We go up in a group of nine and always have way more food than we can eat. (I hate packing out food.) Many times it has to do with excellent fishing. Anybody come up with a food formula (per person)to compensate or at least a way to get closer with the food?

We hope to carry food out!!! If we have food left fishing was good. We are a group of 8 going for 8 days and are going in 4 meals short. My name will be mud if we don't catch fish. Set a menu and only buy those things. I have taught myself not to buy extras.
Bruce

I don't know if it would work for you and your group or not since I go solo or with my brother. I have a target range on calories per day, so I just add it up: x calories in the oatmeal breakfast + x claories in the dehydrated dinner + x calories in the lunch bar + x calories from gatorade + x calories from trail mix = target range. You can weigh, measure serving sizes of things - I make trail mix by adding a bag or two of dried fruit to a can of mixed nuts. On the nuts and fruit it will tell you calories per serving and number of servings - multiply and add for the total, divide for portions. X ounces of trail mix in a baggie = x calories. Easy to do for yourself, harder to do for others. Some people eat 2,000 calories, some 4,000. I hate to carry extra weight in and out, hate to have leftovers to carry out. If you work at it, you get better each time. Obviously, if you're carrying a lot of food out, you need to take less food in. So take in a little less than last time. Of course, you have to know how much you took last time :), so keep track this year ;).

Gagbwi,

I plan my food using an Excel spreadsheet that has portion sizes for adults by individual menu item. You simply fill in how many meals this items is used on your weekly menu plus how many people in your party, and it tells you how many to purchase (ounces or servings or whatever.) Also calculates weight of total food for your trip.

If you wish, I'll Email a copy to you. You can easily adjust to your menu and group size.

Simply click on the envelope to the left and it will bring up my Email.

Old Hoosier

I recommend that you avoid looking at this recipe forum, only because it causes one to buy more food than needed....at least that's what has happened in my case and now I'm trying to figure out what "fun new food" I can eliminate :-)

What works with kids works with canoe trippers. Tell everyone if the pans are not empty, you're not making any more food till they are. Works wonders.

I usually go in with a group of 6. I have learned to eliminate a formal lunch menu. Just have snacks like GORP or Hudson Bay Bread handy for when someone gets hungry before dinner. We tend to be too busy to want to do a formal lunch.

Thanks Old Hoosier! Not sure how to get my email to you. I tried clicking on the little envelope but no go.

quote Old Hoosier: "Gagbwi,


I plan my food using an Excel spreadsheet that has portion sizes for adults by individual menu item. You simply fill in how many meals this items is used on your weekly menu plus how many people in your party, and it tells you how many to purchase (ounces or servings or whatever.) Also calculates weight of total food for your trip.


If you wish, I'll Email a copy to you. You can easily adjust to your menu and group size.


Simply click on the envelope to the left and it will bring up my Email.


Old Hoosier"

Would you send me a copy? I will email you...

quote Old Hoosier: "Gagbwi,


I plan my food using an Excel spreadsheet that has portion sizes for adults by individual menu item. You simply fill in how many meals this items is used on your weekly menu plus how many people in your party, and it tells you how many to purchase (ounces or servings or whatever.) Also calculates weight of total food for your trip.


If you wish, I'll Email a copy to you. You can easily adjust to your menu and group size.


Simply click on the envelope to the left and it will bring up my Email.


Old Hoosier"

Old Hoosier. When you get the chance, can you kindly forward me a copy of the spreadsheet. Many thanks.

quote gagbwi: "Thanks Old Hoosier! Not sure how to get my email to you. I tried clicking on the little envelope but no go. "

You need to be a registered user to use the email function... go ahead...take the plunge :-)



And thank you to Old Hoosier for the spreadsheet!