Lrreloader
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Peak is hitting top marks on radar
Best backpacker meals...and go....
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BillLarson
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Lrreloader
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What does everyone take for snacks?
Peak and a few others. Snack examples are homemade or Catanello Brothers jerky, homemade trail-mix, CLIF Shot Blocks, Honey Stinger bars, olive oil, peanut butter. One of my new favorites are Greenbelly MEAL2GO bars. you could live off these things if needed. You're looking for the best nutritional bang for the weight. Check out https://www.alpenfuel.com for a great selection of powerful food for the weight. Click around on the menu tab to find other recommended brands.
calling4life
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Make your own, check nutritional facts on everything.
---instant potatoes, a scoup goes in every meal, I search for low sodium on these, great bulk to me in this.
---oatmeal, every meal gets some, nothing jacked up with sugar
---dried fruit/berries, check nutrition, generally loaded with vitamins/minerals, some go in every meal, this is flavor too. Same type of checks here, make sure you aren't getting banana chunks fried in garbage oils loaded with horrible artery clogging garbage.
---bacon bits, find ones without heavy preservatives and such, again, every meal gets some
---sunflower kernels unsalted, every meal
---bone broth collagen powder, every meal
---pedialyte with immune support powder, every meal
---Some form of protein/weight gainer powder
---Best for last, 100% pure Mangalitsa lard, a scoop per meal. This is where you get fuel for your body, and why I will try and kill any added sugars in any of the other things.
I try and watch the sodium because a guy will likely be overloaded even doing as such. Meals are absolutely packed with more vitamins, minerals, and overall healthier then anything I've ever eaten or considered eating. I also put everything in the meals, I don't put it in my water to drink.
Great protein content, and hammer what you want for flavor, cherries, oranges, more bacon, whatever, but everything needs to have some advantage to it, so no straight brown sugar or sugar to make whatever taste better, get it through flavored pedialyte powder or something, add more sweet berries like dried cherries.
Dump some of all of that into a ziploc freezer bag, come time to cook dump boiling water in, stir all around, let sit, eat, I like to shoot for 5 meals/day for constant energy as opposed to fewer larger meals.
Everything I do is healthier out there, makes me ashamed of the rest of my life. Though these meals don't come cheap, some of the powders can get pricey when you search for stuff loaded to the gills in vitamins and magic other things that sound fake but apparently help your joints, heart, penis size and so on...
Sometimes the mangalitsa lard can be tough to find, but it's the purest in good fats, not bad fat because animal eat bad food. I don't want to have a heart attack, I want energy I'll burn off.
---instant potatoes, a scoup goes in every meal, I search for low sodium on these, great bulk to me in this.
---oatmeal, every meal gets some, nothing jacked up with sugar
---dried fruit/berries, check nutrition, generally loaded with vitamins/minerals, some go in every meal, this is flavor too. Same type of checks here, make sure you aren't getting banana chunks fried in garbage oils loaded with horrible artery clogging garbage.
---bacon bits, find ones without heavy preservatives and such, again, every meal gets some
---sunflower kernels unsalted, every meal
---bone broth collagen powder, every meal
---pedialyte with immune support powder, every meal
---Some form of protein/weight gainer powder
---Best for last, 100% pure Mangalitsa lard, a scoop per meal. This is where you get fuel for your body, and why I will try and kill any added sugars in any of the other things.
I try and watch the sodium because a guy will likely be overloaded even doing as such. Meals are absolutely packed with more vitamins, minerals, and overall healthier then anything I've ever eaten or considered eating. I also put everything in the meals, I don't put it in my water to drink.
Great protein content, and hammer what you want for flavor, cherries, oranges, more bacon, whatever, but everything needs to have some advantage to it, so no straight brown sugar or sugar to make whatever taste better, get it through flavored pedialyte powder or something, add more sweet berries like dried cherries.
Dump some of all of that into a ziploc freezer bag, come time to cook dump boiling water in, stir all around, let sit, eat, I like to shoot for 5 meals/day for constant energy as opposed to fewer larger meals.
Everything I do is healthier out there, makes me ashamed of the rest of my life. Though these meals don't come cheap, some of the powders can get pricey when you search for stuff loaded to the gills in vitamins and magic other things that sound fake but apparently help your joints, heart, penis size and so on...
Sometimes the mangalitsa lard can be tough to find, but it's the purest in good fats, not bad fat because animal eat bad food. I don't want to have a heart attack, I want energy I'll burn off.
dfanonymous
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I still haven't got around to trying peak. Mountain house has been good enough for me. I pack other things as well. Teddy Grahams in a sandwich bag, almonds and peanuts, a apple or two and since last season…. kuju coffee.
Chesterrose79
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I found mountain house to have way too much sodium in them. I'll wake up in the morning feeling completely dehydrated. I look for what ever has the least amount. My go to breakfast is a cheese bagel with peanut butter and 2 slices of bacon. Sounds odd but I look forward to it every day. Huge on calories and stayed good for 10 days no problem on my last sheep hunt.
once you try the peak meals you won't go back...
Ward Thurman
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You guys and peanut butter. Bleck.
We have used Quaker instant oatmeal, the packaged noodle dishes as they are WAY better than anything Mountain House has ever made and WAY cheaper, jerky, crackers, summer sausage, cheese in a can so it doesn't spoil in warm weather, home made trail mix w/ Chex mix, raisins, (or crasins!), M&M's, walnuts (or pecans if you have a larger budget) and of course, stuff to cook trout with. We avoid the dried eggs and the super expensive backpacker meals. The eggs are terrible and see above.
We have never gone hungry on a trip although we had to cut one short as the 2 teenage boys I had along ate everything we had and a pile of trout to boot!
If you're hunting, the weather will be cooler and your exertion level a lot higher. Take more of the protein items and reduce the amount of M&M's in the trail mix.
With the above, we could outfit a summer trip for 2 of us, 3-4 days for less than $75. We did rely on the trout though as that was the point of the trips - high lakes with abundant rarely fished trout.
We have used Quaker instant oatmeal, the packaged noodle dishes as they are WAY better than anything Mountain House has ever made and WAY cheaper, jerky, crackers, summer sausage, cheese in a can so it doesn't spoil in warm weather, home made trail mix w/ Chex mix, raisins, (or crasins!), M&M's, walnuts (or pecans if you have a larger budget) and of course, stuff to cook trout with. We avoid the dried eggs and the super expensive backpacker meals. The eggs are terrible and see above.
We have never gone hungry on a trip although we had to cut one short as the 2 teenage boys I had along ate everything we had and a pile of trout to boot!
If you're hunting, the weather will be cooler and your exertion level a lot higher. Take more of the protein items and reduce the amount of M&M's in the trail mix.
With the above, we could outfit a summer trip for 2 of us, 3-4 days for less than $75. We did rely on the trout though as that was the point of the trips - high lakes with abundant rarely fished trout.
Lrreloader
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I was looking into kuju coffee for my father but seems the decaf is out of stock everywhere, is it discontinued?
redchinviking
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The msr coffee filter has been awesome for me. Take your favorite coffee and leave the instant. Small weight difference. Peak is top marks for every single one I've had so far. Make your own breakfasts with dehydrated milk/fruit, and good quality granola. Portion accordingly and eat out of the ziplock like a dehydrated meal. Dehydrated eggs always suck. Lunch's go jerky, cheese packets, crackers, nuts, energy gummies, pro bars, and bagel salami/pb&j. My favorite trick to date is a small shake n bake package and a olive oil bottle for grouse nuggets next to your peak meal. Hard dark chocolate for desert on colder hunts. Delish!
