Maybe impress is the wrong word, but I'll be joining 3 experienced hikers who will most likely have all of the essential gear and food, so I'd like to have something extra to bust out as a way of saying thanks for bringing me along. So what are your favorites? Or what have you wished you had while on the trail that was maybe just slightly too impractical for your to bring yourself?

So me (20M) and my friend (20M) want to do a 763KM (474MILE) walk across Romania this summer in June, It's a move for our new business campaing called HAZE XTREME. I would really use some tips & tricks for training, preparing and how to make it alive till the finish :)))

I want to mention that we are not trained for this type of endurance, I did sports my whole life ex: Football, Kickbox, Swimming but that was till 2 years ago, from then I didn't really do any training

I'm sure this is common knowledge or that it has been discussed somewhere on here, but I just can't seem to find any information about this. The chicken pasta Knorr side calls for 2 cups of water when doing it on the stove. I'm just pouring water into the package itself or repackaging it into a freezer bag and adding the water. So, how much do I add?

The general advice is to avoid dehydrating foods high in fat to prevent the food from becoming rancid.

Fats become rancid through exposure to oxygen (oxidative rancidity) or moisture (hydrolytic rancidity). Drying the foods removes the moisture and vacuum sealing or removing the oxygen with an oxygen absorber removes the oxygen.

Lots of freeze-dried meals from the store are high in fat (usually saturated fat likely because it is less likely to go rancid).

I am curious to know why fats are present in freeze-dried meals but not dehydrated meals. My only guess would be moisture content but I’m curious as to what you guys think

Edit: I’m also curious to know if adding a silica packet could help prevent fat rancidity in dehydrated meals since they are commonly found with commercial beef jerky

This is my first time doing the day trip obviously there's no food or water on the island. I am vegetarian

I am going on a canoe trip in about 2weeks. I would make my own meals, but the school has banned stoves/fire, so no hot water for the trip. I was looking into MREs, but I’ve read that they taste horrible and are overpriced. I was hoping to be able to eat some hot food for the trip. It’s around 3 days, so 6 meals. (Dinner is provided)

Thank you!

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Just discovered Japanese curry premade sauce packs, just reheat and serve over rice, add onion and spinach and canned chicken breast for a bomb trail meal.

What other premade sauce packet brands am i missing?

Hey everyone

I’m in search of you’re favourite best tasting milk powder to take on my first multi day hike

I’d be limited to the Australian market

Thanks all

I’m only gone for two nights but I really wanna try a dehydrated meal for the second night. I’m thinking maybe spaghetti but I don’t actually have a food dehydrator. I know you have do it with the oven but have never attempted anything. Any advice or tips?

My mom and her camping buddies are planning some get-together and one of the nights one lady said she's making some award-winning chili and asked my mom if she would find a good cornbread recipe "since I know you love to bake!" And my mom is a great baker but she generally uses a conventional oven, and her camper only has a toaster oven.

So now I'm tasked with figuring out how to make good cornbread in a toaster oven. Anyone have any idea how this would work?

Hey all,

I'm going on a backpacking trip soon for probs about 9-10 months, across many countries, and I'm considering foods to stay healthy with as I'll be rock climbing the whole time. I'm thinking of lots of oats and nuts, as they'll be quite cheap and in most places and last a while, then I'm struggling a bit with protein (maybe cured meats?). Also, I'm wondering how to get vitamins when I'll be away from civilization for a couple of days at a time, as I'm gonna be out in nature a lot and sleeping in a tent. Maybe multivitamin tablets? Suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Might be going on a 7 day backpacking trip. I am allergic to tree nuts, peanuts, legumes (but oddly not soy lecithin or soy oil) and Seeds. Can I eat anything for backpacking? hahaha

Hey guys, I am interested in dehdrating rice for curries etc. However I‘m a bit worried about the food safety aspect due to Bacillus cereus. What is your opinion on this? Isn‘t rice in the food dehydrator the ideal breeding ground for Bacillus cereus? I saw a few of you recommending instant rice. However this is not available in my country only the ones you put into the microwave (I think this isn‘t suitable to make on trail, but correct me if I‘m wrong). Is there a good alternative for dehydrated rice, or is it save in your opinion?

Hi all,

Just had a question about vacuum sealing and frozen meals for a short day hike. I know if I cooked for example a stew the night or two nights before and froze it that it probably wouldn't melt for hours if I had it in a refrigerator bag with other frozen items. If I'm doing just a ome day overnight hike and eating my frozen meal at night when it's probably been cold or almost defrosted at this point I'd imagine that it's OK.

I am previously a chef so I understand the food safety aspects and where I'm comfortable pushing it. Just wanted to see if there's anything I'm forgetting

Thanks

Hey y’all, I’m going on a camping trip and don’t know if the sites will have facilities to boil water and can’t use a portable a stove due to fire ban… I’m wanting to know if anyone has tried making the dinner radix meals up with cold water instead of boiling and if they were ok to eat still? The website FAQs say it is possible but wanted to see if anyone has actually done it. Thanks y’all

I love hummus. I make it at home frequently, and use it as a dip, or a spread, or just a serving on the plate.

I think hummus would be great for the trail, but I would prefer to carry it in dehydrated or freeze-dried form, adding the water when I reach camp.

My hummus recipe contains a lot of yogurt, so I don't think it would dehydrate well.

Does anyone here have either a commercial just-add-water (and possibly oil) hummus mix that you recommend, or a homemade hummus recipe that readily dehydrates in a home dehydrator?

Does anyone here make fry bread on the trail? We very much enjoy it at home, and it would be very easy to bring a bag of dry mix and sone oil backpacking.

My real question is what you use for a frying pan when backpacking. It doesn't have to be ultralight, but still needs to be as light as possible. Kitchen frying pans are out!

A couple of my backpacking pots have lids that could possibly be used as frying pans, but I'm not how well they actually work.

What do you use?

Home dehydrated veggies, beef tallow, bullion and spices, textured soy protein. ~600kcal and 22 grams of protein. Note to all on a thru hike, use the least amount of water possible, and good quality tallow is still going to be nearly impossible to clean off the bag and off your spoon with just bronners.

Please share your cleaning tips!

Just getting into dehydrating meals! I see some recipes recommend dehydrating a fully cooked meal whereas others just dehydrate the individual components (which are mixed together on the trail). What are the pros/cons to either approach? How do the results differ? Would love to hear any opinions on this. Thanks!

I am on the carnivore diet. Have been all year and I love it. With backpacking season fast approachingi wanna know who has dehydrated what meats?

I am not a strict carnivore, I eat cheese, eggs and fruit as well

I am currently just doing ground beef as it is cheap and easy, bit would like to expand my repertoire. Anyone do sausages or anything fancy?

I take these three grains (OK one is a legume) with me backpacking and they are the basis of all my meals. I mix and match proteins and veg but was wondering, which one is the most carb/nutrient-rich per (uncooked) pound?

Hi All,

Curious...has anyone tried using a weight gainer supplement powder for a thru hike? It would be pretty easy to vacuum seal a bunch of this and use it on trail.

I have struggled to keep weight on during my last two thru hikes and I usually get tired of any lunch combination I've come up with. I was considering trying it out to just get the calories in. It seems like it would be a nice on-the-go option too.

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Here's an example of something I was looking at trying:

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I’m a fan of honeybuns but not the sticky mess, so figured dehydrating them was worth a shot. 150F for ten hours did the trick. Plan is to eat them just like this, or add them to my trailside tiramisu. Tried a strip and they’re delicious, and not sticky at all. Yay!

What are some disposable containers for cooking/rehydrating meals? I both don’t want to clean cookware and have some destinations with limited water. I know I can use store bought camping meal bags and pack out the trash but trying to bring cheaper foods.

I like instant oatmeal packs but the little paper packets are too hot to hold after pouring in hot water.

Are there any cooking envelops/bags I can try?

My friends and I are going on a two month road trip across the states, focusing only on the national parks. We want to spend as little time in the cities/towns as possible, buying in bulk and trying to make a variety of dishes, whose ingredients can keep for a long time. We will have a small fridge in our converted camper van (a mini van), with a bunch of pots and pans, and other kitchen utensils, as well as a two burner propane stove.

This is our first time in the states, so we are unfamiliar with what can be found in a grocery store, just in terms of the meals we could make. Hence this post; we'll be doing a vast majority of the cooking because it's something most of us have done before and enjoyed it!

We have no restrictions or allergies. Can you suggest some meals or foods that would be suitable for us? Google thinks I'm gonna be an outdoors Gordon Ramsay lol.

Side question, I've seen online that various clubs for fast food chains exist; is there one that is particularly good that we could take advantage of?

Anyway, thank you for all of your suggestions! I am looking to some ideas of what we're going to be eating!

All the flat noodle ones work fine, but the shells and the skinny (pene) noodle types always end up undercooked with dry spots of the flavour powder inside. I've tried cooking them for like 2-3 times as long and I still get crunchy noodles and dry powder spots.