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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: BWCA Food and Recipes :: Travel Day Lunch
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| x2jmorris |
Other ideas... smoked fish and crackers, string cheese sticks, flat bread and peanut butter, premade pancakes and peanut butter. |
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| johndku |
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| boonie |
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| Northwoodsman |
Chicken or tuna in a pouch. I found most of the chicken is on the salty side however. Grab some little packs of mayo and bring some tortilla wraps. Pack It Gourmet also has some no-cook options where you can add cool water and hydrate. Their Cajun Chicken Salad was tasty. For these I would add water 20 - 30 minutes before you are going to eat them and let them hydrate while you paddle or portage. |
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| Twins87 |
Hubby can paddle and portage all day without much food. I have discovered I need the calories for energy. So we've landed on having food that's easy to eat in the canoe. I have eaten while paddling when we were working to get across big water before a storm hit. Eating a clif bar with no hands is a fun challenge with bad weather behind you ;-) We do a combo of meat and cheese sticks, baby bels, clif bars, trail mix, apples (one of the few fresh foods I still insist on portaging in) for on the water or trail. We add in summer sausage, pepperoni, cheese that needs cutting, tortillas, crackers, chicken or tuna packets, mayo & mustard packets if we're day tripping and plan to stop somewhere for lunch. We used to bring bagels and cream cheese but last year we skipped the bagels. I missed them less than I thought I would. peanut butter, jelly, cream cheese, honey are all options to go on the tortillas and that worked fine for us last year. We're working hard to get our food pack lighter and smaller. |
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| mirth |
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| Spartan2 |
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| icefishbaby |
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| CrookedPaddler1 |
Vehicles being bread, crackers, granola bars Riders being peanut butter, jelly, humus, summer sausage, cheese, etc. Mix that with some gorp and plenty of fluids and you are good to go! |
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| straighthairedcurly |
Cheese Tortilla (or bannock bread made that morning or previous evening...store it in the baking pan) Matt food (peanut butter premixed w/ honey, oats, powdered milk) Dried mango Chocolate or Bit 'o Honey We keep packets of gorp handy if someone needs a bit more during the day. |
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| ducks |
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| overthehill |
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| gymcoachdon |
I also brought foil packs of Tuna salad, pre-mixed, and put it on a tortilla. I would pull over at an open spot and take the 5-10 minutes to make and eat those. |
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| shock |
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| SevenofNine |
Otherwise I have found these kid style picnic lunches from Target that have cheese spread, salami, a trail mix and some small dessert. I remove them from their box and put in a Ziplock bag. These need supplementing so I have a bar of some kind if I need more food. |
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| shock |
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| CampyMcCamperson |
myceliaman: "Now I feel like a pig. We almost always get a pizza as we go to the outfitters. Let it cool , wrap in foil. Now I have thats a travel lunch!! It's what my grandparents did so I follow suit. Warning ?? the ride to the outfitters can be trying with a pizza. So id buy a slice for the ride.." Genius!!! |
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| RT |
1 Pita Pocket per person (2 halves) 2 cups Bulghur Wheat 2 1/2 cups boiling water 1/4 cup lemon juice (1 large lemon) 1/4 cup good quality olive oil 4 teaspoons kosher salt 1 cup minced scallions, white and green parts 1 cup chopped fresh mint 1 cup chopped parsley 1 large cucumber, unpeeled, diced 2 cups of cherry tomatoes, diced 1 teaspoon black pepper For the best results, you will want to prep and create this after breakfast in the morning. After a few hours paddle, when lunch rolls around, all of the ingredients will have had the time to meld and taste perfect. Place the Bulghur Wheat into a doubled up large Ziplock (gallon size) bag. Pour in the boiling water, add the lemon juice, olive oil, and 2 teaspoons of salt. Stir, then allow to stand at room temperature for 20 to 30-minutes. Just enough time to wash breakfast dishes. After the Bulghur Wheat has had time to soften and soak up most of the water, add the scallions, mint, parsley, cucumber, tomatoes, 2 teaspoons of salt, and the pepper; mix well. Let sit in your food bag or barrel until lunch time. Cut Pita bread in half and fill each half with a generous helping of Tabbouleh. |
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| BuckFlicks |
goaljohnbill: "A1t2o: "And for the peanut butter sandwiches, that's something my buddy does and is rather insistent on bringing a whole jar of peanut butter and a loaf or two of bread. It is bulky and adds weight but I have yet to offer an alternative that he would agree to. So that's why I'm fishing for ideas." I was going to suggest these too... they are perfectly sized, and can be spread around the pack to minimize the space taken up if that's a concern. Also, we go with bagels instead of bread. They don't get smooshed, and a bagel is significantly more calorie-dense than bread is so you can get more bang per bite, so you don't need two loaves of bread. Some other lunch favorites have been to get some hard salami and pepper jack cheese from the deli, and shove those into pitas (again, don't get smooshed like bread, and take up less space) with a fast food mayo packet (Chik Fil A has the best mayo.) I wouldn't let those mayo packets sit longer than a day, maybe 2 if it's cool. I don't know how well they are protected in the packet but the zone is the zone. Otherwise, I prefer to eat whatever is easy, with minimal fuss. Cliff bars and jerky with some trail mix thrown in. Best trail mix ingredient? Peanut Butter M&Ms. |
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| jcavenagh |
Also, Pope's Nose (Any sausage like summer sausage) and cheese is a perennial favorite. |
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| HammerII |
If its a ling day I might take a break and spent a hour or so n shore taking a break. If its a busy day its what I stuff into my pockets On long days I might heat water for coffee and then make a quick soup, or if its a busy day I might do the crackers and cheese stuffed in a pocket, or grab a couple of left over corn cakes from breakfast. Really its up to you and what you're looking at. I've done ""lunch" in the sten seat of a canoe that was left over bannock from breakfast and a little cup of peanut butter. |
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| jcavenagh |
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| landoftheskytintedwater |
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| sylvesterii |
icefishbaby: "Soft shells tortillas with pb and j. Travel easy and ready when you need them. " This is my favorite too. The "restaurant" packs of PB and J are easy to work with even out on the water. |
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| whitepine27 |
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| Chicagored |
For the first day, however, traditionally its always bagels and cream cheese. |
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| Abbey |
I like Wheat Thins repackaged in ziplocks. Shake them down and pack right, and there will be minimal breakage of the crackers. Kipper snacks are a treat, but messy. Always finish with a fun size Snickers. |
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| myceliaman |
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| goaljohnbill |
A1t2o: "And for the peanut butter sandwiches, that's something my buddy does and is rather insistent on bringing a whole jar of peanut butter and a loaf or two of bread. It is bulky and adds weight but I have yet to offer an alternative that he would agree to. So that's why I'm fishing for ideas." I like to use the single peanut butter packs from jif especially on day trips, just take one or 2 per person. Jif singles |
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| Lotw |
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| A1t2o |
Personally, I've done the cliff bar, as well as peanut butter sandwiches, turkey jerky, peanut m&m's and trail mix. Most of the time a combination of several. And for the peanut butter sandwiches, that's something my buddy does and is rather insistent on bringing a whole jar of peanut butter and a loaf or two of bread. It is bulky and adds weight but I have yet to offer an alternative that he would agree to. So that's why I'm fishing for ideas. |
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| AmarilloJim |
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| andym |
And to be honest, there are a fair number of travel days where the real answer is trail mix and lunch gets eaten once we have a camp site. But it depends on who we are traveling with. Some folks need a real meal at the right time and we've learned the importance of that for them. |
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| Hawbakers |
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| BuckFlicks |
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