If you like gourmet eating in camp with a minimum of effort and you are into Thai food, here's a couple of products you might want to try on your next trip:

The first one is a shelf-stable foil packet of pad thai sauce:

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I'm just using this website to show a picture as the price online from this site is fantastically expensive.  I've found it at several major grocery stores and it only costs 2-3 dollars, IIRC.

Just cook up some spaghetti noodles (whole wheat for me, thanks) and pour this sauce over the top after draining them.  You could also chunk up some fish and throw it with the noodles for the last couple of minutes of cooking for a one-pot meal.  It's nicely spicy, delicious, and incredibly easy to make.

The next item is one I've also been using for the past 3 years:

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You can find it at most health food stores and some major gorcery stores with a good asian foods section.  I think it usually sells for 3 or 4 dollars per brick.

It's really nothing more than a brick of concentrated creamed coconut which is shelf-stable.  All you do is cut off a hunk as large as you think you need, chunk it up a bit, and mix it up with hot (just-boiled) water.  You can make the sauce as thick or as thin as you like.  

Mix it in with some cooked spaghetti and either some curry paste or powder for delicious coconut-curry noodles.  You can also just mix it right in with the noodles if you don't drain off all the water but you might want to experiment at home first to figure out just how much water to leave in the pot.  I also like mixing in a little bit of flaked coconut for texture.  

It's also good for pouring over the top of fresh walleye dusted with curry powder and fried in a mixture of butter and oil.  Again, a little flaked coconut over the top adds a nice texture.

If you're tired of the same-old same-old on your trips and you'd like to add a taste of the far east to your menu, it's really easy to do and pretty cheap as well.

I've been looking for some fresh ideas on the trail.

Thai and Indian meals interest me a great deal.

I need to experiment at home a bit before I put my group through an experiment.

Thanks for the post.  very interesting.

I love curries.  Just have no experience with cooking them.

A fresh fish curry over minute rice and some garlic naan bannock.  sounds like we're on to something......