Originally Posted by
rothenfield1
I hear ya
Not a big fan either. But, I do carry a small bottle of olive oil sometimes. Putting a little in the bottom of the pan helps keep stuff from sticking. This is more of a hiking-in-the-mountains thing, and I've never tried it; but, I sometimes take some line & hook when backpacking. The idea of catching a trout and frying it is Hemingway-esk and "can't be bettered".
You just need a hook and a small bottle of salmon eggs. Thread from your sewing kit works fine for line. This is a parable of the fishes. One bottle of salmon eggs can feed a multitude. The only time I tried taking commercial freeze-dried food backpacking, we ran completely out a couple days from the road. Illegal fish were just the ticket. I did fry them.
Living in the PNW, I can take a can of butter and have it last 2 weeks. Trout fried in butter tasted pretty good after that crap.
So when the freeze-dried package says "feeds 4" on the label, but the net weight is 4 oz., that means you are lucky if it has 500 calories. This puts a couple down in the concentration camp calorie range. So frequent (daily?) resupply is a huge convenience in bike touring. It's a completely different way to live for me. Even at home, I only shop every 2 weeks. Nice to have more time to live.