Many of our friends and family have asked what we are doing for food along the Appalachian Trail. No, we won't be hunting or fishing--that requires carrying even more equipment, and also I don't know how to cut up, dress, or cook anything that we would catch.
Therefore, everything that we will eat, we will need to carry on us. We will be visiting little towns and country stores about once every six or eight days, so we will stock enough food to get us to the next spot.
Proteins:
We will be carrying foods such as jerky, nuts and peanut butter, to name a few.
Carbohydrates:
We'll pack foods such as dehydrated noodles (Ramen), dehydrated potatoes, tortillas and crackers.
Vitamins:
We will try to eat fruits and vegetables along the way, but we also bought a bottle of vitamin supplements to fill in for the vitamins we may not get from our diet.
Sodium:
This is one thing we won't have to worry about as the quick ready meals, like Ramen, etc. are chocked full of sodium.
Lions, and Tigers, and Bears oh my!
To keep bears out, we bought a stuff sack for all our food so we can suspend our food high up in a tree. To keep critters from chewing through, the stuff sack is constructed of
cuben fiber.
Peanut butter and jelly in tortillas was a favorite of mine, though heavy to pack. Plain ramen gets old after half a bowl, let alone multiple meals, and one is usually not enough after hiking all day. I would mix a ramen noodle into a Lipton sides rice or pasta style whatever, or some Bear Creek dehydrated soup mix, add a few chunks of meat on hand and BOOM. Large delicious satisfaction.
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