Between a Wok and a Hard Place

[whynotwalk]

Going lightweight with bushwalking food doesn't mean removing your taste buds. Here's a new blog post about my journey towards light and tasty food. http://www.naturescribe.com/2012/06/bearable-burdens.html

cheers

Peter

[MartyGwynne]

We are almost there, I only carry the lamb roast on short walks now...
As for a wok I use a lightweight stainless bowl which doubles as a wash tub.
This even lets me make up a tasty stir fry.
I must get one of those vacuum sealing machines as they would be a major step forward from the ziplock bags.
I have posted on the bushtucker section on this site and there is much discussion about dehydrated foods and recipes etc.

[sim1oz]

Hi Peter,
Great blog post. I particularly like the colour coordination in the photos. Was that accidental? Or was it part of the styling to make the food look good? Jokes aside, I completely agree with you. We've spent so much time reducing our gear weight, that food and water weight quickly becomes our biggest burden on walks longer than 4 days. So we want our food light to carry and tasting great. We are enjoying the experimentation with our new food dehydrator. We've made crazy things like nachos on the trail, with dehydrated tomato salsa, vacpacked grated cheese and a fresh avocado.
A vacuum sealing machine is also on our shopping list!

[whynotwalk]

Hi Peter,
Great blog post. I particularly like the colour coordination in the photos. Was that accidental? Or was it part of the styling to make the food look good?

Thanks sim1oz - yeah, the styling took ages. I do admit that fashion while bushwalking is my one weakness

cheers

Peter

[whynotwalk]

I must get one of those vacuum sealing machines as they would be a major step forward from the ziplock bags.

They are good. You can find them cheap on eBay, but I just picked up a Sunbeam one on special at Hardly Normal. They threw in extra plastic rolls, which are vital.

I have posted on the bushtucker section on this site and there is much discussion about dehydrated foods and recipes etc.

Thanks for the tip-off. Don't know how I hadn't kept up with all the stuff there. Probably just a "room" on this vast forum that I don't visit very often.

cheers

Peter

[Son of a Beach]

Moved to "Bush Tucker" forum (duplicate topic removed).