[pct-l] Wise dehydrated food and other bulk disaster foods

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

You might consider making some of your own food. I've had pretty good  
success finding large boneless, skinless chicken breasts at a local  
meat market (with real butchers). I bake them in the oven, chop them  
up and put them in my crappy dehydrator. Makes for some good protein  
you can add to various cheaper meals.

You might consider just beefing up your calories in various meals  
with added olive oil. Even cheap crappy food (Idahoans, Knorr sides,  
etc) can be improved with olive oil.

For cheap calories you really can't go too wrong with king-sized  
Snicker bars or other similar candy bars. Or Paydays (don't melt). I  
once found King-sized Snickers 10 for $1 at K-mart. For some reason I  
never got tired of candy, especially candy with nuts and chocolate. I  
often got tired of anything with protein powder. Never got tired of  
cheese.

I've ordered things from http://www.wildernessdining.com/ before. I  
have no idea if they are the cheapest but they did have a bulk order  
discount.

On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Patrick Seibt <texaspoo666 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Wise dehydrated food and other bulk disaster foods
>
> Hey there,
>
> I am starting to put together my food for my mail drops and was  
> wondering
> if the best way to purchase dehydrated foods was in bulk off Amazon  
> and
> other discount companies. I am on kind of a tight budget and need  
> calories.
> Hs anyone had success using companies like this and does anyone  
> have any
> suggestions for high calorie CHEAP backpacking foods. I am starting in
> Campo and will start buying stuff for my first couple of maildrops  
> this
> week so I can get them sent off. I am leaving April 15 and need  
> some input
> before the end of the week so I will have time to order the food  
> and get it
> packaged and sent before I leave. I wanna leave yesterday but gotta  
> have
> that food. Getting stoked for my thru hike and want to make sure I  
> have
> enough calories. I weigh about 162 so I am figuring I will need  
> between
> 5000 and 6000 calls a day.
> Thanks and see you out there!
>
> Patrick aka TexasPoo