Date:         Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:56:13 -0700
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What do you cook when camping?
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> The whole Joe versus the Black Bear thread makes me curious what folks
> cook when camping.

Being somewhat sedentary while camping due to an assortment of health
limitations, the wife and I usually go with a "2 meals + snacks" plan.

 Our staple dinner is some sort of "bean slog": black or pinto beans
with grilled onions and peppers, chili powder, etc. usually prepared
at home and stored in tupperware. Throw it on a tortilla with some
decent cheese  and salsa. An assortment of freshly chopped salad
vegetables either on the side or in the tortilla prevent the ravages
of scurvy and such. Leave out the tortilla and serve in a bowl topped
with sour cream and it's taco salad.
 Alternate dinners (for when bean slog gets tiresome) are usually
veggie-dogs with home-made sauerkraut, split-pea or lentil soup, or
the perennial favorite PB&J.

Breakfast is the inevitable eggs (scrambled or omelet, full of
vegetables & cheese) with either toast, bagel, or oatmeal.

Everything I eat (excl PB&J) gets a heavy dose of whatever my favorite
hot sauce is at the time.

Our "snack meals" (of which we usually have one or two a day) are
tortilla chips and salsa (or potato chips & cottage cheese), nuts and
trail mixes, crackers, pretzels-- well, you probably get the idea.

On those occasions when my ills are minor and I can do some real
hiking, I carry an MRE or two and supplement it with a couple power
bars. Since I'm really only vegetarian by marriage, I find myself
looking forward to those MREs, as they usually contain MEAT! Not
particularly tasty meat, but with my degraded sense of smell/taste
(cause unknown; strep infections? Gulf War Syndrome? too much glue
vapor building models as a kid? probably all those) I can eat
practically anything so long as it's got hot sauce on it.
 
John Bange
'90 Vanagon
"Keine Bange, wir holen die Zange!"