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Bookmarking this for later use. I've always wanted to find a recipe somewhere between Soylent and Lembas Bread that can be used for long hiking or canoe trips.

Bookmarking this for later use. I've always wanted to find a recipe somewhere between Soylent and Lembas Bread that can be used for long hiking or canoe trips. Unfortunately the beans and cabbage hardly sound appetizing for a bread. The obvious ideas are wheat, nuts, and dried fruits. Any good resources for this?

fenwick67 9y ago
PB&J are great if you don't want to break camp. It sounds lame but they're basically fruit nuts flour and salt.
mizzack 9y ago
Not a bread, but... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemmican https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemmican
- arca_vorago 9y ago
  I love pemmican. Just be careful on the berries though, as they can vastly reduce how long it stays good.
vinchuc0 9y ago
Refer to my other comment. If you must, any constraint optimization solver will do. Here's two: [1] Example http://apmonitor.com/online/view_pass.php http://apmonitor.com/online/view_pass.php [2] HN Thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15530630 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15530630
vorpalhex 9y ago
There's a difference between food good for survival and food that is good for you. You can buy modern high calorie food bars that will last ten years and contain 3000 cals in a tiny package, but they're mostly carbs. Again, great for survival but not something to live off of while on a fun trip in the backcountry. I usually pack precooked meats (frozen if needed), dried meats, firm biscuits or crackers, and some nuts and fruit. Granola and oats are good too of course. If you have conveyance (a canoe or kayak, an atv, etc) then you can afford to bring much less dense (and usually better tasting) food.
- eric_h 9y ago
  > If you have conveyance (a canoe or kayak, an atv, etc) then you can afford to bring much less dense (and usually better tasting) food. Can confirm, many years ago went on a canoe trip on the Shenandoah for a week and we brought about 400lbs total food and equipment per 2 man canoe. We ate like kings, and mine and my boat-mate's canoe was the only one that didn't capsize on the trip (everyone had fully waterproof bags, so no one lost anything, it was just a matter of pride).
starpilot 9y ago
Logan Bread https://sectionhiker.com/logan-bread-recipe/ https://sectionhiker.com/logan-bread-recipe/ (various recipes out there, but I've tried this one) or Mealsquares: https://www.mealsquares.com/ https://www.mealsquares.com/ The Logan bread was tastier, though the Mealsquares are really pretty good just a bit dry.
sp332 9y ago
You could try fermenting the cabbage to get a lot more flavor.
f_allwein 9y ago
There's a guy in the UK who eats nothing but beans on toast... Apparently, not super healthy, but not too bad either. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3089167/Could-survive-just-beans-toast-Man-25-eats-student-staple-meal-doctors-say-perfectly-healthy.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3089167/Could-surv...

fenwick67 9y ago

PB&J are great if you don't want to break camp. It sounds lame but they're basically fruit nuts flour and salt.

mizzack 9y ago

Not a bread, but... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemmican https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemmican

arca_vorago 9y ago
I love pemmican. Just be careful on the berries though, as they can vastly reduce how long it stays good.

vinchuc0 9y ago

Refer to my other comment. If you must, any constraint optimization solver will do. Here's two: [1] Example http://apmonitor.com/online/view_pass.php http://apmonitor.com/online/view_pass.php [2] HN Thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15530630 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15530630

vorpalhex 9y ago

There's a difference between food good for survival and food that is good for you. You can buy modern high calorie food bars that will last ten years and contain 3000 cals in a tiny package, but they're mostly carbs. Again, great for survival but not something to live off of while on a fun trip in the backcountry. I usually pack precooked meats (frozen if needed), dried meats, firm biscuits or crackers, and some nuts and fruit. Granola and oats are good too of course. If you have conveyance (a canoe or kayak, an atv, etc) then you can afford to bring much less dense (and usually better tasting) food.

eric_h 9y ago
> If you have conveyance (a canoe or kayak, an atv, etc) then you can afford to bring much less dense (and usually better tasting) food. Can confirm, many years ago went on a canoe trip on the Shenandoah for a week and we brought about 400lbs total food and equipment per 2 man canoe. We ate like kings, and mine and my boat-mate's canoe was the only one that didn't capsize on the trip (everyone had fully waterproof bags, so no one lost anything, it was just a matter of pride).

starpilot 9y ago

Logan Bread https://sectionhiker.com/logan-bread-recipe/ https://sectionhiker.com/logan-bread-recipe/ (various recipes out there, but I've tried this one) or Mealsquares: https://www.mealsquares.com/ https://www.mealsquares.com/ The Logan bread was tastier, though the Mealsquares are really pretty good just a bit dry.

sp332 9y ago

You could try fermenting the cabbage to get a lot more flavor.

f_allwein 9y ago

There's a guy in the UK who eats nothing but beans on toast... Apparently, not super healthy, but not too bad either. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3089167/Could-survive-just-beans-toast-Man-25-eats-student-staple-meal-doctors-say-perfectly-healthy.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3089167/Could-surv...