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    Default Thru Hike Food, Snacks, Meals, Etc.

    Hey fellow adventurers and future thru hikers, what are some of the food, snacks, meals, etc you will be bringing with you on your thru hike? Let's talk!!
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    this is some the food I eat while hiking.
    1 pasta sides, rice sides, Mexican sides.
    2 instant potatoes.
    3 ramen noodles.
    4 summer sausage.
    5 pepperoni slices.
    6 hot cereal.
    7 pop-tarts.
    8 tortilla wraps.
    9 peanut butter.
    10 nutella.
    11 starburst.
    12 black pepper/salt.
    13 olive oil.
    14 tabasco sauce
    15 red crushed pepper.
    16 bagels.
    17 dehydrated fruit ( you can find in the grocery store ).
    18 M&Ms.
    19 snickers.
    20 mustard ( the individual packs ).

    that's to name a few things I eat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wrap89 View Post
    this is some the food I eat while hiking.
    1 pasta sides, rice sides, Mexican sides.
    2 instant potatoes.
    3 ramen noodles.
    4 summer sausage.
    5 pepperoni slices.
    6 hot cereal.
    7 pop-tarts.
    8 tortilla wraps.
    9 peanut butter.
    10 nutella.
    11 starburst.
    12 black pepper/salt.
    13 olive oil.
    14 tabasco sauce
    15 red crushed pepper.
    16 bagels.
    17 dehydrated fruit ( you can find in the grocery store ).
    18 M&Ms.
    19 snickers.
    20 mustard ( the individual packs ).

    that's to name a few things I eat.
    Similar to mine. I replace 'hot cereal' w/ 'cold cereal + Nido powdered milk.' A few different evening meal combos. I like to add Fig Newtons as a snack. I never tired of them. Wheat Thins are a tasty snack as well.
    2013 AT Thru-hike: 3/21 to 8/19
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    SNICKERS BARS! Oatmeal and coffee for breakfast. Cliff Bars for snacks while I'm walking. Tortilla & PB with honey for lunch. Moutainhouse for dinner.
    On my last hike, I brought a full pound of trail mix and didn't eat a single bite.
    A through hike is not on my schedule yet, but I treat every trip as a shakedown for the real thing.
    (did the same thing with my bicycle riding years ago before I rode from Norfolk to Miami and it worked.)
    I always keep food as simple as possible. (I am one of those who eats to live, not lives to eat!)

    Guy

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    QTY CAL
    Breakfast
    Trail Mix (Student, Calif., Macadamia) 2 cups 1400
    Snack_1
    Spam Single 1 210
    Lara Bar (Lemon) 1 220
    Lunch
    Cliff Bar (Crunch) 1 200
    Jif To Go 1 250
    Snack_2
    Lara Bar (Lemon) 1 220
    Dinner
    Couscous 1 cup 640
    Yellowfin Tuna in Olive Oil 2.6 oz 190
    3330


    Here's my grub list for this weekends trip (per day). It's a little over the top....

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    Between short resupply points consider doing with fresh foods such as eggs, precooked ham and veggies.

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    Peanut butter, raisins, pasta, tuna, Parmesan cheese, block of cheese, tuna, tortillas, evap milk, grape nuts,

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    I got really tired of Knorr sides with tuna to the point I gag on those meals.

    I started making Spam cheese burgers for dinner (on a bagel since they pack well) and that really worked good, but you need to fry up the spam first to make it eatable. This filled me up and I stopped waking up hungry at midnight. Little Debbie Nutty bars for desert.

    Iced honey bun for breakfast and what ever for snacks during the day, including corn chips. Corn chips actually have a lot of potassium, magnesium, fat and salt in them. Good for replacing electrolytes and they pack well. I keep them at the top of the pack. They also make good fire starters due to all the fat in them. They burn really, really well.
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    I realized on a recent trip that I really hate cooking breakfast, besides some coffee. The itch to pack up and just go is terrible for me in the mornings. Thinking nido + granola, poptarts, bars, etc will be a staple. Pasta sides, cheese grits, instant potatoes, pasta sides, chia bars, Raw Revolution bars, the new primal jerky, vanilla protein shake, ramen, pepperoni, tortillas, hard cheese in cooler months, blue gatorade chews, are pretty much staples. I hate peanut butter but maybe will learn to appreciate it. Maybe.

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    I don't vary much, oatmeal,breakfast bars, coffee,--while hiking peanut butter crackers(the orange ones), homemade gorp. forage on wild edibles,fruit roll-ups. At nite I have mucho choices, powered everything, potatoes, refried beans, soups(Lipton,Ramen,Knorr)foil pack tuna, lipton dinners and anything I catch.
    If you think you can, or you think you can't, your probably right.

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    Breakfast:
    -Oatmeal with peanut or almond butter & protein powder
    -Instant coffee mixed with hot cocoa mix

    Snacks/Lunch:
    GORP
    Dried Fruit
    Protein Bars
    Jerky
    Sour Patch Kids
    Paydays


    Dinner:
    Ramen & canned chicken
    Rice & tuna
    Stove Top Stuffing
    Quinoa & chicken
    Couscous & chicken

    I see this changing after a few weeks when I get sick of certain foods..

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