hiking foods

[minoch]

Im new to this and was wondering about some food suggestions . What to pack and how much , also what kind . Thanks in advance for the help .

[Odd Man Out]

This is a tough question to answer as food is such a personal choice type of thing and there are a zillion variables to consider. What kind of stove and pot will you use? When and where and how long are you hiking? How much time and energy do you want to spend cooking?

My strategy starting out was to keep it simple. Pop Tarts, cheese, and summer sausage for breakfast. PB and J on a tortilla for lunch. Trail mix and granola bars for snacks. For dinner, add 2 cups of water to dehydrated meal mix from the grocery store (rice dinners, pasta dinners, soups, etc...), boil, let set for 20 minutes, eat. Instant coffee in the AM. Tea in the PM. otherwise drink water. Starting out you'll probably take more food than you need (I did). Don't assume you need to buy dehydrated meals made specifically for backpackers. Get your gear together and practice cooking stuff at home. It usually tastes better on the trail.

[rocketsocks]

Here's a link to the food and cooking forum, if you haven't already found it...tons of threads on foods.

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?32-Cooking-and-Food

[Sarcasm the elf]

Here's a fairly average selection of what I bring. And they think hikers are such healthy people...

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[Dogwood]

I found these recently. The Cocoa Coconut is delish kinda reminding me of a healthier version of Count Chocula cereal. I add more dried coconut to this making it a higher cal/oz ratio.


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[Dogwood]

http://www.larabar.com/products/renola

[rocketsocks]

alrighty, since Elf kicked it off...here's some crap I put together to pull from before I started trying to eat healthier.
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[12trysomething]

I will offer this: http://youtu.be/7uRB_J2xc_Y

Many many options out there.

[jjozgrunt]

I'm taking some dehydrated meals but only because I know what they taste like. The rest will be trial and error as I try some of the food shown by others and decide if I like it or not.

Oats in the morning my fav, bars, chocolate, and scroggen during the day,

lunch could be a hearty soup and/or vegemite and cheese with wrap or cheese, salami and crackers,

dinner soup, dehydrated fruit, main meal of some sort.

Lots of calories on long walks.

[Rocket Jones]

A lot of people find that they have no apetite the first few days of a long hike. You'll figure pretty quickly out what your likes/dislikes and needs are, but you've got to get out there and learn.

[swjohnsey]

You didn't mention what kind of hiking you will be doing. If it is a short hike you can take just about anything. If it is a long hike you are limited to what you can get from a grocery/convenience store.

Here is some of the stuff I use:

Flour tortillas
Tuna foil pack
Chicken foil pack
Spam singles
Box Mac and cheese
Knorr rice sides
Ramen
Poptarts
Oatmeal
nuts
candy
cheese
summer sausage