What's For Dinner?

[SA Bill]

What would you take?

I'm hiking up to the S Rim for a one night stay.
Breakfast the day going up will be a nice bowl of Cheerios...gotta watch that cholesterol you know.
Lunch going up will probably be a nice sandwich and some chips.

What about dinner? I'm not taking anything to cook with and I'm not taking a lot of water to rehydrate anything. Dinner will be a long time after I start up so it can't be anything that will spoil quickly. Please don't suggest jerky! I ate so much jerky backpacking in CO that I can barely stand to look at the stuff any more.

What other options can you all suggest? Crackers? Goldfish? Tootsie Rolls? 

Soooo...what would you take for dinner on the S Rim?
  Thanks!
    Bill

[SHANEA]

Spam with green eggs and ham and a bottle of Scotch.

[SA Bill]

Hmmm...how about graham crackers and scotch? 

Some kind of hard cheese and scotch?

Plain bread and scotch?

The possibilities are endless!!

Anyway, I'm more of a rum and Coke drinker. 
   Bill

[jeffblaylock]

Summer sausage, hard cheese, and a peach. And some scotch or vino.

[Burn Ban]

Summer sausage, hard cheese, and a peach. And some scotch or vino.

agree with the summer sausage, though  i would prefer a velvety jalapeno-jack followed by strawberries.  some crackers would be nice. 

[SA Bill]

Hmmmm...isn't summer sausage kinda like jerky?  I'll have to try some.

I'm leaning toward some Cheerios...I'm used to eating them dry...since I'll have some along for breakfast the next day, along with a couple of graham crackers. Maybe some M&Ms for dessert.
  Bill

[tjavery]

After a long day hiking, I really crave a hot meal. If that's not possible, then I'd go for salted and roasted mixed nuts. Peanut butter is a good one too - put it in a sandwich, tortilla, pita bread, etc.

Hmmmm...isn't summer sausage kinda like jerky?  I'll have to try some.

Not necessarily - it's meaty, of course, but much softer than jerky. I think it would be really good with some hard cheese!

[jeffblaylock]

Hmmmm...isn't summer sausage kinda like jerky? 

Nope, not like jerky. I like taking them on short backpacks because they will keep a couple of days and have lots of calories for the weight.

[Robert]

I'm like Tj, I like hot meals for dinner and breakfast. It's not like there is a whole lot to do once you're done hiking for the day anyway. Because of the weight issue we typically camp near springs so as to have a handy water supply. But for lunch we have the typical sausage, cheese, nuts, jerky, granola bars, etc. Sometimes I hit up Central Market for some different cheeses and dried sausages.

[Ay Chihuahua!]

If you are only going to be one night up at the Rim, your options are numerous.  What about something smoked, like some brisket?  Smoking will help preserve the meat.  Bring along a little bread, sauce and fixings...you might even freeze some potato salad that would probably be thawed by the time you get to camp. 

Of course, my suggestion is inspired by the fact that I'm currently hungry and would love a brisket sandwich.   

[jamesb]

I found this about a month ago. I think I am going to try some of them on my October trip with TWWG and Rey and a few others

http://www.ultralightbackpacker.com/food.html


edit
I meant to put this link also for Joes Ultra light moose goo
http://www.ultralightbackpacker.com/moosegoo.html

James

[Undertaker]

SA get rid of the food, just drink scotch, pack a little ice, you will not remember not eating.

[stingrey]

This might sound crazy, but if you happen to grab some non-greasy tacos (there is a place next to my neck of the woods called Teodora's Mini Tacos, for example) and keep 'em chilled, that might be a good overnight dinner... When I took my buddies on a moonlight hike up the rim we each carried two been and cheese w/bacon tacos.

The tortillas from that place are good and powdery/dry, and the beans/cheese are never all oily like at some taco joints. Anyway, they not only kept just fine during our overnight trek, but they were VERY much appreciated when we finally got to the top and caught sunrise from the rim.

I may be the minority on this one, but I hate taking candies up the rim since sometimes if I am very hungry and eat nothing but sweets I get heartburn. Again, that is just me. Take something predictable. If rum makes you jump off of things in the house, probably not a good idea to drink that while you are right on the rim.

I have not yet taken a considerable amount of alcohol up the rim, though it does seem like it might come in handy at times. In another thread of yours someone suggested Bayer or something like that. Tylenol, I don't know what it was... Either way, there are definitely times when I wished I had some painkillers on hand, so I NEVER leave for a long trek without something like that in the pack.

Whatever you take, be CERTAIN to take a lot of pics! And don't eat right on the same spot you will be sleeping!!! Another thing... If you FEEL like you should wait to eat just in case something is going to happen by, chances are that you should put off eating and whip out the camera. You have no idea how many times that has actually paid off for me!

[Boojum1]

Frozen chili and some crackers.  You can heat it up easily enough with your stove (gotta have hot coffee in the morning).  The frozen chili will thaw, and it will keep the beer cold.   

Otherwise, the previous suggestion of summer sausage (jalapeno-cheddar venison is my preference) with some trisket wafers would work nicely.  For lunch I like PBJ tortillas.  Trailmix (pecans, chex mix, m&m's, raisins) for snacking.  Enjoy the trip.

[russco]

GORP ....I actually ate nothing but that on a 3 day backpack once....ONCE! Have a good time up on the rim Bill!