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mark schofield
02-20-2009, 09:53
What's the longest lasting breakfast, energy wise, that you guys eat before stopping later in the morning for a recharge like a power bar or chocolate? I usually have a few instant oatmeal packets with some dried fruit but in a few hours I start to run out of steam. Although that's probably normal when hiking. thanks, Mark S.
Frick Frack
02-20-2009, 09:58
I got to where I ate two packets of oatmeal with dried fruit and nuts added or a hearty cereal with dried whole milk (hard to find) & then I would suppliment with two Poptarts. And 1 or 2 mugs of instant coffee of course! I was usually hungry a couple of hours later.....
Pedaling Fool
02-20-2009, 10:11
My longest and only real meal on the trail is dinner, everything else is just piecemeal. I also eat oatmeal dry, but I don't consider it breakfast, it's just something for my stomach something to munch on, most of the time I eat it while walking. Breakfast is for towns.
Lone Wolf
02-20-2009, 10:27
bacon, eggs, fried taters and ramps
bacon, eggs, fried taters and ramps
heaven. i can't wait for may.
garlic08
02-20-2009, 10:36
Best I've found is to start with a handful of fig newtons or pop tarts, hike for an hour or two, then stop for a cup of muesli (raw oats, nuts, and raisins and powdered milk). That's good for a couple more hours.
bacon, eggs, fried taters and ramps
LW, what are ramps?
Lone Wolf
02-20-2009, 10:44
LW, what are ramps?
ere ya go http://theforagerpress.com/fieldguide/aprilfd.htm
hopefulhiker
02-20-2009, 11:49
I would have Carnation instant breakfast mixed with coffee. plus a homemade version of oatmeal with home fresh fruit, nuts, flax seed, and NIDO.. I would eat this around 7:00 and it would normally last until about 10-10:30 when it was time for a snickers bar or a handful of gorp..
Dicentra
02-20-2009, 12:05
I would have Carnation instant breakfast mixed with coffee.
I've never tried that! Intriguing idea... Is it good? What flavor instant breakfast? I'm so trying this!
bigcranky
02-20-2009, 12:09
Oatmeal with lots of dried fruit, powdered milk, and protein powder works okay, but on a longer hike I'm hungry again as soon as I hit the trail.
I often eat a smaller dinner for breakfast - sticks with me longer.
I'll go with the bacon and eggs, or just eggs and homefries - they keep coming up for air until lunch :D.
small tuna or chicken pack
honestly, i don't think i've ever had a breakfast stick for long on the trail. i usually eat about 4 packs of instant oatmeal or grits and a couple of granola or nutragrain bar and then munch consistently on gorp until lunch. but then again, i'm hungry all the time anyway. i think i have a tapeworm.
my best breakfast are the ones i do on kayak camping trips.
i make a skillet breakfast served on flour tortilla's.
1.fried hashbrown obriens
2.sliced sausage links
3.mixed with scrambled eggs
4.topped with grated pepper jack cheese.
5.toped with salsa:cool:yummy
honestly, i don't think i've ever had a breakfast stick for long on the trail. i usually eat about 4 packs of instant oatmeal or grits and a couple of granola or nutragrain bar and then munch consistently on gorp until lunch. but then again, i'm hungry all the time anyway. i think i have a tapeworm.
:eek: LOL, what's it's name? never mind, that would be getting off topic. ;)
Cabin Fever
02-20-2009, 13:12
I buy the Backpacker's Pantry granola and milk for two and eat the whole thing. If you do it with cold water, it's like cold cereal and warm water is more like oatmeal or grits. It lasts me to lunch most of the time.
steak, fried potatoes with onion,bacon and eggs with cheese and salsa-bloody mary to drink
and where do you get this on the trail? and if you cook it, will you hike with me?
p.s. i like my bloody mary hot, heavy garlic, lite lemon
I like to do: 3 - 4 packs of instant grits (300 - 400 cal) with about 1 tablespoon olive oil in (260 cal) & wash it all down with some hot chocolate in the form of 1 - 2 packs of chocolate Carnation instant breakfast (??? cal). My Jet Boil pot holds / heats just enough water for heating the grits & chocolate. This gives me around 600 cal to start the day with.
As I pack I put 3 - 4 granola / candy bars &/or jerky in a easy to reach place & eat about 1 an hr as I walk.
So I guess in reality "breakfast" for me lasts 2 - 4 hours.
OldStormcrow
02-20-2009, 15:36
2 packs of instant grits, a big hand full of my homemade gorp-type concoction, beef jerky, slim jim, coffee.
Kanga- all doable hiking if thats the goal
seriously, you're going hiking with me. and you're cooking. i'll be the barista.
Nightwalker
02-20-2009, 16:20
Anything with lots of protein and carbs. Easiest is two Snickers and two Peanut Bars. IIRC, 1240 kcals and 23 grams of protein. Burp.
You can eat that while you're packing up, and all that's needed when through packing is to make coffee/hot tea.
Life ain't bad on the outside. It's messy, warm and stinky on my insides.
Two Speed
02-20-2009, 16:22
seriously, you're going hiking with me. and you're cooking. i'll be the barista.Never offered to do that when I was giving you sausage. :cool:
Never offered to do that when I was giving you sausage. :cool:
sorry. i had to stop laughing first.
hey, i had to learn to drink cognac correctly before i thought you'd let me bartend. next time you give me sausage i promise i'll give you something hot and wet. in a nalgene.
Beans. Hands down the most nutritious and longest lasting fuel in your body you can get. Also easy to carry dried and light weight. I like black beans myself.
Frick Frack
02-20-2009, 17:56
I forgot to add the fact that we added protein powder to our oatmeal &/or cereal....that helps tremendously
Nightwalker
02-21-2009, 15:33
I forgot to add the fact that we added protein powder to our oatmeal &/or cereal....that helps tremendously
2 servings of PB in a dry cup of of "real" oatmeal will really kick you down the trail as well. I put brown sugar and butter salt in 1 cup of oatmeal in a sandwich bag at the house, and have my wife mail them to me when I'm going that route.
However, I've recently started enjoying getting out of camp faster in the AM, and making old-fashioned oatmeal slows me down much more than the 5 minutes "steep" time that it gets in the Sarbar bag. :)
middle to middle
02-21-2009, 15:41
Oatmeal stuck with me a long time. However all time best was buckwheat pancakes in those places along skyline drive.
Some protein, I think will slow and even out the carb-burn rate.