Any Ideas?
- bobby49
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Any Ideas?
We have all gone for days on the trail, perhaps eating only a few favorite items for lunch each day. For 2017, about 60% of my lunch food consisted of Reese's Pieces. (Think about it. Plenty of fat, some protein, and the rest are carbohydrates.) I don't eat a lot of solid food at lunch time. Instead, I am sipping on Cytomax all day long.
Now, we know that if we were going to be out on a long thru-hike, then some aspects of nutrition enter into the food decisions. However, I am seldom out for more than 7-9 days on a single trip. Therefore, my focus is primarily about calories that are easy to digest. It would be nice to have something approximating sufficient protein, but that is not a primary focus.
I'm starting to put together items for 2018, so I need to start sampling my backpacking lunch foods now.
1. One box of Girl Scout Cookies
2. One big bag of Reese's Pieces
3. At least a dozen 1-ounce strips of string cheese
4. One single PB&J sandwich to go for the first and second day lunches
Any suggestions?
Now, we know that if we were going to be out on a long thru-hike, then some aspects of nutrition enter into the food decisions. However, I am seldom out for more than 7-9 days on a single trip. Therefore, my focus is primarily about calories that are easy to digest. It would be nice to have something approximating sufficient protein, but that is not a primary focus.
I'm starting to put together items for 2018, so I need to start sampling my backpacking lunch foods now.
1. One box of Girl Scout Cookies
2. One big bag of Reese's Pieces
3. At least a dozen 1-ounce strips of string cheese
4. One single PB&J sandwich to go for the first and second day lunches
Any suggestions?
- rlown
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Re: Any Ideas?
A tuna salad packet on sourdough. You can substitute a tortilla and eat two of them. works great!
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Re: Any Ideas?
Try super butter. Eat it straight out of the jar or smear it on a tortilla. You can throw in a few reeses pieces or whatever else is to your liking. I take no responsibility for your elevated cholesterol levels. I also love pepperoni, cheese and crushed fritos on a tortilla for lunch. I call it a fruit burrito. It's an early in the trip option and a bit heavy but it's good for my morale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVhrxiqh9TA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVhrxiqh9TA
- bobby49
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Re: Any Ideas?
Where does one purchase a tuna salad packet? I've never seen it in a store.rlown wrote:A tuna salad packet on sourdough. You can substitute a tortilla and eat two of them. works great!
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Fruit burrito? Where does the fruit come in?apeman45 wrote:Try super butter. Eat it straight out of the jar or smear it on a tortilla. You can throw in a few reeses pieces or whatever else is to your liking. I take no responsibility for your elevated cholesterol levels. I also love pepperoni, cheese and crushed fritos on a tortilla for lunch. I call it a fruit burrito. It's an early in the trip option and a bit heavy but it's good for my morale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVhrxiqh9TA
Super butter sounds fattening, but my cardiologist would shoot me if I was eating that stuff.
- rlown
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Re: Any Ideas?
Well, Lucky's started to carry it (after my last trip.) I supplemented my straight tuna packets with mayo and relish packets. Convinced most of my cohorts to do the same.bobby49 wrote:Where does one purchase a tuna salad packet? I've never seen it in a store.rlown wrote:A tuna salad packet on sourdough. You can substitute a tortilla and eat two of them. works great!
We used to bring mini sourdough rolls, spray cheddar cheese and summer sausage, which we still do once in awhile.
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Sorry I call it a frito burrito. Darn spell checker. Dried fruit is something I always bring to snack on.
- bobby49
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You guys must have studied under Julia Child or something. I never get that fancy with my trail food.
I could probably go a long way on a bag of chocolate chip cookies.
I could probably go a long way on a bag of chocolate chip cookies.
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Re: Any Ideas?
I bought some of these at Walmart and have been using them for day hike lunches.bobby49 wrote:Where does one purchase a tuna salad packet? I've never seen it in a store.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/StarKist-Tun ... h/40711460
Various flavors of salmon are also available. I would expect that they are available at other stores, but I haven't looked. I think that they are a fairly new item.
I really really like the Epic salmon jerky strips, but mostly only use them for backpacking trips, as they are a little expensive.
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It seems like you are carrying a lot of foil and plastic weight, and the tuna doesn't have that many calories.RSC wrote: I bought some of these at Walmart and have been using them for day hike lunches.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/StarKist-Tun ... h/40711460
Various flavors of salmon are also available. I would expect that they are available at other stores, but I haven't looked. I think that they are a fairly new item.
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