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Going wild camping this weekend for the first time...
We have decided what to have for breakfast and in the evening, but I am stuck on what to take for my lunches lunches.
What food is high energy, lightweight but still filling etc?
Any suggestions?

In reply to Flicka@work:

helium-filled glucose balloons with pork pies cradled beneath

In reply to Flicka@work:

primula and oatcakes
malt loaf
nuts and raisins
pepperamis

basically anything that can't be damaged by heat, squashing or getting wet!

In reply to Flicka@work: peanuts and muesli bars

In reply to Flicka@work:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/Manufacturer.aspx?Manufacturer=Clif%20Bar&Cat=c...

Chocolate chip is the best!

In reply to Flicka@work:
I always take Tracker/Alpen type bars.
Hope you get the Weather

In reply to Flicka@work:

home made flapjacks.

stick in two eggs and 2 bananas into the mix too

In reply to Dave Murphy:

Egg in flapjack mix? Does that work??

In reply to Flicka@work: Take a twelve bore and bag a few rabbits and pigeons

In reply to Dave Murphy: have you got a recipe?
Thanks

In reply to Flicka@work:

Pork pies followed by a desert of chocolate covered peanuts is a pretty energy dense meal.

In reply to Flicka@work:

Should probs have mentioned---am vegetarian!

In reply to Flicka@work:

napples are good, in terms of being curiously filling, but pleasantly refreshing without being water. I vote for napples. Other things that work for me are cereal bars and malt loaf. Decathlon's cereal bars with big lumps of chocolate in are rather nice, I've recently discovered.

In reply to Flicka@work:

Shortbread
Oatcakes and Primula
Selkirk Bannock

In reply to Wibble Wibble:

I've recently discovered that even the most committed pie fan has a pie-tolerance-threshold.

In reply to newhey:

What is the third thing?!

In reply to Flicka@work:

Cold Bacon sarnie. A lot of veggies eat bacon sarnies

In reply to rock waif:

any flap jack recepie from internet will do rty use half their recomended levels of butter/marge and suggar.

then mash up bananas and eggs.

or n oegsg if your a vegie.

that way you get carbs , pritien and the magical ingredient in banabans that prevents cramp, potasium i think.

i also put in figs that ive blitzed in food mixer bit thats coz im gready

In reply to Flicka@work:

yup for protien

In reply to Dave Murphy:

Might have to try that. Not so sure about the bananas though!

In reply to Flicka@work:

try the "look what we found" pouch meals from Waitrose. they make great lightweight complete meals, and offer a bit of a gourmet option. Quite reasonable at £2.99 each and unlike all those awful dehydrated things they actually taste of something other than cardboard!

In reply to CJD:

Really?

BTW, what on earth are 'Napples'?

In reply to Flicka@work:

flapjack made with dates is really nice.

In reply to Flicka@work:

figs, apricots, apples, works with whatever u like

In reply to Wibble Wibble:
blame Adrian. He's addicted!


it's obvious - an apple, many napples.

like, d'uh.

In reply to Flicka@work:

fig rolls are also good.

In reply to Dave Murphy: brilliant, I buy flapjacks and am sure I could master the art of making decent ones.


Flicka - I have tins of sardines with tomato sance and some bread or rolls for lunch, also nuts, cereal bars and apples. When you have lunch you can open the tin and make sarnies, on the down side you have to take the tin at home, and they stink.

In reply to Dave Murphy:

When do you mix the egg in? Once youve mixed the oats into the marge/syrup/sugar mix? Presumanly you wouldnt want to add them too soon?

In reply to CJD:

Oh, I had a vision of a nappy full of apples. I often get these strange images in my head. I blame Clare.

In reply to Wibble Wibble:

she's a worry.

In reply to Flicka@work:

I make up a mixture of peanuts, sunflower seeds, dried fruit
porridge oats and chuck in a few chocolate digestive bars, biscuits or flapjacks.

Light, compact, cheap and has a long shelf life.

In reply to Flicka@work: 'Lunch' is for wimps, have a banana!

In reply to Flicka@work: Selkirk bannaock is a sweet round loaf type thing with sultanas through it (think large, less fluffy, hot cross bun). It's lovely. Used to eat it all the time when I was wee and out walking with my mum. Sliced with lashings of butter. Ohhh I want some now....
If I wasn't hugely worreid about weight I'd go with oatcakes and the wee cheese selections things you get, some cake and something fruity like apples or dried peaches. If I was really bothered by weight I'd take a bag of chhesy biscuits (like minicheddars) and a bag of jelly beans.

In reply to Flicka@work:
Selkirk Bannock, food of the gods....

http://www.alex-dalgetty.co.uk/selkirk-bannock.html

In reply to Flicka@work:
Halva (seseme seed thing - you get it in heath-food shops)
Otherwise fruit & nuts, cereal bars, banana.
IMHO apples don't have a good enough weight-to-calorie ratio (but are nice and thirst quenching if it is very hot).

In reply to Flicka@work:

after you mix the oats in with the other melted sugar and butter/marge

In reply to newhey: Blimey, cake porn...

In reply to Flicka@work:

I eat the small tins of spaghetti or baked beans, cold, nd pitta breads (last longer/less squashable than normal bread), but I get some funny looks...

Cat

In reply to Flicka@work:

Mackerel in chilli sauce with a few slices of bread.
Fig rolls
Dundee cake (who cares if it gets smashed to pieces)
Condensed milk in a tube (winter diet)
A power bar.

In reply to nniff: Pita breads with those sachets of tuna you can get (i like black pepper and lemon one)

In reply to Flicka@work:

Army Rations. Mmmmm...

Unbeatable. 5 minutes in boiling water, take out the foil bag, open and eat good tasty hot food. No washing up.

In reply to Jonny Tee 69:

Hmm yes. And no shitting in the woods either. Bung you up for a week, do rat packs. Then again, I think that's the idea....

In reply to Flicka@work: fresh bread and honey

In reply to Caralynr:

When you're out in the wilds that's no bad thing. They're also great for when you get in after a night out

In reply to Flicka@work:

I don't bother with a proper lunch - just take a decent dried fruit mix to top up with all day and a few cereal bars. If I'm off for a few days I'll also throw in a couple of Pepperamis per day, as only having sweet stuff gets me down.

In reply to Flicka@work: we always take porridge

Cheers

Alan

In reply to Flicka@work:

Pitta bread & squeezy cheese.

In reply to Flicka@work:

I tend to "graze" during the day.

I usually take some soft cheese, and something to scrape it out with (ryveta, celer, carrot). I also like those oaty bisuits that are half - covered in chocolate.

Y.

In reply to Alan Taylor:
For lunch?

Breakfast, I agree. But not lunch.

Y.

In reply to Flicka@work: I find the following are good if on the move and you don’t want to stop to prep anything. Hi carb drink mix, dried fruit, nuts, good old soreen, fruit cake, flapjacks.

In reply to Flicka@work:

If camping in the wilds of Arrocher then take midge repellant.

To be honest it is probably not worth the effort, lugging all the camping kit up there just to stay the night - best to "wild camp" down near the roadside and just do day walks into and out of the Cobbler and surrounding area - about the same effort wise, and alwasy the option of going for a pint/meal etc if you come down off the hill to camp.

If you are going for the wilderness aspect have you considered spending the night in the caves to avoid humphing a tent ?

In reply to martin riddell:

Malt loaf and Jaffa cakes always an option, otherwise ryvita/rolls with soft cheese spread/choc spread/peanut butter works well.

In reply to Flicka@work: Soreen fruit loafs are good. You can pay as little as 25p for supermarket own brands or if you fancy pushing the boat out you can get the original soreens for about 70p. They also do a cinnamon and raison special and a lincolnshire plum special! Very nice!!

In reply to aller stud:

I concur: Tesco used to do a brilliant banana malt loaf but its has now disappeared unfortunately...