I ran across (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and assume it's similar to how most of us pack food for trips.

While I pack or repackage things like freeze dried food and lay stuff out like that to check and recheck quantities, etc. I use way less packaging. Rather than thick, hard solid vacuum bagging, I just use baggies for individual, one/two person meals ... shake to consolidate shapes, roll or fold the baggie and tape it shut (resisting the urge to lick the end). There is less to find room for, burn and/or pack out with less packaging. Air is not your friend but I even poke pinholes in those instant oatmeal bags. Most everything is in a bag, in a bag, in a bag/box/canester... some sort of water resistant container anyway IMO.

In any case, I thought it a worthwhile video to recommend checking out. Pay no attention to that roll-down jelly tube. Those things have evil waiting at both ends!  

Gotta have PB! And the little plastic jars the PB comes in works fine, without re-packaging it. And I get real maple sugar to re-hydrate for syrup.

Otherwise, this video is a lot like what I do.

Tim

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I do the same. Afterward the cardboard/paper recipe does double duty as a fire starter in dry conditions 

Wow.  Do they do anything besides eat? 

I thought I packed heavy on food.  These guys are close to double what I'd bring for an 8-day trip.

Pretty similar packing style, though.  More ziplocs, less vacuum seal bags.

Ancient_Angler wrote on Nov 10^th, 2009 at 9:42pm:


That's because being my "senior", you much more CRUSTY than I  
Using wet wood for fires may SEEM like a rookie thing, but when you can actually get a decent fire going, it's a Senior skill moment