Originally Posted By: John Prietto
what do other people bring with them on long trips?



detailed 2009 Muir Trail yoyo food list - this was for 3 hikers, over a month, split by resupply points

http://didnt.doit.wisc.edu/outdoor/Muir2009/faq/Food_caches_2009.htm

and here's a good list to get the freeze dried stuff contained in the above list in bulk (a lot of stuff there you probably didn't know you could get)

http://beprepared.com/quickshoplist.asp_Q_c_E_950_A_name_E_Freeze%20Dried%20Foods%20In%20#10%20Cans

- never buy the small packs at REI or other places, as they don't pack well and are totally overpriced, plus they don't sell just feeze dried chicken or saussage or whatever you may need to make a proper meal out of a $1.29 taco Rice Entree from the super market.

Also intersting are these things, not marketed to hikers, but these things are perfect for backcountry use

http://www.mexgrocer.com/brand-mi-viejita.html
http://fantasticfoods.elsstore.com/
http://www.hungryjackpotatoes.com/products/hashbrown-potatoes.html

and don't forget those mashed potato bags in the super market. $0.99 for a meal that will feed 3, especially once you drop in a few bacon bits (the real thing, also lasts forever in your bear can), or dried saussage.

Doesn't have to be beef jerky and granola and couscous every day (I met a PCT hiker in 2009 who had absolutley nothing but couscous and oil in his pack... trying to add the other food groups off the people and hiker barrels he came across)

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