Sausage - Appalachian Trail

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#1

I’m curious about “Summer Sausage”. Whether someone has actually found one with good flavour and no after taste. I’ve tried eating both beef and turkey sausage straight out of the wrapper and they leave me cold. Maybe I should be frying these puppies up and that action will mke them more tasty. I’m sort of a little discouraged because I thought the sausage idea would be a good protien source without the need to cook. So, any input from you folks would be much appreciated. Thanks, fehchet.

fehchet (Timothy)

#2

Summer sausage has always tasted like summer sausage to me. Different brands don’t seem to make any taste difference. I take pepperoni which is pretty durable and tasty to me. Good animal protein source would be tuna in the bag or chicken, as well. Probably better for you too without the nitrates found in cured meats. Plenty of good veg. proteins out there if you care to work out their compliments.
FC

frankcornbread

#3

Try and find a hard salami of some kind. Most large groceries carry some kind but you may have to look for a while. Don’t even think of summer sausage. It’s dominant taste is salt, salt, and more salt. Salami keeps very well for a week or even longer. By the way, don’t get the packets of sliced salami. They go bad real fast once opened unrefrigerated.

Disco

#4

fehchet. I usually hike in the summer months and do not carry a stove, fuel, or cooking gear. I know some only go out hiking for the cooking experience. I bring summer sausage with me all the time. Like frankcornbread, it all taste the same to me. However, I haven’t tried turkey. I also bring along a chunk of hard cheese and tortilla shells. At night I slice up the sausage and cheese and make myself a couple of burittos or wraps. There are alot of different types of cheeses with added spices on them. The last time out I tried a Mexican flavored cheese. I also bring tuna (in a bag) and eat that, sometimes rolling the tuna up in a tortilla shell. You can bring with you some spices to add to the flavor. Keep those little packages of ketchup, mustard, mayo, etc. Both the sausage and cheese will last me almost a week and they have never gone bad on me. At least not that I can tell. I think eating them straight out of the wrapper would leave most people cold. Bilko

Bilko

#5

Some hikers liked this stuff and you can certanily get it pretty cheap. I bought the generic brand at the dollar store near Kincorra. I would eat practically anything on the trail but I thought this stuff was gross. So much so, I fed most of the stick to a dog. I gained a friend but no liking to this sketchy meat. Personally I stick to pepperoni for a bit more quality.

A-Train

#6

I just bought three cases of Snickers Marathon bars on Ebay. I already know the muti grain crunch is good so I got two cases. Its Snickers. I’m lazy to mess with all that stuff I loose. I’ll never be the big chefs like you are above.I can prepare black instant coffee that most won’t drink and say it looks like syrup, really? But I love snickers bars usually better than anything I can cook, even melted with coffee.

Oh, and you make me sick. I mean really sick. So don’t let me make you sad. You almost mess up my whole snickers Marathon diet I’m dreaming about you know? I’m advancing to Snickers Marathon bars when the real stuff gets here. No more Regular bars for me melting in my backpack, its Marathon bars from here on out. Maybe that is you answer here. Sure is mine.

Nothing more to trail life than a case of Snickers Marathons in multigrain crunch a week and the high life of town. John Muir said:)

Greg

#7

Thanks for all the replies. I’ll pass on the Snickers Marathon regimen though as I don’t do sugar in massive quantities.
The salami and pepperoni ideas led me to a nearby natural foods supermarket where I discovered several varieties of same in non-toxic forms (i.e. no nitrates, antibiotics, or growth hormones; and some are made from organically raised animals) They are packaged in 10 oz. sizes similar to summer sausage. The pepper beef and turkey sausages taste really great cold and fry up well too. The price is about $8.00 a stick.
I talked to the store manager explaining my intended usage for my proposed September hike from Erwin to Damascus. He said he would sell me what I needed at cost (probably about 8 of them) and would throw in a couple for free. Thank you, Rob.
And thanks again everyone. Now with my food figured out, it’s on to completing a cloths list. If this was September in Maine or Quebec, I’d know what to wear. But Tennessee will be different. It’s time to check out the average temperatures. fehchet.

fehchet (Timothy)

#8

I tried the sausage bit and agree with above I used block cheese with Ritz crackers. As long as you keep the ritz in there package they won’t break up.
TN in September can be cool at night and if it rains can get down right cold.

Good Luck Jack

Kentucky Jack