Date:         Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:13:57 -0400
Reply-To:     Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
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From:         Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Long-term Camping Food
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At 10:05 AM 4/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
>What foods do you use for long-term camping?  Something that requires
>minimum refrigeration yet is reasonably healthy?
>
>Cheese?

Cheese is great for it. Healthy source of protein, calcium and plenty of
calories for hungry campers. If you buy it in huge blocks, the outer 1/4"
grows a little mold...  My dad used to eat those hard moldy slices when I
was camping as a kid, now the dog gets a healthy source of calcium.
Of course canned beans are great as well as canned soups and other canned
stuff. Canned tuna, mayo or similar creamy goo lasts months until opened
the first time, so buy it in small amounts that can be consumed within 4
days. Putting your tuna and Mayo on crackers instead of bread increases the
shelf life of the carbohydrate portion of that meal. Last, but not least,
Peanut Butter. After the WWIII nuclear holocaust, when there's nothing left
alive on the planet except cockroaches and the micro-organisms in the ocean
floor thermal vents, the roaches will still be eating all of the peanut
butter that we've left behind.