Lunch food on long trips

Good point - I sometimes carry all the long-life stuff and forget that the first meal in the bush can be a really good one even if it's a bit squished

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Originally Posted by Tahr

As I pass through town I sometimes buy a couple of cheeseburgers to stuff into my pack. They are fine cold, and keep for a day. They also stand a bit of a flattening in my pack.

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Originally Posted by 308

Here ya go

Tramper’s Oat Slice

Ingredients

125g butter (diced and at room temp)
200g (1 cup) sugar
26g (2 Tbsp) golden syrup
1 egg (lightly beaten)
140g (1 cup) flour
1 tsp baking powder
80g (1 cup) shredded coconut
100g (1 cup) rolled oats
75g (1/2 cup) sultanas
95g (1/2 cup) roughly chopped dried apricots
70g (1/2 cup) pumpkin seeds
70g (1/2 cup) sunflower seeds
30ml (2 Tbsp) lemon juice
Finely grated zest of ½ lemon

Optional: ½ cup of chocolate chips, cashews, macadamias, chopped almonds etc

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Line a 30cm x 20cm x 4cm tray with baking paper and grease with butter or baking spray.
Place butter into a large bowl, add sugar and golden syrup and beat until pale and creamy.
Add egg and beat until combined.
Add flour, baking powder, coconut, oats, sultanas, apricots, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, lemon juice and zest. Mix till combined.
Press into the tin evenly with spatula or your hand.
Place in pre-heated oven and bake for 30 -40 minutes till golden brown and firm to touch (I find this is quicker with fan bake – only 20 – 25 minutes - keep checking).
Remove from oven and cool. Cut into squares or fingers.
Store in airtight container for up to 7 days depending how crispy it is (the original recipe off Stuff said 4 – 5 days but it lasts much longer).


Things I've learned since last making this
1 The ingredients make it end up nearly as expensive as OSMs
2 cut a strip of greaseproof paper and run it between the stacks of cut slice cos they stick together otherwise
3 Don't get too doctrinal about the recipe, as long as there is enough syrup and butter to bind it all together it'll work
4 WATCH IT LIKE A HAWK IN THE OVEN -shit will go to carbon soon as look at ya

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Cheers for the recipe mate!

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[QUOTE=kiwi39;201393]German packaged bread :Pumpernickel .. Comes in prepagaed slices that keep for ages .. very moist and huge energy hit

Tim

Cheers Tim, never heard of 'Pumpernickel' will defo give it a try.......

This is what you're looking for in the specialty foods section of most supermarkets Attachment 19009

Tim

"fitness bro":D:cool: love it.

Got the marketing right for nz lol.

A subway makes for a mean first dinner/lunch

I also like to take a few rodeo burgers from bk...

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

"fitness bro":D:cool: love it.

Got the marketing right for nz lol.

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Haha. Actually it's "fitness brot" brot is bread in German.

On longer trips I keep the wrappers for when I feel like a bit of female company

A cold burger would make me puke if i could force it down.

Subway on the other hand:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by kiwi39

Haha. Actually it's "fitness brot" brot is bread in German.

On longer trips I keep the wrappers for when I feel like a bit of female company

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Whoa....TMI..........haharrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! !!!!!!!!!!

I'm thinking of emptying a big can of tuna or similar into a vacume deal bag and using the sealing function to seperate the contents inside into little parcels of meal size

Save a bit of money and bulk/weight at the same time

It's just a shame it's 6 months between hunting trips for me.....

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

A cold burger would make me puke if i could force it down.

Subway on the other hand:thumbup:

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Same I reckon. Seems an odd one as pretty fragile and not that packable I'd imagine!!

For day one I normally make a couple sandwiches in a takeaway container, then this gets used as my rubbish bin for the rest of the trip. Other food is bars and backcountry meals.

Longest trip is only two dayers so far though.

I usually buy grill a few slices of schnitzel and bacon to cook/dry it out a little. (salt the schnitzel) wrap with baking paper and put in snap lock bag. It keeps really well and can be eaten with crackers, bread or my favorite is mixing it in with Mac n cheese and freeze dried veges usually for dinner.

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Originally Posted by kiwi39

German packaged bread :Pumpernickel .. Comes in prepagaed slices that keep for ages .. very moist and huge energy hit.
Salami
Cheese
Sliced Onions

Jetboil, Tea and Condensed milk in a tube ... Nothing quite restores your energy as the above with a warm cuppa

Apples for on the go .. or dehydrated bananas
Nuts for instant energy

And - a recent addition is Dried Sausage or Homemade Biltong

Tim

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Where do you pick up that bread fella

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Originally Posted by phillipgr

What do you guys take for lunch food on your longer trips when you want to keep weight down?

I've always liked can tuna as it's pretty compact and nice and filling but having to lug the can both ways does add a bit to the pack weight. Has anyone found tuna in a packet instead of a can?

A stick of Salami is good. I started bringing pita bread instead of normal bread as it's not so likely to get squashed but i found it went brittle and fell into a million pieces pretty quick. What do you guys take as a carbohydrate? Crackers a good option for the tuna but I can only eat so many of those.

Cheers

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Well.....lunch for me is usually

A sandwich with bread like plougmans etc suppoted by salami and cheese
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A packet of triden Laksa noodles boiled with a continental laksa soup mix, making a nice thick broth. ( mix them together noodles and soup at the same time) tastes good and gives you a good hit of salt ....

Mixed nuts for a snack and a Tasti (brand) snack log.

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Originally Posted by Roy Lehndorf

Where do you pick up that bread fella

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Saw some in Waikanae New World the other day ....

If its in our little NW, should be in most. It wasn't in with the bread though it was in with the specialty goods


Tim

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Originally Posted by kiwi39

Saw some in Waikanae New World the other day ....

If its in our little NW, should be in most. It wasn't in with the bread though it was in with the specialty goods


Tim

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Cheers fella - will go for a look tomorrow

For a longer trip (a week or so)I take a spicy fruit loaf for the first few days (packed carefully in the top of the pack) and cabin bread for the rest. Top it with a block of cheese, salami, and vegemite. I also make up a couple of pancake mixes to throw in the bag for the odd camp day, weighs nothing costs nothing. A small bag of rice that gets left in the bottom of the bag as an emergency supply is good too.

I also like to sprout mong beans for some fresh greens in a meal or snack, weighs nothing and taste good. Beneficial for the body to process protein better. Right, I'm off to hug a tree and light some joss sticks.

Mousetraps are the way to go I reckon. Toasts the bread so it doesn't get squashed easy and you don't notice it get stale, and as long as you toast the cheese and bacon etc enough so they dry out a bit they last for ages and taste bloody good too.

Mouse traps are bloody good thanks HeavyD

How often do you check the traps?

If the mrs made them daily there would be none to check,I think there is another name?

Not sure on another name, basically just mini pizzas made with bread as a base

Initially bread rolls and salami. Then it's crackers instead of bread. I like canned sardines in oil (not water) for once the salami runs out. wash the cans out thoroughly to get rid of smell and then smash em flat with a couple of rocks.

Don't like pita bread as it's too dry and usually fairly heavy.

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I've been trolling this thread for a few ideas. Going in for ten days on Thursday, pack will be very heavy no matter. Luckily I'm young and dumb :P

Good luck Phil and stay safe:)

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Originally Posted by phillipgr

I'm young and dumb :P

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And seeing as how you are to shy to say hello to that librarian you can add on "and full of cum"

dirty bastard but bloody funny Rushy:D

Ten days, lucky bugger! You've got a bit of food to carry for that long!

Have a safe trip Phillip.