A buddy of mine swears by keeping a roll of dri salami in his pack for hikes and week long camping excursions. He says the kind that comes in a long roll with white powder lasts a really long time and needs no refrigeration. Any truth to this? Any one have experience with salami as a long term pack food? Storage, shelf life etc.
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Pack Food- Dri Salami
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Bring some cheesecloth or a an old pillowcase to wrap it in....no plastic or it will sweat and mold.
Keep it away from the pack edge so it does not heat in the sun.
Brought a nice dry one a few times on weeklong backpacks, always waited 3 or 4 days before cutting in.
Keep it away from the pack edge so it does not heat in the sun.
Brought a nice dry one a few times on weeklong backpacks, always waited 3 or 4 days before cutting in.
I love to bring Russian hunter sausage. It's about the same thing except thinner with more fat in it.. I put it out on the counter for a few days before the trip. It gives it time to dry and shrink.
Its a great mid day snack with some cheese and dry bread add some dry fruits and you got the best get me up and keep going food ever. It can easily last for a week time. Just make sure like said before keep it out of the sun and let it breath.
Oh yea if you have dogs keep them away from it. On the third day on a trip my pup was ready to fight with me to see who gets to eat it.
Its a great mid day snack with some cheese and dry bread add some dry fruits and you got the best get me up and keep going food ever. It can easily last for a week time. Just make sure like said before keep it out of the sun and let it breath.
Oh yea if you have dogs keep them away from it. On the third day on a trip my pup was ready to fight with me to see who gets to eat it.
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Good stuff as others have said....be bear safe though !!!!! I'm sure a bear could smell it from miles away !
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For those who smoke and dry foods - smoked fish may provide the tasty, quality protein as well.
Way in the past on a long trek ... I picked up one smoked whitefish in Blind River on the 'North Shore' of North Channel, Lake Huron, Ontario. It was wrapped in lightly waxed food wrap and then in newspaper.
I car camped North through Sault Ste. Marie into Wisconsin and from there through Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, through Washington to Port Angeles .. until it was all gone.
By the time supper rolled around at the end of every exhausting day and shelter was up, I was sufficiently hungry (outdoors - who knew?) that I ate happily what I prepared for my plate The smoked fish was delectable, greatly anticipated and immediate the whole trip. No refrigeration.
Maybe it's my constitution Maybe it's he smoke. My experience would encourage me to consider smoked fish as a light, un-refrigerated protein for covering the many miles next time I hike or car camp again.
Way in the past on a long trek ... I picked up one smoked whitefish in Blind River on the 'North Shore' of North Channel, Lake Huron, Ontario. It was wrapped in lightly waxed food wrap and then in newspaper.
I car camped North through Sault Ste. Marie into Wisconsin and from there through Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, through Washington to Port Angeles .. until it was all gone.
By the time supper rolled around at the end of every exhausting day and shelter was up, I was sufficiently hungry (outdoors - who knew?) that I ate happily what I prepared for my plate The smoked fish was delectable, greatly anticipated and immediate the whole trip. No refrigeration.
Maybe it's my constitution Maybe it's he smoke. My experience would encourage me to consider smoked fish as a light, un-refrigerated protein for covering the many miles next time I hike or car camp again.