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Snacks: trail mix heavy on nuts and dried fruits.
Lunch: foil packed tuna or salmon or smoked clams on Finn Crisp (rye crisp). Also Asiago cheese on the Finn Crisp some days.
Drink: H2O with Emergen-C ElectroMIX added in. This stuff eliminates cramps which is a requirement for me.
Supper: one Mt House Pro-pack with some dehydrated potatoes (Honest Earth creamy mashed from Costco) added in. Hot Gatoraide with or without tea.
I carry about 1.5 to 2 #s of food per day. The cooking takes 1 oz of fuel per person per day (boiling water for tea, Mt House, hot Gatoraide)
I like the Gu's/gels noted above if I need a energy boost. I like Hammer Honey Stinger waffles for breakfast. They are ~ 140 cal per oz and I can eat them on the go. They also taste great.
Pre packaged, easy, most high protein, some melt...some don't
..............and instant coffee powder poured right down the gullet.
Note to self: never take ANY advice from Sage! ;-)
Hudson Bay Bread Recipe No Text This is a recipe for what the Sommers Canoe Base calls Hudson Bay Bread, or sometimes just Bay Bread. In the 1960's, the Base got the recipe from the Minnesota Outward Bound School, and for several years it was baked at the Barbara Ann Bakery in Ely. At the bakery, it was baked in a convection oven, so it is difficult to get exactly the same effect in a conventional oven. This recipe comes very close. One important technique left out of the Base's official instructions is that rolled oats should be used (not instant oats), and more importantly, they should be ground up. A blender works fine for about a cup at a time, and a food processor would probably work even better. Bay Bread is most excellent as lunchtime fare on canoe trips when you are burning thousands of calories each day. It is convenient, easy to pack, and is a concentrated food source that everyone seems to look forward to on the trail. When you see the ingredients, you will see why it does NOT make a very good "light snack" at home.
1 1/2 lbs. (3 cups) butter or margarine - soft 4 cups sugar 2/3 cup corn syrup (light Karo) 2/3 cup honey 2 tsp. maple flavoring (Mapleine)
Cream together the above ingredients. Gradually add:
1 1/2 cups sliced almonds 19 cups finely ground rolled oats (see above)
Press into cake pan or large sheet pan about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Bake at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes. Do not overcook, as it will get crispy and brittle. Take out of oven and use spatula to press down (keeps it from crumbling). Cut into exactly 3 1/2 inch squares. Package in plastic bags with as many as there are crew members (one each for lunch). If you measured correctly, they should just fit into 1/2 gallon paper milk cartons. They will be protected, easy to pack, and easy to find when you want to grab a quick lunch. Slather with massive quantities of peanut butter and jelly, and wash it down with some Red-Eye, and you will know you ate lunch!
Hudson Bay Bread - What's in it? by Dave Greenlee Anybody can look at the ingredients in the recipe and see that bay bread is full of nutrients that help satisfy the kind of hunger you can only get while paddling and portaging all day long. Thanks to some detective work, now we can share a good bit more about the nutrition information.
No TextRecently my daughter Meghan went to England and made a discovery. She had heard the story that Sandy Bridges told us about the origination of the recipe and its roots as an English snack called "flapjacks". Imagine her surprise when she saw some bay bread packaged in cellephane on the shelf of a convenience store. There were several kinds, but the one that looked most like bay bread was called "Mixed fruit flapjack".
She dutifully bought one and dragged it home so that I could see her discovery. On the front of the package, it says: "with raisins, sultanas, and currents". Since I didn't know what a sultana was, I checked the Internet and found out that in the U.K., a sultana is a dried Thompson Seedess grape, a "special" kind of raisin. Also, it certainly looks just like bay bread, except that the portion is about half the size of our typical 3 1/2" (just fits in a milk carton) size.
On the back is the ingredients list:
No TextOats (47%), Partially Inverted sugar syrup (containing flavouring), Margarine (containing emulsifiers), Colours (Annatto, Curcumin), Flavourings, Butter, Sugar, Raisins (2%), Sultanas (2%), Currants (2%)
...and even a table of nutrition information
per 100g per slice* Energy Value 1725kJ / 410kcal. 2562kJ / 610 kcal. Protein 5.8 g 8.8 g Fat 15g 22g Carbohydrate 63g 94g Fibre 3.2g 4.8g Sodium .2g .4g
* I doubled the values from the 75g portion to indicate a typical (150g) canoe base portion
Look at the carbohydrate! It sure isn't going to make it for the Atkins Diet. On the other hand, you can begin to see better why we look forward to it on the trail. Keep in mind that these numbers are BEFORE you put the peanut butter and jelly on.
Enjoy,
Dave
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Once you add water It's essentially low fat peanut butter. And it tastes good. I'd put the taste as worse than a gourmet peanut butter but comparable to Skippy or Jiff. It also comes in a Chocolate flavored Peanut Butter, but I haven't tried that one.
You can mix it directly with jelly or honey for a sandwich spread or dip bananas in it, etc. It seems like it would be good for cooking too, add it to oatmeal, cookie mix etc.
I realize that fat calories aren't a Problem for active hunters, but it still has 5 grams of protein per 2 tbsp serving, it tastes good, and it has a long shelf life. It comes in a plastic bottle but transferred to a plastic bag it's also quite compact and it's lightweight. Price seems to be close to the equivalent amount of a commercial PB.
I suspect that once the preppers discover it, it will become a staple in their pantries.
I found it at my local grocery store, my first reaction was: 'how good can that be?' but my girlfriend pulled out her phone and looked it up, and it had almost all top rated reviews so I tried it. You can learn all about it (or order it) at the link, or: www.BellPlantation.com
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Keven
Cheers, Pete
Fuzzy’s Meal-Bars: 1 cup honey 1031 Calories Fat 0g Sodium 14mg (1%) Dietary Fiber 0.7g (3%) Protein 1 g (2%) Total Carbs 279g (93%) Vitamin A 0g (0%) Vitamin C (3%) Calcium (2%) Iron (8%) 1 Cup powdered milk 464 Calories Total fat 6.9g (11%) Saturated Fat 4.3g (22%) Cholesterol 83mg (28%) Sodium 620 mg (27%) Total carbs 59g (20%) Fiber 0g Protein 41g (82%) Vitamin A (1%) Vitamin C (11%) Calcium (142%) Iron (2%) 1 Cup flax seed meal 534 Calories Total fat 42g (65%) Saturated fat 3.7g (18%) Cholesterol 0g Sodium 30mg (1%) Total Carbs 29g (10%) Fiber 27g (108%) Protein 18g (36%) Vitamin A (0%) Vitamin C (1%) Calcium (36%) Iron (22%) 1 cup Steel Cut Oats 607 Calories Total fat 11g (17%) Saturated fat 1.9g (10%) Cholesterol 0 Sodium 3.1 mg (0%) Total Carbs 103g (34%) Fiber 17g (68%) Protein 26g (52%) Vitamin A (0%) Vitamin C (0%) Calcium (8%) Iron (41%) 1 cup Shredded coconut 283 Calories Total fat 27g (42%) Saturated fat 24g (120%) Cholesterol 0 mg Sodium 16 mg (1%) Total Carbs 12g (4%) Fiber 7.2g (29%) Protein 2.7g (5%) Vitamin A (0%) Vitamin C (4%) Calcium (1%) Iron (11%) 1 cup Chopped pecans 753 calories Total fat 78g (120%) Saturated fat 6.7g (34%) Cholesterol 0g Sodium 0mg Total Carbs 15g (5%) Fiber 11g (22%) Protein 10g (20%) Vitamin A (0%) Vitamin C (2%) Calcium (8%) Iron (15%)
1 cup Chopped Figs 371 Calories Total fat 1.4g (2%) Saturated fat 0.2g (1%) Cholesterol 0 Sodium 15mg (1%) Total Carbs 95g (32%) Fiber 15g (60%) Protein 4.9g (10%) Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 3% Calcium 24% Iron 17% 1 tablespoon Olive oil 119 calories Total Fat 14g (22%) Saturated fat 1.9g (10%) Cholesterol 0g Sodium 0 mg Total Carbs 0g Fiber 0g Protein 0g Vitamin A ( 0%) Vitamin C (0%) Calcium (0%) Iron (0%)
Heat the honey (I use blue agave syrup sometimes instead) in a cooking pot until very thin (don’t scorch it), turn off the heat, add in this order: Powdered milk, olive oil, flax seed meal, shredded coconut, steel cut oats, nuts, chopped figs. Stir each ingredient in well with a wooden spoon before adding the next. You can substitute dried dates, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, apples, raisins, currants whatever. You can use walnuts, sunflower seeds, peanuts, slivered almonds, etc instead of pecans. It’ll change your nutritional values a little.
Press into a shallow rectangular 9” Pyrex dish, chill, then cut into rectangular bars. Wrap in foil oiled lightly with olive oil. Makes 12 servings@: (this recipie) +/- 347 calories ….about right for a quick, portable meal-replacement) Total Fat 94g (61% RDA)
I may have to check that stuff out to add to my protein shakes that way when I add pb to it I would not need a blender
Fuzzy’s Meal-Bars:
1 cup honey
1 cup Steel Cut Oats
1 cup Shredded coconut
1 cup Chopped pecans
1 cup flax seed meal
1 cup non fat dry milk (or buttermilk) powder
1 cup Chopped Figs
1 tablespoon Olive oil
Heat the honey (I use blue agave syrup sometimes instead) in a cooking pot until very thin (don’t scorch it), turn off the heat, add in this order: Powdered milk, olive oil, flax seed meal, shredded coconut, steel cut oats, nuts, chopped figs. Stir each ingredient in well with a wooden spoon before adding the next. You can substitute dried dates, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, apples, raisins, currants whatever. You can use walnuts, sunflower seeds, peanuts, slivered almonds, etc instead of pecans. It’ll change your nutritional values a little.
Press into a shallow rectangular 9” Pyrex dish, chill, then cut into rectangular bars. Wrap in foil oiled lightly with olive oil. Makes 12 servings@: (this recipie) +/- 347 calories ….about right for a quick, portable meal-replacement) Total Fat 94g (61% RDA)
This is my breakfast every day when I'm in the elk woods!
Super packable, and you can customize the recipe for your individual taste. Well done, Fuzzy!
Best of Luck Jeff
Then there is the Mountain House meals with a jetboil to go along with them.
I ran across another recipe (similar). I call them "bird seed bars".
And no matter what you eat during the day, an MH meal hits the spot at the end of the day. Looking forward to that hot meal at the end of the day is an incentive.
I did just that on a goat hunt on Kauai 2 years ago. Not the highlight of the hunt, but I can't think of a more beautiful place to eat it.
Sounds like a great idea. I plan to make a batch this weekend to see how they taste.
I call this the "Colorado Gut Bomb"
Bagel, peanut butter, sliced cooked sweet potato, dates, honey and strawberry jam. I make about four at a time and wrap them in foil. Not that light weight be really good tasting and loaded with calories and other good stuff and easy to throw in a pack and go
Fuzzy what do you mean???
Really like the flax seed meal...going to start sprinkling some in my oatmeal.
Protein content is about 8.5g per Fuzzy Bar...not bad. These will make a good change of pace to my Alton Brown granola bars.
One thing I would NOT do, is subsitute other fats for olive oil, or delete the small amount of olive oil. The oil is needed for texture and to control surface stickiness so it doesn't goo all over the wrapper, and olive oil won't go rancid like other fats.
For one or two days away from basecamp, preprepared/packaged is probably a good way to go. Trader Joes peanut bars were cheap, good and full of calories my recent backpack trip.
I use dryland farmed tomatoes (lower water content to begin with )and they are almost like candy - really improves the bland stuff you get from Mtn House etc.
We could do a whole separate thread about the best dehydrated jerky recipe. In fact, I think I will.
Ever dehydrate your entire meals?
