Post your 3 day menus....
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Martyn said:I bet he only sleeps under the better class of lean-to's!
A 57 patten silk basha
Delicate skin and all that 
Feygan said:Martyn thats a whole lot of coffee
Coffee is only mildly diuretic; anything that you drink is a diuretic, (all diuretic means it something that makes you want to urinate). So water in and of itself is a diuretic.
Coffee consumed during the average day can make a positive contribution to the two litres of fluids that the human body needs everyday. A fact supported by the British Nutrition Foundation which confirms simple fact this by stating that you do not need to drink more water to compensate for consuming caffeinated drinks. Mind you they recommend only drinking 4 or 5 8oz cups per day.
Im sure that all the bad press for coffee comes from the rabid anti coffee lobbies (weak tea drinkers) who put about the coffee is bad for you malarkey,
claiming that tea is better and more refreshing, as it has only 60 milligrams of caffeine per 8oz cup, where as coffee has 100 to 140 milligrams per 8oz cup. :sulkoff:Ah my bad then I didnt realise they had changed their standpoint, last I knew It was tea that contributed to your daily fluids, and coffee took away from it. They could all do with making up their minds though.
My three day menu
Breakfast (normally I am at home so it would be coffee and toast. I hardly ever set of before 10am
Lunch
Some form of a baguette, homemade with maybe chicken salad, or tuna and mustard
coffee
Evening meal
Something quick, normally Id make something at home and deepfreeze it. By the time I got to camp and have set up, the meal (be it stew or lobby even a casserole) would have defrosted, ready to be reheated on the campfire. Eaten with thick slices of homemade granary bread
Coffee black and strong (I dont drink milk as it is incredible bad for you)
Supper
Oats with water sugar and fruit
Beer or whisky
Midnight snack
Anything that is to hand, like fruit or toast
Breakfast
Bannock (or damper)
Bacon, scrambled eggs
Coffee
Midmorning snack
Fruit (either dried or fresh)
Lunch
Bacon, poached eggs, fruit
Coffee
Evening meal
Corned beef hash, peas carrots mashed potato.
Damper with fruit
Whisky
Midnight snack
Cold damper with butter.
coffee
Breakfast
Oats with fruit
coffee
Midmorning snack
Crackers with primular cheese
Lunch
Salami on pita bread.
Handful of fruit, (dried)
Coffee
Evening meal
Baked potato with curry beans topped with spreading cheese
Baked apple
Coffee
Midnight snack
Beef jerky
Coffee
Breakfast
What ever is left (Ive eaten curried beans and fruit flapjacks before now)
Coffee
My midmorning snack is normally purchased from a garage on the way home.
Breakfast (normally I am at home so it would be coffee and toast. I hardly ever set of before 10am
Lunch
Some form of a baguette, homemade with maybe chicken salad, or tuna and mustard
coffee
Evening meal
Something quick, normally Id make something at home and deepfreeze it. By the time I got to camp and have set up, the meal (be it stew or lobby even a casserole) would have defrosted, ready to be reheated on the campfire. Eaten with thick slices of homemade granary bread
Coffee black and strong (I dont drink milk as it is incredible bad for you)
Supper
Oats with water sugar and fruit
Beer or whisky
Midnight snack
Anything that is to hand, like fruit or toast
Breakfast
Bannock (or damper)
Bacon, scrambled eggs
Coffee
Midmorning snack
Fruit (either dried or fresh)
Lunch
Bacon, poached eggs, fruit
Coffee
Evening meal
Corned beef hash, peas carrots mashed potato.
Damper with fruit
Whisky
Midnight snack
Cold damper with butter.
coffee
Breakfast
Oats with fruit
coffee
Midmorning snack
Crackers with primular cheese
Lunch
Salami on pita bread.
Handful of fruit, (dried)
Coffee
Evening meal
Baked potato with curry beans topped with spreading cheese
Baked apple
Coffee
Midnight snack
Beef jerky
Coffee
Breakfast
What ever is left (Ive eaten curried beans and fruit flapjacks before now)
Coffee
My midmorning snack is normally purchased from a garage on the way home.
To make my choices easy I go for "A" "C" "B"
British military nutritionists have done it all for me so much easier than having to think about it.lol
LS
British military nutritionists have done it all for me so much easier than having to think about it.lol
LS
3 day menu? Well I worked out a plan for this for bushcraft meets this year that suits me so far.
Breakfast - Muesli mixed with dried milk , pre mixed - just add water. Water to drink.
Lunch - Bannock - 3 parts flour, 2 parts milk powder, - pre mixed + 1 part found food. Water to drink.
Dinner - Day 1 - Millet dish
- Day 2 - Rice dish
- Day 3 - Pasta dish
Each one will have a variety of vegetables and a protein such as cheeze, sausage etc. Water to drink.
Snacks - a packet of buiscits, a slab of fruit cake. Some fruit.
A touch of spirits for sharing.
That's it really. It is based on needing to keep it small volume so I can get it in my rucksack, an easy breakfast so I don't have to worry about a fire if it is difficult, and keeping my options open for food that might turn up. I don't drink much tea and coffee anyway.
Breakfast - Muesli mixed with dried milk , pre mixed - just add water. Water to drink.
Lunch - Bannock - 3 parts flour, 2 parts milk powder, - pre mixed + 1 part found food. Water to drink.
Dinner - Day 1 - Millet dish
- Day 2 - Rice dish
- Day 3 - Pasta dish
Each one will have a variety of vegetables and a protein such as cheeze, sausage etc. Water to drink.
Snacks - a packet of buiscits, a slab of fruit cake. Some fruit.
A touch of spirits for sharing.
That's it really. It is based on needing to keep it small volume so I can get it in my rucksack, an easy breakfast so I don't have to worry about a fire if it is difficult, and keeping my options open for food that might turn up. I don't drink much tea and coffee anyway.
ludlowsurvivors said:
Hey if it's nutritional efficiency you're after, check out nutrison satndard ...one litre per day is all you need to meet your full nutritional requirements. Three bags for three days, what could be simpler? Of course the stuff tastes like bile, so you'd need a nasogastric tube to bypass your mouth and get it into your gut, but hey so do rat packs...
Day 1
Breakfast: flapjacks, maple sugar, coffee
Lunch: jerk, hard tack, raisins, water
Supper: bannock, stew (jerk, carrots, potatoes, onions - all dried) and coffee
Day 2
Breakfast: steel cut oats, raisins, maple sugar, coffee
Lunch same as day 1
Supper: wild rice, jerk, and onion hotdish, bannock, and coffee
Day 3
Breakfast: Wild rice, maple sugar, raisins, and coffee
Lunch: same as Day 1
Supper: rubbaboo (peas, onions, bacon, one clove), bannock, and coffee
Breakfast: flapjacks, maple sugar, coffee
Lunch: jerk, hard tack, raisins, water
Supper: bannock, stew (jerk, carrots, potatoes, onions - all dried) and coffee
Day 2
Breakfast: steel cut oats, raisins, maple sugar, coffee
Lunch same as day 1
Supper: wild rice, jerk, and onion hotdish, bannock, and coffee
Day 3
Breakfast: Wild rice, maple sugar, raisins, and coffee
Lunch: same as Day 1
Supper: rubbaboo (peas, onions, bacon, one clove), bannock, and coffee
Angus Og said:
Oh I also take a Mars bar and a packet of crisps or two.
Yes, but what do you drink for the other two days?
Cheers
JFW
Three day menu
Friday night
Army boil in bag main meal and dessert
Or can of tuna and 5 minute rice / instant custard and apple flakes
Biscuits
Tea
Supper
Tea or hot chocolate and biscuits
Saturday
Breakfast
Instant oats
Boil in bag dried egg omelette and chopped spam
Tea
Biscuits and jam
Lunch
2 cup a soups or 1 mug a soup (type with pasta in)
pepperami or salami
pitta bread
primula cheese spread
fresh onion or tomato if available
tea
Dinner
Home made corned beef stew, now with dried veg, smash/rice/pasta (take your pick), pitta bread
Apple flakes with instant custard and crushed digestive biscuits
Tea
Supper
Tea or hot chocolate and biscuits
Sunday breakfast
Instant oats
Fried spam and beans or boil in the bag beans/sausage
Tea
Biscuits and jam
Lunch
Same as Saturday
On top of this I take chocolate bars/boiled sweets, extra cup/mug a soups biscuits and alcohol of some sort. As this is a backpacking menu, the booze would be something like brandy in the winter (goes well with tea) or Jack Daniels in the summer, nice on its own or with water. For backpacking I use instant white tea and sugar I mix at home and carry in a zip lock bag. I cant drink instant coffee. I make good bannock bread, but wont bother for a weekend unless there are a few of us
For car camping etc, I would use a lot more fresh fruit, bacon, meat etc, plus fresh coffee and of course Stella Artois
Having typed all this, I still like the ease of the 24 hour ration pack, and as I have around 30 at home, Id better start to use them up
Friday night
Army boil in bag main meal and dessert
Or can of tuna and 5 minute rice / instant custard and apple flakes
Biscuits
Tea
Supper
Tea or hot chocolate and biscuits
Saturday
Breakfast
Instant oats
Boil in bag dried egg omelette and chopped spam
Tea
Biscuits and jam
Lunch
2 cup a soups or 1 mug a soup (type with pasta in)
pepperami or salami
pitta bread
primula cheese spread
fresh onion or tomato if available
tea
Dinner
Home made corned beef stew, now with dried veg, smash/rice/pasta (take your pick), pitta bread
Apple flakes with instant custard and crushed digestive biscuits
Tea
Supper
Tea or hot chocolate and biscuits
Sunday breakfast
Instant oats
Fried spam and beans or boil in the bag beans/sausage
Tea
Biscuits and jam
Lunch
Same as Saturday
On top of this I take chocolate bars/boiled sweets, extra cup/mug a soups biscuits and alcohol of some sort. As this is a backpacking menu, the booze would be something like brandy in the winter (goes well with tea) or Jack Daniels in the summer, nice on its own or with water. For backpacking I use instant white tea and sugar I mix at home and carry in a zip lock bag. I cant drink instant coffee. I make good bannock bread, but wont bother for a weekend unless there are a few of us
For car camping etc, I would use a lot more fresh fruit, bacon, meat etc, plus fresh coffee and of course Stella Artois
Having typed all this, I still like the ease of the 24 hour ration pack, and as I have around 30 at home, Id better start to use them up
For me there is actually no difference between 3 days and 3 weeks:
Two meals:
1. freshly grained oats, milkpowder, honey, more honey, a little cardammom and
cinnamom...
2. rice, red lentils, dry Impala meat, fat, vegetable dry paste (good one), salt
I choose between sweet and salty - what the body needs.
And in between: nuts, dry fruits, dry Impala meat, tea, water
Two meals:
1. freshly grained oats, milkpowder, honey, more honey, a little cardammom and
cinnamom...
2. rice, red lentils, dry Impala meat, fat, vegetable dry paste (good one), salt
I choose between sweet and salty - what the body needs.
And in between: nuts, dry fruits, dry Impala meat, tea, water
