"Real" food to prep for Alaska

[cfdjay]

Spending Sept in Alaska and looking at possible 20+ days in the field. Bound by weight restrictions just looking to get ideas for "real" food to prep/pack/vacuum seal that is weight efficient and keeps for awhile to supplement the Peak Refuels. Was thinking trail bologna, vacuum packed cheese, hard salami, tortilla wraps..... what else?

 

[JoeB]

I always like some jerky along on my hunts, and possibly some dried fruits and nuts. Haven't tried them myself but heard honey stingers are good

 

[LongWayAround]

I used my dehydrator to make a "brittle" of mashed sweet potatoes and shaved coconut, sweetened with maple syrup. Also dehydrated a bunch of apples and sweet potato slices.

 

[Robinhood21]

Instant mashed potatoes hits right with fresh caught fish, ptarmigan or moose tenderloin

 

[cfdjay]

Never thought of that. Thanks man.


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[TaperPin]

Instant potatoes, instant stuffing, rice, gravy mix, butter, pasta, flaked parm cheese, chicken bullion to cook pasta in, dehydrated peas, dried apricots, crasins, ramen noodles, cup o soup (new cup every day), hot chocolate mix, oatmeal, angel food cake, banana bread, precooked bacon bits.

Calories per ounce for pasta, grains, anything with high fat content, or anything mostly sugar are pretty close.

 

[rickyw]

Homemade peanut butter oat bites sweetened with honey.
Precooked bacon

 

[Geewhiz]

Peanut butter for sure, pepperoni, nutella, tortillas, honey, tuna fish. Good old PB&J really hits the spot at times.

 

[cfdjay]

Homemade peanut butter oat bites sweetened with honey.
Precooked bacon

Mind sending me that recipe?


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[mostlybirch]

How much time and effort do you like to spend cooking? You can dehydrate lots of meal components like onion, peppers, mushrooms etc and assemble in the field with proteins of choice.

 

[mostlybirch]

Im a fan of churched-up ramen; bring dehydrated onion, jalapenos, mushrooms , rice seasoning with seaweed and sesame seed, peanut butter, soy sauce, an Sriracha. Bag of top ramen for each person, and add the included seasoning proportional to your heart health.

 

[rickyw]

Mind sending me that recipe?


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[houghton_hunter]

Bring a small .22 and kill all the grouse, hare, squirrel you can, does not get much more real than that.

No joke, me and 2 friends did 100K cross country from Chena Hotsprings to Manley Hotsprings, and we ate our way there.

 

[mostlybirch]

Bring a small .22 and kill all the grouse, hare, squirrel you can, does not get much more real than that.

No joke, me and 2 friends did 100K cross country from Chena Hotsprings to Manley Hotsprings, and we ate our way there.

Do you mean Chena Hot Springs to Circle Hot Springs (the Hot Springs 100)? I'd like to hike that one . Regardless, how many red squirrels did it take for a meal ?

 

[Hackleback]

butthole sandwiches (vac packed), dried fruit, canned (foil pack) meat tuna, chicken, spam singles... add butter or coconut oil to most entrées to boost calories.

 

[houghton_hunter]

Do you mean Chena Hot Springs to Circle Hot Springs (the Hot Springs 100)? I'd like to hike that one . Regardless, how many red squirrels did it take for a meal ?

Thats it. Sorry, its been a bit. We did it back in the 2000's. Did not think many people knew about the Hot Springs 100.

Depending on how hard you hike will make it a one, two or three squirrel day, less if you can find a grouse or two.

 

[william schmaltz]

For 10ish day moose hunts where we have moderate weight allowance, I’ll make 5-6 days of breakfast burritos wrapped in foil and bring them frozen. Just throw em on the heating rack when the alarm goes off. By about that 5th day, you can tell they’re getting to the end of their safe consumption window. Then we bring 2-3 of our favorite freeze dry breakfast and a couple oatmeal. And a couple small hot sauce bottles.

For lunch it’s sandwiches on bagel/sandwich thins. I bring processed meats like pepperoni and salami, a few kinds of cheese, couple kinds of sauces, and sliced peppers/onions. Also a few peanut butter pouches and a couple cup of noodles (those hit the spot on a rainy and windy day)! That gives me plenty variety to make it a couple weeks if needed.

Then I just do freeze dry for supper. I’ve tried about all of them, so I have about a half dozen that I actually really enjoy and can eat a few times over a couple weeks if needed.

I bring baggies of freeze dried peas/carrots and blueberries/apples/strawberries. That stuff is like candy. As well as the typical snacks like nuts. I like to hunt a new spot each year and that’s taught me never to plan on small game/fish/berries. Several years none of that was available. You can still plan for the potential of it. But I’d rather eat the food I bring than a grouse or greyling (or moose for that matter).

I keep it simple. Jet boil and Mr Buddy rack. September days get short and probably half the moose we kill are during times when people talk about being at the tent for late breakfast or nap time. We’re out hunting/sitting as long as it’s light out. For that reason, there’s no time to make a fire or cook intricate meals and also get enough sleep.

We typically fly in a few hundred lbs light. Most years they look at our pile and don’t even bother weighing it. Just because you can bring it, doesn’t always mean you should. Every year I watch guys cutting useful gear weight while they have a double cook stove, frying pans, tables, coolers, plates/utensils, bags of potatoes/onions/oranges, eggs, etc sitting on their gear pile.

 

[cfdjay]

For 10ish day moose hunts where we have moderate weight allowance, I’ll make 5-6 days of breakfast burritos wrapped in foil and bring them frozen. Just throw em on the heating rack when the alarm goes off. By about that 5th day, you can tell they’re getting to the end of their safe consumption window. Then we bring 2-3 of our favorite freeze dry breakfast and a couple oatmeal. And a couple small hot sauce bottles.

For lunch it’s sandwiches on bagel/sandwich thins. I bring processed meats like pepperoni and salami, a few kinds of cheese, couple kinds of sauces, and sliced peppers/onions. Also a few peanut butter pouches and a couple cup of noodles (those hit the spot on a rainy and windy day)! That gives me plenty variety to make it a couple weeks if needed.

Then I just do freeze dry for supper. I’ve tried about all of them, so I have about a half dozen that I actually really enjoy and can eat a few times over a couple weeks if needed.

I bring baggies of freeze dried peas/carrots and blueberries/apples/strawberries. That stuff is like candy. As well as the typical snacks like nuts. I like to hunt a new spot each year and that’s taught me never to plan on small game/fish/berries. Several years none of that was available. You can still plan for the potential of it. But I’d rather eat the food I bring than a grouse or greyling (or moose for that matter).

I keep it simple. Jet boil and Mr Buddy rack. September days get short and probably half the moose we kill are during times when people talk about being at the tent for late breakfast or nap time. We’re out hunting/sitting as long as it’s light out. For that reason, there’s no time to make a fire or cook intricate meals and also get enough sleep.

We typically fly in a few hundred lbs light. Most years they look at our pile and don’t even bother weighing it. Just because you can bring it, doesn’t always mean you should. Every year I watch guys cutting useful gear weight while they have a double cook stove, frying pans, tables, coolers, plates/utensils, bags of potatoes/onions/oranges, eggs, etc sitting on their gear pile.

Fantastic. Right up my alley. Thanks for the insightful reply.


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