Grub for Scouting

[fishingnut71]

jerkey, h2o, smoked oysters, peanuts,pepperoni,fire starter just in case,crackers with small sourcream. Yeah and whats with the organic poptart! Who eats organic! Its more $ and aint much better for you unless your TOTTALY nuts.

[Huntbear]

Organic Pop tart?   REally 

That is like an organic Doritto...   

[dreamingbig]

It is not that I think they are better for you, I just think they taste better.  They aren't as hard on my stomach as the full sugar variety.  You can get them for 2.99 which is about a dollar more than the others.  Just my  and I can take the abuse! 

[JLS]

Next thing you know there'll be organic Copenhagen.

[Kingpuck]

You guys are cracking me up. I'm a believer in NUUN 100%. Worked at REI in college and have been amazed by the stuff ever since. One of things I've been looking into is a alcohol fueled stove made out of two soup cans. It is super light weight and can do all the cooking a traditional stove that costs $150 can. Grant it I've got an MSR stove but if that ever breaks or the fuel runs out... cha ching.

So thinking this weekend's bag will hold some PB&J's, NUUN, jerky, and a cigar. Gotta have the cigar. Glassing would be boring without it.

Going to try and look into an alternative to Mountain House. Would like to bring more of my own natural food instead of the pre-processed stuff. While its light, its not affordable and it scares me what is actually in some of those. The Lasagna is disgusting and the Mac and Cheese is a disgrace.
One year when we did a long hike I brought along Minute Rice, Tuna packets and soy sauce. Damn that was good!

[JLS]

Is your cigar organic

[Kingpuck]

Not only is it organic it was rolled by virgin Columbians who only eat organic and are bathed in mountain spring water. They are blessed each day by a high priest and then allowed to work outside and are free to range.

[JLS]

On the subject of Mountain House, the Chili Mac does things to my innards that should be illegal!  I thought I was going to have to burn my sleeping bag last time I ate it

[dreamingbig]

Yeah, stay away from the chili mac.  Mountain House has a TON of sodium but the convenience and weight savings it provides is the cats meow.  My favorites are the pasta primavera and the vegetable lasagna.

Starbucks VIA is the best instant coffee around in my opinion and really helps to cut the weight.  I really like a cup of coffee in the am in the high country.

On the organic front... that is the main reason to kill some venison.  The best 100% certified organic meat around! 

[danderson]

Save the freeze dryed foods for backpack trips into the wilderness, my favorite foods to take hunting, always be prepared dont short yourself, take some bagels with penut butter and honey, the begals hold up better than anything else they dont get smashed, always have some gooda cheese, I make my own summer sausage bring a chunck of that or pepperoni , jerky holds up good, raisns, trail mix, dryed fruit, I like the little yogurt things, a bananna or apple to eat first off, I like to eat when im out hiking

[ridgefire]

would pretty much recommend the same stuff as dreamingbig but would also throw a  couple gel shots from wilderness athlete in.  those things work great.

[Stickerbush]

I always tend to drink coffee in the morning which ends up depleting me pretty bad throughout the day, I have to play catch up to get the fluids back goin through so gatorade is nice. Or tang orange drink powder, couple sandwiches and granola bars. Im trying to experiment now and find a good homemade oatmeal/powerbar type carb snack that I can make a big batch of and snack on throughout the season. Nothin like havin a tasty snack to boost the morale when hiking around!

[jechicdr]

Jet boil.  Mountain house mac and cheese, chili mac, spaghetti, lasagna.  The beef stew gets real old, real fast.  Last trip, somehow ended up with 3 beef stews and 3 days of hunting left.  Glad I left a day early due to rain.  Throw in some pepperoni sticks (especially after hard hunt and waiting for water to boil and Mountain house to cook up).  Dried berries and cherries makes for a good sweet addition to all that sodium.  For breakfasts, I like the Mountain house granola and blueberries (don't have to heat the water).  For snacks during the hunt, hard to beat Snickers and shelled sunflower seeds.  And most of all, plenty of water (with a filter for refills at any streams along the way).

[Kingpuck]

You guys bring some pretty interesting stuff. I'm really getting on top of what I eat and trying to do right by my body. The Mountain House stuff is good but like many say, it is a lot of sodium which you should be replacing by something like NUUN.

Has anyone looked into more organic backpacking type foods? Just thinking of something that doesn't take a ton of time but that is more nutrient rich?

[sakoshooter]

Oh, and for dinner, if you're backpacking in, Mountain House meals, and for breakfast, instant oatmeal.

I'll second both of those meals Bobact. My favorite oatmeal is the Maple Brown Sugar but with a pad of butter melted in on top.