Date: 2013-12-29
To: Food part 2
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Food part 2Thanks for all the interest in my food system. Judging on some of the questions I¢m getting I need to expand on this a little and show you the process a little better-What a data list looks like-Food/Size in oz/Calories/Cost/Taste/Nutrition Olive Oil/8.5/2400/$3/6/5Summer Sausage/20/1900/$5/8/7Pasta Sides/4.3/600/$1/8/7Jelly/22/1550/$1.88/8/7Parmesan Cheese/8/1500/$2.77/6/6Peanut Butter/18/3000/$2/9/7Reese¢s lg bar/6.8/2000/$1.78/9/5This is just an example, your data list should be large with all the foods you like. Looking at the data list you can¢t tell anything yet. But look what happens when you put some math to work-Let us say that you are concerned about carrying a lot of weight. What items from the list above are the lightest? Let¢s find out¢¦we will make a list comparing calories to pounds-Olive Oil weighs 8.5oz and we need to get it to 16oz to equal a pound. 8.5 x 2= 17 and that is close enough for me. Because we multiplied the weight times two we need to do the same to the calories- 2400 x 2 = 4800 So Olive oil becomes 4800cal per pound. You should be more exact then me on your list. Wow, a calculator would make this easy.Now we do the rest the same way and arrange the list from highest cal per pound to lowest and it will look a little like this-Reese¢s lg bar- 5000cal per poundOlive Oil- 4800cal per poundParmesan Cheese- 3000cal per poundPeanut Butter- 2900cal per pound Pasta Sides- 2200cal per poundSummer Sausage- 1500cal per poundJelly- 1050cal per poundNow it is easy to see that the Reese¢s and Olive Oil are about five times lighter to carry then the Jelly because they give you more calories for the weight. Make a big list like this and you can lighten your pack considerably when you resupply.Now let¢s find out what is cheaper out of these few items-We do the same thing only it¢s calories per $1. Looking back at the data list Olive Oil cost $3 so we need to divide by three to get to one dollar. So, we divide the calories by three and get 800. Whatever you do to the cost to make it $1 you do the same to the calories. Then Olive Oil is 800cal per $1. Do the same with the rest and rearrange them you get a list like this-Peanut Butter- 1500cal per $1Reese¢s lg bar- 1000cal per $1Olive Oil- 800cal per $1Jelly- 800cal per $1Pasta Sides- 600cal per $1Parmesan Cheese- 450cal per $1Summer Sausage- 400cal per $1These are all fairly high cal items¢¦on a big list you can see shopping from the top of the list will save you money on your hike.Comparing the cost list to the weight list and you can see the better foods to buy.The key to these lists is coming up with a common denominator like per pound in the first example and per dollar in the second. You can make it anything you want like per oz instead of per pound.Gather data from different stores if you are concerned about cost and then compare. Comparing different sizes of the same product can also be enlightening.I only addressed two concerns in these examples weight and cost. There are many more concerns.Please do not copy or ask for my lists, they will not help you as much¢¦make your own and your shopping will be more productive.Good luck.