[pct-l] alternative to bread?

[Jason M.]

"I'm a big cracker hound.  I wish there were some good, whole-grain and
dense
 (!) crackers out there on the market."

take a look at Wasa crackers...err. they call them "crispbreads";
wholegrain, many flavors and available in many of the towns along the
trail, and most supermarkets.

http://www.wasa.com/en/wholegrain-gallery/



Jackass




On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:02 AM, giniajim <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

> I'm a big cracker hound.  I wish there were some good, whole-grain and
> dense
> (!) crackers out there on the market.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Thibault" <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] alternative to bread?
>
>
> > I also found rice cakes to be a poor choice - too much volume with no
> > calories.  I did find that I could take a box of Ritz crackers and just
> > shove them in my pack without giving it any thought and never break them.
> > The key is to leave them in the flimsy cardboard box they come in.  I
> > think
> > it is the way they they are stacked that they hold up really well.  By
> the
> > time I've eaten the last cracker the box looked like it went through
> World
> > War III but the crackers never broke (okay I think in about 10 boxes I
> may
> > have broke 2 or 3 crackers).  I still can't believe how well these hold
> up
> > on the trail.
> >
> > Day-Late
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> .
> >> One of the poorest packing densities is with puffed rice cakes.  They
> are
> >> fine only if Calorie density isn?t a problem.   Considering their
> >> inefficient shape and their low density,  just imagine how many
> >> Calories-worth of rice cakes can be packed into a bear ?can.
> >>
>
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