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Food prep needs to begin!

2/13/2014

7 Comments

 
Now that all the equipment is in place it is time to concentrate on food.  Obviously you can't carry 6 months worth of food on your back, so you have to plan on getting food on the route.  There are 3 main ways that people resupply food:

   1.  Buy - Buy all food in towns along the trail.
   2.  Mail - Send packages to yourself along the trail with enough food to get you to the next
   mail drop.
   3.  Hybrid - Use mail drops and buy food in towns along the trail.

Since I don't eat meat it would be hard for me to rely on stores along the route for all my food, so I am leaning toward the hybrid route.  I will send full mail drops to towns that do not have a significant market, and those towns that do, I will send a mail drop that has breakfast and dinner and then buy lunch items in the markets.

Now, what do we eat?  For basic breakfasts we are planning on protein bars, oatmeal, and cold cereal.  For lunch we are planning on eating fresher items that do not require any cooking.  These meals could include tortillas, bagels, cheese, avocados, crackers, peanut butter, and fresh fruit & vegetables.  Dinner will be a more significant meal including pasta, rice, couscous, and tuna & salmon packets.  Of course, there will be snacks (granola bars, nuts, dried fruit, candy bars, etc) and after dinner hot drinks such as tea and hot chocolate.

All these meals and food need thought and planning.  At first I was planning on relying on Quaker instant oatmeal packets for breakfast and Knorr Noodles/Rice & Sauce packages for dinner.  But, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that these pre-packaged food items would be OK to eat once in a while, but would get pretty unhealthy if we ate it every day for 6 months.  Wouldn't it be better if I put together my own oatmeal and noodle/rice & sauce meals using healthier ingredients with less salt and preservatives.  So here I am trying to figure out how to do this.  After a trip to a health food store and Trader Joe's this is what I bought to experiment with:
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My thoughts for breakfast is to make my own instant oatmeal using rolled oats, almonds, dry milk, brown sugar, and freeze-dried fruit.  I will also try to make breakfast quinoa using quinoa flakes, brown sugar, and cinnamon, and maybe a hot cereal using couscous, dry milk, brown sugar, chopped almonds, and freeze-dried fruit.

For dinner I am also going to try playing with quick cook pasta and all natural cheese sauce mixes instead of the kraft macaroni and cheese junk.  I also bought Simply Organic dressings and sauces to play with and see how they mix with rice, pasta, and tuna/salmon.  One of the more interesting items I found is Ova Easy Egg Crystals.  I will try this as another possible protein source, maybe eggs an egg and refried bean burrito?

Bottom line is that I have to get started working with these ingredients and testing them out for the trip, or else I will wind up going the easy but unhealthy route of ramen noodles and Kraft macaroni and cheese.  I better get going!
7 Comments
Tee Man of Meechegan link
2/13/2014 07:22:55 pm

I'm looking for some powdered beer to send you. They make everthing else instant so...A sloth? This kind of humor will make your Blog fantastic! Really. If Manny showed up you would have had confirmation (Ice Age the Movie).

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Gerri
2/15/2014 09:48:12 am

Here you go Meechegan.....http://www.patsbcb.com.

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TM of Mi link
2/19/2014 07:31:42 pm

SHAZAMM!

Noam Gal link
2/15/2014 04:45:07 pm

I am coming from a similar place, with being a vegetarian, though I do not eat fish as well (So no Tuna for me), but I think my general laziness got me to different conclusions - bring on the daily Quaker Oatmeal packets and Knorr dinners!
I will sometimes ship some packages further up the trail, when I pass a big supermarket, and I know the next resupply points won't be as good, but generally I will just eat what I can and when I get it, and keep energized on processed, grocery store, food.
Another excuse I have is coming from Israel, I don't have the time to arrange loads of pre-packaged meals back at home, and have them mailed to me while on the trail. I'll just have to improvise as I go along.

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Gerri Kail
2/17/2014 05:37:32 am

Thank you Noam for your insight. After reading your post and compiling more information I have gone from 30 boxes down to 21. I'm going to take my chance in towns I know have good grocery store.

Quite exciting that you are traveling from Israel. I was lucky enough to go there back in 1995. What an amazing country.

When are you starting the trail? Hopefully we will see each other out there.

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Noam Gal link
2/17/2014 03:42:19 pm

I will be landing in SA on April 9th, and I plan on starting my hike on the 12th. When will you start?

Gerri Kail
2/17/2014 10:05:36 pm

We plan on getting to San Diego on 1 April and starting the trail on 2 April. We are starting out pretty slow, so you will probably catch us.




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