Food for hiking

Haha, the kids would like your answer Ghaz.

What we've packed is basically a combination of all of the above advise, being oats bars for breakfast with coffee, lunch is smash with tuna and dinner 2minute noodles with droeewors and salami (seperate meals) with soup (Royco cup a soup or something).

Snacks is peanuts and raisins, peanut m&m's (these work really well for me), snackpacks (nut and fruit mix), and of course chockolates . Oh, and a packet of two of rice cakes and hot chockolate sachets. Think I'll add in a couple of packets of chips as well, space permitting. The kids are carrying most of their own stuff in their 50L backpacks, we carry the bulky stuff like sleeping bags and warm clothes. My 75L pack is going to be properly full this time

Hi we do
Nutella blister packs,
the mini Marie/Tennis biscuits,
Biltong sticks,
mixed nuts,
dried fruit,
PVN's (for longer hikes)
Salami sticks
and a few bits.
at night we make sure that they have a rehydrate with dinner just to make sure that they aren't burning out.

Hi

There used to be a thread discussing this but I cannot seem to find it, so admins please merge if needed.

I came across this at Pick n Pay Hyper in Durban.

A meal pack consisting of basmati rice and kidney bean mild curry in two separate bags that you can heat by boiling the bag in water.

It is a long time since I have seen this type of packed meal, as I fondly remember taking the Tastic "boil in a bag" veg curries on many a hike a few years ago, perfect due to only needing boiling water and not needing to wash the pot afterwards.

A bit pricey at R50, as other meals could be made for much less, but convenient nonetheless - not sure I would take the rice though.










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Thanks Mod

Quite a bit cheaper than the Back Country meals, now selling for around R135

For interest.

Anyone tried anything like this?

www.backpackingchef.com/

Takealot has a special on a food dehydrator right now - you could probably use this to make the items in Papa Dragon's link - anyone know if this works?
www.takealot.com/mellerware-biltong-king-food-dehydrator/PLID26927807

I have used that before to make biltong, which is usually ready in three days or so, and worked well. I have not used one for any other purpose as yet.

I have also used it to make biltong, I believe it is not that successful for dehydrating meals.

Doesn't generate enough heat.....

Here is a link to some small scale dehydrators in SA..
www.faithful-to-nature.co.za/Dehydrators-p-1-c-465.html?gclid=CL_firOoxcsCFWoz0wodE6cHlg

I'm going to try and make a dehydrating cabinet some time, I like the idea of some variety on longer hikes..

You could also put it in the oven on low heat for a couple of days, will dehydrate anything (also your wallet )

Seriously though, a hiking buddy has done this with mince (he doesn't pay electricity - included in the rent) and with a bit of cheese sauce, some water and noodles it tasted very good.

I believe one can use the oven, though as you say will cost an arm and a leg and dry out one's wallet

We have a gas oven, the lowest setting is 160deg C, the recipes on the dehydrating site call for a max of 150deg F, which is about 65C. So using gas with the door open would probably be very wasteful.