Ultimate Portable Food for BOB/BOV is Easy Cheese?

[Squirrley]

Peanut butter all the way.

Assuming we both have the normal BOB gear, minus food: I'll grab a jar of peanut butter, you grab a can of easy cheese, and we'll start hiking. I'd like to see how long you'd last

[Stormrider]

Also, peanut butter is pretty stable. Cheese of any kind will go rancid pretty quick, and if it comes in a (cheaply made) pressurized can you have that to worry about, too.

Wow this turned into cheese vs. peanut butter pretty quickly...

[EricinVirginia]

Just having fun. I'm pretty new to the forum and as I've gone through the different threads and been upgrading my search fu, I'm finding that some topics I would have guessed would already be discussed ad nauseum, weren't. My wife and I were talking about BOB food and I personally carry:
- 2 Mainstay 3,600 calorie packs.
- 1 can of cheddar canned cheese!
- 2 cans of Stagg Steakhouse chilli
- Pepporini/cheese snack packs

Thirsty food. A lot of the threads talk about the value of MREs... but they take up too much space and for a 3 day BOB, I guess I want to stay alive, eat something I like, and not be dry-heaving all the way to BOL. I love cheese. Eat it from the can all the time... but in a PB vs canned cheese hike-out mano e mano walk to the death, I think I'm grabbing the Mainstay, not PB.

Twinkies seem so fragile, but I love the Family Guy episode where they get to the Twinkie factory and rebuild (mutant) civilization around it. I was hiking once, one of those awake at 4 am at sea level and climbed up to about 14,000 feet... cadbury chocolate kept me going long after the "power bar" type food was gone. I love the Twinkie/Burning Man stories. Keep 'em coming! When I was a teenager, I did a 3 week boy scout hike in New Mexico and have done several hikes in the national parks in/around southern Utah... chocolate was like an energy/food shot. Made me hungry as all get out, but it kept me going.

Frankly, I'm surprised there aren't more candy bar fans out there. And where sugar/honey can be used as a wound packing material... no honey fans? I'm actually going to be adding honey when I can find a better way to store it in my BOB; those bear shaped plastic containers aren't working for me.

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Twinkies seem so fragile,

Twinkies are over rated.

[Kabong30]

I strip down my MREs typically. I combine all the accessory kits into a ziploc, get rid of the spoons (I have an LMF spork and 2 MRE spoons in my EDC/GHB) Another thing I carry that I don't see listed is bouillon cubes. I have a little box of those in my BOB, if water isn't an issue those things are pretty good and you can use them in other "less palatable" foods to make them a little easier to eat.

Also +1 for Peanut Butter.

[Squirrley]

The problem with MREs is that you have to carry all the water for them (since its inside them). However, if you're in a spot where you have to carry all of your water anyway, it doesn't much matter IMO.

That being said, I don't have any. Mostly cause I got a case years ago and ate them all and haven't gotten more. I don't like the trash they generate, either, although most everything else that comes packaged (as opposed to stuff you make @ home yourself) has that problem.

[bioboy]

For me, peanut butter (summer), M&M's (winter).

Zatarain's rice are the best I like the ability to swap in meat or you can eat it without plus add a small can of tomatoes and it really kicks it up. I'm not to sure about the cheese in a can stuff. Getting a dehydrator in the next couple of days and then I'll start to put together my own rice veggie mixes.

Recent find was a cup of noodles product it has a Spice pouch an oil pouch and a retort pouch with veg and a few beans in it the one I tried did anyways. 560 calories/cup might have a littel issue long term in winter with the retort pouch freezing. Repack in a Ziplock bag and reduce your bulk.

[Some Guy]

Peanut butter scare prompts recall of popular products, caution at Bay area institutions - By Amy L. Payne
January 20, 2009, 9:17AM
A salmonella outbreak that has killed at least six people and sickened more than 470 people in 43 states has local school officials and nursing homes checking their shelves, with most coming up empty.

Never seen my cup of noodles do that yet. TAKE THAT PEANUT BUTTER!

[Necrodamus]

WHAT! NO MOON PIES!

Back off cake people... it aint that kind of pie.
In fact its more like cake.

Moon Pie

[dukman]

I will stick with peanut butter and honey as my power food. I think the calories/lb of pb is far more than the cheez-whiz, not to mention a lot more protein. And the sugar content in honey can't be beat.

[elkhills]

Peanut butter scare prompts recall of popular products, caution at Bay area institutions - By Amy L. Payne
January 20, 2009, 9:17AM
A salmonella outbreak that has killed at least six people and sickened more than 470 people in 43 states has local school officials and nursing homes checking their shelves, with most coming up empty.

Never seen my cup of noodles do that yet. TAKE THAT PEANUT BUTTER!

But nobody had gotten sick from eating the snack...

This is just another example of "The Man" trying to keep Peanut Butter down.

[Flex]

Never seen my cup of noodles do that yet. TAKE THAT PEANUT BUTTER!

Japan recalls noodles over scare
Two large Japanese food manufacturers have found insecticide in their instant noodles, triggering a food scare.

First, Nissin - which invented the instant noodle - recalled 500,000 pots after a woman became ill. She had eaten from a cup containing insect repellent.

Now another Japanese food giant, Myojo, says it too has found the same substance in two of its own pots.

I'm a moose goo person myself. I'll have to get some Nutella when I go to the store tonight so I can try out the chocolate variety...

And Clif Bars. Delicious, delicious Clif Bars.

[Some Guy]

Never seen my cup of noodles do that yet. TAKE THAT PEANUT BUTTER!

Japan recalls noodles over scare
Two large Japanese food manufacturers have found insecticide in their instant noodles, triggering a food scare.

First, Nissin - which invented the instant noodle - recalled 500,000 pots after a woman became ill. She had eaten from a cup containing insect repellent.

Now another Japanese food giant, Myojo, says it too has found the same substance in two of its own pots.

I'm a moose goo person myself. I'll have to get some Nutella when I go to the store tonight so I can try out the chocolate variety...

And Clif Bars. Delicious, delicious Clif Bars.

Fri, Oct 24, 2008 AFP
TOKYO – JAPAN’S Nissin Food Products said on Friday it was recalling half a million cups of instant noodles over fears of insecticide contamination in the latest food safety scare to rock the country’s consumers.

A 67-year-old woman vomited and felt numbness on her tongue after eating Nissin’s Cup Noodle this week in the Tokyo suburb of Fujisawa, the city’s health office said late on Thursday.

See, she didn't even die. More propaganda for the pro peanut butter movement

[TAB]

I mix peanut butter with oatmeal, raisins, walnuts, and bits of chocolate. Mmmm! I'm going to add some honey to my next batch to keep it from getting so hard.

[elkhills]

Hello, my name is Professor Shabazz K. Morton. In 1895, at the Tuskagee Institute in Alabama, a black man named George Washington Carver developed a new method of soil improvement through crop rotation to end the South African cultural dependence on cotton alone. As a result, Carver came up with hundreds of industrial uses for the peanut. Sure, industrial uses.

Meanwhile, one night, he's having a few friends over to his house for dinner. And one of them leans over and says to Dr. Carver, "Excuse me, George? What's that your putting on your bread?" Carver says, "Oh, that's nothing but a butter substitute that I made from peanuts. I can't digest all that animal fat, you know." So the other fellow tasted it, and he says, "Hmm.. this tastes pretty good, man. Mind if we take a peek at the recipe?" And Dr. Carver says, "Take a peek? Man, you can have it. Who's gonna eat butter made out of peanuts? No, I'm working on a method to compress peanuts into phonograph needles."

So, Professor Carver's two dinner guests Edward "Skippy" Williamson and Frederick "Jif" Armstrong - two white men - stole George Washington Carver's recipe for peanut butter, copyrighted it, and reaped untold fortunes from it. While Dr. Carver died penniless and insane, still trying to play a phonograph record with a peanut.

This has been "Black History Minute". I'm Professor Shabazz K. Morton. Good night.

[EricinVirginia]

I spent a lot of time in Japan... instant ramen noodles over there are often referred to as having the nutritional value of recycled newspaper. I can't stand that stuff.

[Squirrley]

instant ramen noodles over there are often referred to as having the nutritional value of recycled newspaper.

Probably because they do The only thing of 'nutritional' content, I.E. anything resembling a food product, is the 'flavor powder' which is about all the salt you'll need for the next couple days. Plus some sort of chemicals to make it taste vaguely like something else.


Now don't get me wrong, I love a brick (or cup) of ramen as much as the next guy (especially mixed with tuna an spicy mustard.. mmmmmmm tasty), but definitely not camping, unless its car camping. Anything goes when you don't have to carry it on your back

[BigSal]

Taken from the Walmart website:

Caution: Contents Under Pressure. Do Not Puncture Or Expose to Excessive Heat.

During the Zombie Apocalypse Easy Cheese would make the ideal IED, check out the explosive power of easy cheese in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZBFPrvPqM


While My vote was for Bacon, due to its Yummy Bacon Goodness (YBG), Easy cheese can double as a weapon, so it deserves consideration.

[cheech_sp]

Twinkie? Check.
Hotdog? Check.
Easy Cheese? Check.
Weird Al Yankovic? Check.
A Twinkie Wiener Sandwich! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-_FO9p8Xdg

[Varelse]

Meanwhile, one night, he's having a few friends over to his house for dinner. And one of them leans over and says to Dr. Carver, "Excuse me, George? What's that your putting on your bread?" Carver says, "Oh, that's nothing but a butter substitute that I made from peanuts. I can't digest all that animal fat, you know." So the other fellow tasted it, and he says, "Hmm.. this tastes pretty good, man. Mind if we take a peek at the recipe?" And Dr. Carver says, "Take a peek? Man, you can have it. Who's gonna eat butter made out of peanuts? No, I'm working on a method to compress peanuts into phonograph needles."

So, Professor Carver's two dinner guests Edward "Skippy" Williamson and Frederick "Jif" Armstrong - two white men - stole George Washington Carver's recipe for peanut butter, copyrighted it, and reaped untold fortunes from it. While Dr. Carver died penniless and insane, still trying to play a phonograph record with a peanut.

This has been "Black History Minute". I'm Professor Shabazz K. Morton. Good night.

If the story is to be believed.....he gave them the recipe. Giving is completely different than stealing. Even the dictionary agrees with me on this one

[Sicone]

Ugh If Twinkies were the only food in the P.A.W I'd turn to brain.

Also they don't remotely last forever

Twinkies have a shelf life of twenty-five days, not seven years, and certainly not fifty years

Taken from http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/twinkies.asp

[dukman]

I actually do not believe snopes on this one... I have just heard way too many stories. There used to be a twinkie cam, its history has to be somewhere in the annuls of the web. It was left on a windowsill in direct sunlight and looked edible months later. It wasn't until some rain got it wet that is started to go bad.

[Os terriveis]

'Nuff said.....

[gregb]

where do you people in the US buy your MREs at? I cant find anywhere nearby that will sell me anything of that nature.

Try craigslist or ebay. I bought three cases of the real military MRE's off of ebay a few years ago. Just make sure you don't get mislead by someone saying they have the military MRE's when they are not. Just keep take care of them and keep them in a cool place so they will last far beyond their "expiration" date.