On a simple "day-hike" I take a full MRE pouch Otherwise I camp from my car so I take all kinds of stuff! If it were a Backpacking trip I'd take "freeze-dried" food to cut down on the weight.:cool:
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On a simple "day-hike" I take a full MRE pouch Otherwise I camp from my car so I take all kinds of stuff! If it were a Backpacking trip I'd take "freeze-dried" food to cut down on the weight.:cool:
oh man that's foul. nothin' like constipating MREs and mountain house to motivate me to find some real food.
You're starting to sound like my wife!:D Us old guys are tough! I even drink from a Nalgene bottle!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by canid
Oh look honey! A real live campfire! I guess they let people have those in California, unlike where we live. Such a thing here would invite a visit from the local "PO-PO" and a stiff fine! Maybe that's why California is being plauged with all those Wildfires!:rolleyes: That MRE looks delicious though! YUM!:D
Really depends on what time of year. In the fall, tea bags, jerky, nuts, some kind of bread, I can forage for black, hack, rasberries and muscadines and persimmons. I have caught trout and eaten them for lunch, but with a pole it's no gaurantee.
In the winter, tea bags, jerky, nuts and dried fruit, throw in some grits or oat meal, try to take smoked meat or fish. I have tried fishing with a pole to no use so I mainly depend on what I take in. Also, depending on hunting, in this day and time will leave you hungry, well in my part of the woods. Yeh, a squirrel, rabbit, hog, deer season is usually over when I go in the woods. But, hunting is no gaurantee.
Did have a good meal of bobcat years ago, gent shot one making his way to camp.
Ya'll can keep those mre's, I've eaten my share in life and care not to anymore.
Oh yeh, and with the drought, don't get caught making a fire.
Still no rain FVR?
Claifornias always low on water there about to start "reclamin" are water here in Orange County, basicly gettin old water already used and put alot of chemicals in it and put it in are taps!
We've had rain alright, but we are still in very bad drought conditions.
It's not the water used in day to day consumption, but rather the water being used in the elec. plants throughout the state. Cut back on the elec. helps more for saving water than taking a quick shower.
We use to sneak up to a water hole, high fenced in area off El Toro rd. and fish for catfish back in the 80's. They actually had police guarding it.
We have gotten alot of rain recntly too,rain that normally would have left us pretty flooded,but no flooding this time,as the ground is so dry,it has soaked it all up,still well under the normal rainfall,maybe next year will be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by FVR
We got about 3-4" of snow a few days ago, but it's melted off quite a bit. If we keep getting snow & rain then in April/May the Morel crop should be pretty good!;)
I would love to get some snow. It usually does not snow here until late Feb., and March. Matter of fact, I met my wife Caren during the snowstorm of 93 in Ga. It snowed close to two feet, started friday morning and snowed until Sunday.
I remember taking my blue chow Ashley running in the woods. I would take here off lead and we would go at it. She dissapeared. The snow had frozen to her coat and she looked like a snowdog.
Miss that dog.
For a day trip i take mostly preserved foods like beef jerky (Made In The USA :) ) or a MRE, also i take dried fruit and vegitables with a bottle of hot sauce (The good stuff)
Also the dried fruit packets you can get from any shop are good snacks. also dried soup powder is great (I eat it cold if i need to, its refreshingly cool but tastes better hot)
I take freeze dried coffee, hot choco, tea and screech (A kind of orange drink, search it on google its included in british MREs) all are nice to have at the end of a cold day
I like freeze dried American style rations, when you out in the wilderness they make a really tasety meal thats lightweight and nutritious :D
I just tried pine needle tea for the first time....yum!
What kind? I like Red Spruce better than White Pine but I'll take either one.
I usually carry some home made trail mix, my old stand by Ramen noodles, some quick rice and tea or coffee bags. I found a package of Bumble Bee chicken breast in a foil pouch and I'm going to take it on my next trek (this week-end if we don't get a flood). It's fully cooked in the pouch.
Whatever I trap, snare, shoot, or catch (fishing) and all the edible greens I can find. I cook my meat/fish with wild sage and blue camas (usually). . .YUMMMMMM! ;)
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Originally Posted by FVR
People think we get a couple of days of rain and that ends the drought. I drive by Lake Lanier every day, it looks the same as it did before the rain we got this week. We need months of none stop rain to get us out of this drought. For a month our county was banning all outside fires except BBQ grills.
uhmmm, i miss camas. have you had camas mead?
I've only tried white pine thus far, but I'll keep my eyes out for some red spruce! Do you find the tea tastes better when the needles are fresh or after they've been sitting around for a while?Quote:
What kind? I like Red Spruce better than White Pine but I'll take either one.
You want to pick the tips (new growth) for the best flavor. I usually pick a stem about four inches long. If you look at a blue spruce, you can easily tell what is new growth and what is not. There's a very sharp difference in needle color. That would give you a decent reference with Red Spruce since the coloration doesn't differ that much.
I find that White Pine is a much milder tea and Red Spruce is a bit more flavorful and robust. Both have a nice clean flavor and are loaded with vitamin C (I've read 5 times that of an orange).
I usually rub the needles between my index finger and thumb to break them open and give more surface area to the water. Not enough to destroy the needles, however. Just enough to bring out the oil in them. I do the same thing to herbs by the way. It increases the flavor.
Some folks swear you should chop the needles but I've never done that. I just rinse the stems off, stick three or four sprigs in a cup and pour boiling water over them. I let steep about 10 minutes and enjoy.
Bon appetit!
Does anyone have a good recipe for hardtack?
I just made a batch using:
4 cups rolled oats
4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup brown sugar
4 tbsp honey
2 tbsp salt
I baked it for half an hour @ 300 , flipped it over, cut into 3 inch squares, poked a bunch of holes, put it back in for another hour. After that take it out of the oven and let it sit overnight. The next day I put it back in the oven @ 200 for 2 hours or longer with the door slightly propped open.
It actually turned out pretty good. If anyone has any improvements, please let me know.
What is the consistancy of yours?
When I make it, it's like, really hard. It does taste good when there is nothing else.
Just buy Sailor Boy Pilotbread. Have you ever thought "FRUITCAKE". It has a half life of 200 years. Taste like Sh*t, but it will keep you alive, Maybe.....Plus you can use it for a brick if you are short of tent pegs.
For day trips, I just pick up a loaf of French bread. Take a little wine, cheese, crackers..........oh, oh, that's for a picnic. Just the bread sometimes.
At the rendezvous, I would leave pretty early, stop by Kroger and pick up one or two of their roasted chickens. After I set up camp and make a fire, I'd stick a stick through the chicken and stick it over the fire.
Pull and eat as necessary. I'd have two or three chickens depending on how many days I'd stay.
Always had roasted yardbird to eat.
I use to make apple pie in gallon jugs. After the first time, it was mand. that I bring apple pie.
I'd break it out at night after the firearms were put away.
Ya know, think I need to make some up.
The dough is pretty thick when I mix it.
After it is finished baking and drying, it is hard enough to put a dent in a speed limit sign when thrown out the window @ 80 mph. Other than that it is pretty good. Just hope I don't break my teeth on it.
P.S. I can't find pilot bread here in PA.
I thought about ordering it online. I read about it on wikipedia. They said it was big in Alaska.
Roger- roger, Ain't a private aircraft survival kit in Alaska that ain't half full of pilot bread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Last Mohican
Put some SPAM on it, and your eating like a real man.
FVR-We talkin Gallon Milk jug!
I want to make SOME! Is it good? Im sorry Mohican but in my teenage mind it comes down to this......
Hardtack Never = Apple Pie!
i was wondering what wild ingredients one can put in tea? i've heard but dont quote me, raspberry leaves, pine needles, willow wood? anything information to add on this? also what kind of pine needles would be useable? anything to stay away from?
I'm moving your post to the thread already started on this subject.:cool:
This is where your post belonged.
Sarge, I'm sorry but I don't know what you moved or where you moved it. I know this thread is on wild foods but I did a search and didn't find a hardtack thread. To answer LM's question, sorry if I posted wrong:
During the civil war, hardtack was often soaked in coffee (or what ever they were drinking at the time) to soften it up. You can add a little animal fat (bacon grease works) to the softened hardtack to improve the flavor a bit.
Here's a link to a bunch of recipes for hardtack. It also includes wild foods and their uses:
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/ba...9/recipes.html
Here's a place you can buy hardtack crackers:
http://www.bentscookiefactory.com/hardtack.htm
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Rick, I agree. I understand someone has to keep order (be the adult). But why not let the new subject run for 10 days, or till there are no new posts for 3 days. At that point sticky it where it belongs.
Not sure where to put this but can a person become sick by eating half-raw meat?
well you do run the risk of some nasty little parasites,and they can make you sick.
Are you talking about wild game? Fish? Domestic meats (cow, pig)?
Eating half-raw meat would apply to all meat. Do you really trust meat inspectors at the packing houses? Not me. And domestic meats that are homestead grown are home-butchered a lot of times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Thanks Rick. I will have to check those sites out. I guess the hardtack thing is hereditary. Since the French and Indian war, my family has been in infantry divisions in the army including myself. I was an M-60 totin' ground-pounding grunt for six years.
I must be a glutten for punishment.