Download Simple Foods for the Pack Second Edition Claudia Axcell Diana Cooke Vikki Kinmont 9780871567574 Books

Product details Series Sierra Club Books Publication Paperback 256 pages Publisher Sierra Club Books; Revised edition (March 12, 1986) Language English ISBN-10 0871567571

Simple Foods for the Pack Second Edition Claudia Axcell Diana Cooke Vikki Kinmont 9780871567574 Books Reviews

• Though they are ideal for backpacking, the recipes in this little book use common dehydrated/freeze dried foods, and are delicious anytime! The meals you can create and bag ahead of time are light-weight and very quick-cooking (i.e. fuel efficient). I have a copy of the first edition, well-used and lovingly notated. This updated edition has more info about first aid and basic info about water and stoves, as well as a few new recipes. Most of the recipes are meant to serve two, which might be good to know in advance, and are mostly vegetarian. My favorites? Polenta Cakes, Clam Chowder, Minestrone, and the section on Teas & Poultices. Great book.
• Great book - Always - Have used it for years - bought more to pass on to others as it is the best one for one-pot meals!
• Tired of oatmeal for breakfast, gorp for lunch, and Ramen noodles for dinner? Tired of buying those expensive dehydrated meals that turn out like soggy cardboard? This book might just save you from the trail food blahs. It is full of interesting, ususual foods such as crab a la king and polenta cakes. The recipes are simple and trail smart (a few do require weighty canned foods, though, and a few strike me as a bit too time-consuming to be very practical). This cookbook is mostly meat-free, except for a few seafood dishes. If you want dishes with meat, you might want to take a look at the cookbook put out by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). A final word of warning some ingredients can be hard to find. In putting them together, I have made trips to Middle Eastern and Asian groceries, health food stores, and backpacking stores, not to mention many of the large supermarkets in my area. Still, I have to say that the results were worth the running around.