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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1274642" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Rob,</p><p></p><p>If you are heading out in colder weather here are some tips for foods that keep your furnace stoked.</p><p></p><p>My main winter calorie-rich food consists of fruitcake (yes, the "dreaded substance") but I know which brands to buy that are palatable. Or perhaps you know someone who makes excellent homemade fruitcake. That is the best kind. I can choke down a good piece of fruitcake in the early pre-dawn morning W/O having to start my stove so I can get a fast start for hunting.</p><p></p><p>Other good foods are freeze-dried pastas dishes, flat breads with cheese or peanut butter or Nutella or jam. For evenings I sometimes fry pancakes on my little "one egg" skillet as well as freeze-dried omelette. A tiny backpacking spatula really helps here. </p><p></p><p>For cool or cold weather your body craves oils and fats so chocolate and nuts are also good to pack for snacking. In cold weather you can even take a few sausage patties for the 3rd day, when your body is <em>really</em> wanting fatty foods. The smell of frying sausage itself is worth the few extra ounces. BTW, some backpackers never make a lunch stop but just "eat their way down the trail" with snacking.</p><p></p><p><strong>COOKING UTENSILS: </strong>I've cut off the handle of my "one egg" skillet and use the aluminum pot gripper that I use on my pot. I've found that a 3 cup aluminum pot is the perfect size for solo camping. It holds enough for instant cereal as well as two cups of coffee or tea. And my pot is wider than it is tall which has been proven to require less fuel to boil water than tall pots or mugs.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1274642, member: 54178"] Rob, If you are heading out in colder weather here are some tips for foods that keep your furnace stoked. My main winter calorie-rich food consists of fruitcake (yes, the "dreaded substance") but I know which brands to buy that are palatable. Or perhaps you know someone who makes excellent homemade fruitcake. That is the best kind. I can choke down a good piece of fruitcake in the early pre-dawn morning W/O having to start my stove so I can get a fast start for hunting. Other good foods are freeze-dried pastas dishes, flat breads with cheese or peanut butter or Nutella or jam. For evenings I sometimes fry pancakes on my little "one egg" skillet as well as freeze-dried omelette. A tiny backpacking spatula really helps here. For cool or cold weather your body craves oils and fats so chocolate and nuts are also good to pack for snacking. In cold weather you can even take a few sausage patties for the 3rd day, when your body is [I]really[/I] wanting fatty foods. The smell of frying sausage itself is worth the few extra ounces. BTW, some backpackers never make a lunch stop but just "eat their way down the trail" with snacking. [B]COOKING UTENSILS: [/B]I've cut off the handle of my "one egg" skillet and use the aluminum pot gripper that I use on my pot. I've found that a 3 cup aluminum pot is the perfect size for solo camping. It holds enough for instant cereal as well as two cups of coffee or tea. And my pot is wider than it is tall which has been proven to require less fuel to boil water than tall pots or mugs. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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