Jun 15, 2010 · Don't worry about taking some salami or summer sausage into bear country. The bears will be happy to help you take care of it. The problem will be after you eat some of it, and you will have salami odor around your camp, and you will have it on your fingers. Fine. You can wash up, but the bears will smell it after you don't anymore.

Aug 22, 2016 · Now this was un-sealed salami, not in factory-sealed plastic. I suspect factory-sealed or home-vac-packed with the outside carefully cleaned would be very low-odor. Just like I have a particular sequence through the grocery store, bears develop habits around where the most careless people have the tastiest food.

Oct 17, 2019 · Slice of each salami; Piece of gruyere and parmesan cheeses; Small serving of one of the above trail mixes; Lunch every day tasted great. I left the salami and cheeses in plastic bags out on my counter-top, only cutting out a small serving each day. Even at day 7, the salami and cheeses looked, tasted, and smelled fine.

May 25, 2010 · For instance, pretty much any cooking oil has the same energy density as olive oil. For fruit leather and jerky, the values above should work. If you like jerky as a luxury food, that's cool, but its energy density is pathetic; hard salami is much more dense.

Dec 30, 2024 · A few choices for light knives. My current carry is a Gerber LST at 16.8g, It’s a nice knife. Opens smoothly and locks precisely. But it lives in my ditty bag because I don’t whittle or slice salami. BTW, in mountain lion country, I take a Spiderco Delica, ready in my pants pocket. So what’s lighter?

Dec 9, 2015 · Early in a trip, I bring foods that aren’t much different than what I might eat at home. Because (1) I don’t carry the first day’s food very far (better to have super-light and no-fuel foods at the end of a trip because that stuff gets carried the furtherest) and (2) I like to transition over a few meals from around-town food to trail food – I get fewer lower-GI issues if my diet doesn ...

Jul 6, 2010 · Summer sausage packs I see on Amazon (for eg: the Jack Links brand) has the words "Refrigerate after opening". I need them for 5 - 6 day trips .. I...

Aug 2, 2017 · * Fried cheesy bagels – bagel halves fried with cheese, salami, and spices * Trout – breaded in cornmeal and montreal steak; * Brat & veggie stir fry – a traditional first night dish for me. I usually use the little coconut oil packets for frying. Any nuances with the Windburner / fry pan system I should be aware of? What do you use for a ...

May 13, 2011 · 2) FATS and OILS should make up 40-50% of your caloric intake. Chocolate bars, olive oil, parafied butter, salami, pepperoni, dried hot dog bits, etc…Anything that has a high percentage of fat in them is a candidate for packing. Often, these same foods do not dehydrate well, soo, look to the deli counter.

Jun 16, 2008 · The cheese thing comes up frequently. Lynn did a nice experiment where she coated some cheese and salami in wax. After 6 weeks sitting on the counter at room temperature it was still good. Cheese was invented as a preservative after all. I think the modern warnings are more of a CYA type thing.