Tasted, tested, and trouble-free from the editors of "Backpacker" magazine and other outdoor experts, this book includes over recipes, along with expert Backcountry Cooking: From Pack to Plate in 10 Minutes Backpacker Field Guides.
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With no one's appetite but mine to worry about, all this pre-preparation is a bit much for me. I've lived for 3 weeks on that - and days is easy. If you crave varied tastes, this would probably be a good one to have around. I can't help but compare the two books, so my opinion on this book is relative to my opinion of the other. This book leans heavily toward the ascetic-pragmatist end of the scale. As a consequence, the meals tend to be simple. If you're someone for whom part of the challenge of the camp experience is to create fabulous multi-course meals in the wild, this book is not for you.
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Different kinds of oats, different kinds of rice, bread bases, etc. Baking methods are very briefly touched upon, but the book goes little beyond single-burner stove-top cooking. Sidebars from different magazine contributors are interspersed throughout the book, and give good tips. Some black-and-white photos are also sprinkled throughout the book.
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After the introduction, the book goes into the chapters containing the recipes, with each chapter representing a meal or course. One very nice thing is that each recipe includes nutritional information.
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Now, I just have a so-so opinion of this book, and it was hard for me to establish why. Like I said, I found the introductory information to be better in the other book. But I think part of my indifference is due to the recipes. There seem to be a lot of ethnic foods - Oriental, Middle Eastern, Mexican.
The desserts are mostly rice and bread puddings yick , and include mincemeat for dessert?!
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Maybe you eat a lot of hummus, but I suspect many people will find that a lot of the recipes are not the kind of things you find at home, and perhaps the trail is not the best place to find out that your body has strange reactions to strange food. Furthermore, many of the ingredients, such as the grains and beans, are things I just don't see in the local supermarket. To the author's credit, they give a complete appendix of mail-order companies, but I'm not particularly excited about paying shipping to experiment with recipes. Teresa Marrone's book, although including more multi-burner, multi-pot recipes for canoeists, car campers and others able to carry more gear, also has many single-burner lightweight recipes for hiking.
Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Lots of prep needed at home and nothing exciting about these recipes and can probably be found for free elsewhere. Gave me ideas for meals.
Buy it it was cheap used. Makes a good read and has a redeeming amount of info.
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Overall this is a useful book, but I don't think it's the best one out there. On the positive side, the recipes are varied and the ones we've tried are tasty. However, the biggest pitfall of this book is that it tries to reach every kind of outdoor chef - from the "boil it and eat it" minimalist to the "I carry 5 pots and fresh vegetables" gourmand.
Therefore, its usefulness for me - and I presume you, as well - is limited to only half, or maybe a third, of the recipes, since the other ones are not the kind you would want to make based on preparation time too much or too little. Personally, I am a minimalist on the trail: I don't mind spending hours in my kitchen at home preparing, but once I'm outdoors, I want to carry one pot and have my food ready quickly. Also in new edition: Backpack cookery By Ruth Dyar Mendenhall. Instructor manual By Jan Phillips. A complete manual and handbook for cooking freeze-dried and wild foods on the trail and in the wilderness By Harvey Macklin, edition.
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The Complete Trail Food Cookbook: Over Recipes for Campers, Canoeists and Backpackers by three authors. Same as book above. Same as above two books. Chef in Your Backpack: Cooking the One Burner Way: Cooking On A Stick: Expedition Cookbook By Carolyn Gunn. Trail Food Made Simple. Good Food for Camp and Trail: May 28, Angela rated it really liked it Shelves: Good book - good reference, and there are fun "expert tips" sprinkled throughout that mix things up a bit.
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