 Snack Pack Cous Cous from Safeway
very tasty
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.jpg) Really good cooked sausage, EG salami milano or chorizo, adds interest (and plenty of cals for the weight) to pasta or noodles.
Alcohol - if you don't like spirits but find beer or wine may get you up in the night - try a drop of port with your cheese.
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 I had to laugh when I read Scott's contribution.
JAM Sandwiches (or Brechdanau jam as we knew them) were our staple "adventure" food when we were kids.
We spent hours as kids in the local mountains during weekends and school hols. We would make up jam sandwiches from CUT bread ( I am very adept at cutting bread, it was bourne out of necessity ) and fill a flask with pop from the old rubber stopper type bottles, pack them into our school duffle bag (anyone remember them?) and head off into the hills.
We would sit on the crystal clear hilltops, munching our way through our "jam brechies" and watch the steam trains hauling a train of coal for miles down the smoky valleys way below us.
I preferred blackcurrant jam but nothing could beat the home made blackberry or wimberry (wortleberry-billberry-blueberry in other areas)that my grandmother made.
The beauty about the wimberry jams and tarts that she made was that we could spend a day picking them on the very moutains that we took off to.
Yes, thanks for that Scott, reminding me of some VERY good days!!!!
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All those fine memories AND they're proper sports fuel too: been part of the daily diet of Tour De France rider for decades. Highly recommended!
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Not quite meals, what about trail mix?
I use Tescos mixed nuts and raisens (98p a bag), chocolate M & M's, and dried blue berries and/or dried cranberries.
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In Sainsburys this am and the misses looked at me very oddly as I put the jar of blackcurrent jam into the trolley, no guesses as to what I will be taking on my next walk!!!!
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Any kind of Pasta boiled for 10 mins. Then add tin of Campbells Cream of Mushroom condensed soup, tin of Peas/Sweetcorn and 227gm tin of Tuna cooking on simmer for least 10 mins. This of cause serves 2 persons or 1 if feeling very hungry.
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 I made a risotto recently-
Unlce Ben's ready cooked rice
chopped onion
chopped garlic
chopped pepper
Matheson's Smoked sausage chopped
chedder cheese chopped up to melt quickly
dried parmesan cheese to top.
None of above really needs refridgerating.
Other GOOD THINGS to have in your pack
malt loaf
pepperami sticks (can be chopped and added to couscous etc)
couscous/instant smash
Oatsosimple
cheese and crackers
fruit and nut choc
dried chillis\saltnpepper\dried herbs
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 I had a nice chicken curry in the Cheviots on Saturday night and the missus had pasta in tomato sauce both from Expedition foods. Not cheap at £3-50 a bag but then spending a night in hills is a lot cheaper than going to the pub. Just add some hot water to the bags, seal and leave for 5 minutes and then they are ready. Delicious - much better than any dehydrated food I have tasted before. Also very clean - no washing up.
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 In addition to Freusli bar/rasins and nuts, I have taken to having Oatcakes ( the ones with black pepper from Tesco are particularly nice) with primula cheese out of a tube for lunch. The oatcakes come in packs of 5 and the cheese last for about 3 packs. V Tasty and survive being in the pack for 3 days.
I am also a boil in the bag and cous cous fan for the evening. Boily for the first night as it is a bit heavy. Am going to get some army rat packs as as far as I can tell it is the cheapest way of getting Wayfarers.
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 For snacking along the way, I'm partial to the odd bag of beef jerky, you can order from a UK site, www.wildwestjerky.co.uk It's a good source of protein, low in fat although quite expensive. Taste and texture is the best and it's a real treat when it gets a touch cold. Expedition foods is my other tip, for the lack of hassle they are well worth the money. I don't tend to buy any type of pre-made sauce or processed foods at home but on the trail these do the job nicely.
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There is a paperback called The Well-Fed Backpacker by June Fleming.
ISBN 0-394-73804-7
You can get it online from www.amazon.co.uk
Price £9.09 inc PP
Although it's American nevertheless it's quite a good book and the Americans know a thing or two about food.
I would recommend it to any backpacker on a budget.
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 Pesto pasta.
Chop veg (onion, courgette, mushroom, sun dried tomatoes) before you leave and store in zip lock bag with oil and herbs to taste. Arrive campsite boil pasta, drain and keep to the side, fry off veg and add pasta, stir in pesto. mmm easy.
Make loads and have it for lunch the next day.
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 Scrub all of the above and have malt bread for every meal.
With all-bran on the side :)
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 Yes JJ and take plenty of bog roll :))
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 Why stick to Malt loafs. How about Banana, Apple and Cinnamon, Plum (plums not in it!?!?) or even the new Summer Fruits loaf.
Oh, it has to be So*%en, none of this own brand stuff.
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 Are you all forgetting Farleys Rusks? they are the Hunds Kahoonas. Light, filling, tasty and they make you grow into big boys and girls. Oh! and you can have them warm or cold with jam. Mmmmmm!
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Thay are nice dipped into Horlicks and then you have to eat them quickly or they collapse and then you suddenly find you've put 3 stones on because you're eating 2 packets a night cos they're so addictive.
Government health warning needed...
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 Dolmeo do some very nice sorces in plastic contaners (I recomend the red chilli flavour! in fact we liked it so much that we now have it as a treat when camping otherwise we'd just eat it at home all the time) you can also get dried filled pasta from most super markets. A good look around your local shop should give you some ideas as lots of thins now come in pastic containers rather than tins. I always encourage my DOE'ers to go and just look - cheap and usually nicer than the traditional meals you can get from outdoor shops.
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