>>227953So a little more nitty gritty when food packing. There are two strategies,
Menu planning vs bulk rationing
Food stuff part 1
Menu planning is straight forward and works well for shorter trips, usually less than a week. Break up the trip into meals
Example 3 day trip go out Friday morning back Sunday afternoon. 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners, 3 lunches, 3 snacks. (I'll grab breakfast at home or on the way to the trailhead, and likewise I'll have dinner when I get home Sunday night)
So, I will plan for four folks total. Every meal I plan out, I will plan on about 4 to 5 servings of food per meal.
Lunches bagel sandwiches with sausage, cheese, green cabbage and hot sauce.
Breakfast 1 oatmeal with raisins, brown sugar, powdered milk, butter, scoop of peanut butter
Breakfast 2cream of wheat, powdered milk, maple syrup, butter
Dinner 1 Mac and cheese with peppers onions and green cabbage
Dinner 2 rice bean burrittos with peppers onion green cabbage and cheese
To pack for lunches I will pack out 1 bagel per person per lunch, 3 one pound summer sausages. That equates to roughly 1/4 lb sausage per person per lunch, which can be a lot for folks, but I know our crew eats a lot, we work hard to earn it. For the trip I'll bring a small head of green cabbage, a 64 oz bottle of franks or sririacha and a 3lb block of cheese.
>>227953Breakfasts - depending on how much folks eat 3/4 to 2/3 cup oatmeal or cream of wheat per person, per meal with 1/8 cup powdered milk per person/per meal a pound of butter(salted, and butter! Not margarine) a 32oz bottle of maple syrup, a small jar of peanut butter, and 1/8 lb of raisins per person per meal.
I won't pack the food into tiny bags per person, this would be too, much of a pain in the ass. One large bag cream of wheat, one large bag of oatmeal, etc. the butter goes into a 1lb screw top Nalgene to keep it from melting or getting messy. If it is cold I will just double bag the butter.
Food planning continued in part 2
