[at-l] Food in maildrops vs food along the trail

[Felix J]

TrailR at aol.com wrote:
>  
> I tried going cold & hated it. I guess I just like hot "feel good" 
> food at night (if ramens count as food).
> I saved weight at the beginning by carrying less food (mostly ramen 
> noodles & light crappy food, mixed with Slim Jims & pepperoni & 
> CHEESE!!! I gave up coffee, to save more weight (I drank it in town). 
> When I got to town I pigged out on EVERYTHING I didn't have on the 
> trail. CHEESEBURGERS & FRIES!! PIZZA!! GREASE & FAT!! I still lost 40 
> pounds by Harpers Ferry, and changed my strategy (Now I was still 
> lighter, even when I was carrying extra, heavier food!).

I went 'cold' several times and really enjoyed it...for a while. I'd 
carry bologna, milk and cereal, lunch meat and cheeses. Though, I had 
more worries about things freezing than I did things spoiling.  Some 
nights I just didn't feel like cooking. It was nice to just eat 5 or 6 
bowls of cereal.  Or, god forfend, a HOTDOG.  Actually, and this goes 
back to someone talking about having to eat food they don't like, there 
were no less than two times that I ate every hotdog on the 
spinning-wire-with-the-red-lights things at a gas station!! ALL of 
'em!!  And, to MacGYVER....about that fat you're trying to get out of 
the hamburger...after a while, you'll start ordering hamburgers with 
extra grease....and, some grease to dip it in. 





Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA '98
"Your Move"
ALT '03 KT '03
http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/

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