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#1
01-04-2011, 01:00 PM
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Cold Weather Meals Compared to Warm Weather Meals
For those who do cold weather hiking (e.g. below freezing), are your backpacking meals more elaborate for winter (cold weather) trips?
For example, do you bring foods in cold weather that would otherwise spoil faster (and perhaps due to this fact are left home) in warmer weather? If so, please explain. Without straying from the general point here, please feel free to describe the differences between your cold and warm weather food choices. Reality NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here 
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01-04-2011, 01:35 PM
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01-04-2011, 07:14 PM
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Basically, no change--the foods are the same. The one difference is that if it's really cold I will NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here
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01-04-2011, 09:53 PM
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my fat content goes way up for the calorie boost. it's the ideal way to keep warm.
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01-05-2011, 07:20 AM
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Not elaborate, just warmer. Soup, hot chocolate, oatmeal instead of instant rice, gatorade, granola NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here
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01-05-2011, 08:40 AM
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Not more elaborate but hot, hot drinks and generally higher fat content than during the warmer month NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here
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01-05-2011, 11:43 AM
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I don't want anyone to be thrown off (not that anyone has been thus far) by my use of the term el NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here
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#8
01-05-2011, 03:53 PM
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a lot of my fats consist of simply that. more fats.
i add bacon to the menu(it keeps be NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here
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#9
01-05-2011, 06:10 PM
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I took elaborate to mean the opposite of simple, in winter no 4 course meals with glassware and real NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here
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01-05-2011, 07:49 PM
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