[pct-l] Cost/Weight/Calories - Food

[Jeffrey Olson]

http://www.mealpack.com/products/fruit_nut.html

An example - 25 cents an ounce for about 115 calories.  Three a day 
keeps the hunger pangs at bey... 

Jeffrey... 

Thomas Jamrog wrote:
>> Out of curiosity, what foods were best calories per dollar?
>>     
>
> I hiked with a fellow named Silver Cloud in 2007 on the AT.  He was  
> very frugal and reported that the Little Debbie Nutty bars had the  
> most calories for the weight.  Plus they tasted good. Dollar General  
> had them all the time.
> Uncle Tom
>
> Blogging about the Great Outdoors
> on http://tjamrog.wordpress.com ( hotlink)
>
> On Jan 7, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com wrote:
>
>   
>> On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:33 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>     
>>> I have a spread sheet that lists various foods along with cost per
>>> ounce, calories per ounce and calories per dollar. I used it to
>>> plan the
>>> cheapest way to pack as many calories as I could into 2 lbs of food
>>> per
>>> day. I'm not against planning.
>>>       
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