Ingenious thru hike recipes!

[gratefultrails]

I would love to hear some of the really creative and tasty recipes yall have come up with over the years or on a thru hike. using food you can find in towns on the A.T

Thanks for the info!!!

[Abner]

Carbonara! It's an Italian pasta dish. So, you are in a trail town. You go to a great breakfast place. When you order your breakfast, order a few extra strips of bacon, like four. Or more cooked bacon if you are hiking with a partner. Put this prepared bacon in your food bag or cooking pot for safe carrying. Miles later when you come to your campsite at night, pull out the bacon. Boil some pasta. Crack a raw egg into the piping hot cooked pasta, return to heat for just a minute or so to ensure the egg is cooked, toss in your bacon, grate a small portion of parmesan cheese as a ganish. If you have pepper put a bit on the carbonara and--- Basta Cosi (great, well done, here it is, there you go) a great and simple entree. This is a low-fuss, nutritious and tasty meal.

[Lyle]

For a first or second day out of town:

Ham steak (vacuum packed in plastic) with mashed potatoes. fry up the steak in your cook pot, set it aside, boil your water, stirring the ham grease in to make a "gravy", add your dried potatoes. Can either eat as a real meal, or cut up the ham into the pot to make it a one-pot meal. MMMMMMMMMMMM! Some freeze dried or fresh veggies also go great.

Just be prepared to fend off your fellow hikers.

[rocketsocks]

When your tortillas go south of the boarder.

I like corn tortillas, but they dry out so fast.

when this happens, cut them into strips and add to broth, for a wonderful Tortillas soup, don't forget the cumin!

[Hikes in Rain]

Start with a Lipton Knorr Alfredo noodle package. Add a pouch of salmon, some bacon bits (or crumble up some of the shelf stable bacon), add fresh ground black pepper and some grated Asiago cheese. Almost instant gourmet.