"Bob Patton" rwpmailatcharterdotnet wrote in message
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"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
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Sounds like quite an expedition! Wish I could be there. Remembering some
of
my experiences . . .

Aluminum foil is one of the best things to take - it's versatile as hell.
Great for wrapping fish for cooking. But there's a good bit of heavy stuff
there - cheese, canned ham, ham, bacon, salami, canned sausages, etc.

Not really. The canned ham and canned sausages sausages are the two heavy
ones but as long as you start by eating those (if walking to your
destination) the rest won't weigh that much. The cheese is in a tube and the
bacon is a flat package with thin slices (a portion) and so is the salami.

Sounds
like it would be good to eat, and if you don't have to carry it very far,
or
if you have horses or helicopters or something to carry it, I guess it's
not
much of a problem. But in my view, by the time you carry all that stuff
and
the utensils and fuel to cook it you'll be too worn out to do much
fishing.
The materials you use to wrap all that meat will also make a hell of a
bundle of very aromatic garbage. Do you have bears?

Yes, but you'll be very lucky if you get to see one.

My personal preference is to focus on high-carbohydrate, light-weight
stuff
that will satisfy energy requirements without adding lots of weight. I
like
to minimize the water, because I can always find water anywhere I'm
fishing,
and by either boiling it or adding iodine I can make the water potable.

Potable??? As in drinkable??? Heh, heh, heh.
There is probably no water better than the water in the area that we're
going to fish during the Lapland clave.
The spring water found there is close to sterile at less than 4 degrees
Celsius with little minerals.
The water is so good that it actually adds to the experience of being there.

Dried fruit, dried vegetable soups, dried meat (jerky), dehydrated meals
(somewhat expensive, but can be good). Maybe some chili pepper and other
dry
spices, and aluminum foil to wrap the fish in for cooking.

Dried fruit, good idea. Have to try that.

I happen not to like ramen noodles - not much substance, and lots of salt
to
make you think you're getting something to eat. It's really more of a
salty
snack much more suitable for a winter snack at home.

That will free up capacity for whiskey or aquavit. Enough of that and you
won't miss the culinary deficiencies!

Yep, we're on the same wavelength there.

/Roger