| It is essential to have sufficient, nutritional and spare
food and drink to ensure the tramp is enjoyed and people keep up their energy
levels.
Below is the daily menu I use with some suggested variations (2445 cals).
Breakfast
Museli with powdered milk and a cup of coffee (180g/600cal) or a cuppa
soup.
(I take a shaker for mixing the milk and use it for instant noodles as
well.)
Alternatives
Cereal, 2 x Oaties Servings with powdered milk (100g/375cal), porridge, Milo,
hot chocolate, tea.
Lunches
Filled Rolls for the first day. On other days I eat half of a One Square
Meal pack, a 250ml Up & Go Liquid Breakfast & 1 x Cadbury Crunchie
Bar (470g/750cal).
Alternatives
Fruit cake, fruit, crackers, bread, spreads, cheese slices, salami, one square
meal packs or 100g tinned Tuna, 200g canned rice, 250ml Up & Go Liquid
Breakfast & 1 x museli bars (600g/640cal).
Evening Meal
4 serve Rice risotto (200g/300cal) with an added flavoured instant noodles
(100g/400cal) made up in my shaker bottle (feeds two) or a Continental Pasta
(130g /400cal) with a maggi mash (100g/400cal) (feeds two) or half of
a 2 serve Back Country Dehydrated Meal. (175g/750cals). (Av
375cal/person)
Alternatives
Boil in bags, dehydrated packs, pasta.
Dessert/suppers
A cuppa soup (75cal) or hot chocolate for supper (200cal) and a Cadbury Crunchie
Bar (200cal). (Av 300 cal/person)
Alternatives
Small canned fruit, rehydrated fruit, biscuits, instant puddings, rice etc.
Snacks
2 x Museli bars each break Mother Earth - Choc Chip, Afghan, Apricot
and Peanut Brownie my favourites (300cal)
Alternatives
Beef jerky, biltong, scroggin, dried fruit etc.
Hot Drinks
Coffee with sugar (100cal) or hot chocolate, Milo and powdered milk (200cal).
You can make a dry coffee mix of 1 tspn coffee, 2 tspns sugar and 1.5 heaped
tspns of milk powder times the number of coffees you will have on the
tramp.
Alternatives
Tea, cup of soup.
Cold drinks
Water or Electrolyte supplement.
Alternatives
Sachet Raro etc. |
Special Notes
1. Always pack one complete spare day's
food in case of emergencies. A good way of
doing this is to use a 995g Back Country
Cuisine Ration Pack which includes the three
main meals, hot and cold drinks and snacks alongs the way.
2. Re-pack food into plastic bags to reduce
waste and weight but remember to keep instructions.
3. Ensure you have suffiicient gas for cooking
and always cook in a ventilated area. A
standard gas cartridge will last 90min or 3-4
days of cooking and boiling water. |