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Trail Foods

Discussion in 'Off-Roading & Trails' started by SoTexTacoma, Jul 25, 2017.

  1. Aug 22, 2017 at 11:55 AM
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    dwphoto

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    oh yea I bet you are missing the heat!

    output of 30,000 BTU each on the explorer.

    I was looking at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S3HDBO/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2H8ZQ35R0JI5E&colid=1IO9DPCQGHUQF

    20,000 BTU is pretty solid for little stove
     
  2. Aug 23, 2017 at 10:20 PM
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    My Mrs and I lived in Wyo for a lot of years and spent more than a few miles out at the furthest extent of the fire roads. Food supplies with a small boy and no fridge are a challenge. We took red potatoes, onions and any other veggie that could be washed, dried and boxed. We learned that ICE blocks had to be made truly cold in a deep freeze - like 25 below - to make it last a while. Makes the meat last too. Matt loved to make his own "Carnation" milk for breakfast cereal, shaking it like crazy. Corned beef hash, fried up crisp with onions and Worcester is a family favorite even all these years later. I used to find canned bacon at Kmart and that was popular - especially with trout and eggs.
    The best plan I can suggest is to make a careful list of the basic stuff and then build on that.
     
  3. Aug 23, 2017 at 11:03 PM
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    Your guys meals look so good...i just eat backpacking food...
     
  4. Aug 27, 2017 at 7:35 AM
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    When on the trail it's a sandwich or cheese and crackers. Back at camp it's brats or I pre make burritos, wrap them in foil and put them next to the fire to reheat.
     
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    Where did you buy that awesome cooktop? That thing is sweet
     
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    Can't beat some good steak with a sprinkle of salt and pepper cooked over a hardwood fire (pics from backpacking trip)
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    Premade fajitas. Usually the meat department has either chicken or carne asada with fajita seasonings and peppers/onions.

    My favorite is flank steak and a bottle of Very Teriyaki. Marinade for at least a day, then grill on medium heat. Super tender and packed with TONS of flavor.

    Trader Joe's fried rice with chicken is a great filler. $3 for 20oz. It's basically freeze dried so just heat it up in a pan and it's good to go. Honestly, a lot of the Trader Joe's frozen meals are good for 1 or 2 people.

    Precooking meals is good too. Saves room, saves time, and you can fine tune the recipe before you head out. Spaghetti and chili are good precook meals. Throw them in a big ziplock (i usually double bag) and you have a meal that can fit anywhere and you just heat it up in a pot.
     
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    Once you realize that eggs with mixings can be cooked in a sandwich bag in boiling water, the breakfast game gets upped 200%.

    I hate cleaning dishes and especially dislike reusing poorly cleaned pots / pans later on. I go out of my way to make easy clean meals...or go with people who (are weirdos and) like doing dishes...
     
  12. Oct 18, 2017 at 12:05 PM
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    I'm new to overland, but i'm carrying a lot of my backpacking experience over. I don't have a fancy fridge yet, but just having a cooler compared to what fits in my backpack is a huge boon - Like the whole culinary world (and cold beer) at my fingertips. People talking about bringing ice cream along is next level stuff... Someday.

    I hate cleaning dishes, too, so I try to find some stuff that you can cook without clean up if you've got to pack up and go quick or if you just don't want to do dishes... Good call with the eggs in a bag. I've done this with pulled pork/BBQ pork from a local butcher before. Just boil in the bag!

    One of my favorites is tinfoil, tortillas, pizza sauce, cheese, and then your favorite topping. Wrap up the little pizza in the tinfoil roll and you can toss right on the fire. (Don't eat the tinfoil.) You can also just put pizza rolls in tinfoil. But that's boring.

    Canned or bagged chicken or tuna, with rice. Prep some peppers and other veggies to toss in... either get the pre-seasoned rice or bring some curry sauce. Can't go wrong. I could eat chicken and rice every day.

    On the topic of cleaning, Bacon on the trail/road is almost necessity for breakfast. Right up there with coffee and whiskey. But bacon is pain to clean up after. Anyone have any good bacon hacks?
     
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    Plenty of ways. Set up a stick over the fire, hang the bacon like a wet pair of socks. Spear them and cook like marshmallows. Cook em on rocks. I've used thin, flat rocks as pans to cook steak, came out great. Or even use a cast iron pan. Just wipe off the excess grease. The rest of it helps season the iron. Or even save the grease to fry eggs, bannock, or a hundred different uses.
     
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    Definitely trying the wet sock idea... hahaha.

    And this is usually why I use cast iron. The problem arises when i use the cast iron on the stove instead of over the fire. I get grease splattered all over the stove windblocks.... Might try the tinfoil underneath idea to minimize the clean up.
     
  15. Oct 19, 2017 at 8:12 AM
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    Partially per cook the bacon at home, that way you'll remove most of the grease and drastically reduce splatter(plus it is ready way faster)
     
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    Damn, most you boys eat better when camping than I do when I’m at home.

    I have some foodie friends I LOVE going camping with for this very reason.

    I just can’t read this thread when I’m hungry, like all of a sudden right now. Damn...
     

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