman]

What do you cook stovetop stuffing in? Mac & Cheese eetc. They call for 2,3,4, cups of water. Other foods that call for too much water?

[Appalachian Tater]

You can just dump hot water into the foil-lined bag the stuffing comes in. You don't have to cook it and the water doesn't have to be boiling. You're just over-hydrating dessicated bread crumbs.

[mweinstone]

olive oil soaked fudge rolled in sesemee seeds and toothpicked to a five pound block of pure labratory quality seal blubber. with a side of elvis buttered bacon sandwitches. and a cool glass of knob creek with a whole roasted chicken in it. dehydrate, powder and capsulate. take as many as you can as often as you can. best lightest food!

[LIhikers]

Bacon cheeseburger, pub fries, chocolate milkshake, and a 22oz. yuengling right before leaving town. Also a lot tastier than anything in my pack.

Except for the milkshake this menu sounds like the lunch I had at the Doyle Hotel a few years back.

[Footslogger]

What do you cook stovetop stuffing in? Mac & Cheese eetc. They call for 2,3,4, cups of water. Other foods that call for too much water?

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I use the "chicken" version of Stovetop Stuffing mix. I get the fire going under about 2 cups of water and then add the stuffing mix. A couple minutes later I add a packet of chicken chunks to the mix.

Nice thing about the stuffing mix is that has seasoning built in so you really don't have to add anything.

Another option is to use a different variety of Stovetop and then add some sausage or pepperoni.

One of my favorite meals and about as light as it gets. I repackage the Stovetop into 2 zip locks and therefore get 2 meals per box.

'Slogger

[Erin]

I am also voting for stove top stuffing and bag 0' chicken dinner. We thought it was our best dinner on our AT section hike. We used the cornbread stove top stuffing flavor and it was as if we were having Thanksgiving Dinner on the trail. One bag of each will feed two people.

[Mags]

Is to try to have 100 calories per oz.

Squeeze butter or olive oil is a great way to increase the calorie quotient of food.

[SGT Rock]

olive oil soaked fudge rolled in sesemee seeds and toothpicked to a five pound block of pure labratory quality seal blubber. with a side of elvis buttered bacon sandwitches. and a cool glass of knob creek with a whole roasted chicken in it. dehydrate, powder and capsulate. take as many as you can as often as you can. best lightest food!

That sounds like my kind of trail snack. You win.

Do you know where I can get some of that

[jettjames]

spam singles 3 oz and 300 calories or so and dam, if spam don't taste good!

[Appalachian Tater]

I am also voting for stove top stuffing and bag 0' chicken dinner. We thought it was our best dinner on our AT section hike. We used the cornbread stove top stuffing flavor and it was as if we were having Thanksgiving Dinner on the trail. One bag of each will feed two people.

It's even better with dried cranberries dumped in the bag.

[jettjames]

stuffing and bacon was one of my fav's on my hike this year.
the pre-cooked bacon is awesome, keeps forever and is loaded with calories.
just rip up 5-10 slices into the stuffing
also the real bacon bits is good, again, just dump it into the bag
one of my fav's was sesame noodles from lipton with 5 slices of precooked bacon.
mmmmmmmm.

pt

[Footslogger]

It's even better with dried cranberries dumped in the bag.

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Never thought of that ...gonna have to start carrying a ziplock full of craisins from now on !!

Thanks,

'Slogger