butthole sandwiches in warmer weather or longer trips

[mtwarden]

I've been a big fan of the bagel/peanut butter/bacon/honey sandwiches for quite some time, but recently went on a 8 day trip in some warmer weather and knew I could run into issues with pre-made sandwiches with that combination of factors.

My solution- medium sized flour tortillas, shelf stable precooked bacon (Hormel), individual packets of peanut butter (Jasons) and individual packets of honey (Nature Nate raw honey).

I would just build a sandwich daily. Everything kept very well, was easy to handle and was good tasting.

Calorie breakdown:

medium tortilla - 140
Jason's peanut butter packet- 210
Nature Nate honey packet- 50
3 slices pre-cooked bacon- 120

total 520 calories

Everything was sized perfectly for a medium tortilla

If you have some early season hunts come up, might be worth checking into; late season I'll continue to just build them at home

 

[ahlgringo]

Awesome!!! Thx for the idea

I have done em pre made a couple times. You are correct that at about day 4 they get a little funky.


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[Ucsdryder]

I managed to choke them down for a year. That was all I could handle. Haven’t eaten one since. They sure do make you drink a lot of water. Otherwise you choke and die.

 

[mtwarden]

^ I find them less "chokable" on a tortilla, also find them better on small bagels vs regular/large ones.

 

[BDRam16]

@mtwarden how do you handle the precooked bacon? Say the package has 12 pieces or so and you’re only using 3 per sandwich. Are you taking them out of the package at home and into ziplock baggies or something else? This is exactly the recipe I have been looking for.

 

[Rob5589]

I managed to choke them down for a year. That was all I could handle. Haven’t eaten one since. They sure do make you drink a lot of water. Otherwise you choke and die.

They start off amazing but just as quickly become nearly impossible to choke down. The tortilla version is far more palatable.

 

[mtwarden]

@mtwarden how do you handle the precooked bacon? Say the package has 12 pieces or so and you’re only using 3 per sandwich. Are you taking them out of the package at home and into ziplock baggies or something else? This is exactly the recipe I have been looking for.

The ones I had were from Hormel, 10 to a pack. I left them sealed as is, on day 2 (we started late on day 1) I opened one pack and then put the remaining bacon in a ziplock. I was using 2-3 slices/sandwich. When I ran out of the first pack I opened the second and repeated.

My reasoning was that the original packaging/sealing rendered them shelf stable, so wanted them to remained seal until needed.

A shorter trip I would have any problem just repackaging them in a ziplock to begin with.

The bacon was absolutely fine on day 8, that's in reasonably warm weather.

 

[dtrkyman]

My problem would be putting a full pack of bacon on each one and then running out of bacon early!

 

[SLCbowhunter]

Good tip on the tortilla, I can't choke down a dry bagel with peanut butter. I like to have a tortilla with peanut butter and then I'll throw a fruit leather in the middle. Kinda tastes like a PB&J. Easy to make before the hunt and eat in the field. You can bring a pack of tortillas and get those Justin's PB packs to make them in the field, too.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Good tip on the tortilla, I can't choke down a dry bagel with peanut butter. I like to have a tortilla with peanut butter and then I'll throw a fruit leather in the middle. Kinda tastes like a PB&J. Easy to make before the hunt and eat in the field. You can bring a pack of tortillas and get those Justin's PB packs to make them in the field, too.

You can buy single serve jelly packets on Amazon

 

[Cant hit em]

Frozen Uncrustables are good to bring

 

[Randle]

Thanks for posting, I am going to try the tortilla this year. tortilla, PB, bacon premade anf then add KFC jelly packet at lunch. The bagel ones are just toooooo dry to choke down.