[pct-l] Food

[Jim & Jane Moody]

Here's another option.  Do some of both.  Buy in trail towns those things you know you'll be able to find, like peanut butter; Clif & candy bars; ramen, Lipton sides, instant rice, mac n cheese; aluminum packs of chicken, tuna, salmon; hard cheese; dried fruit (raisins, crasins, apples, etc); bagels / English muffins; olive oil; honey; instant cocoa, instant gator-aid, ...  You get the idea. 



Send yourself food items that probably won't be readily available.  I buy freeze-dried meats, veggies, fruits, and cheese from LDS supply houses (even though I'm Methodist), repack it into small ziplocks, and mail it in resupply boxes.  This method has worked great for me so far. 



Others do their own dehydrating of main meals (e.g., chili, spaghetti, chicken dishes) and mail these to themselves. 


If you need ideas for variety, you might start with Dicentra's website - onepanwonders.com, I think. 



Good luck. 



Mango 


----- Original Message -----


From: "Jackie McDonnell" <yogihikes at gmail.com> 
To: "patrick white" <patsy805 at hotmail.com> 
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:11:43 PM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food 

If this is your first or second thru-hike, advise to buy-as-you-go as much 
as possible.  There's just no way for you to know how much food you'll eat, 
or what foods you like/do not like until you actually get out on the trail. 
 Something that tastes great at home will be very different on the trail 
(Snickers bars excluded - those are ALWAYS delicious). 

It has taken me many, many thru-hikes to dial into my own food system. 
 Now, I prefer to do 100% maildrops.  Through trial-and-error, I've 
discovered foods which work for me.  I'd rather spend my town time laying 
on a motel bed than walking up and down the aisles of a grocery store. 

However, for a new hiker, I highly recommend you buy along the way.  Sure, 
there are some spots where maildrops are advised, but you'll be much 
happier if you can figure out your own food system as you go. 

Yogi 
www.pcthandbook.com 

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 3:56 PM, patrick white <patsy805 at hotmail.com> wrote: 

> Are most people mailing their food to twenty or so spots? I would like to 
> avoid this for the shipping aspect any suggestions? 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry