Trying something different this year. Last time we did the Mountain House breakfasts, (pretty good) but we found that they were just too time consuming in the morning, especially when the goal was to get out on the mountain like 3:00 - 4:00 am to listen for bugles and do locating prior to sun-up and then move in. I'm not all that big of an oatmeal guy in the morning either - I like the stuff I can make at home on the stove top, but those instant packets are like eating wallpaper paste.
This year our plan is to get up real early and smack down some energy bars and drink water laced with those flavor additives that are on the market, that also contain caffeine and electrolytes. That should get us through the morning. I never eat a big breakfast anyway, or at all, except on Sunday mornings. We are packing a Mountain House meal and our pocket rocket stove in day packs and will eat a hearty regular meal during the mid day heat when action is typically slow. Possibly take a little 30 minute siesta as well.
This way we get a good solid hot meal at midday when we are actually hungry and have several hours of grinding under our belt, as opposed to chewing on a granola bar or jerky. That will carry us until evening when we can have another hot meal before hitting the sack to start it all over the next day.
As a side note, similar to what Matty described above, we bought our Mountain House flavors in large #10 cans (a lot cheaper in bulk), breaking them down into the serving sizes we prefer and then re-vacuum sealing them into much smaller compact single serving pouches. The bags they normally come in work well, but are quite bulky. Like Matty we are bringing a few of the original packages empty and flattened out and re-using them throughout the trip to rehydrate/heat our meals
Topic: Suggestions for breakfast in the mountains. (Read 1559 times)
