To give you a better idea of our philosophy ) ) in action, we bring you two imaginary trips, both with three ) ) people, both for four days, both with the same 18 pounds ) ) of food. In addition to snack foods (dried fruit, cheese, ) ) crackers, cookies, snack bars, and so on), the basic cookable ) ) foods might be flour, vermicelli, bulgur wheat, sugar, eggs, ) ) tortillas, clarified butter, semisweet chocolate, dehydrated ) ) tomato sauce, dehydrated veggies (mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, ) ) peppers); small bottles of maple syrup, olive oil, lime juice, ) ) and brandy; and small baggies of powdered milk, yeast, baking ) ) powder, and coconut powder. The original plan could be for ) ) these dinners: spaghetti with tomato sauce, a vegetable and ) ) cheese pizza, quesadillas, and trout amandine with a side ) ) order of bulgur wheat. Baking could include a chocolate cake ) ) with frosting and a Baguette in a Pot: The Generic Loaf. ) ) On a layover morning, breakfast might be crepes, and there ) ) would be plenty of sweet stuff available for lime or coconut ) ) snow cones if there was snow nearby.
Yet with the very same ingredients, you might fashion a ) ) completely different menu. Dinners could be a veggie quiche, ) ) vermicelli pad thai (with a lime, coconut, and tomato sauce), ) ) tabbouleh/cheese burritos, and a trout and cheese soufflé. ) ) Baking might include a braided challah and a batch of chocolate ) ) brownies, and the cooked breakfast might be pancakes with maple ) ) syrup. The list of potential creations goes on and on, including ) ) chapati, chutney, cobbler, calzones, biscuits, scones, dumplings, ) ) mantou, and more.
The ) ) Leave-No-Crumbs Camping Cookbook © 2004 by Rick ) ) Greenspan and Hal Kahn, with permission from Storey ) ) Publishing.
