Food for a 9 Day Canoe Trip in Northern Ontario. 

Hi Joe, I've noticed you use the ground beef, with rice and veggies often. You mentioned they were bland. During the video I noticed you had raisins. Once you reconstitute the beef/rice meal, add a box of raisins, then cook. I'd also recommend trying a little soy sauce during the initial cooking of the beef and rice. I enjoy your work. Keep it up, and thank you for it. Be well,

"let's get this layed out on a tray... Nice!"

Add some taco seasoning to that ground beef recipe. Makes it far more yummy.

Awesome videos,find they are educational and easy to watch,You watch 3 or 4 of his videos and you should be able to survive any conditions. His shelters rock and I like the fact that he talks to all of us through the camera like we are there and not narrating and occasionally looking at the camera. 2 thumbs up!

a bag of oats, tea bags, instant coffee mixed with whitener and sugar, and powdered milk for the breakfasts. Dried fish (pemmican?) and blue berries, with added olive oil for lunch (ready to eat/ no hot water needed). Dried moose meat and soup mix for supper. These foods shouldn't perish during the trip. Maybe a zip-lock bag of protein powder will be so beneficial to take as well. My two cents.

you can always put a scoop of the dried chili in the rice and beans to give it a little different taste! Don't forget a small squeeze jar of Tartar sauce for the fish! Also you could cut up 1-2 pieces of jerky and put in the beans and rice too! :-) Have fun will be watching for the video! Mark in Texas!

If you boil your rice in a broth (chicken, beef, veg, etc.)it will not be so bland.

Mix your veggies and rice with fat free cream of chicken soup before you dehydrate it and you will be very, very happy eating it in camp (I say fat free because fat can go rancid)! If you dehydrate the meat separate from the veggies it will be even better, but it will be much tastier with the cream chicken stirred in even if you dehydrate it all together. Happy trails!

nice food rations for a long trip. On our trips we woudl add a fww things like dried (powered) milk, hot chocolate packs, teabags, small packs of sugar, some small zip-baggies of spices for cooking fish & meats, also a baggie of multi-vitamins, and the powered "super-food" freeze-dried veggie & fruit powders.

Glad to see you are taking the bush buddy cook kit. The lid / pan isn't the greatest bud you can get a titanium lid from four dog stove that works really great. Good luck on your trip.

That Bush Buddy stove is the way to go. The Snow Peak Ti pot is good as well just put a rubber band around it that will keep the lid in place. I have one as well and rubber band the lid before putting it in its mess bag. Have a great time.

Joe, thanks for the VERY INFORMATIVE yet simple video. It definitely inspires me to remember that the content is way more important than the flashy sets or colourful graphics.

Dammit Joe I was just about to go to bed, but now you have tempted me with this vedio I cannot refuse.

You mentioned the rice, beef and veggies being bland. Below were recommendations for a few things, soy sauce, etc., I make something just like that maybe once a month, and one thing I do is just add some powered beef soup base to the water while I cook the food. No longer bland, I also add dried onions to mine.

Wow, you planed to eat like a king? 7 weeks on the road/bush and I have a literal fraction of that, nevermind 9 days LOL! Multi-vitamins, rice, oats, bullion cubes, honey, nutrition/fiber bars, mixed dried fruit, tea and various flavoring spices. The rest is wild game...

I just visited the Forty Creek distillery this weekend. Couldn't remember where I had seen Copper Pot, but I picked up a bottle anyways. Just had a lightbulb moment when I saw the thumbnail for this video. We don't see much from Forty Creek in the states (Rochester, NY). Thanks for the offhand whisky review; delicious! Came for the bushcraft, stayed for the booze.

That's not bushcraft. Scout looks hungry. Nice vid! Can't wait to see this trip!!!!!

Good choices. Nice haul! Love the jerky option. A must. And the self-made meals are always smart. Cheers Be well Craig

Loving the baby bell and salami, people dont realise you dont need to refrigerate these necessarily, and also your meal prep doesn't need doesn't need to be healthy in fact the more carb packed the better lol but you know that! As shows

Be safe on your trip, Man. I can't wait to see how it all goes.

I am looking forward to watching the up coming trip. Cannot wait to see the beautiful views, I think I may rewatch the last canoe trip you did before I watch the new one.

This made me think, "Why doesn't Joe (and his lovely wife), write a Bushcraft dehydration recipe book?"

Those York Peppermint Patties also do wonders if you end up having heart burn. Peppermint in general, but the yorks make it much better.

Your videos are great Joe. Thank you.

Have a safe and fun trip Joe.....love the plan for food.

Well done, thanks!

Good video Joe thanks 👍and the food looks delicious

Check if your Powerrade bottle is a type of "1". That means PET bottle. If so, you should not use that bottle more than once. Number 2,4,5 are OK.

Have you considered making your own fruit leather with your dehydrator? Almost guaranteed to be cheaper than the fruit snacks in the individual packages.

Loving the videos Joe! Safe travels 😊

dehydrated fruit for snacks rock; especially apples-apple chips; nice to see the raisin maid; myself I slam peanuts on outings- protein; don't forget the gps

That bottle will be empty by day 3! lol This will be a great video.

Have Fun!!!

Joe I am a big fan...The videos are awesome!..

Mmmm peanut M&Ms lol that was my treat for completing "The Pig" and 3km portages in Killarney. You just can't beat a good dose of peanut M&Ms lol can't wait to see the trip vid. Cheers, John

Joe it looks like a some tasty meals have been thought out. you might consider dehydrating some salsa to add to the rice and beef dish. thanks Joe

I enjoy the food inventory.., Good food is the centerpiece of a good backpacking trip😊 Looks like it will be a good trip!

Can't wait for the trip video! Keep up the great work.

Nice review. You always seem to remind me of an item or 2 I forgot to pack (supplies and food). Our trips are shorter but I would like to schedule a 7+ day trip for next spring. Stay safe and enjoy the bugs.

YOU NEED THAT!! It's your snake bite kit.

Loving the videos hope you have a great time

I was bush crafting while watching this

Good video again man always nice to see your ideas and ways to do things. thanks for the vid !

Wow. How much fun that would have been :)

2:50 hahaha gtfo with that. gave me a good chuckle xD

sounds and looks like you pack food like i do when canoe tripping or on the trail bike or snow machine doing cross country exploring i usually end up packing some of it back home if i supplement it on the way with fish or game. enjoy hope it is all good for you.

Awesome Joe. i have done a ton of backcountry canoe trips in northern ontario (algonquin, temagami, french river, etc.) and meal planning has always been the hardest part. its nice to see what others pack! Oil and panko for fish is key, if you have the room i recommend u toss that in... and NO GORP? what gives dude? bulk barn is your friend! lol.

My favorite thing to bring is Jamblaya mix...works with any kind of meat you can find and tastes good on its own as well.... Always love your vids Joe. Keep up the good work. :)

Dude you took everything out only to have to repack it...that is commitment to your fans!!

great info. thanks

Safe journey , looking forward to the next video. Can you do a video on the dehydration of food.

The little belt buckle on the dry bag is called a D ring. Love the vids! Keep it up! D

Great vid Joe explaining what happened on alone. Next time bring a BIC.

Hey joe, make sure you get some footage of your new canoe I'm thanking about buying one, have a great trip!!!

love your videos just subscribed but probably watched almost half of them already. looking forward to getting into the woods with some of the tips you taught me so far. upstate Ny

have a nice trip my friend be safe out there atb steve

Enjoy the black flies man. They are going strong right now. Solid food, right there though.

Good Luck Stay Safe !

Hi Joe, Les Stroud has a great video on how to pack your food, where he suggests that you pack your food into bags for each day. So, instead of packing all lunches together, you'd have breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner in one ziploc bag and labeled as Day 1, Day 2 etc... And pack it so day 1 bag is on the top and day 9 is at the bottom. That way you open only one bag per day. What do you think?

I wish you a good time. Lets rock the fish.

I did a 3 day canoe trip with 8 canoes was a blast

NOT ENOUGH BOOZE JOE! NOT ENOUGH BOOZE JOE!!! Kyle is gonna be pissed when you drink his

I have that same titanium pot too. Yes. Yes the lid does suck, but I still really seem to like it anyway.

american chop suey is what you were looking for for your third dinner choice

You could save a lot of weight/bulk by taking a single block of cheese instead of the babybels (that all have individual wax coverings), a big bag of loose oatmeal instead of packets, same with raisins. Also see lots of carbs which are not very calorie dense.

excellent video!

I thought you were going mid may? Bugs are brutal now! But the fishing will be amazing.

Joe drinks his whiskey out of a powerade bottle. I like it.

I loooove Party Mix chips 😄

Can you put more air time on you eating during the trip? I just love the eating experience in the wild.

Very helpful

M&Ms would be gone the first night! Booze would be gone the third night! Good video.

If I remember correct Kyle brought enough food for 6 people for 12 days. Great videos bud!

Enjoy the trip man......:^.

You could get some instant gravy mix to add to your rice meals or beef or chicken bouillon powder if they're too bland for you.

9 Day Canoe trip hype is real

You should do a video on dehydrating food.

The Temagami area is one of the most beautiful and majestic places in the entire world. One of the few old growth forests that still remains is there. I live within a 45 minute drive so I'm very fortunate. That being said it's also very dangerous, I almost died in a near drowning on "Smoothwater" lake when a freak storm came in hard and fast and sunk our boat. 3 waves and we were swimming in the middle of the big bay, at that same spot there are crosses placed on the closest point, lots had perished where I somehow survived. To be honest my youngest brother became a man that day in saving my life. Had he not been there, I truly may not have been able to be here now.

Great vid, thanks. Instead of having a dry beef and rice meal have you thought about adding a couple of tablespoons of dry gravy mix to make it more palatable? I did that with my dehydrated beef and mash and it made all the difference! Gluten free gravy to ward off the IBS.

Nice spread. I'm interested in how the sliced salami does by the later days of the trip. I've always brought it unsliced so that only the one end is exposed to the air. But I suppose if it is dried / smoked / cured enough, it probably is fine.

Need more raisins to keep you regular plus a good oatmeal add-in.

It's interesting listening to what Canadians call things. Like Cheetos are called cheesys. It cool

cool setup. hope you don't mind the suggestion but a vacuum sealer would help you save space. personally I gotta separate each days food into it's own gallon size bag. easier to keep track for me lol

Really awesome vid. I eat fairly similar on backpacking trips

The only great thing about the food bag is that it gets lighter as you go... start out super strong, able to carry it... then as you go, less stress on you. You're young... three shots a night good for you...for us older fellas 3 would be gone by 10:30 in the morning... that's why we fill our water bladders with the good stuff! HA!!! Fish... I do hope that you and Kyle have great luck with fishing on this trip... other times were not quite what I expected from you guys. Can't wait to see your footage of great catching and awesome belly-filling of whatever the catch of the day is. Praying for fish!!! Your breakfasts are all Quaker Oatmeal... man after my brethren heart! That's my fave chip mix also... have a big ol' bowl on hand always on the coffee table! Your food rations look great... the abundance of fish that you will be catching will be great as well. As a matter of note.... if you continue casting to one side of the boat and catch nothing... consider casting to the other side. It's worked in the past!!! Good luck... great travels... have fun guys!

Hey joe, been watching your vids better part of a year now and im a fan. However, you might consider looking into the effects of burning plastic in reference to your idea to simply burn the power aid bottle for your whisky.

That SunRype Fruit bar was a big hit during our recent hiking trip. The Nature Valley "Protein" is great and I find it better than the ones you had.

13 lbs just under 1 stone. Nice preparation there. 👍

i recommend Lot no 40... good whiskey

The only thing that sucks is that we have to wait 10 plus days for more vids! but have fun and safe travels joe

I seem to remember that you have ibsboth of my daughters and I have isLike you we don't take medication because of the side effectsmy one daughter has been taking align (probiotics) for about 6 months and noticed a real improvement to her symptoms in about 10 daysI have been using it for about 2 months and after 3 weeks or so I noticed a significant reduction in symptomsthe cheapest place we have found it is Costco

Sounds like your pasta dinner is what we call American Chop Suey.(soo-ey)

I am a chronic over packer when it comes to food and cooking supplies, I loved the idea of dehydrated meals. can you tell me your process of rehydration please.

Instant oatmeal is ok, I've eaten a ton. I came up with a better system (for me), granola and I add to it powdered milk. I have the flexibility to ether add hot water for a hot breakfast or cold water. Granola is cheaper and tastier than instant oatmeal.

I'm curious as to how much food you will have left over at the end of the trip? I'm guessing a decent amount? Would be interesting to know.

Joe- for your ground beef try Mabo Tofu Sauce. Delicious. I have a sensitive stomach and it never does me wrong

Have a good one ! hope you film a ton :)

Great video joe. Didn't know u had ibs, i have ulcerative colitis.

Damn man, you're going to be eating well

Hey Joe, I have a question about dried food. How do you know how much water to add after drying it?