# Good non-cooking camping food? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346 "2013-07-12T19:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/21 "2013-07-13T20:43:20Z")
Pemmican. [You can make it yourself](http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-make-pemmican/#axzz2Keop1VEZ) but it doesn’t sound like you have time for that. Cereal. In my climbing days, I used to put single servings of granola in small zip lock bags along with the appropriate measure of powdered milk. Just add water. There’s dried fruit and nuts. (M&M’s are a good addition to trail mix as the hard candy shell keeps the chocolate from making a mess as you won’t have a cooler.) Granola bars, jerky or other dried meat. Pilot bread (AKA hard tack) packs really well. Peanut butter. Carnation instant breakfast shakes. ---
**Author:** ![Shooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/22 "2013-07-16T06:08:27Z")
Thanks guys, given me a lot of ideas some of which I’m sure to put to use. The tuna + mayo + relish idea is inspired, as well as avocado as a concept. Because avocado is amazing, can’t believe I didn’t think of it. Hard-boiled eggs is another simple winner. Looking forward to these meals now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/23 "2013-07-16T09:05:06Z")
Fruit (the first to be totally consumed) bread, cheese, cured meat. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/24 "2013-07-16T12:20:56Z")
We would occasionally get a pizza, freeze it, and take it the first day. It thaws out during the day, and in the evening is ready to eat. It ain’t hot, but it tastes great out there. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/25 "2013-07-16T14:32:10Z")
Scotch! I love scotch, scotchity scotch scotch… Always good for back packing. MtM ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/26 "2013-07-16T15:15:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Won’t the beer get too warm?😕 [Nah](http://www.rei.com/product/850811/hydro-flask-wide-mouth-vacuum-bottle-64-fl-oz). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/27 "2013-07-16T15:32:55Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > [Nah](http://www.rei.com/product/850811/hydro-flask-wide-mouth-vacuum-bottle-64-fl-oz). I own that in stainless steel. Damn thing leaks; I need to find a new washer that size.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/28 "2013-07-16T15:42:03Z")
Sardines. They’re cheap, packed with protein and there’s lots of flavor varieties. Goes great with bread. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346/29 "2013-07-16T15:48:41Z")
> [@Shooby](#): > > Any recommendations as to more interesting food options, or combinations I might not have thought of? Just remember that if you’re bringing cannabis along on the trip that you’ll need to increase the amount of food you bring along proportionately. In fact, anecdotal evidence suggests that even with less than a backpack full of grass that you might not be able to physically lift the corrosponding increase in snack food you’ll require to remain satiated. And ditto on the peanut butter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346.md?page=1)