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Posted on 9/30/26 at 6:04 pm to TU Rob
Farmer Bills Provisions and Protein Snacks. Most grams of protein per ounce you will find. 14 grams/ounce.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:12 pm to Fencepimp
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What happened to Vienna Sausage, crackers, and beanie wienies in a can ?
I'm all over the first two, and potted meat. I never did like beanie weenies though.
Only reason I'm really asking is there are requirements they have to check off to earn an outdoor cooking badge as part of camping skills. We've done prep, cook, and cleanup at a larger campout where we're car camping and take several of the double burner Colemans. And they have done a one-pot meal. This is going to be a roughly 5 mile hike back into the wilderness, and they will have to either use a backpacking stove or cook over a fire, with stuff they either brought, prepared ahead of time, or prep and cook on site. I think my son and a few others are actually complete with that badge, but there are still some of our older boys that haven't completed everything yet.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:45 pm to PrezCock
You definitely know what you are doing! High altitude hikes I found the ONLY thing that tasted somewhat palatable for me was instant cheese grits. No appetite up there.
As soon as we dropped back down (after four nights) I ate a whole pizza by myself
Instant oatmeal and protein bars are ok too
As soon as we dropped back down (after four nights) I ate a whole pizza by myself
Instant oatmeal and protein bars are ok too
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:46 pm to TU Rob
You have to do burgers in armor with scouts! That was our first scouting meal 50 years ago when we went to Avondale
Posted on 9/30/26 at 9:02 pm to TU Rob
Posted on 9/30/26 at 9:09 pm to TU Rob
MRE's are great, but expensive.
A cheaper option for 1 meal.
Thanksgiving in a bowl.
A pouch of pre-cooked chicken.
Dehydrated potatoes
Package of brown gravy mix
A Handful of Stovetop stuffing mix
A small handful of dehydrated cranberries.
A cheaper option for 1 meal.
Thanksgiving in a bowl.
A pouch of pre-cooked chicken.
Dehydrated potatoes
Package of brown gravy mix
A Handful of Stovetop stuffing mix
A small handful of dehydrated cranberries.
This post was edited on 9/30/26 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 9/30/26 at 9:13 pm to TU Rob
Lots of good ideas here, but Mountain House is the most straightforward option. I don't like a complicated cooking process when on the trail. There are various meals to choose from, but it is hard to go wrong with the Chicken and Dumplings or the Chilli Mac. Note that you need one of those long handled spoons if you want to eat straight out of the bag.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 5:42 pm to TU Rob
What's your itinerary...
How many meals is how I decide. By how many breakfast, lunch, and dinners?
How many meals is how I decide. By how many breakfast, lunch, and dinners?
Posted on 10/1/26 at 6:42 pm to TU Rob
I go on 2/3 night backpacking trips every other month. My routine has been to take 2 mountain house meals-one dinner and one breakfast. The first night I eat one. For breakfast the next day I will make either instant grits or oatmeal in the empty pouch. Lunch is usually nuts or summer sausage with cheese on a tortilla. The next night is usually one ramen made in the same empty pouch and some instant potatoes with it. The next morning is the other mountain house. We used to bring meals that required prep, cooking and cleanup. I want stuff as simple as possible now.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 6:54 pm to TU Rob
Don’t buy the expensive camping add boiling water meals.
There’s a whole aisle in the grocery store with cheaper versions. Knorrs, etc. The shelf stable proteins have upped their game quite a bit too.
There’s a whole aisle in the grocery store with cheaper versions. Knorrs, etc. The shelf stable proteins have upped their game quite a bit too.
This post was edited on 10/1/26 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:51 pm to TU Rob
For something different, try a Fillo’s Walking Tamalefrom Walmart. They are lower than you’d like in terms of calories but you can add some pulled pork in a pouch (same aisle, I think) and cheese. Or eat two!
You got some great suggestions, especially the Peak meals.
You got some great suggestions, especially the Peak meals.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 8:00 pm to TU Rob
How old are the kids? For me on a hunting trip its usually a granola or oatmeal breakfast, tuna or Vienna sausages or jersey or something like that mid day, peak dinner at night. Cliff bars and stuff like that during the day as needed. Thats a lot of calories in one day for a kid though, and the freeze dried meals never taste super good. Itd be hard to get most kids to eat them unless they were starving.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 9:30 pm to Fencepimp
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What happened to Vienna Sausage, crackers, and beanie wienies in a can ?
Guess it depends on the backpacking trip. High altitude Colorado type trips require lightweight, plus you’d have to deal with packing the empty cans back down with you. Fluid based food gets heavy.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 8:51 am to awestruck
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What's your itinerary...
How many meals is how I decide. By how many breakfast, lunch, and dinners?
For this first one, it is going to be one full day and night. Arrive Saturday morning, its about 90-120 minute drive for most of our guys. It shows 1:45 for me, but we've got guys from all over Birmingham in the troop.
The trail is 5.3 miles in, so I'm guessing at least a couple to three hours of hiking. We're limited to 10 people per group so we're splitting it across two weekends. It would end up being one lunch/dinner/breakfast. Really more on planning dinner that night and breakfast the next morning. We'll probably get the boys to pack peanut butter sandwiches or bring tuna or chicken salad pouches for lunch on the trail. But they do have to do some actual cooking to earn progress on an outdoor cooking badge.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:21 pm to TU Rob
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This is going to be a roughly 5 mile hike back into the wilderness, and they will have to either use a backpacking stove or cook over a fire, with stuff they either brought, prepared ahead of time, or prep and cook on site. I think my son and a few others are actually complete with that badge,
I was in a church group kind of like scouts called royal rangers. I still cook a meal variation of this one.
A potato, onion, steak or sausag a tab of butter and salt an pepper. Rolled into some foil and put on the coals.
If prepped before and meat frozen it will keep several hours on the trail. With minimal weight and prep at campsite.
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