Originally Posted by
Tipi Walter
For a two or three day trip, well, you could fast for that length of time and not even have to worry about food. Or you could go stoveless and take snacks. Or bring a stove and cook up soup meals or a fry pan and scramble eggs. The choices are limitless.
VARIETY
I'm a firm proponent of having a wide variety of food items on a backpacking trip---cuz if you go out enough you will want the choices. Watermelon? Take it. A couple avocados? Take them. A pint of Haagen Daz honey vanilla ice cream? Take it. If it melts drink it in camp. A bag or white grapes? Take it. A dozen fresh eggs in a little plastic egg suitcase? Take it. Tofu or tempeh? Take it. A head of cabbage? Take it. Raw goat cheese? It's my favorite! I'll be taking it.
Before a trip I always cruise thru my favorite grocery store and let the store decide what I will take on my next trip. If I see something interesting, like some Indian Tasty Bite meals, or some Dr. McDougall's black bean soup mixes in a box, or a new type of granola bar, well, let's give it a try. There's nothing worse than going out carrying a bunch of food you don't want to eat. My only real advice is to avoid the junk---the snickers and twinkies and overly salty dehydrated additives meals and the nitrite-laced meat products or the brominated vegetable oil-laced drinks like gatorade, etc.