There are so many vegies that you can dehydrate. I bet you could come up
with a homemade dry soup concoction...just add water?...get a Tillia food
saver....you can actually cook with the bag!
Don't forget that there are cheap instant potatoes on the market,
lightweight, and easy to make...add some vegies or cheese...or meat. And
then there are the dried fruits....

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"Bpyboy" > wrote in message
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> It might be sort of off topic, but maybe not?
>
> Just wondering what you guys pack in for hicking, canoe trips, or other
> extended trips where you need to hump the food in on your back?
>
> I'm reading "The Hungry Hiker's book" (excellent by the way), and would
like to
> test out some of the foods.
>
> My staples on the trail are lots of pasta, peanut butter, jerky, nuts,
dried
> fruit (GORP!) and tons of powdered Gatorade. Of course I also take some
> multivitimins, as such a diet doesn't even come close to the recomended
daily
> nutrition.
>
> Any other book suggestions for outdoor backpacking type foods? I'd like
to try
> and increase my list to include maybe dried mixed veggies (maybe powder
dried
> veggies so they cook very fast?), maybe dried potatoes to replace the
carbs in
> some of the pasta? (any good sauce recipes that can be dried, or that keep
> well?)
>
> It's just the older i get, the more comfortable i prefer to be out in the
> sticks! back in the day, i was never too concerned with it, but honestly
the
> peanut butter and "John Wayne crakers" are getting VERY OLD!
>
> Thanks for any advice/book or site recomendations.
> John
>
> ps, any good red or white sauce recipes? I have had good luck drying the
> meatless/non-dairy ones, and re-hydrating them on the trail, even with my
stove
> who's heat control is basically FULL BLAST or OFF. It would be good to
have
> them all pre-seasoned, so it would really be a "just add water" kind of
deal on
> the trail.