Trundlers wrote:
Rice, veggies and Tuna: Continental rice sachet, additional freeze dried veggies from Campers Pantry and regular dried peas from a little packet at Coles, allow to rehydrate with additional water (pot cosy) about 15 mins, then stir in 100g tuna sachet.
Snooze wrote:I asked a Japanese ramen expert for you. The answer I got was Nissin lao ramen or Myojo chukazanmai ramen (from Japanese supermarkets). Edit: Sapporo ichiban (salt or miso flavour) is also good. Also if you want your ramen spicy or chili, get Nongshin shin ramen from Korean supermarkets.
Trundlers wrote:Cheese sticks are mega processed but I like the weird saltiness if them when I have sweated my way up a steep climb.
Zapruda wrote:Trundlers wrote:Cheese sticks are mega processed but I like the weird saltiness if them when I have sweated my way up a steep climb.
Now we are talking! I love them, especially the Aldi stringer variety. Salty, apocalypse proof and delicious!
Son of a Beach wrote:Zapruda wrote:Trundlers wrote:Cheese sticks are mega processed but I like the weird saltiness if them when I have sweated my way up a steep climb.
Now we are talking! I love them, especially the Aldi stringer variety. Salty, apocalypse proof and delicious!
Instead of cheese sticks, just take a block of parmesan, pre-cut into smaller chunks. It doesn't go off, is extra salty, and tastes sooooo much better than cheese sticks. Oh, and it's actually real cheese.
Parmesan is so underrated. It's a great snack (even when not bushwalking) either with cracker biscuits, or just on its own.
Zapruda wrote:A little condescending to assume one of the most popular cheeses in the world is underrated.
Parmesan, pecorino, grana podano are certainly not underrated in my household. I’m half Italian and with several chefs in the family. We go through a block of pecorino a week here. I’m all over it but thanks for the suggestion.
And yes, I take hard cheese bushwalking when I have the urge.
Son of a Beach wrote:Zapruda wrote:A little condescending to assume one of the most popular cheeses in the world is underrated.
Parmesan, pecorino, grana podano are certainly not underrated in my household. I’m half Italian and with several chefs in the family. We go through a block of pecorino a week here. I’m all over it but thanks for the suggestion.
And yes, I take hard cheese bushwalking when I have the urge.
My humble apologies... I did not mean underrated by yourself. I meant that it is underrated by some elements of the population in general who seem to think that parmesan is only suitable for grating or shaving over the top of something. Many others think that those Kraft "parmesan" shakers contain parmesan, and have no idea what actual parmesan tastes like.
I do not have any Italian heritage, am far from any kind of connoisseur, and grew up in a family that seriously underrated parmesan. But I do enjoy good food when I'm out walking. It was only during a parmesan grating/shaving accident that I figured out the truth about parmesan for myself.
wildwanderer wrote:Like that instant gravy idea. Thanks!
GregG wrote:Trundlers wrote:
Rice, veggies and Tuna: Continental rice sachet, additional freeze dried veggies from Campers Pantry and regular dried peas from a little packet at Coles, allow to rehydrate with additional water (pot cosy) about 15 mins, then stir in 100g tuna sachet.
Mmmm, that makes me feel hungry! But a question please Trundlers: is the rice in packaged meals like eg Continental already cooked and only needs rehydration? I seem to vaguely recall that they require simmering for around the same time it takes to cook plain white rice so I assume so there is nothing to be saved in preparation time or fuel used, or have I got it wrong?
Zapruda wrote:Trundlers wrote:Cheese sticks are mega processed but I like the weird saltiness if them when I have sweated my way up a steep climb.
Now we are talking! I love them, especially the Aldi stringer variety. Salty, apocalypse proof and delicious!
Son of a Beach wrote:Zapruda wrote:Trundlers wrote:Cheese sticks are mega processed but I like the weird saltiness if them when I have sweated my way up a steep climb.
Now we are talking! I love them, especially the Aldi stringer variety. Salty, apocalypse proof and delicious!
Instead of cheese sticks, just take a block of parmesan, pre-cut into smaller chunks. It doesn't go off, is extra salty, and tastes sooooo much better than cheese sticks. Oh, and it's actually real cheese.
Parmesan is so underrated. It's a great snack (even when not bushwalking) either with cracker biscuits, or just on its own.
Zapruda wrote:Even “soft” cheese like Brie lasts a couple of days in my pack in the alps. I wrap it in a bit of cloth before leaving home and try to avoid handling it out in the bush. I wouldn’t bring a super runny cheese like some of the traditional French cheeses but the supermarket mass produced soft cheeses goes alright.
Zapruda wrote:Even “soft” cheese like Brie lasts a couple of days in my pack in the alps. I wrap it in a bit of cloth before leaving home and try to avoid handling it out in the bush. I wouldn’t bring a super runny cheese like some of the traditional French cheeses but the supermarket mass produced soft cheeses goes alright.
Trundlers wrote:A recent trip to my local Woolies (country not city) revealed an interesting find. Powdered Peanut Butter in the health foods section (top shelf near protein balls and bars). The product is called PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter, from USA. Jar states it is non-GMO.
Unfortunately it is a sweetened product. Plain option contains peanuts, sugar and salt. Second option also includes cocoa.
I am yet to try it, but have a jar of each to test. It can be reconstituted with water.
Has anyone else tried this product?
crollsurf wrote:Trundlers wrote:A recent trip to my local Woolies (country not city) revealed an interesting find. Powdered Peanut Butter in the health foods section (top shelf near protein balls and bars). The product is called PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter, from USA. Jar states it is non-GMO.
Unfortunately it is a sweetened product. Plain option contains peanuts, sugar and salt. Second option also includes cocoa.
I am yet to try it, but have a jar of each to test. It can be reconstituted with water.
Has anyone else tried this product?
I just tried at home. I guess once hydrated, it costs about 2x the price of normal Peanut Butter.
You can eat it straight, doable and tastes nice but wouldn't recommend without having some water near by.
Mixed with water tastes just like the real thing.
Mixed with water and peanut oil, tastes the same.
Awesome UL hiking food so good find Trundlers.
flingebunt wrote:I found the following Sri Lankan product at my local Indian Grocery store. It is basically dehydrated soy "meat" for $2. I tried the mixed vegetable flavour, but there is also chicken, lamb and other fake meat flavours. The instructions say soak for 10 minutes in hot water, but they hydrate fine in room temperature water.
I mention there, because the packet ways 90 grams, but I would say you would only need 20 or 30 grams for a meal when you add them to couscous. So instead of a packet of couscous (90 grams) and a sachet of beans (100 grams) you can use the soy meat instead, which saves you some grams.
I suspect the fake meat flavours are nicer than the vegetable flavours, but any of these could be great for vegetarians/vegans on the trail.
crollsurf wrote:Trundlers wrote:...Powdered Peanut Butter...
Awesome UL hiking food...
jobell wrote:Aldi has a mushroom dehydrated quinoa in a 125g sachet. About 460cal once prepared. Cheap, nutritious (ingredients list relatively short and minimal nasties) and quick to prepare. One of my fav’s.
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