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<blockquote data-quote="AdamJames" data-source="post: 1777516" data-attributes="member: 459333"><p>Does anyone have any top tips for backpacking food? As a general guide, I'm thinking that ideally it should be:</p><p></p><p>* Low carb</p><p>* High calorie, low weight, low volume</p><p>* Not messy</p><p>* Able to survive warm temperatures for 2-3 days</p><p>* Not need much, if any, cooking</p><p></p><p>So far, I've been packing:</p><p></p><p><strong>Savoury:</strong></p><p>* Peperami (Aldi's version). I'm really going off this. Never really liked it in the first place.</p><p>* Cheese, but not now the weather has warmed up.</p><p>* Mini sweet peppers. Seem to last a while out of the fridge, and go well with peperami and cheese so it's nice to have them even though they aren't high calorie.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sweet / snacks:</strong></p><p>* Home made trail mix: mainly nuts, a bit of salt, some low-carb dark chocolate broken up, and sometimes a small number of raisins for sweetness.</p><p>* Aldi's sea salt and dark chocolate peanut bars.</p><p>* Aldi's honey roast peanuts (lowest carb I've found).</p><p></p><p><strong>I don't normally pack, but am considering:</strong></p><p>* Making my own 'pemmican' - not sure of the best ingredients to ensure it doesn't go off in hot weather. I gather it must be tallow rather than dripping for the fat, for example. Has anyone made this?</p><p>* Taking some eggs and a bigger stove, so I can have scrambled eggs. Eggs last a while out of the fridge. Not sure I like the thought of handling raw egg while in a backpacking situation though?</p><p>* Low carb bread like LivLife with some sort of filling which doesn't go off in the heat. Cheese sandwiches were okay when it's cold but not when it's hot.</p><p>* Ready-made 'tuna snacks' - [USER=437371]@archersuz[/USER] has suggested Princes tuna filler - Mexican flavour. It's low calorie unfortunately but also low carb so I'll be getting some - like eggs, it should add some nice variety so worth carrying the weight.</p><p></p><p>I haven't been doing any cooking recently - just boiling water for tea on a tiny alcohol stove. But I'm tempted to take a bigger stove for the scrambled eggs, so anything that would go well with scrambled eggs would be great.</p><p></p><p>Any top-tips would be gratefully received, both what to take and how you prepare it. Thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamJames, post: 1777516, member: 459333"] Does anyone have any top tips for backpacking food? As a general guide, I'm thinking that ideally it should be: * Low carb * High calorie, low weight, low volume * Not messy * Able to survive warm temperatures for 2-3 days * Not need much, if any, cooking So far, I've been packing: [B]Savoury:[/B] * Peperami (Aldi's version). I'm really going off this. Never really liked it in the first place. * Cheese, but not now the weather has warmed up. * Mini sweet peppers. Seem to last a while out of the fridge, and go well with peperami and cheese so it's nice to have them even though they aren't high calorie. [B]Sweet / snacks:[/B] * Home made trail mix: mainly nuts, a bit of salt, some low-carb dark chocolate broken up, and sometimes a small number of raisins for sweetness. * Aldi's sea salt and dark chocolate peanut bars. * Aldi's honey roast peanuts (lowest carb I've found). [B]I don't normally pack, but am considering:[/B] * Making my own 'pemmican' - not sure of the best ingredients to ensure it doesn't go off in hot weather. I gather it must be tallow rather than dripping for the fat, for example. Has anyone made this? * Taking some eggs and a bigger stove, so I can have scrambled eggs. Eggs last a while out of the fridge. Not sure I like the thought of handling raw egg while in a backpacking situation though? * Low carb bread like LivLife with some sort of filling which doesn't go off in the heat. Cheese sandwiches were okay when it's cold but not when it's hot. * Ready-made 'tuna snacks' - [USER=437371]@archersuz[/USER] has suggested Princes tuna filler - Mexican flavour. It's low calorie unfortunately but also low carb so I'll be getting some - like eggs, it should add some nice variety so worth carrying the weight. I haven't been doing any cooking recently - just boiling water for tea on a tiny alcohol stove. But I'm tempted to take a bigger stove for the scrambled eggs, so anything that would go well with scrambled eggs would be great. Any top-tips would be gratefully received, both what to take and how you prepare it. Thanks :) [/QUOTE]
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