2 Mountain House Meals, a lasagna with meat sauce, filling, and a beef stew loaded with vegetables, healthy, but not a meal always
easily digested. Mountain House is the steel that can reinforce any backpacker's pantry. Low in weight, high
in calories, and a bit pricy.
Two
Knorr's pasta sides. Many hikers can't stomach this product, but I just
discovered these in Mammoth, only 600 miles ago, so they still taste
fresh to me. Boil and let sit.
One Ramen Noodle package, the .
Chedder-Broccoli soup. Picked up from hiker who didn't want extra weight. Add hot water.
Dried Mashed potatoes. Just add water. Surprisingly good when wrapped in tortilla. Almost tastes better cold.
18
ounces oatmeal mixed with half pound brown sugar, half pound raisins,
almonds, and a quarter pound Nido. Nido is a powdered milk often found
in the Hispanic section of a grocery store. Unlike powdered milk, Nido
is not non-fat, and thus has more calories.
20 small tortillas, 25 ounces. Essential for sandwich construction.
1
pound peanut butter. If Mountain House is backpacking steel, then peanut
butter is the wood framing. Absolutely essential, and great-tasting, especially
after a couple days on the trail. The best calorie to weight ratio
around, 2800 calories per pound.
Honey residue leftover from 12 oz bottle.
Half-pound
cheese, half-pound salami wedges from Gallo. Valuable protein and tasty
when wrapped in tortilla and topped with honey. Cheese keeps well on
the trail. Even so, I eat it first because it weighs a lot, and
eventually it will sweat or mold.
1 pound Granola. Used for Gorp, combined with peanut M and Ms, half pound raisins, nuts.
Assorted
bars, Chewy, Cliff. Pop Tarts. I love the brown sugar pop tarts. Cliff
bars, always good. Chewy bars-cheap, can be dipped in peanut butter to
enhance nutritional value.
Instant Folger's Coffee: The X factor. I feel like Superman on this stuff. Tastes awful, but the effect is immediate.
Final verdict: Probably too much food, but I won't have to worry about going hungry.
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