Long Tours and food.. Advice sought

[sparkyman]

Where I can I will get fresh food locally, but i will still need to carry some dried food for making meals.

What do you carry?

I am thinking I need to carry pasta or noodles but these are not appetizing alone. what do you use to make it more palatable.

And any other tips welcome.

Sparkyman

 

[Crackle]

Super Noodles can be useful emergency food, instant mash and a tin of corn beef too, tuna and spaghetti with some tomato puree, dried soups, stuff along those lines, easy to carry and cook (presuming this is the UK).

 

[hopless500]

Might be worth carrying some of those dried expedition meals for emergencies.

 

[Ticktockmy]

I normally carry a few Wayfarer boil in the bag meals, as they give plenty of energy and if need be can be eaten cold, and there is a good selection to choose from.

 

[rich p]

Most of the crazyguy bloggers I read who travel through the 'stans, Russia etc seem to exist on noodles somehow.

 

[hopless500]

I've just tried a Mug Shot which is a bit like a pot noodle, but nicer (thankfully). You just add boiling water - the one I've eaten is like a macaroni cheese. Not too bad. You wouldn't want to take dozens of pots with you, but you could put the contents of a few into a plastic bag for travelling.

 

[sparkyman]

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Super Noodles can be useful emergency food, instant mash and a tin of corn beef too, tuna and spaghetti with some tomato puree, dried soups, stuff along those lines, easy to carry and cook (presuming this is the UK).

No longer distance then that.

Trying to work out what I can carry and how to make the meals edible with limited stock and space.

I know i shall be able to gather local fare a lot of the time to add to the pasta, rice (and if I ma desperate super noodles) probably learn as i go but would be good to have an idea of what to look out for.


Sparkyman

 

[HelenD123]

Me and pretty much every tourer I met in North America had a stock of packet pasta and sauce meals. I'd stir in veg, tinned tuna, beans or whatever else I could lay my hands on. You're supposed to make them up with milk so I carried a supply of powdered milk which worked fine.

I managed to buy some pre-mixed veggie bolognese from MEC in Canada which was lovely. You could probably make the same with tomato cup a soup and soy mince.

How about tinned tuna, olives, olive oil and pepper on spaghetti?

Actually, any dried soup made with less water could be used as a sauce.

 

[snorri]

Trying to work out what I can carry and how to make the meals edible with limited stock and space.

Carry some muesli, soup powder, nuts and dried fruit along with one of these boil in the bag type main meals and possibly a boil in the bag pudding which is about 99% sugar and can lift morale when necessary!.
Other than that just play it by ear, your food requirements will vary with weather, energy burnt up and what is readily available. No point in trying to plan and carry enough food to provide a balanced diet for weeks ahead.

 

[vernon]

Cous cous is a nice alternatie to pasta.

 

[fimm]

Super noodles and cup-a-soup cooked together is paletable enough... chuck some dried sausage in for additional interest/flavour. That's what I do on backpacking trips - which do tend to be a few days only, before returning to the delights of civilisation!

 

[stumpy66]

Cous cous and super noodles are my usual back up meals and an occassional wayfarer meal

 

[sparkyman]

Me and pretty much every tourer I met in North America had a stock of packet pasta and sauce meals. I'd stir in veg, tinned tuna, beans or whatever else I could lay my hands on. You're supposed to make them up with milk so I carried a supply of powdered milk which worked fine.

I managed to buy some pre-mixed veggie bolognese from MEC in Canada which was lovely. You could probably make the same with tomato cup a soup and soy mince.

How about tinned tuna, olives, olive oil and pepper on spaghetti?

Actually, any dried soup made with less water could be used as a sauce.

The dried soup idea, brilliant cheers

 

[sparkyman]

Some great advice guys, helps a lot.

 

[Brains]

Our Explorer Unit did some serious research
They got hold of a few meals from a number of dried food suppliers including the Army ratpac, Wayfarer, Ravens, PotNoodle, home made, and a few others.
The company that came out ahead was Mountain House, very light weight, decent food (not however the cheapest),
Since that point on every Expedition we insist that every individual start with at least one Mountain House meal in their emergency rations pack
http://www.mountainhouse.eu/