From: corby@ssf-sys.DHL.COM (Corby Anderson)
Subject: Re: Lunches and Snacks: what do you bring?
Organization: DHL Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 08:28:01 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.191308.19575@news.uiowa.edu> jones@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879) writes:
>From article <Bx7CBI.2rA@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>,
>by amirza@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Anmar Caves):

>Caviar, good cheese and crackers makes a great snack!  I prefer Wheat
>Thins for this, and I go for a cheese that travels well, something like
>Gouda or Emmentaller, if you can get it.
>
>Kippered herring in garlic sauce is also pretty good.

I go for kippers, too (I guess it's the same stuff, anyway!)  I never
thought of smoked oysters or caviar, though.  I'll bet that's just as
tasty!  Someone earlier in this thread mentioned those puddings-in-
a-can treats... whenever I'm out I get a hankering for one, but I've
never actually brought one with.

I've thought of cheese, but I worry about it spoiling.  Would a nice
average cheddar last long, do you think?

I've gone backpacking a couple times with a friend of mine whose
culinary originality made the trips more than pleasant.  One is
jello.  He brings powdered jello in a tupperware container, prepares
it before we set up camp, and leaves in it the nearest body of water
to gel while we set up things and make dinner.  Makes a tasty dessert!

And what a dinner!!  He freezes a steak the night before the trip,
wraps it in plastic and sticks it in the middle of his pack.  By
the time we're ready to camp, it's thawed and ready for grilling.
Grilling, you say?  Yes, he brings about 15-20 charcoal briquettes (and
a tin plate to protect the delicate Sierra topsoil), fires it up,
and grills a couple steaks on his lightweight grill.  It goes great
with the little Nalgene container of red wine he brings!

Hmmm.  I just reread that, and it doesn't really sound all that
credible, does it?  I'll have to suggest something even more unreasonable
to make the above sound... well... at least within the realm of
reality!  I was reading a camping guide - I'm sure someone will
recognize this story and share the name of the book (which I have
forgotten) - and the author recounted a tale of some expert hikers who
played a dastardly hoax on an unfortunate Life Magazine photographer.
After hours and hours of hiking, the party (with the Life photographer
in tow) arrived at the peak of a spectacularly difficult hike.  All the
members of the party (except the Life guy) put down their packs and
casually reached inside and pulled out watermelons!  The Life guy ate it up
(figuratively and literally) and managed to convince America that
the really good hikers always carry watermelons: nature's perfect energy
food!

I considered trying it - going so far as to heft a melon in the supermarket
before a trip - but I don't think I'd ever be able to make it!

Corby

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