Theres only so much food you can fit in a bear canister for 5-6 days.... So what do you bring?
you either have a mini canister, or you eat much more than I do, or you are packing rice cakes. I have fit 11 days into my canister in the past.
A little late to go looking for food now if you have a week left. The food logistics usually take me 3-4 weeks (3 people on the team) to get all sorted - sure hope you have nothing else to do.
freeze dried food rarely goes into my can, although I do buy bulk freeze dried chicken to add to meals I buy locally. There are endless discussion threads about hiking food on other forums - go have a look here for starters:
http://www.highsierratopix.com/community/viewforum.php?f=26speed hikers generally don't bother much with cooking - they pack a pile of Clif bars and Hammer Gel, eat while they go. That's probably the most extreme. Then there are the outdoor gourmet cooks who dehydrate their own stuff for half a year before they hit the trail.
I fall into the category of those who buy $1.29 entrees at the super market, add a few noodles or rice, a little freeze dried chicken or beef, and put it in a zip lock. Done. On a fancy day we make tacos with a filling mix from the vegetarian organic shelf, on tortillas that last a few months without refrigeration. Add some heavy Landjaeger saussage, LAughing cow cheese, Nido whole milk, etc - and you have good food for low cost in your can and most of it will cook in 2 minutes plus some stand time.
bulk freeze dried stuff can be bought at places like this one:
http://beprepared.com/category.asp_Q_c_E_66_A_name_E_Freeze%20Dried%20Meats
