Thanks! I should have looked there.....       And quote properly lol

Drewfus -- the recipe is on this website.  Go to the homepage, look for recipes, and there it is. 

My only change: now, instead of cubing the walleye first, I dip a fillet in the batter, fry it, then cut it up into pieces.   

My first try was tasty, but messy -- think of a pile of cubed fish meat, dumped in a thin batter, then scooped out to fry.  Not pretty.   

But either way, my guys loved it.  The sweet sauce (easy to find in plastic bottles in most grocery stores) makes the meal. 

prouboy

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Would love to get that recipe, sounds good!

I've found the best thing to prevent wholes in packaging is packing tape. I don't vacum seal, I just use ziplocks, but when I have poky stuff like spagetti noodles I gubber on the packing tape and it holds up to pretty much anything. The only time I ever had any problems was last Memorial weekend on a trip up the Vermillion River. I took a larger group of no experience kids and ended up (it's a long story) going backward over a 3 or 4 foot drop with me and a kid who had never been in a canoe before that day. We stayed upright over the drop but the kid freaked in the whitewater below. We went over and everything went for a float ride. The foodpack was floating for a good half hour before we got another canoe over the portage to go get it and while I tended to the kid (he got a little banged up but was ok). Anyway, even after floating down the river the only problem we had was that water somehow got into the noodles and instead of noodles we ate a giant chunk of pasta for supper that night. Never did find the stove.

marlin55388 wrote on Feb 24^th, 2010 at 4:45pm:


I usually vacuum pack an entire meal at a time, and place foil meat pack, powdered sauce mixes, or drink mixes on the sides, then pour in the sharp cornered noodles, veggies, etc.  Also experimented with similar suggestions above, and since the puncturing pasta/veggies really don't gain much by vacuum sealing, I found they were just as easily transported in double zip-lock freezer bags.  Could also use wax paper or a paper towel inside to lessen the chance of puncture.

I won't take spaghetti noodles on a trip anymore, and usually stick with elbow macaroni or shells for pasta.  Rice works well, and we usually have at least 2 meals with wild rice.  Takes a while to cook, but if you're good at cooking over a fire, it's pretty easy and will vacuum pack down pretty easily.

db wrote on Feb 26^th, 2010 at 6:15am:


Pick n Save

marlin55388 wrote on Feb 24^th, 2010 at 4:45pm:

Vacuum bagging can indeed turn some things to dust. The only food I bother vacuum bagging anymore is steak. Any repackaged food goes in the smallest, lightest baggies possible and they get folded and taped shut w/ painter's tape. Noodle corners (and their ilk) will tend to poke out but it's no big deal. That bag is in another bag inside a rather water resistant box.

I once liked freeze-dried packaging since it was bullet-proof. Then I realized how much space going overboard like that with packaging wasted.

I do vacuum bag a knit hat for trips I don't expect to need it. It saves space and keeps it dry in my not very water-resistant day pack.

Tuna would be a break from fresh, freshwater fish IMO. I keep a pouch at the bottom of the pack just in case. I'm still looking for sliced Spam in a foil pouch as it's something I might actually use. Dooooooo-oh-oh-hhhhh, fried Spam.

ProudBoy

The expert on whether Tuna is a fish is, of course, Jessica Simpson, not Homer.  I can't recall if Jesica ever decided if Chicken of the Sea was a chicken or a fish.

As far as buying food for a camping trip.  Everything I need can be found at Cub Food.  Some food has to be repacked in zip lock bags, but otherwise Cub has everything I need.

Westwood

S-D  -- Hmmmmm, is tunafish really a break from fish?  Ah, jeez, I feel a bit like Homer Simpson, Doh!

But I still like tuna with mac and sleeze.  My buddy and I had gorged on the stuff last year after a brutal long, wet, cold day of tough portages and big water.  Sitting under the tarp, slurping hot mac and sleeze with tuna and peas,  as the rain pounded around us.... It just doesn't get any better than that.

prouboy