Big Wall Meals

Was thinking about wall food today as I'm planning for a trip to Yos this spring. In the past, I've taken MREs a military friend of the family gave me. Last trip they were confiscated by the TSA from my checked luggage as "potentially explosive" due to the chemical heater. Also, they are EXPENSIVE and I don't have free access to them this go around.

I was thinking of using a vacuum sealer to seal up some foods like beef stew or chicken and wild rice, and then just throw the whole plastic package into the jet-boil to re-heat.

Anyone done anything similar and have success/horror stories to share before I commit to this plan?

When shopping for big wall food, there is only one place to look: here

OK, maybe two places: here too

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Campbell's Chunky soup + bagel. Done.

I've brought the Tasty Bite pouches before and boiled those in water in a jetboil. Once package is warm, pull out of water (stuff in sleeping bag to keep warm) and add couscous to hot water, wait 5min, chow down. Mmmmm. Sure I ingested a lot of plasticizers with the meal, but it's a wall. (word of caution: try the flavor out before you head up on the wall to make sure it agrees with you.... 1000ft up a wall with limited TP is not the time to discover you and korma don't get along)

Trader Joes indian meals + french loaves. You don't have to cook anything and they are AWESOME. Just slice the bread open and squeeze the indian food into that bad boy.

I gotta agree with the soups and bagel sandwiches. I just make them before i go up, put them back in bag and and you are all set. If you want to go classy and bring a stove boil in a bag rice some smoke salmon and bring a little mix of olive oil and whatever spices you like. Oatmeal with some peanut/almond butter and craisins another favorite. Just a note, when frying in the sun and mildly dehydrated... stay away from spicy i've made that mistake. Have fun.

all you need is Bagels and Vegemite.

One word: Lutefisk.

What food really depends on budget and how long you plan to spend on the wall plus the weather for me?
I remember lots of cans of refried beans, corn and cheese. Cans of mixed fruit, pineapple in juice was refreshing. Tuna in water less messy than oil, always smoked oysters and shredded dried squid (sorta of an Asian jerky).
I also remember fixing three pitches on the prow then running back to the dorms and cooking two steaks. I then ran back up with steaks and beers for dinner and the summit.
Now I have a hanging stove so the choices are more varied.

Lutefisk & Vegemite may be an acquired taste but you saw my list so what do I know.

Jerkey, salami, cheese, mixed nuts. Breakfast = Mountain House granola, with buleberries, but the last three packages didn't have buleberries. :(

GR Johnson wrote: Just a note, when frying in the sun and mildly dehydrated... stay away from spicy i've made that mistake. Have fun.

Ha Ha, just saw this. Yes, this combination leads to sprayin from the ass. You have heard of the golden shower, this is known as the brown shower(if your down below). Yeah you should use the poop tube, but sometimes you got to go NOW. I really like the pizza at Curry Village with extra jalapenos. See ya in the valley come spring.

water n lots of it

we always just had a can or two of good ole beans n a couple packages of flour torts. add lots of cheese and youll always hit the poop tube.

Tuna in water is a good staple and many a can has been consumed on walls .

Granola makes me way too regular to even consider and I don't want to hastle with anymore shit than is nessary .

I always bring bagles for breakfast they dont crush that easy in the pig n if they do well you cant tell the difference anyway.

peanut butter in the plastic jars and some packets of jelley pilfered from whatever resturant we had breakfast at the day before .

I always take a small hanging stove just for coffee as I cannot function in the morning w/o .

Most walls now only take a couple days 3 tops unless your someone like BW Pete who camps out on them or very slow.

Thoughts:

- gatorade - huge.

- Chris - like your food choices, great for a big wall.

- Bagels - haven't tried - maybe in 2011 I will. Not too dry?

- England - your suggestions sound too dry to me. I need more fluids, like the canned soups and raviolis, canned fruit with juice, puddings, applesauce, etc. Maybe you climb your walls in cooler temps? I am used to roasting on the captain.

Wally

If your on a super dirtbag budget shop in oakhurst, otherwise the village store will have all you need- which is DENNISONS CHILLI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! eat with a nice flour tortilla and two cheese sticks, and you've got a 1100 calorie meal. Whatever else you bring is unimportant, as DENNISONS CHILLI!!!! is the backbone of your wall diet. No jetboil required, although it doesn't hurt. I find that campbells and chefboyardee are just too lighweight.

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Wally wrote:Bagels - haven't tried - maybe in 2011 I will. Not too dry?

I find Bagels too dry and make sandwiches with tortillas instead.

YMMV.

tomtom wrote: I find Bagels too dry...

Bagels are a vessel, fellas, just a vessel to deliver caloric happiness down your gullet. By themselves, sure, dry - but with the right passenger, best damn filler food on a wall. First, don't get deli-baked bagels, they dry out too quick, get the 6-packs in the bread aisle at the grocery. Second, get flavored ones: everything bagel and cin&raisin are my fav. Last, bring everything you can think of, it all goes good with bagels:


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Bagels hold up to crushing while in the pig and are sturdy enough to load with food without falling apart. Plus they just help hit the spot by their volume alone.

tasty bites or other prepackaged saucy foods with ready made uncle bens rice. It's expensive but tastier than 4 day old salami and cheese on a bagel.

The packaging weighs much less than cans, which frees up weight for beer...