Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: BWCA Food and Recipes :: first time bringing our own food - here it is!
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Swampturtle |
I consider us "mental" when it comes to our food. Here is our food pic for 10 days minus small tortillas. Our food for 2 people weighs 40 lbs. We don't base camp, we hang tight every few days or else we are on the move doing a loop of some sort. We come home with extra food, that is fine with me, the GG vapor trail barrel harness makes any weight a breeze. I plan an extra meal just in case something goes awry in addition to fish fry. One of my first week-long backpacking trips, one of my mates scarfed up the rest of the gorp for a snack. I told him it was for lunch the next day and got the shrug. I should have known to bring extra for him. On a 12 mile hike to our next lean-to, we stopped and broke for lunch. Well, we needed that gorp besides our meal (he wanted to know where the gorp was) i know i felt depleted. It was a long hike and I felt weary...I vowed never again. The last BWCA trip we took, we brought home our extra meal, jerky, gorp etc. At our take out (Sawbill) we rummaged thru the barrel like bears. We ate well, but after 90 miles in 10 days, we all lost about 8 lbs. Your trip is quite different, base camping doesn't burn the same calories as portaging many miles, but I wouldn't want to wake up on the last day to zero food...but that's just us...been there, done that. I have tripped with diabetics, everyone has their own needs. Make sure your crew are cool with no food the last day and its all good. |
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9th Bearded Infantry |
Left to right and top to bottom you got: - Breakfast: 2 days pancakes, 2 days bacon/egg/cheese tacos, 1 day oatmeal and 2 bags of coffee - Snacks/Lunch: fish breading and oil, sausage/cheese/crackers, 4 lbs trail mix, 30 candy bars/M&Ms, 18 small beef jerky baggies and a 100 clif bars - Dinner: steaks & potatoes the first night (not shown), 3 nights of mountain house meals (the cans shown will be repackaged tonight), 2 nights of soft shell chicken tacos - Desserts: 2 raspberry crumbles, chocolate mocha cheesecake, chocolate mousse pie, blueberry cobbler Only thing left to pick up is the cheese. Pretty basic fare and I probably overpacked but for my first time doing this and being responsible for 6 guys, I wanted to play it safe. Overall, I'm pretty pumped with how it came together. I'm sure we're gonna be sick of the clif bars by Tuesday, but whatever. I got a great deal on ebay for 100 of them at $75. :) Note on the second pic: Only one bucket has food. The other is kitchen supplies/stove. |
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HammerII |
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Swampturtle |
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SourisMan |
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KevinL |
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keth0601 |
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boonie |
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Swampblaze10 |
We just finished prepping our food for our trip..... Food for 2 people for 10 days fits in a 60 liter barrel.....including steak, chicken breasts, ham steaks, then we start into the dehydrated meals including crab and shrimp seafood burritos, tuna taco rice, and chili Mac to list a few. Biscuits/fry breads, meals with extra added vegetables, rice and noodles and dessert are a must with most meals. Just food for thought! We like to eat and eat well. Just a side note.... In my calculations based off your picture you better catch a bunch of fish because in my opinion you don't have enough food. |
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billconner |
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9th Bearded Infantry |
quote billconner: "No criticism intended - since I am guilty still years after my "first time" but unless you don't catch fish and maybe even if you do, you'll have a lot left over. We just never eat as much as I plan - not close. I just plan all the meals like you and then delete one dinner in 5 and one breakfast in 5 - and still could easily not go hungry for several more days." Yeah, I assumed we'd have more than needed. Not something I'm really worried about since we're base camping. It'll be a pain lugging the barrel out there but using the buckets helps split the load a bit. One of the buckets is dedicated to the clif bars which are pretty heavy on their own. |
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eagle93 |
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9th Bearded Infantry |
One thing I intentionally omitted is any food the last day (Friday). On Thursday we'll pack up our base camp and head back to Alton for the night. Get up early on Friday, pack up and head out, get cleaned up then grab a bite somewhere on the road. If we have any snacks left, that'll be all we get for the short paddle out. |
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9th Bearded Infantry |
Wanted to report back on this. We had pretty much the perfect amount of food. After the last night's dinner, our remaining food included 6-8 clif bars, some jerky and trail mix left over. Probably should plan a little extra next time in the event we get stuck an extra day because of weather. The chicken tacos were a huge hit. Highly recommend them to anyone considering it. So easy and so good. Next time will try to "gussy it up" a bit with some onion and other things to add. Also couldn't be happier with the 60L barrel and CCS barrel pack (the green one) and 2 5-gal buckets with gamma seal lids. Thanks to everyone for all the feedback and replies to my many posts here as I planned this out. You were all extremely helpful. |
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rupprider |
Let us know how close your planning was. I would say for a first time effort if you come back with one meal too much or went slightly hungry at the end you did fantastic and will be able to adjust accordingly next trip. Everyone metabolizes differently and needs a different caloric intake daily. Only you can know your trip partners eating habits. |