Food for breakfast/lunch

[hacimsaalk]

well, we finally nailed down what river we're going on. we have already purchased MRE's for supper (at a super low rate). now all we have to do is decide on breakfast and lunches. on one hand, i want to go simple and do oatmeal for breakfast, and something out of the package for lunch. but on the other hand i want to go kinda extravagant (for a canoe triP) and take along cookable stuff. what do ya'll think? im also looking for idea for food on the way up to keep from paying interstate McDonalds prices.

Thanks,

Micah

[scubascout]

oatmeal is always good, even just some granola and quaker bars. lunch i would reccomend tomato soup, for that is always good

[jr56]

Cooking Merit Badge pamphlet has good ideas. You can plan ahead, bring a cooler for the car, and make your own lunches alot cheaper than Mcdonalds.

[Quailman]

My son and I both like Ramen Noodle soup. We ate it for lunch every day of a 50 mile backpack trip, except the day that we had it for dinner with a tin of shrimp and an egg stirred in. And you can't beat the cost - 8 or 10 for $1.

I think I've always had one oatmeal and one hot chocolate for breakfast every day of a backpacking trip, except when the backcountry ranger made pancakes for us the day after we painted his cabin. On cold mornings you can have the water on the stove ready to light from your sleeping bag, and sit up and eat when it's ready (if you sleep under the stars).

[hacimsaalk]

i have nightmares (as do other scouts in my group) about ramen noodles. we ate them 3yrs ago on our 1st backpack trip up in NH. they took so long, and dehydrated you so much (b/c of the salt), that they were just bad.

im thinking that is probably what we'll do for breakfast is oatmeal. in past yrs, we usually just ate it dry, or mix it with cold watrer in the pouch. it keeps from having to get up early to get h2o going. lets you get some more sleep.


thanks for the ideas guys!!!

im mostly looking for lunch ideas now. any ideas???

[jhawk]

How about throwing a package of frozen hot dogs in a cooler for each couple of people and roasting them on a stick over a small fire on a sand bar for lunch with some fresh fruit, baby carrots, and chips for the first lunch on the river?
Or eat the MREs for lunch and mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks, and cook a real meal for dinner. If you don't mind dragging coolers along, one of my favorite outdoor meals is baked potatoes and baked chicken in foil. Take a large baking potato for each person, scrub it, and cut it almost in half. Rub the skin with butter or margarine and wrap in heavy duty foil. Take a half of a skinless chicken breast per person, put it on a sheet of heavy duty foil, sprinkle with a little pepper and garlic powder, and seal it up. (Do the chicken early enough before the trip that you can freeze it for a couple of days ahead of the trip.) The chicken stays frozen packed in ice in the cooler and all you have to do is place the potatoes and chicken packets in the coals of a fire for about an hour, turning the packets over a couple of times. Use tongs to pull them out and open them. You can put them on a plate or even brush off the ash pretty well and open them up and eat them right off the foil. If you stash containers of sour cream and margarine in the cooler, it's darn near gourmet fare. Corn on the cob wrapped and cooked in a similar fashion added in the coals for the last half hour is pretty unbeatable, but a side of baby carrots is always good and travels well.