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Just because you're camping doesn't mean you have to give up eating decent food. In fact, almost anything you can cook up at home can still be made on a camping trip. You won't have the same conveniences as you have at home, but with a…
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Camping, hiking and wilderness go hand in hand. However, fine dining is not often associated with the wilderness experience. When on an overnight and extended hiking trip it is important to pack food that is lightweight as well as nutr…
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Dried food is an excellent option for camping. It can provide lightweight and easily snacked on options as well as more complicated cooked meals. It also allows backpackers to bring a more nutritionally complex menu than they might oth…
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Camping is an inexpensive way to have a fun family vacation. But cooking can get a little boring after awhile if you aren't an exceptional at cooking with fire. Cooking itself can be time consuming. Taking precooked fried foods along i…
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Dehydrated or freeze-dried food is great for camping and backpacking because it is lightweight, reasonably compact, and easily prepared. If you think that means tasteless, pricey glop that you wouldn't feed your dog, think again. These…
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Cooking food on a camp-out can be loads of fun. It can also take loads of gear, preparation and clean-up if you take a gourmet trip. Sometimes it's nice to keep it simple. Here's a list of easy foods to take along for camping when you…
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Food is one of the most important things to pack for a camping trip. You don't want to go to the store when you could be having fun outdoors, so pack what you need--but no more. The food on this list is probably either in your kitchen…
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Unlike dehydrated food, freeze dried foods are precooked. This means that all the seasonings and other food ingredients---spices, vegetables, and marinades---have been added. The entire meal is just waiting for you to add hot water to…
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That a bar of chocolate tucked into your pack will last almost forever. The boost of fat and sugar energy is handy to have in an emergency or on a chilly night; but there are many other nonperishable foods well suited to a camper's nee…
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Successful camping trips require three key things: food, shelter and water. Of these three, food tops the list as far as making a trip really memorable and fun. Food is important fuel for campers planning to hike, fish or otherwise exp…
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The longer your camping trip, the shorter the list of appropriate foods. If you're going camping only for a day or so, you can bring nearly anything you might want to eat. For longer trips, however, you need to bring food that is eas…
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Preparing food after a long day of hiking or playing in the woods never sounds like fun. Having some ready-to-eat foods on hand can help you out, providing a convenient way to ingest those necessary calories without a huge effort or ti…
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Gluten is a protein found in wheat, spelt, rye and other cereal grains. It gives bread its doughiness and is often used as a food additive. Campers who suffer from celiacs disease cannot eat gluten and must exercise care in finding glu…
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Many people think that even a car-camping trip necessitates reliance on processed, pre-packaged foods. This kind of food is convenient and easy to prepare, but it is hardly the only option or even the best one. A variety of tasty, nutr…
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Though methane gas has become outmoded in recent years as a camp stove fuel in favor of more efficient and refined fuels (such as methanol, propane and butane), the gas used to be a common cooking fuel for backpacking chefs for a numbe…
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