Connecticut Water Trails Association
|
|
|
|
|---|
|
Connecticut Water Trails Association |
|
Connecticut Water Trails Program Canoe Basics Canoe Camping - Planning A Menu
This page is for everyone interested in planning a
menu for a paddling trip. You will find that a little bit of work
planning out your menu before the trip can make the all important meal
go much smoother.
Tips: Don't take cans, glass jars or perishables because
they are heavy, and in some places, not allowed There are many places to buy food for camping trips.
Lots of this food can be found in a regular supermarket. Some good
places to look are bulk food stores, specialty food stores, and camping
stores for the special things like freeze dried or dehydrated foods. Buying or making your own dehydrator is a good way to save money on dehydrated food. It works well for sauces, fruits, vegetables, etc. Remove all excess packaging from the food once you get it home. Put food in durable containers or bags. Keep instructions for cooking with each item.
Quantity: This table should help you calculate the amount of
food you need for a trip. Simply fill in the columns and multiply them
together to get the total.
Breakfast: Here are some ideas for
breakfasts. Some people enjoy a hot breakfast, while others would rather
not start up the stove, or light the fire, below are listed both hot and
cold breakfasts. Here are some suggestions: Cereal:
Instant Oatmeal, Cold Cereal, Granola
Breads:
Toast, Bagels, Pancakes Eggs:
French Toast with Syrup, Scrambled Eggs, Omelet’s Fruit: Dried Fruit, Fruit Cocktail, Applesauce
Other
:
Cake, Hash Browns, Cheese, Bacon, Muffins
Lunch: Breads:
Rye Bread, Pumpernickel Bread, Bagels, Pita bread, Bisquick,
Crackers, Stoned Wheat, Crackers Meat: Dried Salami, Summer Sausage, Pepperoni, Beef Jerky, Turkey Jerky Other:
Trail mix, Granola Bars, Cheese, PB& J, Cookies, Dried Fruit, Fruit
Jerky, Apples, Oranges, Soup (only if you want to start a fire, or
get the stove out. Great for windy, rainy, cold days.)
Supper:
Meat:
Hamburgers (take frozen, wrapped in newspaper, and eat the first
night), Dehydrated meat sauces Vegetables: Corn (take frozen), Mashed Potatoes (Dehydrated), Baked Potatoes (heavy, but oh so good. Wrap in foil before the trip. You need a nice bed of coals and a little time for these), Beans, Rice (great with almost anything, easy to make, filling, cheap) Fruit: Fresh apples, Fresh Oranges, Mixed stewed fruit, Mixed dried fruit Bread: Garlic bread, Pancakes, Tortillas, Fruitcake, Banana bread, Bannock Pasta: Any
Kind if pasta is great on the trail. Easy to cook, filling, and
delicious. Take along some dehydrated meat sauce, and you can have
spaghetti just like at home! Or you can go the low tech route, and
get the prepackaged stuff, like Kraft Dinner or any other mix type
things available Other: Tomato Sauce Mix, Parmesan Cheese, Maple Syrup, Soup (dehydrated mix) Dessert: Rice Krispies Squares, Instant pudding (use powdered
milk), Cheesecake (mixes)
Staples: Peanut butter, Jam,
Margarine, Salt, Pepper, Sugar (white and brown if you like),
vegetable oil, Instant milk powder, Bisquick, Breadsticks, Spices,
Parmesan Cheese, Garlic Powder
Beverages:
Coffee, Tea, Hot
chocolate, Gatorade crystals, Jello (mixed with hot water - 2 tsp.
per mug), Ice Tea Mix, any other powdered juice
Snacks: Marshmallows, Trail mix, Candy Bars, Energy Bars, and
of course GORP! GORP stands for Good Old Raisins and Peanuts, but of course you can call it whatever you want. GORP is the mainstay of noshing on paddling trips. GORP can contain whatever you want. Just start with raisins and peanuts as the base, then go nuts. Add cashews, dried fruit, hard candies, mints, M&M's, and anything else that looks good. A trip to the local bulk store will reveal a wonderful supply of GORP products. Be careful though, GORP is quite expensive when you start buying the exotic stuff like dried cranberries, aka Craisins , dried papaya, and things like that.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
