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    Randy Nelson
    BPL Member

    @rlnunix

    Locale: Rockies

    Is there something you eat in the backcountry that you don't eat otherwise?

    For me it's chocolate and potato chips. I was on a weekend trip with a friend once and he pulled out a can of Pringles. I normally don't eat potato chips but they tasted awfully good on that trip and I've taken them many times on short trips. I also don't eat chocolate unless I'm backpacking. I take a Hershey's bar or a couple of Reese's Peanut Butter cups for each night of every trip. And I add M&Ms to trail mix even if it has them already.

    And I'm not talking about things that I avoid for the health factor. I just don't have any desire to eat them unless I'm backpacking. Anybody else do this?

    #1972981
    HkNewman
    BPL Member

    @hknewman

    Locale: The West is (still) the Best

    Ramen (as a pre-dinner soup – the "good stuff"), hot chocolate, bagels, candy bars, jerky, and various trail mixes/GORP-type stuff. Plus the occasional Mountain House.

    #1972990
    Matthew Black
    Spectator

    @mtblack

    Pop tarts with Nutella.

    #1972993
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Salami
    Coffeemate
    Raman noodles, toss the packs. The noodles are handy.
    Hard liqour
    Dirt,bugs and wood ash also.

    #1972996
    Luke Schmidt
    BPL Member

    @cameron

    Locale: Alaska

    Spam
    Granola bars dipped in Nutela
    GORP
    Nutela straight from the jar

    Edit – Oh and 3500+ calories a day of anything

    #1973000
    Jake D
    BPL Member

    @jakedatc

    Locale: Bristol,RI

    Pasta sides, instant potatoes, nutella from the jar (well.. sometimes at home haha), Nutty bars, Nido (on cereal for breakfast)

    #1973034
    Stephen M
    BPL Member

    @stephen-m

    Locale: Way up North

    For me its summer sausage, porridge and dehydated meals.

    I also only drink hot chocolate, packet soup and whiskey on trips.

    #1973057
    Todd T
    BPL Member

    @texasbb

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Chicken–a vile, filthy bird that makes for tooth-sticking meat gnawed off greasy bones. I can't stand it. But among the dehydrated options, chicken-based sludge is often better than the other sludge.

    #1973063
    Ike Jutkowitz
    BPL Member

    @ike

    Locale: Central Michigan

    Just about everything.

    I stick to a whole foods/paleo diet at home. Backpacking falls under the category of "road rules". Love a big bowl of pasta in the evenings, and a giant diner breakfast or dinner (or both) on the way home.

    #2012656
    Valerie E
    Spectator

    @wildtowner

    Locale: Grand Canyon State

    "Combos" — pretzel outside, faux-cheese inside. Such a revolting product, even Walmart doesn't stock them, so you have to get 'em at a gas station! At home, these would sound like a punishment; at the bottom of Grand Canyon, in the near-100F heat, these taste great!

    #2012659
    Justin Baker
    BPL Member

    @justin_baker

    Locale: Santa Rosa, CA

    I eat butter. I mean I just take a stick of butter and chow down. The taste is pretty neutral for me and it gives me fuel for cold nights.

    #2012660
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    Almost everything I eat while backpacking is food I hardly ever eat at home: cured meat, cheese in general, lots of sweets, bad coffee, Mac and cheese etc.

    #2012662
    Stephen Barber
    BPL Member

    @grampa

    Locale: SoCal

    Fresh non-stocked trout!

    #2012669
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    Nah, I eat the same at home. I even eat Mountain House at home when my wife is gone because that is all I know how to cook — and the good folks at McDonald's know me by name and my wife can check with them to make sure I didn't eat there 3 times a day, so I have to mix it up between MH, McDonald's and Del Taco.

    #2012673
    Jake D
    BPL Member

    @jakedatc

    Locale: Bristol,RI

    ""Combos" — pretzel outside, faux-cheese inside. Such a revolting product, even Walmart doesn't stock them, so you have to get 'em at a gas station! "

    get the PB filled pretzels that Walmart and Job-lot DO carry :) so much better than Combos. I eat those on and off the trail. 130cal/oz and hold up well in the pack.

    #2012694
    Mark Cashmere
    BPL Member

    @tinkrtoy

    Locale: NEOH

    I would say that the differences in what I eat on trail or at home (not counting specific trail meals) has to do with caloric intake and burn, thus I am more likely to justify high calorie sweets on trail while I have a hard time justifying them while sitting on my butt all day at work.

    #2012719
    Diane “Piper” Soini
    BPL Member

    @sbhikes

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    Fresh porcini mushrooms, if I'm lucky.

    #2012726
    Justin Baker
    BPL Member

    @justin_baker

    Locale: Santa Rosa, CA

    I love pop tarts but they are always getting crushed. I need to find some kind of pop tart protector container.

    #2012855
    likes hikes
    BPL Member

    @basquej88

    I find it revolting under normal circumstances, but on the trail mixed with other things, it's tolerable. Plus, all that sodium. Mmmmmm.

    #2012869
    Hiking Malto
    BPL Member

    @gg-man

    And maltodextrin.

    #2013120
    Fitz Travels
    Member

    @fitztravels

    In the winter and on super cold nights that either push or destroy my sleeping system, i buy Hersheys bars and eat one whenever i wake up cold, usually around 4 am. I thinks it helps out a lot. Other then those times, i rarely eat chocalate.

    #2013159
    Mobile Calculator
    Spectator

    @mobile-calculator

    #2013266
    Kevin Burton
    BPL Member

    @burtonator

    Locale: norcal

    Pretty much EVERYTHING I can't eat when I'm back in the world.

    I eat paleo so all this food makes me sick and fat over time.

    but when I"m in the woods it really isn't a problem and I've gotten pretty good at cutting back to regular foods after a trip.

    #2013271
    Dena Kelley
    BPL Member

    @eagleriverdee

    Locale: Eagle River, Alaska

    Pretty much everything I pack to go camping is something I don't eat normally:
    -freeze dried meals
    -Instant mash potato singles
    -Instant hot chocolate
    -Starbucks Via
    -Slim Jims

    #2013413
    Diane “Piper” Soini
    BPL Member

    @sbhikes

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    I eat paleo, too, but I bring my paleo food backpacking because it's so damn good.

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