Author Topic: Trail food (Read 1018 times)

mechanic · « **on:** December 03, 2011, 03:30:54 PM »

I don't know if ya'll have noticed or not, but some foods you wouldn't normally eat are mighty good when you spend the day in the woods. Like vienna sausage and potted meat, etc. I packed enough for a 3 day trip the other day when I went hunting, and about ate it all before I got home. Freeze dried beef stroganoff, freeze dried cajun chicken. Vienna sausage, a whold tin of potted meat with some crackers, and about two tins of sardines.

Old lady wouldn't kiss me hello when I got back. Wonder what got a'hold of her?

Ben

blind ear · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2011, 03:49:29 PM »

I carried peanuts or other nuts in the past but found that they make me cramp in the legs real bad after a long day walking.

I like dried squares of mexican cornbread, with just a few beans mixed in, but then you have to carry plenty of water, a good thing.

Won't comment on kissin and the smell of dead fish.

ear

CannonKrazy · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2011, 03:58:18 PM »

Yep,sardines fit a back pocket just right and a can of vienna's are easy to stash in the front pocket. Both of these are good to carry along hunting or fishing. I never really cared much for granola bars but I found out they are really good when thats all you got.
A stick of summer sausage and crackers sure is good also.

PowPow · « **Reply #3 on:** December 03, 2011, 04:03:45 PM »

When I started back hunting after giving it up in high school, my wife said "oh you're going hunting; I'll buy some Viennas."
I suppose some things are just understood.

powderman · « **Reply #4 on:** December 03, 2011, 04:46:51 PM »

Beanie weenies are good too, I especially like the baked beans ones. I used to make a mix that I formed and carried in my pocket, wrapped of course. Wish I could remember the recipe. Ingredients included peanut butter, honey, oatmeal, pwd milk, and chopped nuts, very high energy. POWDERMAN.

Old Syko · « **Reply #5 on:** December 03, 2011, 04:49:29 PM »

I don't have to be going someplace special to eat vienna weenies. I luv em and so do the grand kids. I found it's hard to beat bagels in a ziploc bag for any kind of travel food. They're almost indestructible.

bilmac · « **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2011, 05:57:10 PM »

Smoked oysters and soda crackers make a real good lunch. Kind of expensive, but you can stash them in the pickup and freezing won't bother them.

The Wal-Mart Mtn. Trail Mix is good stuff. I add a few almonds and more M&M's. I put some in a smaller plastic jar and they stay in a tool bag that goes everywhere I do. Saved me from going hungry for lunch several times.

powderman · « **Reply #7 on:** December 03, 2011, 06:34:13 PM »

Patty and I have taken smoked oysters on short trips and had them with crackers for a snack, mighty good. The wm brand is pretty good. We've bought different brands and the cheap ones like bumble bee are nasty. POWDERMAN.

Slowhanddd · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2011, 04:21:20 AM »

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We've bought different brands and the cheap ones like bumble bee are nasty.

How can you tell?I have a hunting buddy that will eat them.Just not in my truck!!!Too stinky for me.Do like the little weinies and crackers though.

Empty Quiver · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2011, 05:17:22 AM »

Hard Nature Valley granola bars, fun size Snicker bars, Bagel with a thick slice of cheddar cheese as a sandwich. Home made jerky, the commercial stuff just don't cut it anymore, the local meat store does an excellent job though, it does not taste like a high school chemistry lab.

victorcharlie · « **Reply #10 on:** December 04, 2011, 06:11:47 AM »

Mountain house has a pretty good line of freeze dried food.

Junior1942 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 04, 2011, 10:32:51 AM »

My favorite trail food is Choctaw Fry Bread. See http://www.castbullet.com/cooking/fbread.htm It's easy to make and lasts for weeks w/o refrigeration. Tasty, too. I like added blackberries or cranberries. Be a real man and fry it in genuine hog lard. 'Possum lard is hard to find these days. You can make it in big donut size chunks, but that's more like a meal than a snack. I like 'em about 1/2 the size of a regular donut.

hillbill · « **Reply #12 on:** December 04, 2011, 02:50:29 PM »

a few days on the trail will make yu eat things yu dont like and like things yu dont normally eat!

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #13 on:** December 04, 2011, 03:00:14 PM »

When we were hunting in Id one of the guys build a small fire and broke out four cans of Chef Boyardee Ravoli. Cold day, and that crap never tasted so good, eaten right out of the can heated by the fire.

bilmac · « **Reply #14 on:** December 04, 2011, 05:14:23 PM »

You're right about hot food on a cold day wood duck. A can of something in a little warming fire is a good way to get there. All of the chef boy ardee stuff is a good hot meal when you're cold. My favorite is the mac n"beef. You gotta remember to poke a hole in the top and set ti so the steam can vent through it or you might be making a steam bomb.

We also used to take cans of campbells condensed soup like vegetables and beef. We would whack a good dent in the side of the can, then just throw it right in the fire. You watch that dent real close. If it starts to iron out you get it out of the fire, steam pressure is building up. Every once in a while pull it out of the fire and shake it good and toss it back in. In about 10 or 15 minutes you have a hot lunch. Condensed soup is pretty good straight from the can.

Spirithawk · « **Reply #15 on:** December 05, 2011, 08:23:47 AM »

My son and I both usualy carry a bag of home made venison jerky and a bag of home made trail mix ( nuts and dried fruit, M&M's, coconut and granola ) when hunting. Camp meals are usualy venison chili, steaks, fresh fish, ect. We eat good.

One thing we realy like, when we can find them, is jars of hot pickled sausage links. Can't recall the brand.

Sourdough · « **Reply #16 on:** December 05, 2011, 08:38:29 AM »

Beanie-wienes, pork and beans, potted meat, viennia sausages, Spam and tuna in the small foil packages, and a loaf of bread, are staples in my food box. Along with small packets of mayo, mustard, and ketchup(bought by the case at Sam's club). When I took teens along I also carried cans of Beefaroni and Ravaoli.

The small cans of green beans and cream style corn, help supplament the fresh meat we often eat, while hunting Moose and Caribou. We often shoot Grouse and Ptarmigan as well, that these canned vegies compliment.

Casull · « **Reply #17 on:** December 05, 2011, 08:41:48 AM »

Sourdough, what's with the Spam nowadays? I remember eating it when I was younger and it was pretty good. Two years ago I was hunting and one of the guys brought some and heated it up. The stuff was so salty it was barely edible. And, no he didn't salt it. It just came out of the can that way.

powderman · « **Reply #18 on:** December 05, 2011, 11:09:33 AM »

BILMAC. Great idea denting the cans, never thought of that. When I was growing up and we would be on an all day rabbit hunt away from home my Dad would fill several thermoses with campbells bean with bacon soup and have plenty of crackers, we'd go to the car about midday for a bite and short rest. I don't think anything tastes better than a hot cup of soup when theres snow on the ground out hunting. That was the only time our dogs ever got canned dog food. Brings back a lot of great memories. POWDERMAN.

Spirithawk · « **Reply #19 on:** December 05, 2011, 12:08:20 PM »

My brother-in-law came up with a clever idea. He filled a medium sized tackle box, a new one thus clean, with packets of ketchup, mustard, mayo, salt, pepper, various seasonings, instant coffee and creamer, sugar packets, plastic spoons, forks and knives, napkins, ect. He grabs that tackle box and has everything he needs without forgetting anything. I'm putting me one together and you just add the things you like. Pretty handy idea.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #20 on:** December 05, 2011, 12:53:23 PM »

We vented the Cans.
I am a Boiler guy and I know that water expands 1500 times when it flashes to steam.
500 gallons of water is equal in energy to a stick of dynomite.
My boiler stuff has comei n handy a couple of times.
Once while winter camping with the neighbors kid for scouts (his Dad was in korea for the Corp) I stuck a Colman propane lantern in the tent to warm it up.
One of the other fathers was a fireman and he said I was going otkill someone and I said I knew what I was doing and that it will be fine. He bet me $100 the lantern would go out in 30 min or less. At 45 minutes I handed him his money back saying it was not a fair bet as I am a combustion engineer and venting fire is my job.
On the same trip to Id we also cooked in paper bowls. Freaked out the other guys that I heated water in a paper bowl with a paper plate on top to keep out the ash. The water is cooler than the ignition point of the paper and sitting it on a couple hot coals will boiler the water. If you put it in the fire anything the water is not touching will burn. Does not work with styrofoam.
We also had smoked oysters, kipper snacks, and smoked mussels.

bilmac · « **Reply #21 on:** December 05, 2011, 03:26:18 PM »

I have a grab n' go lunch bag like the Hawk's tackel box. Mine is an old bag that I think was designed for bowlers. It has big pockets on both ends of a middle compartment rgar would probably fit a bowling ball. Made of sturdy canvas with good handles. I can put a 16 oz propane bottle in one end pocket, and a qt. water bottle in the other. In the middle I have a one burner stove, and a smallish pot. Then there is plenty of room left over for cans of Chef BoyarDee. Now days I usually just put my can of lunch in a pot of water over the propane stove, double boiler style. A spoon, a P38 on a string so it doesn't get lost, and I have a pretty complete lunch bag, or "nose bag" as I call it.

briarpatch · « **Reply #22 on:** December 05, 2011, 03:49:28 PM »

I would have thought 500 gal of water would equal a case of dynomite when flashed to steam. I dont know.

45-70.gov · « **Reply #23 on:** December 05, 2011, 03:50:34 PM »

jerky.........home made or bought

boiled eggs
granola bars
wall mart trail mix
nuts

once got some ensure off a clearance rack...CHEAP
that was a great find
those total nutrition drinks are convenient
soft drink with resealable cap
i am diabetic and don't want to get cought out with LOW sugar

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #24 on:** December 05, 2011, 04:29:53 PM »

Quote from: briarpatch on December 05, 2011, 03:49:28 PM

I would have thought 500 gal of water would equal a case of dynomite when flashed to steam. I dont know.

No about a stick and a half if you look at horse power. If you look at volume of gas/ vapor it would be equal to more. Based on 240 degrees. 45 PSI. The higher the pressure the higher the temp can go and still be water.
At 240 degrees it is more like smokeless powder than black powder. That it runs as a chain when flashing as opposed to all at once.
It would also depend on temperature of the water. Like a steam engine you see shot with a 50 BMG from a plane. You have 300+ degree water at a high temp and any holes in the tank make it flash and blow creating a huge problem. On the reverse of that you make lots of holes and you get multiple vents for the steam to excape and it will not blow.
A manager had an in house maintenance, plug the T&P relief valves on both the tank and the boiler, along with jumpering some of the safeties. The 534 gallon tank flashed to steam, and since the bottom of the tank is the weak point the bottom blew launching the tank through the roof, like the pump up rockets you played with as a kid, and ceiling draging the boiler with it to the attack, the tank then went through the roof and landed about 100 yards from the building. From what we can figure the water temp was about 240 to 245 degrees when a tap was opened and reduced the pressure and the water flashed. It would make a great mythbusters eposode except for a person was killed when he opend the hot tap to wash the bar.

blind ear · « **Reply #25 on:** December 05, 2011, 04:47:55 PM »

McDuck, I immagine that as a Road Runner cartoon. If it wern't so dangerous, it would be hilarious.

As a yound kid I knew a welder that worked boilers. He would use a stick with a rag wrapped on it to find pin holes. The steam would cut the rag.

I heard that with steam battle ships that lots of men were killed by steam cuts from boilers. Don't want to jump the thread but thought it might be of interest. ear

powderman · « **Reply #26 on:** December 05, 2011, 04:53:28 PM »

We've used coleman lanterns in tents for many many years with no ill effects.
OK, I know weve drifted a lot but that is normal for our crowd.

About the OP, I used to read about PEMMICAN that the original Americans made but other than dried fruits and nuts not been able to find out what all it is made of. Does anybody have a recipe for making it?? I read that it would sometimes be eaten like it is and sometimes put in hot water and cooked. Any info?? POWDERMAN.

lakota · « **Reply #27 on:** December 05, 2011, 04:54:21 PM »

Mythbusters did an episode with a household water heater tank that they disabled all of the safety mechanisims on. They had it in a little building that was built to code. The thing overheated and launched through the roof. It was pretty impressive. I think it was a 40 gallon tank.

Just to stay on topic I'll say I like the Campbells bean and bacon soup or a can of almost any variety of chunky soup on the trial.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #28 on:** December 05, 2011, 04:54:30 PM »

Again the higher the temp the higer the pressure. The pin hole leaks do not allow the pressure to drop low enough to flash the water.
I have heard of guys using a straw broom to fing the leaks. When all the bristles blew off there was the hole and it gave them a 5 foot margin of error. At those temps and pressure the steam in invisable

lakota · « **Reply #29 on:** December 05, 2011, 04:59:40 PM »

waaaaaaay off topic...but pretty cool. Mythbusters water heater explosion:

At the end in super slow motion you can see the tank flying straight up like a rocket.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv178a60Ypg&feature=related