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Before bedtime put hot water in a thermos, add chopped apple, steel cut oatmeal, raisins, and honey for a great breakfast, or a hardy snack in the middle of the night when you are freezing. Cook sloppy joes ahead of time, freeze in boil in bags, drop in boiling water and beer along with hotdogs, put on buns and you have German style sloppy joe hot dogs!

I ate very similar to this when I was homeless and living in a tent. No refrigeration. I read a negative comment about the instant mashed potatoes. I pour the hot water in a dish, then slowly add potatoes and mix until I get the consistency I want. My favorite soup was Ramen noodles, dehydrated veggies ( like the cabbage mix- it's sweet), jerky, spice to taste. Let soak in boiling water for around 20 min for everything to re hydrate and eat. Instant rice, refried beans, dried soup mixes and so on were my staples. I added canned meat to round out my meals. I have no problem with vienna sausages or salty canned foods- I just didn't add salt to a lot of things.

RE: The prego or other ready type meals. I have put a lg hand warmer on either side of it and stuffed it in my inside coat pocket in winter and it's ready to go until the hand warmers quit. Or wrap it with a towel/clothing or something and set it aside for 20-30 min or so while I'm doing something else. Not exactly "hot" but really really warm. Good enough for me though.

As a homeless person I approve.. I shop souly on longer lasting food And I swap packs of condiments from the gas station and fast food places..

I like to bring pita bread on the trail, they toast great, and stay fresh for a long time as well.

Real potatoes pack fairly easy and don't spoil too fast. Teas are essential, coffee is a must. Chocolate is great for winter camping.

I dont know if anyone else likes this. but I absolutley love GV frosted wheats that I dip in Jiff Penut butter. I get a 24 oz box of frosted wheats and a 40 oz jar of Jiff for under $10.00, and its like 8800 calories. Always feels like Im eating something substantial with a satisfying crunch, lots of fiber, filling penut butter, and sweet frosting. I live this much better than any bars. I also bring nutella for a change up, or a combo...lol.

Those Folders crystals packs also come in decaf too. I can't have caffeine so I bring both in case I have somebody with me.

I can't say enough good things about the all the newish 90-second microwave rices that are available now. It's not exactly "cooking" if you want to get all fancy about it, but it's really awesome to have this easy rice to mix with grilled meats or seafood in such a light-weight packet. I wish they weren't about $2 a pouch, because that's about 100 times more expensive than raw rice, but darn if they aren't really useful to make a good meal!

Lawrys season salt was something that went with us everywhere in the military. It made anything taste better!!!!!!LOL

I know this is extremely late as the video was posted 2 years ago but some bullion cubes could work well. They’re very small and compact as well as simple.

I’m just starting to camp regularly and I appreciate you’re videos! Thanks for sharing

One thing i always keep at the ready is a few family sized bags of jack links beef jerky. Great snack for in between meals and salty so helps hold water but not to salty where it can dehydrate you

and also lipton soup is good for up to a decade past its sell by date

Love it! You're my kind of dude. When I saw the Spam I was like 😍

Great video! Thank you for making it, I’ll definitely be using this info for my pack. I love to eat too and these nifty items are perfect for packing and being on the go!

Love the idea of dehydrating leftovers! I'm not sure why it never occured to me. Thanks for the tip!

just went camping a few weeks ago and what i do now a days is take those grocery store ready to eat/microwaveable pouches like you mentioned, Prego ready meals, Starkrist Tuna or Chicken and mix them up with the Military MRE (surplus or the commercial variants like XMRE, Z-Ration, First Strike Ration, etc). Super coinvent and way better than bulky canned goods or freeze dried mountain house over priced crap

Thank you for sharing this video, I’m just getting into tending trips but also great hunting days too.

Best if buy dates are not expiration dates. That soup last at least 10 years or more.

@4:40, I would expect those Ready Meals to be able to handle being dunked in boiling water, since they handle the heat generated by a stint in the Nuke-uwave.

Great video. Some of the east to grab stuff in the store is inexpensive, and easy to heat up. You did a great overview of stuff in this video. I have been dehydrating meals for 10 years, that is really the way to go if you do a lot of backpacking. A lot of the meals like mountain house are very unhealthy, they get you the calories you need, but are loaded with salt. Not bad if you are doing a quick weekend trip, not a big deal.. But doing a week or so out camping or backpacking,.. not the food you want to be eating. I picked up a few items in your video,. thanks.

If you enjoy the taste of chicken ramen like me but don't want all that sodium here's what I do . Walmart carries a small package of Mahatma yellow rice for $0.75. And the Dollar Tree carries a 16oz bottle of seasoning salt for a dollar. The seasoning salt smells and taste just like chicken ramen with like half the sodium. Pairing them together you get a hardier and healthier meal that tastes just like chicken ramen. There's enough rice in the bag for a lunch for two or a Hearty dinner for one at the end of the day. I also like to fry up some smoked sausage slices to pair with it for fat and protein. It's delicious and it's cheap. If you want to make it last longer you can substitute the smoked sausage with summer sausage. But in my opinion the fresh sausage is tastier.

Thanks for all the great ideas. I carry crystallized lemon and lime juices. They are great and the lemon one is regularly available at dollar tree.

Bought a freeze drier to hedge against loosing the food in our freezers . Looking forward to trying some stuff I don’t normally bring . Good video. Have a good one

Great presentation. A lot of those I eat already. I never thought of using them of that. Thx

Some of those pouch meals are kinda like a cheap civilian MRE. I've been looking up those vacuum sealing devices, and it's possible to use a vacuum cleaner for fairly decent results if you do it right. Then you can pack whatever you want for at least short term. The best thing for camp meals is always aluminum foil. I put aside empty tic tac containers for spices. And aside from camping what I always do, is keep a box in my car for whatever I run into. Matches lighter pocket knife, blanket and a plastic table cover, a jacket and at least one pair of socks. Old shoes. Basically I try to keep a little kit in the box so that I'm prepared for anything. I think it's something all kids should be taught when they get their license. Keep a small prepairness kit for random emergency. Get caught in the rain, lucky for you, you've got sweat pants and dry socks, and some old shoes. Whatever you think might be useful. Never know. I even keep a alcohol stove and snacks in the box.

real good video, you have shown lots of options for light weight meals for hiking

As a nearly diagnosed diabetic I am majorly redoing my food options while camping. Also try McCormick's Nature's seasoning. it has salt/pepper/garlic/onion and celery seed. Great on Everything!

It's easy to avoid the high-salt, high-cost 'camping' envelopes with a trip to Wal*Mart! My two issues are that in Canada, you can't find the tetra-packs of Tuna, Ham and Chicken...just tins. Also, living with Type II, means that a careful eye on carbs, sugars and overly processed foods makes it doubly difficult!!!

Soup isle, I always get those little soup cubes. Its good with raman or any stew. Bojon cubes or something. Try those out :)

great video. First time i went camping a few years ago i brought bulky canned goods. Luckily I was car camping so i didnt have to carry in a pack all day, but none the less, I now know better that theres better options out there.

tic tac containers are good for when you are camping and wanna take some spices

Best by dates on dehydrated food is really only best for the mfgr. If the package is still intact it's gonna be good when you need it. Other than that you got some great ideas here. Some money saving ideas might be to buy cans of chicken, tuna or Spam (slice it down to singles) and vac bag em (seal-a-meal). Also buy normal sizes of PB and put some in baggies or small plastic containers. Tortillas are awesome for trips too.

I like the instant rice with mushroom soup also can tamales with rice and a can of pork all under a dollar at the dollar store you mix the Spanish rice with the juice from Smalley's and the can a pork chicken whatever you prefer excellent excellent meal

A money saving tip for mountain house meals (other companies probably do similar things) is to get on their email list and watch for sales.

N8ce. Gonna need the hot stuff when I go on my first snow camp...lol. another good vid.

This video along with the comments are incredibly useful.

*Oatmeal; Honey; fresh fruits and vegetables already washed, cut, pre-measured and in it’s own baggy; bar-b-que sauce; I Love Spam; trail mix; dry milk... spices!* *Spices!*. You can always especially if you carry a variety of food make a soup out of a bunch of things you wouldn’t of thought to mix together. I always enjoyed soup out on the trail! It was hot yummy and I guess it was comforting!

Looks likes good stuff to have on hand in case of an emergency

If you get hungry for vegetables when you are backpacking. Ramin Noodles with some of the Harmony House Dehydrated Vegetable Soup mix ( about two heaping tablespoons ) added is really good , especially with a dash ( or two ) of Hot Sauce. I also add a Tablespoon of the dehydrated Cabbage to mine because I like Cabbage. The vegetable soup mix is good by itself plus you can add ( Summer-Sausage , Jerky , Dukes Smoked Short Sausages , Chicken ) whatever you want to it. Let your imagination go crazy.

Let me give you a couple of things to try. You talked about freezing meat and it lasting a day. On youtube people have made pouches out of a foil bubble wrap you can buy at lowes. They use them for warming up rice dishes or Mtn house meals, cooking out of them, just adding boiling water. I have found that if I freeze meat, put it in a ziplock bag, then the pouch and wrap it in clothes in my pack, even in the summer I can keep it cold for about 3 days. A mini fridge. Another thing I use is gravy packets. I use 1/2 a packet per meal and make biscuits and gravy, using English muffins/ a poached egg on top and some jerky, bacon bits or something sprinkled in the gravy or on top. Try it you will like it. I use the other half of the gravy packet with the Ramon noodles. Last idea is stove top dressing, very satisfying. I too love to eat when I go hiking. Good luck with your next adventure.

Thanks again for another great informative video!! Thanks for the ideas

Awesome video! This just gave me some great ideas.. 👍⛺️

Definitely need to check out those Microwave Meals! Thanks!

The jif to go cups are great. I've been buying them. Perfect proportion.

The Prego Ready Meals are fantastic. Sometimes you can find them on sale for $1. I ate a Chicken & Dumplings one last week on my camping trip. Just boiled the bag in hot water over a Sterno Stove fueled with Dollar Tree canned chafing dish heaters and ate straight out of the bag. No fuss and easy clean up.

Lots of tasty goodies to be had for cheap. Great video.

Mate we have similar to your Ramen noodles in Australia,I often use the Oriental noodles and chuck them into a stirfry….totally delish!

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Thanks for sharing a great video. My wife and I started dehydrating back in 1994. We had a bad dehydrator(Ronco) and even so we managed ok. Several years later I picked up a much better one for $3.00 at a garage sale and we haven't stopped since. My wife made and dehydrated the food for 12 people for a 10 day canoe trip in Canada all under 100 pounds! My favorite meal of the trip... Corned Beef and Cabbage with potatoes. Jello no-bake cheesecake for dessert after spaghetti, peas and garlic bread was the halfway dinner.

Chicken stew ready meals are my favorite camping trip food. Can be microwaved at local general store or taken out the package and cooked on camp stove

Excellent choices for camping.

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Dip the chocolate cliff bar in the peanut butter! Just saying it's amazing. Great video I love all those things.

Some good ideas here. I'd add oatmeal to the list. With some honey or peanut butter. Healthy, filling and a nice break from all the usual salty pre packaged foods. Also you forgot whiskey for the cold nights... lol

Great tips, thanks for sharing with us.

Great info thank you for sharing!

making your own energy / protein bars are easy. just use a blender and smush up whatever you dont want to be chunky. add some peanut butter and/or cocoa some honey or brown sugar. protein powder nuts dried fruits.... whatever you want. oatmeal. etc. mix it all together and smush into a pan and when set up or firm as you want... cut into bars and wrap in saran wrap or put in a baggie. way cheaper than cliff bars and you get what you want in them.

i always bring sel pepper and tabasco and im all good with that great video to put in my food

Great video thanks for all the help

Great thoughts. Peanut butter to go is just a few spoonfuls of pb scooped into the corner of a ziplock bag.

Great vid! I'm so grateful to see more 'instant meal' options available now...and more affordable than typical backpacking meals. These meals are not the most healthy & usually overloaded with sodium; but this isn't for everyday/just for camping...I think that's fine. I went car camping; but didn't want to mess with ice. I used Nido powdered milk to add to coffee & can also be used to make a cream base for a main dish. I was pleasantly surprised with the taste.For meats, if you can stand a lil more weight, small medical ice packs (ie. used for shipping insulin) seem to stay frozen so much longer than anything I could buy at the store. It seems that you are more geared to backpack type meal prep; but if car camping was an option...I think canning your own meat to bring with would give you days worth of 'fresh' protein.

Very helpful, appreciate it!

i don’t condone or suggest this, but; many years ago i had a coworker who would empty (drink) and dry his drink cup at fastfood places just before we left each time. he would then take it and the lid to the area where drink refills and condiments were. then pretending to get a drink refill, he would fill the cup with packets of salt, pepper, sugar, condiments and any specialties they had. he built an entire small suitcase for them that was divided and highly organized and would take it home to off load and start over every few months...

So many great food ideas 👍🏽

Very informative. Thank you, buddy.

Great video!

This is an excellent video you put out to KZfaqrs. I was looking at reviews of the most popular brand names of Freeze-dried food packs mostly taken on Hiking or camping trips. They really vey expensive for what you paid, the taste is very bland, and usually don't hydrate well. So what you do is exactly what I was thinking about and now you put me on the right track … Inexpensive, taste good, and fun setting yourself up for to make the trip worth it with some real goodies. Have you tried making your own jerky? Oh, you forgot the beer.

Sushi shops are good for soy sauce and also mayo packets. Even have teriyaki sauce packets too.

Thanks for the info

Awesome video man!! I've done some of the same stuff in regards to packing light like the tuna pouches and spam pouches. Very awesome! They're great source of nutrients and not alot to pack in your journey!

Thanks for the tips.

Great ides! Thanks so much. :)

Great stuff sir!

Great video and great information

Good info. Thank you.

Spam......the science meat of the gods

I used to add one of the various cup a soups to the mashed potatoes for a different flavour

Lots of good ideas. Thanks you.

I took some of the small mylar bags. I put oatmeal (some with cinnamon) in a sealed. All you have to do is cut open, add water, stir and wait few min. Eat out of pouch. They pack nice and flat and take no space in my BOB.

Sorry to be a party pooper, but might want to avoid adding boiling water directly in the oatmeal bag.... it seems the bag has an inner coating that may be polyethylene (like the knorr bags which are in fact coated with polyethylene). polyethylene plastic, which is also used to make ziploc bags, starts softening around 195F (mainly depending on elevation) and boiling water is around 212F. interestingly there seems to be a few people out there who think freezer bags are safe to add boiling water to... a freezer bag generally has a better seal and thicker plastic BUT softening point is for the most part the same...remember, it's a freezer bag, not an "oven bag". even if the plastic was a FOOT thick, the side exposed to the hot water can still melt/soften. if you are ok with potential chemical leakage in your food, i will sh up :) stay healthy!

In Sweden we have can harring sill and its great. I like it and bring it on hike here. Caled "Matjessill" and it make u full of salt, electrolytes and fat, oil and sll u need in one can. 🇸🇪✊️👍🏻🐟

TrueLime and TrueLemon packets would be a great alternative to leaky lemon juice packets. They are crystallize lemon or lime juice so they are small, light and won’t leak.

Hey Bud, I'm packing for a 8 day snowshoe, ice fishing, bushcraft camping trip in upstate Maine next week. This video was a big help to me. I bought a lot of what you talked about. Some stuff I never considered before. Made my food planning a lot easier. Thanks, keep em coming.

Very good, Thank you very much

Good information thanks..

Don't forget those microwavable Mac and cheese and ravioli I just use boiling hot water on camps stove ready to eat on cold nights

Knorr has the rice in those same types of packets for $1 at walmart mix a little chilli $2-$3 or top it off with a thick canned soup $1.50 or some meat maybe sausage, spam or grilled chicken $1-$2 and your all set quick tasty high energy meal

Stove Top Stuffing

Great video I subscribed to your channel keep up the great work

Pop tarts! Should be on the list.

Will you be doing any more camping food videos in the future? Would love to give you a sample of my product to see if it's worth mentioning.

Old Bay heeeeellllll yes!!!!

PEANUT BUTTER!!!

Any tips/food that doesnt need a cooler? Other than the ones that was mentioned in the vid?

I really do like your suggestions and what type of food to be on a camping and hiking trip. Though that little Soy Sauce packet is not real soy sauce if you read the ingredients that are in it. Next time you go to your local Panda Express make sure to ask for some extra Kikkoman brand Soy Sauce packets. Kikkoman is pretty much the gold standard of real soy sauce. And not that Imitation stuff you have that is nothing more than a sugar based brown liquid. I think you might have mentioned this in one of your other KZfaq videos. About the Walmart "Great Value" brand Pulled Pork in BBQ sauce. If not, then for those who are watching this great KZfaq video. Next to you go to your local Walmart store. Check out the section where they have all the canned Tuna Fish and other pre-packaged foods. That come in a aluminum pouch and look for the Great Value Pulled Pork. It is great with just about anything, for putting it on a Tortilla, to mixing it in with some Top ramen noodles.

excellent content

Strangely satisfying-- that noise when he picks up a package or touches them!! ❤ Volume on high XD