Trail Food

Highest amount of calories and least amount of weight. The calories have to be in the form of carbs to be of use b/c we will need to replenish the 3000-4000 calories/day (about 300/hr) we'll be burning. We'll have to eat roughly 2 lb of food a day if we hike about 15 miles. We'll stock up in towns for about a weeks worth of food at a time and pick up 'trail drops' of food Carol and Mary Ellen will ship us at strategic post offices.

GORP - Good Old Raisin and Peanuts or as Mike says Granola Oats Raisin and Peanuts

Rice and Pasta - Lipton's instant rice and pasta meals (backpackers swear allegiance to them)

Mac and Cheese (venerable)

Ramen (the Ra part means it was given by the sun god himself for use among weary hikers)

Instant dried soups of various sorts

Power Bars of various types, preferrably without the word muscle or intense in the name

Dehydrated Milk - to mix with cream of wheat, oatmeal, and mac and cheese (added calcium)

Dehydrated potatoes (sweet and regular)

Sweet potato pancake mix - the preferred breakfast of Jesus Christ

Peanut butter - lots of it

Jelly - experiment with how long it stays good

Powdered Gatoraide or Pedialite for electrolytes

Bread

Granola

Buffalo Jerkey, Tofu Jerkey

Dried Fruit

Dried Veggies

Cheese - Kraft slices we ate when we were kids works best b/c it is processed and virtually immune to outdoor temperatures

Drink Mixes - Gatoraide and Poweraid or Emergen-C drink powders for electrolites (whatever the hell those are)