Most people get sick of certain trail foods after awhile, however they’ve got to continue to eat something. What is it?
Like, what do you switch to when oatmeal causes you to gag? Or when good old raisins + peanuts just aren’t good anymore?
Kineo Kid
Being a Chef at a hot Chicago restaurant… and loving food… I can honestly say that food is down the list of cares when thru hiking… I am much happier just being on the trail and accepting what I eat as it is…If food is the trade off than so be it… but to answer your question… the further North I got the heartier I ate… b’fast might have been cheese sausage with mac - n- cheese and hot sauce and mayo mixed in… or “Bad Hunter” - the dish made world famous by Gorilla Pete (chicken ramen noddles with a packet of cheeze sauce - bright orange no meat)… pop tarts, instant grits, nothing, ramen, miso soup, sausages, pepperoni… whatever appeals to ya…
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I try to change up want I eat. Spend the time now and try out some of the stuff you plan on eating. Make up different types of GORP. Start of making a standard type then mix in something else ( instead of peanuts use almonds and some m&m’s ,dried fruit,chex’s,corn chips, That might be the treat for that days lunch or break.
Look at maybe a couple of freezed dried type dinners. TRY them now to see if you like them. Nothing worst then tring eating something that you don’t like! Think back to when you were a kid and you had to clean up you plate (eat your spinach young man then you can have dessert!!).
Breakfest: could be cream of wheat or rice. Some people take creal and dry milk. Then just add water in the morning. Others have breakfeat bar’s of some type. Me coffee , breakfest bars and pop tarts one day. Maybe oatmeal the next or cream of wheat. I try to set up my meals so that I can have a choice of what I want / feel like I want to eat that day. Maybe it parts of meal B with item D ( yellow rice and sausage instead of chicken.)
Well I hope the ramblings help you.
Fairlane62
I found macaroons to help in the morning caloric gluttony. Look for them at health food stores.
Tha Wookie
I solve that problem with VARIETY!
Do you eat your favorite food EVERYDAY? Most likely, you mix it up a bit. Same concept…
IMO, oatmeal can go with almost anything…
Cranberries, blueberries, raisins, honey, flax meal, brown sugar, peanut butter, chocolate chips, coco powder or chocolate mix, and many more. Be creative.
Also, with the trail mix, possibilities are endless.
Dawg
Get yourself a can opener and carry it. Then you can practically eat anything you want that is sold in stores in cans. Of course you do have to carry the food.
Here are some good items: Spam, pork and beans, corn, beef stew, etc.
Stock up in town and eat the heavier items early on to get rid of the weight, and save the light weight Ramen noodles for later. If you work it just right, you might never get down to the Ramen.
Also, if you’ve got something to cook in and a stove (or build a fire), then you can carry frozen meat----it takes hours and hours to thaw out and by that time you will be miles and miles from town-----how does freshly cooked game hen sound?
The list goes on and own. You can also get bacon and eggs in town and just a little ways out of town, binge on them—and pack them calories on. Sure does beat eating Ramen all the time.
And fresh fruit, apples, etc will keep for several days or more on the trail.
It’s like this: You can carry ounces of food, starve, and lose weight on the trail and possibly get yourself sick from doing it. Or you can carry a little extra food weight, eat well, maintain your body weight, and stay healty and fit and sound. It really up to you and how you want to live, hike and eat.
See you out there. :cheers
Maintain
If you don’t buy all your food ahead of time, you’ll have plenty options to mix things up. My favorite non-oatmeal breakfast is poptarts. Another good one is the big, sticky honeybuns like what you see in gas stations. TONS of calories. Oatmeal’s still pretty good though, and you can add all sorts of different things to it to make it different (dehydrated fruits rock!) Lunch wise, there’s a huge variety of crackers and toppings available, jerky is nice too. Make ‘burritos’ with tortillias and (almost) anything you can imagine putting inside them. Peanut butter is very versatile, and loaded with fat and protein. I wouldn’t recommend packing canned food, it’s really heavy and don’t forget that you’ve got to pack out the cans. If you want a treat after town, pick up some fresh fruit/veggies, or something like hot dogs. Pizza is really nice too, and the boxes are wonderful firestarters 
. Carrying a can opener, OTOH isn’t a bad idea at all. Look for a little P38, they weigh very little and can come in hand when you run across canned goods as trail magic. Have fun!
-S-
Skittles
Handy and long-lasting. I bought the one I have in 1986 after having to beat open a can of soup with a rock up on Schnebly Hill in Arizona.
Ardsgaine