Calories per Ounce

[Connie]

Here is a youtube video mentioning rational "calories per ounce" from CleverHiker.com

Ultralight Backpacking Food - CleverHiker.com

I do not agree with bagels for packpacking. I find tortillas are more satisfying: it must be the fat content found in tortillas.

[kayak karl]

i know this guy is out standing in his field, but if you don't want to take bagels it's OK. i like pita bread and spam

[garlic08]

The link didn't work for me. But I agree with you about bagels vs tortillas. They're easier to pack, too.

[Ktaadn]

I've been bringing bagels for breakfast and tortillas for lunch/dinner. Only problem with the bagels is that they take up a lot of space in my food bag.

[Mags]

Tortillas last longer in a pack, too.

[Just Bill]

Tortillas are much better as emergency toilet paper.
Bagels are a poor substitute.

For this reason alone the edge goes to tortilla's.

[Odd Man Out]

Tortillas are much better as emergency toilet paper.
Bagels are a poor substitute.

For this reason alone the edge goes to tortilla's.

This one made me laugh. Good one Bill. My mind immediately went to wiping with an everything bagel - ugggg!

Multi-use considerations aside, I eat PB&J on tortilla for lunch. For my taste, all tortillas are pretty much the same. But a bad bagel is really bad, and it seems the chance of getting a good bagel while hiking is slim.

[lonehiker]

This one made me laugh. Good one Bill. My mind immediately went to wiping with an everything bagel - ugggg!

Multi-use considerations aside, I eat PB&J on tortilla for lunch. For my taste, all tortillas are pretty much the same. But a bad bagel is really bad, and it seems the chance of getting a good bagel while hiking is slim.

Not corn tortillas. Could only find them at one small store. They do not go well with PB&J

[10-K]

I mix it up... I get tired of the same thing over and over. When my hiking buddy on the PCT bought a pack of croissants at a bakery I had the worse case of food envy ever.

[The Cleaner]

006.jpg014.jpg044.jpg With a little heat from a small fire, bagels are great.

[Wise Old Owl]

Nice one 10-k & Cleaner!

[MuddyWaters]

Bagels are bulky. Tortillas keep for weeks.

I wipe with rocks and sticks, a bagel might be luxurious.

[theoilman]

Bagel - donut with an attitude.

[Wise Old Owl]

[Del Q]

Kayak Karl, with you on the SPAM and pita bread, add requisitioned mustard and mayo, hiking paradise.

My GI system been locked up a few times but I hiked it off

[Wise Old Owl]

Good carbs is all about dense breads - although my favorites are Sally Lund and 12 grain wheat - a bagel on the trail is awesome.

[Malto]

Good carbs is all about dense breads - although my favorites are Sally Lund and 12 grain wheat - a bagel on the trail is awesome.

While a great guideline for low activity living, I don't think that the good/bad carbs apply when constantly burning calories faster than carbs are being processed. Blood sugar can not increase.

[Wise Old Owl]

Yea I have read similar discussions.

[Connie]

I have carried Logan Bread. There must be a recipe online. I have also carried "Christmas cake" fruit bread. It can have too much corn syrup, making too much thirst. I like drying mincement into little mincemeat cakes.

These are "calorie dense".

Thank you, for Spam and Pita Bread with mustard and mayo. good one!

[MuddyWaters]

GoodGood carbs are a myth, as far as any grain products go. They are all pure sugar to your body, or worse. It is a common misbelief fueled by marketing, that whole grain anything is significantly better for you.