Food for a 2 person, 8 day canoe trip

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I was putting together some food for an eight day canoe trip in Algonquin Provincial Park and thought I might as well take ten minutes to put it on tape and toss it up on good 'ol RU-vid. Hopefully it will give some ideas for other canoe trippers or hikers out there as well as inspire some fellow trippers to fire some off their own favorite recipes for me to try out on the trail.
As I mention in this video, this is more food than required but makes for a comfortable trip. When I do solo tripping I tend to bring much less but when going with friends I'd rather be 100% positive we'll have enough. I don't mind being a little hungry if I packed on the light side for food but I don't like others to suffer for having less food than they're comfortable with.
Btw, due to the amount of gear and food and having a 16' boat, my dog Maddy (aka The Goose) sat this trip out. She was sadly missed and will be joining me on future outings for certain.
Cheers,
Troy

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@RavenBlaze 13 лет назад

over all the video's I have seen this is still one of the best "food to pack" video's I have ever seen. Straight forward, good amounts, good camera work, and good explination.

@mtlyb 12 лет назад

I agree that this looks like a lot of food. And I understand your reasoning for it. But it definitely gave me ideas. Found it funny about the lemon pasta. My wife just made some for the first time tonight. I asked her what was in it, and commented it would be good for camping. Nicely done video. Thank you.

@desmobob 15 лет назад

Thanks very much for sharing that. I'm always curious as to what other folks bring on camping trips.

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

It's actually all just grocery store food that I dry myself, so it's about as cheap as you get. As for bring less, yes, you can certainly get away with bringing less, but we're not trying to get away with anything :) As I've mentioned before, when I go solo I tend to bring less but when I go with others and am responsible for the food I like to ensure nobody will go hungry. Seems to be the biggest fear of tripping, running out of food. I like to put that fear to rest.

@johnmcdonald6360 11 лет назад

Very informative, very kind of you to share your knowledge - driven through but never stopped and camped, beautiful country. Thanks again.

@minifoodfreak 14 лет назад

i love your videos! i saw my parents sneaking up behind me to watch.

@Ro-12-21 13 лет назад

Some good ideas there! I might invest in a dehydrator! Saves eating nothing but sidekicks on my trips LOL!

@Aaotrom 13 лет назад

You are a bloody genius!!!!! I was extremely impressed with all of this and you definitely get some major points in my book. I haven't used my dehydrator in quite some time but I will definitely take some of this into consideration. Great job and I'm sure this is a really delayed comment but I hope you had a nice trip because I know you ate well on it

@Algonquin 15 лет назад

Thanks for the tip on the applesauce Troy... tried it at home last week and it was great! It's coming on all of my trips from now on. I'll have to try the tip on wrapping the pasta in paper towel as well as my dehydrated hamburger as the vacuum seal has been broken by sharp edges. Happy camping! David

@TheTwistedKIM 13 лет назад

I never thought of bringing POPCORN.... Thx for the tip. A great dinner i like is: Freeze dried mashed potato mix from the local store,with Beef jerky in it. Tastes good, easy to cook, and u can eat the jerky as a treat also. Try throw in a small hand full Peanuts also.....wired, but good.

@MaddyTheGoose 13 лет назад

@Reality9O We certainly didn't go hungry! I'll be posting more food videos with a more trimmed down menu in the future. I have trimmed things down, I bring basically the same stuff, just less of it. I especially have it dialed in for my solo trips since I know exactly how much I need. Going with someone who doesn't usually do long trips I also tend to overcompensate. Stay tuned and thanks for posting.

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

We did cook them over the flame. We pierced them with Y sticks (the two prongs of the Y going into the steaks) then set them over the fire. They were fantastic.

@kanukster 14 лет назад

I do mine a little different. I store my food in larger 'bulk' supply. I.E. Mashed potato flakes, rice, oatmeal, Flour,coffee, sugar, etc, in heavy zip locks and separate. A favorite of mine is a home made 'Hamburger Helper' type dish. Rehydrate, burger, and tomatoes, onions,etc. Place dried pasta in with it. Make sure there's plenty of water, heat on low for 10-15 min. I also use a 'heat suppressor' for my whisper lite MSR. I like the 'cozy' idea, but I use Muffler repair tape on all pots.

@richdenver8 9 лет назад

We love to backpack but we buy the store bought dehydrated meals, at roughly $7/meal it's not cheap. Thanks for sharing this. I'm going to look into getting a dehydrator and learning how to do my own meals like this.

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@MaddyTheGoose 16 лет назад

Yes, definitely was more food than required but when I'm going with someone for the first time I tend to bring more just to be sure. As far as the trip goes, it was great. I managed to shoot quite a bit of video that I'll be compiling and posting here as well. I'll also post some individual clips in full with some of the more memorable moments like when a moose walked straight through our campsite. Good fun!

@hoz49 12 лет назад

Been there done this many times on the Spanish, the Bloodvein, the Missinaibi, Woodland Caribou, the Pukaskwa Coast of Lake Superior. 2 weeks paddling in Canada is the real deal, everything else is merely practice. Enjoy your trips!

@nj4x4fever2 11 лет назад

Great video, I have a 7 day Kayak Sailing adventure in the new year. I think if I get my buddies to watch this video they will think of the foods they want to bring. Thanks for showing in detail. Now to start my list. I also like the idea of all the storage air vacuum food saver. How much did everything weigh in each of your packs? What type of stove did you use to heat the water for the dehydrated meals? How many gallons of water did you take? and how many fish did you guys catch? Thanks!

@mgblue 11 лет назад

lol you eat better on trips than most people eat normally

@peepsnet 15 лет назад

WOW... just WOW... I love it. Keep up the great work

@tectonicD 13 лет назад

Great info! Thanks

@MrAwsomeshot 12 лет назад

@MaddyTheGoose better to bring a little excess instead of getting out there and having to cut your trip short when you run out of food! unless your going out on the survivor diet haha. Thanks for the vid man. I have never thought about dehydrating my own stuff... Prob gunna go get a dehydrator now lol.

@MRPBDB 9 лет назад

Thanks for all the great videos and information..

@TheProlificA3 12 лет назад

Amazing

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

@iworkforme Thanks. I've actually been working on bringing less plastic bags and using reusable containers. It adds a little more weight but they're easier to work with, more solid and, of course, I can use them again and again. Not to mention feeling better about having less waste.

@MaddyTheGoose 16 лет назад

Portaging can definitely be a pain but I find it makes me love canoeing even more, I'm just so damn happy to be paddling after a long portage! It's like hitting yourself over the head with a hammer because it feels so good when you stop.

@Max11Seven 13 лет назад

That's a hell of a lot of food for 8 days, but if you can take the weight why not! Thanks for the video

@acexprt 14 лет назад

i love this video... i find myself watching it at least once a month =) great ideas

@hibiscusflower5911 9 лет назад

Wow so nice to see!!! I hope I can reuse some of your ideas when I go camping...

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

I always use water from the lake. If I'm going to be boiling the water for food then I don't purify it using my filter pump since the boiling will do the purification for me. If I'm just going to be drinking the water then I'll pump it.

@MrFilthyMcnasty1 10 лет назад

Thats 2 hours worth of food if your stoned...

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

All of the food weighed in at a little under 40lbs. That works out to about 2.5lbs per person per day. I know ultra-light packers see 1.5lbs a day to be the "right" amount and I generally find 2lbs a day to be enough but on this trip I was going with someone new so I'll often bring a little extra since I find most peoples #1 and #2 fears seem to be a) wild animals b) running out of food. I try to put the idea of running out of food to rest but at the same time to go crazy with too much.

@Aaotrom 13 лет назад

Also Just to conserve space a bit more. Try putting your peanut butter in small little foodsaver pouches. Just cut into 3"x3" squares and seal off the edges. Melt your peanut butter and spoon or funnel into the packets. You don't have to vacuum it just seal it off. I love peanut butter and I find that this is a better way to throw in a handful of packets you make yourself that take up a lot less space than a hole jar of pb. Hope that helps and you at least try it out

@joshtanner9453 3 года назад

Great video great ideas thanks one of my favorites to do is tacos but instead of tortilla shells i make fry bread so good just a idea for you

@Faeleena 11 лет назад

Thank you for this video! My husband and I are going camping for the first time in a very long time and we want to get into longer backpacking trips eventually. This was such a useful video. We're going to Bon Echo for some easy car camping next week.

@nickcampbell1010 10 лет назад

Awesome, great ideas here. Off to Killarney!

@DottBalll 13 лет назад

Thanks! We are off to Quetico for a week long canoe trip. Wish we had a food dehydrator and food saver! Thanks for posting. Off to the store :)

@komalati6554 9 лет назад

8 DAYS? LOL I THINK ALL OF THAT IS AT LEAST FOR 3 WEEKS BROTHER!!!

@MaddyTheGoose 15 лет назад

I've actually done a video on that this summer. I have a lot of video to process including two full trips (one 8 night and one weekend solo trip), knots and other tips and tricks. Stay tuned!

@grich9860 15 лет назад

I think your guess was right...that was a lot of food!!! Did you and your friend eat it all? Great ideas on the pasta.

@RavenBlaze 13 лет назад

@clownslider trail mix, it generally has nuts, dried fruit, and candy in it. Some have seeds (like sunflower), m & m's and cerial pieces. I personally like my simple recipy: half cup peanuts, half cup rasins (dried grapes), quarter cup m&m's and a dash of salt.

@mrsdjsdj 14 лет назад

That was a great video. I see way too many people on You Tube "underestimating" the amount of food/calories required when hiking/canoeing, and generally burning energy. You have a great set of recipes. How much did all that food weigh?

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

We didn't come back with too much but we were pretty much stuffed the whole trip lol. We did bring too much and I have been adjusting the food on an ongoing basis. I pretty much have it dialed in at this point and have been intending to add some comments (annotations) to this video to detail the changes I've made. I find it's much easier to do the food when soloing since I know I'm the only one who will suffer if I don't get it quite right. When going with someone else, I tend to overcompensate.

@ORBEX 16 лет назад

Wow that's a lot of food. Nice video though. How was the trip? I just did my first trip in APP and it was great. Portaging wasn't a lot of fun though. We used mainly the commercial dehydrated meals from MEC and they were pretty good. Did make some Bannock also though which worked out fairly well.

@alex-pope 5 лет назад

Nice! Dehydrated food is the way to go. Not a fan of all the preservatives in mountain house. Not to mention the price. But, you do pay for it in prep time. I can appreciate how long this must have taken.

@MascisMan1 12 лет назад

Great vid! How much did all this food weigh? How did you carry it in?

@iworkforme 14 лет назад

@MaddyTheGoose cool. nice vids. i wish i could go with you!

@MaddyTheGoose 13 лет назад

@ricky0604fh My dehydrator is the Excalibur 9 tray model. The vacuum sealer is the FoodSaver. I would recommend both of these products. They've never let me down.

@Zbee167 13 лет назад

Nice video!! Where did you get those tubes for the jam and honey from? AWESOME IDEA!! Also, where did you get the butter from? Thanks.

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

Bannock is a non-rising bread you make in a pan, very tasty and versatile since you can add a lot of different ingredients to add different flavours (i.e. cinnamon, rasins and brown sugar makes a tasty treat). The tube is a special one that you fill from the back of the tube then it has a way to close it off. Makes for an easy to clean and use system for flowing food products.

@kan-zee 11 лет назад

BIG FAT THUMBS UPP!! Great Vid!!CHeers ;-))

@yoshie8706 8 лет назад

With your lemon pasta what type of package did you put your oil in? Was it a plastic bag that you sealed with your food saver? Great video! Thanks for sharing!

@TheoutdooradventureNet 13 лет назад

that certainly is a lot of food.

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

I plan to list the food and trip itinerary in more detail in future. Once I get my new website up I'll look into adding sections for the finder details.

@THENEWWRANGLER 11 лет назад

Just watched your Algonquin trip videos, love it, reminds me of my trip back in High school with my friends. SO moved to Vancouver and have not been doing much out doorsy stuff in the last couple years, can you recommend a good food dehydrator and air tight sealing machine?????

@MaddyTheGoose 15 лет назад

The dehydrator I use is a 9 tray Excalibur that costs about $250.00. I actually got it from a restaurant in exchange for some help with their computer systems. Although I would highly recommend it I hear you can get away with using your oven on a very low setting. Using the dehydrator just makes it a no brainer and you can do a whack of food pretty quick with nine trays.

@lowphoenix 13 лет назад

Thanks for the vid. did you post the recipes anywhere?

@madmedicdoc 12 лет назад

Good question, he"s heading in to Algonquin Park. The ministry of Natural resorces dosnt allow Glass or Cans is the back country areas, and you must carrie out your garbage

@odismol420 10 лет назад

Nice menu. You guys at like kings. I like the variety. So you used and dehydrator and a food saver?

@odismol420 10 лет назад

*ate

@troygaylord5844 9 лет назад

Yup, the food saver and dehydrator really opens up the menu for longer trips.

@MaddyTheGoose 15 лет назад

lol, now I'll be thinking that every time I layout my food for a trip.

@got5at12 10 лет назад

I LIKE THE SHAPPARDS PIE MEAL

@1967AJB 11 лет назад

Great video! Thank you for the paper towel tip when vacuum sealing. Is there any chance you would share your bannock recipe?

@mikebullis1918 7 лет назад

Where did you get the containers for the ghee and peanut butter? Also what kind off ghee do you typically use.

@davidsmi1010 9 лет назад

WOW 40lbs worth of just food I hope you didn't have to carry that very far.LOL I start bitching the moment my pack gets above 40lbs total gear and all. l

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

To make the butter (Ghee) you basically bring bricks of non salted butter to a light boil and extract the pure butter fat. I will likely post a vid that describes the process in making Ghee. You can find other videos on RU-vid that also take you through the process of making Ghee at home.

@TheWxwookie 11 лет назад

How did you get the jam in that tube?

@DK-qx3lv 9 лет назад

The paper towels are a great idea, but YA...what is bannock? Is it basically instant dough mix?

@MaddyTheGoose 9 лет назад

Bannock is a non-rising bread. So it's just not as light and fluffy as a regular loaf of bread. Perfect when camping though since you don't have to worry about squishing it when traveling with it. Not to mention that it tastes great!

@geographyinaction7814 6 лет назад

Water, salt, baking powder, flour. Make a sticky dough and cook in a pan or wrap it around a stick. First Nations non-leavened bread, been around for thousands of years. Add raisins or other fruit if you want.

@MaddyTheGoose 12 лет назад

@CRXluvr The tubes in this video open from the back and have a kind of pin that seals it once it's filled. I would recommend you check out Humangear's GoToob, very durable and easy to fill and use. That's what I use now.

@MaddyTheGoose 14 лет назад

I have tried but didn't have great luck with it. I know people make turkey jerky so I'm sure it's just a matter of proper seasoning or something like that. I'm not really big on jerky so I usually like to rehydrate most of what I dehydrate and In my experience chicken doesn't rehydrate well. Perhaps I'll try again in future and see if I can get better results.

@FetaSake 12 лет назад

Hunger Games !!!

@MaddyTheGoose 11 лет назад

In these videos I was using a MSR Simmerlite in these videos for the stove. Great little stove but I've since moved to the simpler Trangia alcohol stove. I like how rock solid it is and there's very little to go wrong with it. I don't bring water, just my water Katadyn Hiker Pro water filter so I can pump my own as required. We didn't do any fishing on this trip.

@erikaleanne25 7 лет назад

would u share how u made cinnamon rolls from the bannock? I'm assuming u placed uncooked dough in the bags??

@Gr8Success 13 лет назад

with that food there you can easily survive a month 2 ppl

@CRXluvr 12 лет назад

i like how you keep your jam and honey, how'd you get it in there?

@frankenstein3163 Год назад

Must not be that hot for 2 stakes to last to the second night. do you eat the appel sauce as a fruit rollup or do you rehydrate it ?

@nephildevil 13 лет назад

can u seal the contents of tin cans saving the weight of the cans? or will it try to suck the sauce and etc. instead of just air

@ranting95 11 лет назад

Great video, Pancake mix and bannock ? All of the bannock recipes I have seen look a lot like pancake recipes. Oil and ghee? ghee has a pretty high smoke point. Could you just use ghee in place of the oil? I would think it would have better flavor.

@ErikSSmith1982 12 лет назад

So what do you pack all this in? Do you bring another pack, or do you squeeze it in your pack with your other gear?

@acexprt 13 лет назад

How long does the Cheese hold up? also the peperoni? they dont go bad at all? the heat wont spoil them?

@jagarza1981 11 лет назад

What did you cook the stake in? Could you show your load plan for a canoe???

@bravoteam123 10 лет назад

Middle you put the lemon pasta sauce in a vacuum bag and just seal it?

@gcollin75 13 лет назад

I like real food while hiking though.

@andythehedge 14 лет назад

Can you put up the recipe for the pancakes you use please troy. And also what type of flour do you use for the bannock.

@nephildevil 13 лет назад

maybe put the contents of the cans in ziplock bag and then vac seal those in a bag, that shud work ziplocks on themselves u cant trust imo

@hoz49 12 лет назад

What do you do with all the plastic bags after they are empty?

@Arekkusu666 7 лет назад

"Ray-men noodle."

@YTSKI 11 лет назад

It seems like a lot of food, but I know that it is not. Believe me, I know how fast food can disapper from the pack. How can you dehydrate beef, and other full course meals?