Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: BWCA Food and Recipes :: The Green Weenie
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straighthairedcurly |
We made homemade crackers before the trip. They got wet after a swamping and started to mold. But we rebaked them in the fire and ate them anyway. When I was a kid, my dad panicked on the eve of a truckers' strike. He order a massive amount of dehydrated food in #10 cans. We ate that food for the next 15 years. In my experience, dehydrated food will start to lose some of its flavor way before it becomes a danger. In terms of fresh foods, cold cuts are what I am always cautious around due to listeria. |
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overthehill |
We take no ice or soft cooler. Frozen or cold is nested/stuffed in a pack or barrel. We have never been sick or eaten spoiled food but fried some limp bacon on day 3 or 4. Sweaty hard salami (deli sliced) and Swiss on day 3 or 4. We go in around Memorial day with a nested frozen cube of fresh meat (newspaper wrapped) surrounded by butter,cheese, whatever and ,of course, plan menu to use as it thaws. Never had the butter past soft and such , take farm fresh unwashed eggs a time or two and not worry. We've not had the trots or giardia , but did eat some old richmore dehydrated that was awhile out of date. Heck, they had been out of business for awhile at the time. It was good and fine and we all liked varieties we had left over. Any food you packed or ate while tripping that you wondered about? (Whether in hindsight or not) |
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Swampturtle |
I was given a mountain house meat lasagna years ago as a bonus/gift from Jetboil, that lasagna has been our extra meal should anything fail on every trip near & far. It expired late last year & I just tossed it out this week...that thing had almost as many miles on it as me. So I wasn't taking a chance on that..now I need to replace it. I've eaten limp bacon, warmish ham, sweaty cheese. No problems, but they weren't that far out & I have tossed or bypassed other food that I felt was over the line. |