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    Elijah Ziemann
    Member

    @mrblondyable

    What's your favorite meat to take when backpacking?

    #1959204
    Stephen M
    BPL Member

    @stephen-m

    Locale: Way up North

    Normally salami and summer sausage as it keeps well.

    #1959207
    Alex Romanko
    BPL Member

    @aromanko

    Locale: Rattlesnake

    Uncle Mike's beef sticks from walnutcreekfoods.com or sopresatta salami. Both keep well and don't stink too much.

    #1959209
    Paul Ensley
    Spectator

    @palooka

    Locale: Indiana

    I almost always take a couple Slim Jim Beef n Cheese's. I like the single serve packages.

    Slim Jim Beef n Cheese

    #1959245
    Justin Baker
    BPL Member

    @justin_baker

    Locale: Santa Rosa, CA

    I sometimes carry fresh meat for shorter trips. Sausage cooked over a campfire is amazing.

    But yeah, dry salami is a great backpacking food. Beef jerkey is pretty low in calories.

    #1959258
    Mobile Calculator
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    #1959288
    Leslie Erickson
    Member

    @lesliegericksongmail-com

    I'm starting to put together my menu and prepare my meals for the JMT this summer. I'm new to all this, and I have a few books that seem to be good references. I was wondering if anyone uses these freeze-dried meats from Costco (or similar) when putting these meals together.

    Any other suggestions would be welcome.

    (I have to put these all together to be included in my resupply packages and the initial load before I leave home the middle of May, even though I won't begin the JMT till July 3. I'll be hiking in southern Utah and Washington state for the 6 weeks leading up to the JMT, so it has to be done early.)

    #1959321
    Elijah Ziemann
    Member

    @mrblondyable

    Thanks everyone. I've decided on salami, I think.

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    #1959347
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    Hormel bacon pieces. It is all pre-cooked and the pieces are smaller than my fingernail, so it goes good cooked with rice and other things. There is a similar generic product in my supermarket, also sealed in a plastic bag, for $2.50, and most of the packages hold 2.4 to 2.6 ounces.

    Sometimes people see me eating it out of the bag and think that it must be chewing tobacco.

    –B.G.–

    #1959744
    Tommy Franzen
    Spectator

    @tomlike

    Locale: Pacific Wonderland

    I go for the good stuff, and since I live in Portland, anything from Olympic Provisions

    olympic

    paired with Dubliner cheese and crackers…

    #1959745
    David Noll
    BPL Member

    @dpnoll

    Locale: Maroon Bells

    Homemade venison jerky

    #1959757
    Duane Hall
    BPL Member

    @pkh

    Locale: Nova Scotia

    Damn, this stuff does look good. I often take a French dried sausage that holds up very well on the trail.

    #1961198
    Phillip Asby
    BPL Member

    @pgasby

    Locale: North Carolina

    That sopressata looks outstanding. If I'm going to go with some sort of cured meats I tend to agree it is worth getting good stuff.

    #1970859
    tom lakner
    BPL Member

    @lakneremu

    Locale: midwest

    Homemade emu jerky !!!!

    #1971004
    michael levi
    Member

    @m-l

    Locale: W-Never Eat Soggy (W)affles

    Salami with white mold casing is the best. Must have a decent knife. Individual wrapped cheese and a stack if whole grain tortillas never gets old. Throw some deltaco hot sauce on it if you dare!

    #1971650
    Josh Brock
    Member

    @needsabath

    Locale: Outside

    Rodger- Wow bud those are some difficulties your having with your salami. I think the source of your issue is not your salami but your choice of knife. Any decent knife should very easily open a vacume sealed package. Slicing a the salami can be done on a log(cutting board)and again with a decent sharp knife should be really easy. If your hands get greasy just wash them or use hand sanitiser, if your backpacking you should have soap or sanitizer.

    #1971651
    Josh Brock
    Member

    @needsabath

    Locale: Outside

    I love the stuff! that and just about anything honey stinger makes. The chews are amazing and so are the waffles.

    Oh meat hmm. Bacon and tender loin. Only some times in the summer but every time in the winter.

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