/ck/ - Food & Cooking

t. /fit/

energy bars have lots of sugar in them, which is bad for your teeth. And in a camping situation I doubt you will brush your teeth much. better off bringing nuts for a snack, and flour to make a bannock cake thing, and pasta, and cheese powder, stuff like that. avoid straight sugar.

>>6572860
This is good advice, but I always bring a toothbrush. Bars are always on the shoppinglist when someone is going camping, along woth trailmix etc, but buying protein bars is so goddamned expensive. Honey is an ingridient I'm going to use. You need your sugars after all.
>>6572851
Yeah /fit/ was probably the right place to post this, I see that now. Thanks anyway.

I've been toying around with an idea for chewy ones.
I was gonna use a recipe for Rice Krispies treats but swap out the cereal for an equal weight of rolled oats, then add some protein powder and a bunch of nuts to it and spread it out flat into a baking sheet.
I guess for a crunchy one, I'd just make a recipe for oaty biscuits with added protein powder and nuts.
Both of these would be high in sugar, though, so I don't know if that's what you're going for.

As for what else to eat whilst out camping: jerky.
You don't need a dehydrator or a fan-rig to make it, either, though both of those would hasten the process drastically.
Get a thin strip of beef, marinate it in something salty, sweet-tart and garlicky and chili-y/peppery. All these things help prevent contamination. Things that will survive the saltiness are likely to be put off by the sweetness, the acidity or the garlic, chili or pepper. Likewise, something that might survive the acid would likely be killed by the salt, sugar, garlic, chili or pepper. And so on.
Then hang it in your fridge over a bowl (to catch drip) for a long while to dry it out.
Dried veg is also nice and requires far less work to make if you can't/won't buy your own. A mix of dried veg can make lovely soup, especially if you're not against taking stock cubes out with you.

>>6572881
So much good stuff in one post, thank you. Jerky is a great tip too

>>6572846
I've done bicycle tours where I've eaten half the day on clif bars, for several days.

If you make the bars yourself they won't last as long as clif bars, but they will be a lot more nutritious.

Just a month ago I did a 8 day tour, I musta ate around 20 clif bars.

For dinners I would just carry a soft cooler and cook frozen stir fry mixes. Lasted 3 days on that in 15C weather.

>>6572846
>I googled for answers but all I'm getting is health-freaks obsessed with homemade coconuts and activated almonds
You need to look specifically for /out/ related things. There is not an ounce of information or ideas that /out/doorsmen haven't posted online somewhere. But just like their destinations, they like to make that information a bitch to find sometimes. Go to their specific forums. Look up hiking magazines and articles (Backpacker is always giving recipe ideas). Check their nerd blogs. Lots of hikers are notorious cheapskates, so don't think you're only going to get "activated almonds," and the ones that aren't cheapskates are probably living off of really expensive MRE's from companies charging $10 a meal.

That said, nuts obviously. Peanut butter and nut butters are golden (spread on bread, eat plain, add to oats, whatever). Coconut oil is a very good fat to bring (very multipurpose and google how your body processes it, which is another positive). Tuna packets and other packaged meat (cans too heavy, but maybe sardines). Oatmeal doesn't need to be "cooked." You can add water and let it sit, and you get a similar thing. Powdered milks and whatnot can get you a creamier texture going on. Also, certain things can be cooked once and then redried to make them more palatable. Honestly, you can make homemade granola things (bars, clusters, whatever) with honey. Chia seeds are kind of a nice mix into things if you need gooey/gelatinious, but I have no experience putting them in bars, etc. Also, remember for the first day or two, you can hike in with things that will spoil. Not everything has to last till day 5+. You can take one or two meals that will last only the first day or two.

>>6572860
Unless you have the shittiest of shit teeth, I don't think you need to be this concerned about sugar when hiking. He's not guzzling liquid sugar acid (mountain dew, orange juice). He's eating sugar, and can rinse his mouth out with water when he's done.

>>6572846
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pZrC_hI07s
Can you really call em protein bars if they're mostly nuts which are like 2/3 to 3/4 fat by weight? Thats even worse when you consider fat is 2.25 more calories than protein.

THIS IS A RECIPE I'VE PERFECTED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR.

It is based on Scoobys bulking bars recipe, but way better.

Equal weight of the following ingredients:

Oats/Müsli (müsli will give a more satisfying texture)
Peanut butter (crunchy gives more bite, obviously)
Honey (Heat it up before combining, makes life easier)
½Powdered Milk and ½Whey (if you have none, just go full powdered milk)

When combining add a little bit of water when necessary but you don't want a mixture too wet.


Optional ingredients for moar taste, chopped mixed dry fruits and nuts. Cocoa powder (highly recommended) and salt (for a more intense chocolate flavor).
The dried fruit will absorb any excess moisture and you'll lose some crunch but it's not the end of the world.

These bars will keep for about 3-5 weeks in the refrigerator and a couple days in room temp.

>>6573583
>1/2 scoop whey
>Protein bar
>Perfected over a year
So, when are you going to kill yourself?

>>6572851
I want to believe people don't do this, but I know they do.

>>6573757
it's good, has good macros, I don't understand what you're on about. If you use good quality whey there's no problem.

This is a base recipe you can add shit to it to suit your needs.