Food on Snow Cave Campouts

Foods are very important on snow cave campouts.  You need high calorie, even high fat foods to keep your metabolism going and keep you warm.  You’ll be using a lot of energy digging your cave, and unless you’re using this as a weight loss plan, you need to replenish the calories you burned or you’re going to freeze.  We’re typically up there for just Dinner and Breakfast so here’s what we typically do:

Dinner

•  We typically just have the boys bring a can of stew each and dump it all into a big pot, or 2 pots to warm up over the stove.  We bring up rolls to go with it (even though the rolls are typically frozen by the time we eat them.)
  
  
• Another idea is hot dogs.  One of our leaders brings up 2 packs of hot dogs and a hot dog stick.  Then he cooks it over the fire for a quick, warm meal.

Breakfast

• In the past we’ve just done instant oatmeal for breakfast.  It’s easy, just warm up the water and then it’s self serve.  It’s lightweight so it’s easy to bring along on the trip.
  
  
• We tried something new last time for breakfast.  Everyone made their own omelets beforehand and we cooked them in boiling water in a ziplock bag.  It worked great because everyone got to put whatever they wanted in their omelet, and it was easy cooking and easy cleanup!  Just make sure you get as much of the air out as possible before you drop it in the boiling water.  It was really good and most decided they wanted to do that next time.

Lunch

•          We typically aren’t up there for lunch, but when we have been we’ve done munchies and stuff, sometimes a sandwich.  One time someone brought up a big summer sausage that we sliced off hunks and gnawed on.  That was good!

Munchies

•          You can almost never have too many candy bars.  I like snickers, or nut rolls, or Peanut Butter Cups because they give some quick energy and some protein to keep you going.  I typically bring up 4-6 candy bars of some type – more if I think I’ll need to share with a boy who may not be prepared.

ZIPLOCK OMELETS:

Items Needed:

                2-6 eggs (depending on how hungry you will be)

                Salt

                Milk

                As much as you want of:

                                Cheese

                                Tomatoes

                                Onions

                                Peppers

                                Salsa

                                Brown-n-Serve Sausages

                                Diced Ham, etc.

Crack the eggs into a bowl, mix them up good and add salt (if desired), and milk.  Mix well, then add any other ingredients from the list above diced up if needed.  Pour into a ziplock (or other brand, just make sure it seals) quart size baggie with your name written on it in permanent marker.  Double bag if you desire (so it doesn’t break open in your pack).  Keep it refrigerated until just before we leave.  Then keep in your pack, it will stay cold enough there.

We’ll boil some water and put the baggies with the raw egg mixture into the boiling pot to cook your omelet.  When it’s done you can eat it out of the baggie for a low cleanup meal that’s still filling and good!


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