luxury item- food

[mtnkid85]

For me its fresh fruit or veggy.
I love a Banana, apple, orange, carrots or avocado for the first few days. Just something whole that doesnt require water!

Actually Ive got a better one that I just happened upon yesterday. Ive only done it once but Ill be trying it again!
Yesterday on a single day ski trip I brought a slice of left over pizza wrapped in tinfoil, then at lunch I threw it on the fires coals for a few minutes to warm it up... It was AMAZING! Smoked pizza, Ill be trying that one again.

 

[slim9300]

theres a lot of talk about "luxury " items we are willing to pack extra weight for. pillows, stoves, clothes and even optics to a degree but what about food. what food are you willing to pack even though it doesn't make a lick of sense. for me its sour patch kids. sometimes the only pick me up I got is sitting down for a minute with a little bag of sour patch kids. can do wonders for my moral but really gives me nothing I need nutritionally. im thinking about maybe packing some dry salami this year too. I found dry salami nuggets pre packaged and there a little like crack. they however would give me something and meet the 100 cal per once standard that I have for food. so how about you? what's that food that you don't need but gotta have out there? if I could figure out a way to pack cheeseburger's id have it made, I usually want one of those about 20 minutes into the hike in

I'm the same way with Sour Patch Kids. I take a few different sour candies with me that normally equate to about 16 ounces for 10 days.

I also take a bag of Ritz Sour Cream and Onion Toasted Chips so that I can eat a few every night after dinner. At 140 calories per ounce they actually make a lot of sense to bring if the 8 ounce bag wasn't the size of an inflated gallon ziplock.

Also for lunch everyday I take an onion or everything bagel vacuum sealed, a 5 ounce Starkist 'flavored' Tuna packet and a small mayo packet. It's not light but it's a 'real' meal and there's nothing like having something actually good tasting on the mountain.

This year I will be taking all homemade dehydrated meals too. They are much better than Mountain House.

 

[slim9300]

fillthefreazer where do you get your landjaeger at?
I love the landjaeger, when i head east i always stop at owens in cle elum!

Johnson's Smokehouse in Olympia has my favorite. I normally make a 50 lb. batch from one of my elk every year. Great stuff.

 

[fillthefreezer]

Johnson's Smokehouse in Olympia is my favorite.

what part of town is that in? id like to give it a shot next time i roll through

 

[slim9300]

what part of town is that in? id like to give it a shot next time i roll through

It's East Olympia.

 

[actionshooter]

Johnson's Smokehouse in Olympia has my favorite. I normally make a 50 lb. batch from one of my elk every year. Great stuff.

Yep. I agree 100%
Been using Ronnie since about '85-86

Meat and cheese Trailmix mmmmmm....

 

[Justin Crossley]

this coming from ultralight guy!? i wanna share a camp with you....

They actually have a ton of calories so I don't think they're too bad. I have just packed in a couple for the first night or so. Plus if my tent is lighter I can take more food! Haha!

littlebuf,
I didn't bring any last year!

 

[Buckman]

I posted this in another thread, but this is a better place for it. I make chili and freeze it. Its heavy as hell but its my first two evening meals. Cann't wait to get back to camp for those meals.

 

[littlebuf]

Johnson's Smokehouse in Olympia has my favorite. I normally make a 50 lb. batch from one of my elk every year. Great stuff.

holy crap how much does that cost?

 

[slim9300]

holy crap how much does that cost?

Not cheap! $4.25 per pound wet (including the vacuum packing).

I can't eat their pepperoni anymore (just got sick of it) so my partner and I have that made at Stewart's in Yelm. We bring in about 200-250 lbs. of trimmed boned out elk and deer every year to be made into extra spicy jalapeño pep. At $3.00 per pound wet it ends up being a pretty penny too, plus we vacuum pack everything ourselves. Everyone I know begs me to bring pep and it seems like the perfect item for gatherings and gifts. I have converted many a non-hunter just by the idea of having their own processed meats. Lol.

I have a designated 6' stand up 'game meat' freezer in my garage that is always full by November/December. (...knock on wood) I haven't bought beef in over 5 years.

 

[littlebuf]

stewarts is good stuff. ive got the same size freezer plus a 6' chest next to it for game and I count myself blessed to have them both full every year as well. ive been saving a bunch of grind in the one that I want to do a batch of both pep and lg but its so damn spendy. maybe with my next bonus. its been a while since I did a big batch and yeah its a pretty popular thing when you have it

 

[slim9300]

stewarts is good stuff. ive got the same size freezer plus a 6' chest next to it for game and I count myself blessed to have them both full every year as well. ive been saving a bunch of grind in the one that I want to do a batch of both pep and lg but its so damn spendy. maybe with my next bonus. its been a while since I did a big batch and yeah its a pretty popular thing when you have it

How many animals do you kill each year!

I killed 2 elk and 2 deer last year and I was good for space. The year before I fit 2 elk and 4 deer in the thing just barely.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Me too! That's the first thing I drive to get is a cheeseburger and fry every time

Best served with a french silk pie Blizzard!