[pct-l] Pemmican Bars

[giniajim]

You order them directly from the manufacturer.  They are dry; taking small bites and eating them with sips of water works for me, and is a great short break in a day's hike.  I usually eat half of a bar during a break.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes 
  To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pemmican Bars



  On Dec 21, 2010, at 12:50 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

  > We have used Pemmican Bars on most of our endeavors since 1973 and  
  > they
  > definitely do the trick!

  I have liked Pemmican Bars. They are hard to find, but have decent  
  calories. They are made of different stuff than the typical bar. I  
  think the flavors are a little odd.

  The trouble I have with Pemmican Bars is they are a little dry and  
  hard to swallow.

  I seemed to have a strange phenomenon happen on the trail--happened  
  both halves of my two-part PCT hike, but doesn't happen on shorter  
  trips. Food I can normally eat at home is impossible for me to  
  swallow on the trail. I could not eat tortillas and peanut butter,  
  for example. I would literally choke on it. There were many kinds of  
  foods I was completely afraid to try, knowing I could accidentally  
  get it stuck in my esophagus. I struggled even with fig newtons.  
  Drinking water with the food did not seem to help. I don't know what  
  caused this. I simply struggled to swallow it.

  I was pretty certain Pemmican Bars would have done the same thing to  
  me, since the consistency was similar to a fig newton. I probably  
  would have tried them anyway, though, because you can't beat 400  
  calories in one bar.
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