| When back packing back home in Colorado we found a bunch of cheap storable, easy
to cook food could be found in the grocery store.
You probably can not get too many carbo hydrates. Schalloped potatoes, Rice A
Roni, and Macaroni and Cheese are big winners. Pwdered milk and olive oil can
supply much of the taste and texture for the dried "cheese" in these foods.
Powder eggs come in 2 egg packetts. One brand name is DURKEE. I like Wylers
lemmonade, available in both packets (makes 2 qts) or paper tins.
General portions that I consume make their serving counts a joke. I will use
a box of Rice A Roni for my wife and myself for one meal's main dish. Similar
things applied to macaroni and cheese, etc. I think that is about 1 real serving
for 3+ suggested serving sizes.
Other foods to consider are Tang, dried appricots, bean and alfalpha seeds to
sprout en route, etc. All have similar serving sizes. Meals get boring, but
are substansive.
Incidentally, when we ere in the BVI 7 years ago, Cokes cost many times the same
volue of local rum. Stack canned sodas in your bilge. Keep the various types
carefully seperated, since the outside lableing will probably rub off.
MRE's, collapsable water tanks should be available from the local army surplus
store. You may also find "C" and "D" rations there.
Check out BOAT US etc. for flexible tanks. Natura "sic?" makes some that are
supposed to work for drinking water. They come in various sizes.
As I recall, caloric intake for a normal adult runs 2000-2600 per day. kick
that up to around 2500-3000 per day, due to higher metabolic needs due to
exposure to weather, and fun activities.
I would suggest stashing up enough food to approximate 1 1/2 times the amount
you need to get to Miami. Check the inventory to see how close you really are.
Then go make the local A&P rich.
Incidently backpacking foods are often pretty good, but always expensive. The
major brands can be found at REI. The two that I have had the most experience
with are Richmoor and Mountain House. We would use their dishes as side dishes
to make the Rice A Roni taste better.
For a boat, hard cheeses, Vaselined eggs, parafined apples and oranges will
all keep pretty well when kept ventilated.
Those are some off the cuff ideas.
Doug
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