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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1231632" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>As a longtime backpacker I have learned to segregate my meals into "BREAKFAST" "LUNCH" and "DINNER" gallon freezer bags. This size bag can usually carry 5 days or each meal.</p><p></p><p>As for what food to bring I suggest you go to the BACKPACKING LIGHT site. On the "Food and Nutrition" page you'll find lots of ideas.</p><p></p><p>Besides freeze-dried food there is <em>dehydrated food</em> you can buy or make with a home dehydrator. Then there is<em> "FREEZER BAG COOKING"</em> that sources food mostly from supermarkets and uses just boiling water in freezer bags to "cook" the food with the proper amount of boiling water.. There are a few books on this that have excellent menus. Freezer bag cooking allows you to develop your own meals that are tastier and less expensive than freeze-dried food but take no longer to cook. You will need an insulated envelope for the 1 quart freezer bags when you add the boiling water but they are easy to make from fleece, aluminized bubble wrap, etc.</p><p></p><p>As for and electrolyte drink I use CYTOMAX powder (at REI and other outdoor and sports stores) because it works better than Gatorade. If you do use Gatorade remember to cut it with 50% water so it can be absorbed quickly by your gut. Straight Gatorade is too concentrated to be properly absorbed. It does not have the proper "osmotic balance" or ratio of electrolytes to water.</p><p></p><p>BTW, stay tuned to this thread B/C I'll be posting my hunting trip meals here about mid September.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1231632, member: 54178"] As a longtime backpacker I have learned to segregate my meals into "BREAKFAST" "LUNCH" and "DINNER" gallon freezer bags. This size bag can usually carry 5 days or each meal. As for what food to bring I suggest you go to the BACKPACKING LIGHT site. On the "Food and Nutrition" page you'll find lots of ideas. Besides freeze-dried food there is [I]dehydrated food[/I] you can buy or make with a home dehydrator. Then there is[I] "FREEZER BAG COOKING"[/I] that sources food mostly from supermarkets and uses just boiling water in freezer bags to "cook" the food with the proper amount of boiling water.. There are a few books on this that have excellent menus. Freezer bag cooking allows you to develop your own meals that are tastier and less expensive than freeze-dried food but take no longer to cook. You will need an insulated envelope for the 1 quart freezer bags when you add the boiling water but they are easy to make from fleece, aluminized bubble wrap, etc. As for and electrolyte drink I use CYTOMAX powder (at REI and other outdoor and sports stores) because it works better than Gatorade. If you do use Gatorade remember to cut it with 50% water so it can be absorbed quickly by your gut. Straight Gatorade is too concentrated to be properly absorbed. It does not have the proper "osmotic balance" or ratio of electrolytes to water. BTW, stay tuned to this thread B/C I'll be posting my hunting trip meals here about mid September. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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