In article , Roger Ohlund
wrote:

Hi all,

I thought I'd share some of my experience/inexperience about food supplies
when hiking in the mountains.
I know there are many of you that have vast experience with this and I just
thought that we might exchange ideas.
One could also see this post as a follow up on the "Lapland clave 2004 maps"
thread where I shared my view on camping gear with Mike Connor.

In my early days of hiking in the mountains I always walked to my
destination, something which has colored my choice in food supplies.
Here goes (read this as an idea of what to bring):

Mashed potatoe powder
Fast rice
Fast makaroni
Noodles (perhaps instead of makaroni)
(All these you can put in plastic bags instead of the bulky emballage
they're sold in)
Hard bread (will stay edible longer than soft bread)
Soft bread (for the first couple of days)
Canned sausages
Canned ham
Bacon (Will stay fresh for two days and will make a nice meal together with
the makaroni)
Cup-a-Soup
Dried reindeer meat
Cheese or Caviar on tube
Salami
Three bags of freeze dried food (as a reserve when unable to catch fish)
Coffee
Chocolate milk powder
Tea
Mixable Juice
Red onions
Paprika (capsicum)
Leek
A fresh lemon
Salt
Sugar
Dill seeds
Black pepper
Seasoned pepper (lemon, garlic)
A small bottle of olive oil
Chocolate bars
Salt licorice
Whiskey

Also remember to bring Aluminum foil for the fish.

A helicopter will add to the possibility of carrying more liquid stuff
(read: heavy stuff).
As this is the case with the Lapland clave (i.e. we don't have to walk
anything with our packing)

Beer
Wine

Any more ideas? Add to this list personal favorites.
When it comes to the Lapland Clave we will be buying this stuff in the last
small community that we pass on our way up to the helicopter.

/ Roger
Daytime engineer
Lifetime fly fisherman
If you feel like it, visit http://www.imsoc.se/angler/ for info on fly
fishing in northern Sweden, Lapland,
or visit http://www.imsoc.se/ffgallery/ , the fly fishermen's gallery.



Roger,
A solid list. Dried Reindeer may be a bit hard to find on this side of
the pond, although there may be a source coming to the house here in a
couple days :^ The other thing I would add would be Tabasco sauce. If
you're stuck in the middle of nowhere it can at least liven things up
after day three of the same meal (or MRE)

Allen
Catonsville, MD