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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: BWCA Food and Recipes :: Ideas for 2016 trips
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| MNLindsey80 |
quote Northwoodsman: "This place has some interesting ingredients. It's a little spendy but you can get pretty much everything you need at one place and not spend days gathering supplies. Definitely taking a look at this company! |
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| boonie |
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| Swampturtle |
Here is a site with FBC and lots of other great recipes. Trailcooking.com by Sarah Kirkconnell Trailcooking FBC |
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| boonie |
There are endless variations of those kinds of meals and many recipes can be adapted to it by substituting dehydrated (or FD) ingredients. |
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| brotherbob1958 |
But I do like to buy the freeze dried meals. As well as the freeze dried chicken salad mix on tortillas I do a lot of dehydrating of my meals, they taste better then the freeze dried and they are better for you |
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| butthead |
quote billconner: "How long does the FD chicken last - like the large cans opened - will it last till next year?" "Shelf-Life: can be stored for 10-15 years in a sealed #10 can in a cool dry place once opened, if refrigerated, it’s 1 month if not refrigerated, 1 week." from Honeyville. I have just opened and sorted into multiple packages of 3 servings vac-bagged-froze till needed. I use a #10 can over a year. butthead |
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| MNLindsey80 |
quote sdebol: " Awesome to hear! I am going to make that one... plus the Cous Cous w/mixed veg. and Curry Rice/Chicken & Cashews for our May trip! I think i'm just going to have to forgo eating my ideal way for a week. It won't kill me, and then I get back on track! ;-) Duckman I would just be in heaven if we caught our fish for the whole week! |
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| butthead |
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| MNLindsey80 |
We went for a 6 night/7 day stint - so with us we had items such as Pouch chicken from Cub Foods (which is heavy) - about 3-4 packs of that! 2 Steaks, 3 sweet potatoes & Asparagus for night 1 Lots of pouch meals (think heavy sauce campbells soup etc) Knoors (yay lighter) And many other heavy things.... This year I think I'm going to lighten the load so to speak! I think i'm going to try to make some of these! Instant Meals on the Go Has anyone used the Mountain House dehydrated chicken/hamburger vs. pouch chicken you can buy at Cub? |
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| muddyfeet |
I experimented with something similar last year that was simple and plenty flavorful. Hamburger works well with a home dehydrator. Dehydrated chicken is okay if shredded, but it needs a much longer rehydrate time. Freeze-dried chicken chunks are better for instant-eat. It does compare to pouch chicken. |
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| butthead |
quote MNLindsey80: " I dry beef and pork sausage at home but for poultry I'll go with freeze dried chicken or even better turkey. Mountain House did have turkey still has chicken but Honeyville tastes as good at better prices. Not partial to air dried poultry. butthead |
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| OldFingers57 |
I also use dehydrated ground beef and sausage in recipes. |
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| billconner |
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| MNLindsey80 |
Butthead... how many servings are in the large can? |
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| OldFingers57 |
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| Northwoodsman |
Packit Gourmet |
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| billconner |
quote brotherbob1958: "I like to dehydrate a lot of corn for our trips, since it goes so well with the fish we catch. Please explain what you mean by " better for you" as most sources on the internet clearly state freeze dried is better nutritionally than dehydrated. One- that said, I'm a dehydrater, more for economic and food preference reasons, but I still very much prefer the flavor, color, and texture of some freeze dried vegetables over dehydrated. Here's another. |
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| billconner |
PS: Actually these Paleo Meals To Go look interesting and may fit fine with DASH. |
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| butthead |
Meat – GRASS-FED, not grain-fed. Grain causes the same problem in animals as they do in humans. Fowl – Chicken, duck, hen, turkey…things with wings that (try to) fly. Fish – Wild fish, as mercury and other toxins can be an issue in farmed fish Eggs – Look for Omega-3 enriched eggs. Vegetables – As long as they're not deep-fried, eat as many as you want. Oils – Olive oil, coconut oil, avocado oil – think natural. Fruits – Have natural sugar, and can be higher in calories, so limit if you're trying to lose weight. Nuts – High in calories, so they're good for a snack, but don't eat bags and bags of them. Tubers – Sweet potatoes and yams. Higher in calories and carbs, so these are good for right after a workout to replenish your glycogen levels. North Bay Trading has just about everything, with choice of air and freeze dried. Is wild rice paleo? You could try a dried egg based sauce. butthead |
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| jfinn |
Anyone else here eat Paleo? " Not Paleo, but I am a Vegetarian that adheres to a ketogenic protocol. It works great on solos as I don't need to carry much and I can keep my weight way down. Unfortunately, it makes group trips a little tough. For you, there are lots of dried meat options, meat bars and so on. My issue with many dried veggies commercially available is that they are heavy on the corn. I tend to do a lot of seeds and nuts, soups and veggies. Add in some eggs and tuna on occasion and I am set. It would just be way easier to eat cheesy noodles! John |
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| MNLindsey80 |
Anyone else here eat Paleo? |
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| Duckman |
Other than that, I take food to get me by and to force me to fish. Mountain House Chili Mac and stroganoff. Some of the small instant potato packs with different seasonings. I promise you, if your group strikes out fishing, those small add water instant potato packs and foil chicken will fill you up quick. If you want to be fun, and you're on a lake with crawfish, get a trap, buy some Cajun boil, and have a very not northern Minnesota meal. |
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| billconner |
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| sdebol |
quote MNLindsey80: "So last year I was the one who carried all the food! I have used the Mountain House freeze dried hamburger multiple times and like it very much. I have had a #10 can of the freeze dried chicken but hadn't tried it. I finally cracked it open to try one of the recipes in the link you provided. I used it in the thai peanut noodles with chicken and vegetables and it came out great--I'm going to include it on the menu for our May trip! Like others have mentioned, whenever I open a #10 Mountain House can I divide up the contents into smaller servings and vacuum seal them. I also bought a pack of those little oxygen absorbers and include one them with each serving before I seal them. Probably overkill but it was kind of fun in my weird camping OCD way... |
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| Frenchy |
Back Packing Chef |