+DxChallenged Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Hey! So I just did a search to see if this topic had ever come up. But didn't notice any previous ones so here goes. What's your favorite snack while geocaching? *Sweetarts are commonly refered to as "proton energy pills" in this clan. Wish I could find the huge kind that they made when I was a kid. *Licorice. I had a bag of 4 flavores (black the best in my opinion, red, green apple and peach) in the van when we went to Ottawa. Was a big hit with the entire group of 11 cachers. But I did notice grimmaces when I mentioned black was my favorite. I also like chocolate licorice which used to be easiest found in PA. *Cereal & yogurt bars. Not the favorite around here cause if they are in the pack for any amount of time they get crushed.....I also found out that if you put them near the bug spray the plastic packaging doesn't protect from odor absorption....oh well at least we wont get any bugs zooming in while yawning on the trails. *Candy bars. Snickers hands down. But I have to remember to take 5. None like to share. Does anyone actually take healthy stuff...carrots and such? Just wish I could find a way to take coffee ... oh yeah...I love chocolate covered coffee beans...great energy booster too...esp for mutli cache days "Have you no news on your travels?" the Book of fairy & folk tales of Ireland (1888) Quote
+sbell111 Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Granola bars for me, milkbones for the pooch. Quote
+Trailtek Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 I like Powerbars for hikes. Small, compact, hold up well (still good when bent and smashed), and they now taste pretty good. Used to keep a couple in the bottom of the pack as backup, the taste a few years ago insured they would be around for emergency situations. Quote
+a182pilot Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Beef Jerky, it lasts forever. For the meat eater in me. We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing. Quote
ride_bent Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 I enjoy the Teddy Grahms. They are very good. However, I usually plan Geocaching or other events around a stop at Ritter's Frozen Custard! The best things in life are not things... Now Open... http://www.geoindiana.com <-Click It! You know you want to! Quote
+georgeandmary Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Like powerbars... but eatable. george Remember: Half the people you meet are below average. Quote
+Harrald Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 On longish hikes I bring sandwichs, fruit and something salty. I always have a few clif bars and some gu with me for emergencys though. ==================================== As always, the above statements are just MHO. ==================================== Quote
+15Tango Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Clif or Power bars--A Guard unit in Minnesota has a 25 mile march every year to remember the Bataan Death March, and I participated a couple of years ago. I only brought plenty of water and an assortment of six or seven Clif and Power bars. during the last 10 miles or so, when I felt I couldn't keep walking, I'd eat a bar, and it would keep me going for a couple of miles until the carbs burned off, then I'd eat another one. As far as flavors--with the Clif bars, the chocolate espresso and cookies and cream are fairly palatable, and banana and vanilla Power bars are pretty good. www.1800goguard.com Quote
k2dave Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Being on the Atkins diet for many years, trail snacks are a bit of a chalenge. I like jerky but don't often have any. Nuts go a long way. Also Atkins has his own low carb bars. Thoses are my main stays. Sometimes I get inverntive and bring meats (cold cuts) or hard boiled eggs - that's mainly for longer hikes though. -------> Did you ever do any trail maintainence? - if so you will know that all but the most worn trails need continuous maintenance to prevent mother nature from reclaiming it. herd paths are quickly reclaimed - k2dave to a troll Quote
+Cachier Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 I like to make a trail mix from: Coconut flakes Dried Bananna Chips Salted Almonds Dried Sugared Diced Mango Chunks Dried Sugared Diced Pinapple Chunks Raisens Hazlenuts Brazil nuts Its tasty, satisfying, provides lots of energy and holds up well on the trail. Dried ingredients can be found in the bulk food section of larger grocery stores. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look." Quote
BassoonPilot Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 They're really good. Tasty, too. Also, dihydrogen oxide. Quote
+Team Tecmage Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 The wife and I usually have some assorted bars- Power, Clif, and/or Gatorade. We usually load up the Platypus with Water and put it in a cooler full of ice, and bring along the camelback for those hikes where dihydrogen oxide is required*. *Recognition for BassoonPilot Quote
+McIrish Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 I am an insulin dependent diabetic and notorious for leaving with no food on me. After suffering a few times, I have learned to carry Starburst and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!!! At least the Starburst make an insulin reaction fun!!! "Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life." Quote
+DxChallenged Posted May 17, 2002 Author Posted May 17, 2002 Hey! So it's right around dinner time and I thought I would post while I'm hungry...... Ever so glad that there is a mix of nutritious snacks as well as "calorie busters". Did I mention that when we left our hotel in Ottawa to come home we met a guy in the evlevator with a huge pack.....You could have fit my 11 year old inside and still had room. Anyway, I just had to ask this guy what was inside. Come to find out (and yes this is related to snacks) he is from Moscow. He was sent by his wife to do grocery shopping and the number 1 item she had to have was licorice!! On a caching vein... maybe someone could make up cacher baskets. energy foods for a pick me up and chocolate when you just can't find the cache..... Dx....pizzas on the way. I hate to cook but love to sew "Have you no news on your travels?" the Book of fairy & folk tales of Ireland (1888) Quote
Night Tracker Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Bananas, apples,oranges, cliff bars, energey bars. Have GPS will travel Support PETA: Please Eat Tasty Animals Quote
+craggy (nightcrawler) Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Beer and Elk Jerky. Got to load up on those Carbs! Quote
+briansnat Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 If it's a long afternoon cache hunt, I'll bring a sandwich and maybe some 'slaw and a bag of chips or popcorn and a bottle of Snapple. If I'm on a multi day backpacking trip where preserving food is important, then it's pepperoni sticks, hard cheese, canned smoked oysters, small cans of tuna and sardines (in chili, or mustard sauce). Also crackers and perhaps some chorizo and some Spam or GORP. Quote
mortonfox Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 quote:Originally posted by DxChallenged: What's your favorite snack while geocaching? Actually, I could go all day without eating. I don't know if that's still going to be true during the summer if the caching goes on until 8 pm but that's the way it was on those winter cache dashes. I do have peanuts in the car, just in case. Quote
+Salvelinus Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 I rarly eat while in the process of caching. However, I do drink lots of water. Why stop to eat something...there is a cache to find! Afterward, on the drive home, a fine Avanti cigar is nice. Does that count? Smoochnme "Only when the last tree is cut, and the last stream is polluted, and the last fish is caught, will we realize that you can't eat the money" Quote
+BruceS Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 I seldom eat anything while caching. I may drink a gallon or more of juice and/or water in day of caching. Often my caching day starts before light and ends well after dark but I don't get hungry when I am out caching. Quote
BassoonPilot Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BruceS: I seldom eat anything while caching. I may drink a gallon or more of juice and/or water in day of caching. Often my caching day starts before light and ends well after dark but I don't get hungry when I am out caching. Now we know who has been chewing on the gladware lids. Quote
+BruceS Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Gladware lids are quite tasty. Looks like Stayfloppy and myself might be guilty Quote
+DxChallenged Posted May 18, 2002 Author Posted May 18, 2002 Hey! What an assortment of foods.... Beef jerky...my kids love it...I go in for 2 extra salt packets on fries... Cliff bars and Power bars....I eat the slim fast kind. Chocloate nut or peanut butter. The brownie kind is really nasty. But an espresso bar seems very nice!! Cliff bars and long 25 mile hikes reminds me of the Tolkien tales and what they had on their travels...elves food....and flasks of "warmer uppers". Hey no flasks mentioned I love hard boiled eggs but haven't taken any on the trails.....Ya know that would help mask some of the nasty smells while on the trails. I'm never quilte sure if those are from a clan member or the surrounding area Like the dried trail mix....Hey we should start a geocaching cook book!! Starburst plus insulin reaction = fun. What a most interesting outlook!! Beannie Weannies....wouldn't that be messy in a pack? Hey another oder masker I mean maker LOL Beer and Elk jerky...The caching event I'm going to June 1 has already posted what peole are bringing. One guy is bringing vennison. He says he can't promise that all the glass and small car parts will be out but he'll try...His goes by the name of RoadKill.... Spam...I heard that that is a delicacy in Hawaii. Ice Cream.....You must go on really short hikes...or is it the dehydrated kind? Avanti cigar....I just finished a quilt for the cache event....the backing is a print of old cigar labels! Really! And Avanti is one of them! Drinking a gallon of water...My husband had a major kidney attack last year. I'de never seen him in such pain. And in the midst of it all the Doc says...."This could have been prevented by just drinking enough water"...adds to the off trail excursions but is way better than gut wrenching pain..... Glad ware lids....Any particular seasoning that you use. I have noticed several on the trails that have been nibbled on! With all this posting I'm planning on making a picnic for lunch today with everyones favorites...meatball subs, slaw, new extra flavor rice cakes, oranges, assortment of beverages in cool bottles and something with heavy duty coffee in it for me! Happy trails! DxChallenged "Have you no news on your travels?" the Book of fairy & folk tales of Ireland (1888) [This message was edited by DxChallenged on May 18, 2002 at 07:25 AM.] Quote
+The GeoGadgets Team Posted May 18, 2002 Posted May 18, 2002 We rarely snack while on the trail, but if we're going for a long drive TO a cache, we PACK. I mean, two kids, ages 5 and 8? If they aren't saying "Are we there yet?", they're saying, "Mom, I'm hungry!" Quaker Oats Granola Bars - S'mores and Chocolate Blast flavors; Rold Gold Pretzel sticks - put a few handfuls in a ziplock and they don't fight over the bag; Jerky strips - for Steak, the meat-eater; Bananas - compact and the peel can be "added to the environment"; Gatorade in the sport bottles so I don't have to worry about spills so much; Gatorade, water and Sprite for Steak - he drinks constantly; Water or Coffee for me. Unfortunately, unlike the fellows, I have a more difficult time "whipping it out" when my body's fluid levels need lowering, so I can't drink all of the coffee that I'd prefer. Cream and sugar, please. "I like my coffee like I like my men - blond and sweet!" We always take a cooler for drinks in the back of the truck and a box with the snacks in the cab. Sure makes life a bit simpler, and when they're eating they aren't yelling at each other... ARGH! "Mom... he hit me!" "Mom... he won't stop touching me!" My mom laughs when I tell her about this problem, but I swear that we never did that stuff as kids! ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite Quote
+DxChallenged Posted May 18, 2002 Author Posted May 18, 2002 My parents were always taking us on road trips. My Dad got furious if he noticed spit balls hitting trucks (of course I never did that hated potty stops and had the "drive till you drop" philosophy of travel. We got into wicked fights in the car......My Mom used to find sticks by the side of the road and line us up in front of the car....never could do that now....instead I give extra house chores...dusting, vacuuming and picking up sticks in the back yard. Sugar in Coffee.... Never Dx "Have you no news on your travels?" the Book of fairy & folk tales of Ireland (1888) Quote
phantom Posted May 18, 2002 Posted May 18, 2002 Water canteen, jerky, gummi bears. phantom "DOH!" -- Homer Simpson Quote
+KD7MXI Posted May 18, 2002 Posted May 18, 2002 just a bottle of water welcome to MY world!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CacheAcrossAmerica http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest_cache.asp?u=KD7MXI http://www.cachunuts.com Quote
gmaxis Posted May 19, 2002 Posted May 19, 2002 I love my protein bars. On longer hikes when I know I'll miss lunch or dinner, Meal Replacement bars are fill me up. Have GPS, Will Travel. Quote
Jeremy Posted May 19, 2002 Posted May 19, 2002 No, really. I can't get wasabi peanuts anymore I think they call it the oriental mix you can get in bulk. I always have an energy bar with me too. Water is preferred over anything else. Jeremy Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Quote
+the england's Posted May 20, 2002 Posted May 20, 2002 for me, as a chef, to come up with the ultimate geocaching food item! "Before beginning a hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it." Pooh Quote
+The GeoGadgets Team Posted May 20, 2002 Posted May 20, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Jeremy Irish:No, really. I can't get wasabi peanuts anymore WASABI! I love sushi (my whole family does), but I think one of the coolest things about sushi is burping the wasabi for hours afterward. I know that that sounds disgusting, but hey, if you've got to relive a meal due to gastrointestinal processes, at least the flavor should be pleasant! Days later I find myself craving sushi, wasabi and miso soup again. Of course the Wasabi Wars between Steak and I at restaurants would make your eyes water! Where can I get wasabi mix? ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger... Quote
+300mag Posted May 20, 2002 Posted May 20, 2002 I always carry granola bars. They have been helpfull a few times when I had a craving.I have given some to others on the trail too. I also like to carry a energie /boost or vector bar too. For liquids I usually bring juice and water. One I also like is a snickers bars. I have seen great sugestions in this topic. But I remember when Dx Challenged came in our area I was surprise to see that bag of licorice. I helped her out by holding the bag I eventually handed the bag back to her as it seemed to be getting light. TKS Deb lol I'll remember to bring my own next time these are addictive Quote
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