#282555 - 10/19/16 12:24 AM
Re: Making Your Pack Food Taste Better
[Re: bacpacjac]
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This story should start out "no s**t, swear to God", but on patrol when you could not cook even hot water, we just ate the instant coffee. When you need caffeine, you need caffeine!
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#282561 - 10/19/16 03:25 AM
Re: Making Your Pack Food Taste Better
[Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
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Mom included Meals Ready to Eat and bottled water for the emergency kit in her car. An MRE has or should have everything pertaining to food.
I have decaffeinated coffee or a soda (usually caffeine-free soda) with a meal. Sometimes I've had milk or tea with a meal. I drink water all the time between meals; the only time I recall having plain water with a meal is at a vegetarian potluck. Drinking plain water with a meal is as appealing as eating baking soda.
Though the kit includes the PSP and matches, it does not have anything in it to heat water, therefore no coffee. A bottle of soda will just take up space and it does not store well, especially in a car.
Suggestions?
Jeanette Isabelle The link is to one of many varieties of Nuun tablets, which basically provide electrolytes and mild flavors to plain water, leaving out the excessive sugar typically present in most sport drinks. I see that they are now also offering some tablets with sugar - you can customize the calories in your water depending on the situation. I have been using these for a while and I find them rather pleasant, definitely a fine addition to straight H2O...
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#282563 - 10/19/16 12:45 PM
Re: Making Your Pack Food Taste Better
[Re: hikermor]
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www.rei.com/product/101658/nuun-people-for-bikes-mixed-hydration-tablets-package-of-4The link is to one of many varieties of Nuun tablets, which basically provide electrolytes and mild flavors to plain water, leaving out the excessive sugar typically present in most sport drinks. I see that they are now also offering some tablets with sugar - you can customize the calories in your water depending on the situation. I have been using these for a while and I find them rather pleasant, definitely a fine addition to straight H2O... I've seen these and wondered. I'm going to give them a try. Thanks hikermor! In a similar vein, I recently tried Emergen C, and liked the flavour. Not sure if there are any electrolytes in it, but flavour and a shot of vitamin C seemed like a good step up from plain old water.
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#282568 - 10/19/16 07:38 PM
Re: Making Your Pack Food Taste Better
[Re: chaosmagnet]
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I was waiting for a gun comment because of the M&P reference.
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#282569 - 10/19/16 09:27 PM
Re: Making Your Pack Food Taste Better
[Re: bacpacjac]
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One thing just occurred to me. . .
For short term quick energy, look for dextrose tabs. Usually found in the pharmacy area of the supermarket in the "diabetic" section. Around here they come in pocket tubes of 10 tabs or plastic jars of 50. Different flavors, e.g. orange, grape etc. They are intended for diabetics, as a quick fix for low blood sugar. Each tab is 4 grams of glucose, and gets to the blood stream directly (no digestion required).
So, if you are hungry, a couple of these tabs will give quench your hunger very quickly and give you some energy. That and some plain water will get you going. I keep a tube in by car all the time.
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#282570 - 10/19/16 10:45 PM
Re: Making Your Pack Food Taste Better
[Re: bws48]
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Per Calories in Dextrose, there are 106 calories per ounce of Dextrose or 4 calories per gram. If a tab is 4 grams, that's about 16 calories and it takes roughly 100 calories to walk a mile -- that's about 6 or 7 tablets. I'm sure these are excellent as a quick fix when you go low-sugar and need to stay conscious. They are not designed to keep you going on the trail. Just my $.02
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