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  1. #71
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    Re: Just a backpacking food thread sheep hunt

    Anyone looking for some mountain house alternative for dinner should check some of Andrew skurka recipes. Cheaper and they digest way better. I like the beans and rice, and the peanut noodles.

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    Re: Just a backpacking food thread sheep hunt

    After 15 years of sheep hunting I think I finally have the food figured out for me. This year for a 14 day trip we took:

    -one MH granola with blueberries for breakfast
    -one Greenbelly meal bar package for lunch
    -one MH meal for dinner.

    My brother ate just these three (just over 1 lb/day) and never felt like he needed more.
    We always carry calcium with magnesium tablets for leg cramps, works great.

    I also took 3/8 oz packets of olive oil that I found at Outdoor Herbivore. I added one packet to the breakfast and one packet to the dinner. I also added one clif bar per day and one small 28g package of Oberto beef jerky from Costco.
    There was enough fats that I never had any distracting hunger problems and I probably would have been fine without the Clif bar and jerky. The clif bar I just had as a feel good treat after dinner even though I didn’t feel I needed it, and the jerky was a really nice addition to lunch even though the Greenbelly meal bars are filling.

    This is the simplest, lightest, most hunger satisfying meal plan we have had yet.

    In our early years of eating instant oatmeal, sidekicks, pita bread, chocolate bars, etc, hunger was a constant battle and distraction.

    Most of the food I normally eat is vegetables, so I know it would be better to get into dehydrating home cooked meals, but for now I’m just not willing to spend the extra time cooking and dehydrating.
    I may get into dehydrating veggies to add to MH meals to start with though.
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  3. #73
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    Re: Just a backpacking food thread sheep hunt

    I'm going to try to word this in such a way as to not breach advertising rules....but if anyone's looking to buy a bunch of MH meals, there's a certain warehouse's US site that current has a great deal on (if you can get it shipped to a US address). Mine arrives on Wednesday. Works out to roughly $6 CAD/pouch. Pretty good price.

  4. #74
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    Re: Just a backpacking food thread sheep hunt

    Doing some sheep spread sheeting. Not even eating the food yet and I'm looking for a little more variety. I do have a dehydrator I gotta get going again. I'll be experimenting with that soon enough. But here's what I've got so far...

    Day 1 (1.85 pounds, 3924 calories or 132 cal/oz)
    POP TART - 52grams - 190calories
    ALMONDS - 100grams - 576Calories
    TWIZZLERS - 100grams - 356calories
    MR. NOODLE - 84grams - 380calories
    JERKY - 28grams - 80calories
    90% DARK CHOCOLATE - 100grams - 600calories
    AVOCADO OIL - 25ml - 221calories (to be poured in Mountain House)
    PARMESAN CHEESE - 100grams - 431calories (to be added to instant potatoes)
    IDAHOAN INSTANT POTATOES - 114grams - 440calories
    MH BEEF STROGANOFF - 136grams - 650calories

    Day 2 (1.85 pounds, 4015 calories or 135 cal/oz)
    POP TART - 52grams - 190calories
    PEANUT M&M -100grams - 504calories
    MR. NOODLE - 84grams - 380calories
    JERKY - 28grams - 80calories
    BUTTER -100grams - 717calories (added to instant potatoes)
    PARMESAN CHEESE - 100grams - 431calories (added to mountain house)
    IDAHOAN INSTANT POTATOES - 114grams - 440calories
    DRIED BANANA CHIPS - 34grams - 170calories
    MtnH SPAGHETTI - 128grams - 575calories
    PURE PROTEIN CHOC BAR - 50grams - 200calories
    SNICKERS - 52grams - 254calories
    REESE PB CUPS - 51grams - 264calories
    GOLDFISH CRACKERS - 100grams - 504calories

    Day 3 (1.92lbs 3939calories or 128cal/oz)
    ALMONDS - 100grams - 576Calories
    TWIZZLERS - 100grams - 356calories
    MR. NOODLE - 84grams - 380calories
    JERKY - 28grams - 80calories
    AVOCADO OIL - 25ml - 221calories (into mountain house)
    PARMESAN CHEESE - 100grams - 431calories (into instant potatoes)
    IDAHOAN INSTANT POTATOES - 114grams - 440calories
    DRIED BANANA CHIPS - 34grams - 170calories
    RITTER SPORT BAR - 100grams - 560calories
    MtnH PASTA PRIMIVERA - 136grams - 525calories
    PURE PROTEIN CHOC BAR - 50grams - 200calories

    Day 4 (1.88lbs, 3947calories or 131cal/oz)
    TWIZZLERS - 100grams - 356calories
    MR. NOODLE - 84grams - 380calories
    JERKY - 28grams - 80calories
    90% DARK CHOCOLATE - 100grams - 600calories
    BUTTER -100grams - 717calories (added to potatoes)
    BABYBEL CHEESE - 20grams - 45calories
    IDAHOAN INSTANT POTATOES - 114grams - 440calories
    DRIED BANANA CHIPS - 34grams - 170calories
    GOLDFISH CRACKERS - 100grams - 504calories
    PURE PROTEIN CHOC BAR - 50grams - 200calories
    MtnH BEEF STEW - 122grams - 475calories

  5. #75
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    Re: Just a backpacking food thread sheep hunt

    I was told people have been playing around with baby food on the mountain.

    That got me to thinking of pureeing food and dehydrating... Not sure if that's the way to go??

  6. #76
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    Re: Just a backpacking food thread sheep hunt

    Baby food, interesting. Based on the diaper changing days I don’t think I want to try that! I started making my own dehydrated meals a couple years ago and it is a game changer. I have a 12 day sheep hunt coming and we likely not have to eat the same menu item twice for dinner. You can cook whatever you want and adjust the portion size to accommodate individual appetites .

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