thunderseed
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- May 14, 2014
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I just need some ideas of what foods to pack on my 3 week trip. I'll be able to restock along the way.
I'll have my mini pocket rocket camp stove and lightweight cookware with plenty of fuel so I'll be able to cook real meals but it would be good to have easy snacks too. Jerky would be good but I have a problem with chewing it because it hurts my back teeth and there would be nothing worse than having a tooth ache in the middle of nowhere, unless I can find softer jerky somewhere.
I'm hoping to catch fish, collect clams, mussels and oysters and maybe eat some wild greens and berries if I can find any, but that's only if I can find any LOL.
I eat a lot of food and I have a very high metabolism, so I need to bring foods that are very high in calories for energy and high in protien to help repair muscles. I need lots of complex carbohydrates but the fact that I eat gluten free is sometimes problematic.
It's not like I can sit down and eat a giant pot of rice pasta while camping... or can I? All I really need is to pack the noodles, just bring olive oil for sauce, spices, a vegetable and I could even bring a block of cheese because cheese doesn't need to be refridgerated. Haha I can't live without cheese.
I guess I could always bring an ice cooler but a lot of vegetables and fruits don't even need to be refridgerated. The only things that really need to be kept cool are meats, milk and leafy greens. Apparently eggs don't need to be kept cool and apples should not be kept with other fruits because they make other fruits ripen faster.
Well I am interested in hearing what you guys bring with you!
Also, what do you do for drinking water when you are at places with only salt water? Just pack tons of bottled water? That would get so heavy and take up so much space in the kayak... considering I drink 2-4 litres of water a day.
I do have a mini water filter that I like to bring when I go exploring the wilderness, but what good does that do on the ocean LOL. I was thinking of building a portable solar still to make salt water drinkable but I'm not exactly sure how and the process probably takes forever.
I'll have my mini pocket rocket camp stove and lightweight cookware with plenty of fuel so I'll be able to cook real meals but it would be good to have easy snacks too. Jerky would be good but I have a problem with chewing it because it hurts my back teeth and there would be nothing worse than having a tooth ache in the middle of nowhere, unless I can find softer jerky somewhere.
I'm hoping to catch fish, collect clams, mussels and oysters and maybe eat some wild greens and berries if I can find any, but that's only if I can find any LOL.
I eat a lot of food and I have a very high metabolism, so I need to bring foods that are very high in calories for energy and high in protien to help repair muscles. I need lots of complex carbohydrates but the fact that I eat gluten free is sometimes problematic.
It's not like I can sit down and eat a giant pot of rice pasta while camping... or can I? All I really need is to pack the noodles, just bring olive oil for sauce, spices, a vegetable and I could even bring a block of cheese because cheese doesn't need to be refridgerated. Haha I can't live without cheese.
I guess I could always bring an ice cooler but a lot of vegetables and fruits don't even need to be refridgerated. The only things that really need to be kept cool are meats, milk and leafy greens. Apparently eggs don't need to be kept cool and apples should not be kept with other fruits because they make other fruits ripen faster.
Well I am interested in hearing what you guys bring with you!
Also, what do you do for drinking water when you are at places with only salt water? Just pack tons of bottled water? That would get so heavy and take up so much space in the kayak... considering I drink 2-4 litres of water a day.
I do have a mini water filter that I like to bring when I go exploring the wilderness, but what good does that do on the ocean LOL. I was thinking of building a portable solar still to make salt water drinkable but I'm not exactly sure how and the process probably takes forever.