Back in the 70's I was taking groups out from a camp all summer long for several years. The first thing was I bought a good supply of dehydrated food from Siedel... I think thats how you spell it. All went pretty good the first year and I had enough for the second year to. We had beef stew one night and found (we guessed it was the onions) that you couldn't use them after a year. We all had such bad gas and there was a terrible storm so we had to close up the tent too. Whew! I got into store bought foods real soon after that.

grizzlylarso wrote on Mar 10^th, 2011 at 2:25pm:


I'm not sure I'm with you on that one Griz . A buddy of mine is from Malta and his mom was an awesome cook. Anyway he always went next door where his mother lived to eat.

We would go fishing and while we were driving along he would start to snicker. And I would say...."what, what's so funny"? Shortly thereafter it would hit you. I considered it a driving hazard as your eyes would water and your gag reflex would kick in. Of course he would laugh all the harder! Not sure what they put in that Maltese food .

We're still pals all these years later and his "practical joke" capability is certainly less intense. That said, we have separate tents .

I create most of my dinner meals through out the year. I dehydrate everything and I eat as well as I do at home. Breakfasts are usually oat meal or cream of wheat and lunches tuna pitas or bear creek soups.

I get the basics from the grocery store and then make up my meals.
Breakfast:  Instant Oatmeal, I like two packs, and ussually by freeze dried Strawberries to add to them.  I mix 1 pkt plain with 1 pkt Brown Sugar and Cinniman, and add Strawberries. (This is on paddlin/moving days)
Otherwise I take pre-cooked bacon, and Hashbrowns, and I use Adventure Eggs (dried scrambled eggs)  I eat this meal on my layover days...when I take time to "cook breakfast".  I also go with hot cocoa. (not a coffee drinker)
Lunch is ussually beef sticks, beef jerky, a sugar snack like fruit snacks, peanut butter and soft shell, granola bar.  Ordered some PRO BARS and going with those, although expensive they are 400 calories.  for drinks I use gatorade pkts ussually or something similar.
Supper:
I dehydrate hamburger and chicken (white meat) from a can.  I use this as my protein source.  I make goolash from deydrated burger, noodles, dehydrated spagetti sauce (leather)  It is delicious and light weight ( I repack parmesian in little zip locks from HOBBY LOBBY)  I use those little zip locks for a lot of things come in handy.
I use Knorr's side dishies ussually Teriyaki Chicken either Rice or noodles (Asian Sides from Knorr's)  I also dehydrate broccoli and chicken to add to these.  I ussually use 1/2 package of the Asian Side per meal.  I also add dehydrated red and green peppers to the mix.
I also like pizza on my layover days.  So I use pepperoni as it keeps well in the package it comes in.  I use pre-made crusts, and they fit on the inside of my bear vaults along the side.  I dehydrate red peppers, green peppers, black olives and spagetti sauce for my toppings.  I use the pepperonis and string cheese stripped up as my cheese (cooked on reflection oven)
The first night I ussually have a steak or butterfly chops or something and hashbrowns.  (fresh food first night always)
Oh this is a solo type menu for me.
Hope that gives you some ideas.
PS  I do all my dehydrating on the days my wife is not around, as I drive her nuts when I take over the kitchen to get ready for a trip...so I do it while she is gone for a few days... I also store all my dehydrated stuff in zip locks, some times double them up if going to be in freezer for a while, and freeze them, and mark bags with black magic marker so I know what to do.  I also mark the recipe with a black sharpie on the outside of my ziplocks so I know how much water to add, or whatever.
SunCatcher

Preacher wrote on Nov 7^th, 2011 at 2:34pm:

My paddling partner and I have been doing that since '05. In fact, we both carry food packs.  Actually, it is an easier arrangement for us since we both paddle solo canoes and occasionally split off.  We also each plan, carry, and prepare half the evening meals.  That way, each of us split the camp duties nearly evenly.  (This is a very close approximation to the process we have used backpacking for nearly the last 30 years.)

I guess this has the additional advantage of splitting our food loads, making it more difficult for a bear to make off with all of it at one time.  However, to-date, we have never had a bear problem (either canoeing or backpacking).  And now, I only carry bear spray when I'm doing a true solo.

dd