Oatmeal mixed with peanut butter and real honey is a good one too. I started taking more food out on hunts in the mountains and it makes a huge difference in my mental focus, helps keep me warm, and keeps moral up when I'm not seeing any critters. Thanks for the video and your time!
wow thanks, i am the exact person i believe to find this video useful. for whatever reason when i get to working or anything physical, my stomach shuts off completely to the point i can only hold small snacks and liquids.
I was on board till the peanut butter noodle stuff. Love stroop waffles and pre cooked bacon.... Actually I don't eat ramen except for hunting. It's my guilty pleasure. I usually just throw them in my dehydrated meal to rehydrate. I like dehydrated mashed potatoes too. Super fatty snack sticks are a go to as well. Loving your content. Wish I'd found your channel long ago.
I’m not a big sweets fan, so for those who aren’t here’s one for you. I’m a zip lock snack bag put 1/4 cup of each pistachios, smoked almonds, pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds, and chocolate chips. I’ll usually consume 2 snack bags of these a day and they don’t take that much space.
Totally shocked on the ramen! Saw this prior from some backpackers. I like Asian food and pad Thai, but this, eh…. Trial run tonight and mind blown. Really good and super filling. I was very mistaken on first opinions. Great add on these ideas!!!
Chili cheese fritos are some of the most calorie dense foods by weight. If you smash them up and add them to some trail mix you can throw in a ton of calories (and some sodium to replenish salts) with very little weight.
Great video Cliff. I like to alternate sweet and salty snacks during the day. Seems to help with the curbed appetite I experience on the mountain. I can get about 1/3 or more of my calories without trying. Lots of trail mix and stinger waffles followed by a handful of fritos, Wasabi almonds or meat stick jerky. Bourgeois Meat market in Louisiana makes the best jerky I've ever had and they mail it anywhere in the world. You can't not eat that stuff once you smell it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one losing my appetite up high, I hate it. It's a real struggle to eat enough. Not sure why I never think of Fritos, that's perfect. After midday trail mix or granola makes me gag, and crackers sure disintegrate fast, even in a hard container.
Those Honey Stingers remind me of something that dribbled off the side of the pot and burned onto the stove. Stroop Waffle looks good though. Great tips all the way around. Hobo Asian Noodles... yum. Sure beats PB&J dough balls.
I've done the peanut butter and ramen noodle thing. Try spicy ramen and add dried curry powder and parsley, good. You can also break open a 500 mg capsule of Turmeric and Curcumin and stir that in if that is something you already take and discussed with your doctor. These capsules are easy spice powders alternatives to carry.
New sub! Great videos. I'm trying to go for my first elk hunts this coming season, lots of great info for doing anything other than just parking yourself in a blind! Cheers
I have a strong desire to fix that fence. Also super good info. Food is always a struggle. Would be cool to do a video on food for packing with horses.
What a great food for the mountains. Easy and plenty of protein to keep a guy/gal going. I never considered eating the Bacon like that...always heated it up but I just tried it and it's not bad...yeah we buy the exact bacon all the time.
@@missourimongoose8858 We've DONE that and it gives it a nice taste and texture to an otherwise bland grocery...lol. A bit of Bacon Bits a few canned Diced Mushrooms, a little bit of gravy powder, and it's NOT BAD...It's simple, quick and easy when out on the Goldwing or Hiking because its so light to carry and simple to boil H2O. Yeah, I know, I drifted in my day-dreams there for a minute...HA HA HA.
@@tealtazmanian966 I'm lucky that my brother married a woman who's father loves the pioneer days stuff so he makes homemade pemmican and it's amazing, its powdered beef Jerry mixed with nuts, dried fruits and animal fat
@@missourimongoose8858 My Mom taught all us kids to make that early on...it really is a taste all it's own but GOOD once you get used to it.....Glad there are still those keeping up the OLD TRADITIONS. Keep Safe.
what mountain food would you recommend for overweight hunters? asking for a friend, lol, he finds your content very well worth watching. And me too. kudos and thanks
Haha! No difference in food. Personally, I don’t think people who are overweight should get into a severe calorie deficit on a hunt… I think a lot of people think, “I’ll just burn off this fat on the trip” they end up feeling shitty. Lose weight beforehand, it’s lots of calories during
Those 2affles are the size of a coffee mug for a good reason. They are to set onto of your coffee mug with hot coffee in them. It heats them up and makes them good and chewy. But I don't drink coffee so I will be trying your lighter idea.
I saw a guy just use a plastic jar of natural peanut butter mixed with dried fruit and chocolate. I wanted one. I keep the combo handy just incase because peanut butter is so calorie dense. Like the peanut/noodle/Sriracha. Is there a canned meat that doesn’t taste like spam? Tried the Ramen/instant mashed potato/spam combo but need to be starving for 10 before I like the taste of spam.
Best meat option I have run into is pemmican. Flavored with dried fruit or red pepper and honey, I really like it. I have a video on the channel making it.
I take my backpacking cooking system with ramen noodles half a pound of machaca and some key limes a bottle of taxation salsa I can go for a long way with that setup
Nothing beats crunchy peanut butter! But here is an other one: Sesame paste "Tahin"and date syrup. Like 2/3 sesame 1/3 syrup. Got the recipe from the kurdish mountain Hunters/ peshmergas.
As I sit on my deck just laughing at the stuff we eat in the mountains, good ideas guaranteed to make my wife ask wtf when I try it at home. Actually think I might add butter pack to the ramen also.
I prefer to melt butter and chocolate chips together to make a sort of ganache. It’s rich and delicious, and it’s stiff enough that I can cut them into coins that I can snack on with cookies or biscuits or fruit. Lots of calories. I also eat the pre-cooked bacon but even better is bacon jerky when you can find it. Tastes like normal bacon, but it’s more shelf stable.
@@CliffGray The more chocolate you melt in, the stiffer it is. I roll it into tubes and keep it in zip lock baggies. I hunt in Alaska, so it’s generally cooler in the fall and not warm weather that would lead to melting. It generally stays at the consistency of a warm Tootsie Roll.
I thought I was a lone weirdo losing my stomach at elevation. I'm a husky boy too, going down to 4-500 calories a day is murder. Great tips. I watched a Jim Shockey episode recently where he tortured his crew with ramen, but he did canned mushrooms, powdered milk. He's laughing like a lunatic dumping that shit in with his yellow gloves still on. This ramen is a much better idea, wow.
Cliff - Thanks for the tips. I've been making my way through the content on your channel, and it's really top notch stuff; thanks for taking the time to share your hard one wisdom. One suggestion: if you haven't found @gearskeptic6355's videos yet on backcountry nutrition, they are more than worth your time.
Nothing beats a Honey Stinger salted caramel with Justin's chocolate hazelnut butter on them. Da BOOM!
"...anything worth a shit in there for ya..."
Luv the honesty and professionalism 🙏
Ha!
Outstanding Cliff!
With the stroopwaffle you can also lay them on top of you coffee up and let the hot coffee warm it up
Brilliant
Oatmeal mixed with peanut butter and real honey is a good one too. I started taking more food out on hunts in the mountains and it makes a huge difference in my mental focus, helps keep me warm, and keeps moral up when I'm not seeing any critters. Thanks for the video and your time!
Great tip! Sounds good.👍
Stroopwafel, peanut butter, and precooked bacon sandwich. I have also used Small waffles in place of stroopwafel
Hahaha. There is truth to the statement “everything tastes better in the woods” haha
For sure!
I just found your channel and all I have to say is, I’m super glad I did… what a plethora of great information. Thanks for the great videos!
Thanks man! Hope it’s useful to you
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wow thanks, i am the exact person i believe to find this video useful. for whatever reason when i get to working or anything physical, my stomach shuts off completely to the point i can only hold small snacks and liquids.
glad it was helpful. I'm the same way. Lots of folks have the same issue
Super valuable, thank you very much. Also excellent peanut butter noodles with hot sauce for being on watch at night in a sailboat.
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honey stingers with Justins pb is my go to snack.
That's a common one man! I used to go through boxes of those things during hunting season.
I love Justin's peanut butter.
I glad to see the spicy peanut sauce was not just my weird invention. It is super dank! Been doing doing that for over a decade.
I was on board till the peanut butter noodle stuff. Love stroop waffles and pre cooked bacon.... Actually I don't eat ramen except for hunting. It's my guilty pleasure. I usually just throw them in my dehydrated meal to rehydrate. I like dehydrated mashed potatoes too. Super fatty snack sticks are a go to as well. Loving your content. Wish I'd found your channel long ago.
Haha! On the peanut butter noodles! Try it at least once 😜
Glad the videos are helpful, thanks for the support 👍
I’m not a big sweets fan, so for those who aren’t here’s one for you. I’m a zip lock snack bag put 1/4 cup of each pistachios, smoked almonds, pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds, and chocolate chips. I’ll usually consume 2 snack bags of these a day and they don’t take that much space.
Yummmm! I have that issue with my appetite on the hunt. Niiiice hacks.
Peanut butter ramen has been my go to for years . A shot of sriracha, soy sauce, and dried cranberries and/or cashews.
Canned peaches!
Mmmm
Another good one is the real bacon bits in with the Ramen noodles
Totally shocked on the ramen! Saw this prior from some backpackers. I like Asian food and pad Thai, but this, eh…. Trial run tonight and mind blown. Really good and super filling. I was very mistaken on first opinions. Great add on these ideas!!!
Thank you for sharing. I will try these this weekend
I think i'd probably add the bacon to the noodles with the hot sauce and put peanut butter on the fruit but point taken haha
Hahaha I used to carry the pre cooked bacon in Iraq for a snack and a great way to keep the locals from being within 20 feet of you lol
HAHA! good stuff
Chili cheese fritos are some of the most calorie dense foods by weight. If you smash them up and add them to some trail mix you can throw in a ton of calories (and some sodium to replenish salts) with very little weight.
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At 8:33 when Cliff says, "there ain't really a lot in there worth a sh!t" I don't think he meant to be literal. Ha Best videos I have found, thanks!
I laughed out loud when he said, "If your digestive system is giving you sh!t." I thought, "isn't that what it's supposed to do?".
Great video Cliff. I like to alternate sweet and salty snacks during the day. Seems to help with the curbed appetite I experience on the mountain. I can get about 1/3 or more of my calories without trying.
Lots of trail mix and stinger waffles followed by a handful of fritos, Wasabi almonds or meat stick jerky. Bourgeois Meat market in Louisiana makes the best jerky I've ever had and they mail it anywhere in the world. You can't not eat that stuff once you smell it.
Great tip! I’ll try it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one losing my appetite up high, I hate it. It's a real struggle to eat enough. Not sure why I never think of Fritos, that's perfect. After midday trail mix or granola makes me gag, and crackers sure disintegrate fast, even in a hard container.
Those Honey Stingers remind me of something that dribbled off the side of the pot and burned onto the stove. Stroop Waffle looks good though. Great tips all the way around. Hobo Asian Noodles... yum. Sure beats PB&J dough balls.
“Ramen and Taco Bell hot sauce! Taste just like poverty!” A firehouse buddy of mine says!
I've had noodles with peanut sauce. Peanut butter is basically the same thing.
We make sandwiches out of the honey waffles and bacon. Rediculous! Keep up the great videos.
Sounds good! Thanks!
New sub. Interesting to watch someone else's perspective on back country life.
I've done the peanut butter and ramen noodle thing. Try spicy ramen and add dried curry powder and parsley, good. You can also break open a 500 mg capsule of Turmeric and Curcumin and stir that in if that is something you already take and discussed with your doctor. These capsules are easy spice powders alternatives to carry.
Thanks! ill give it a try
I threw up in my mouth just watching you squeeze that peanut butter into the ramen.. I'll try the others though.
bwahhahaha. its pretty good man!
New sub! Great videos. I'm trying to go for my first elk hunts this coming season, lots of great info for doing anything other than just parking yourself in a blind! Cheers
Thanks! Good luck this Fall! If your up in BC as your name suggests - I’m jealous! Tons of opportunities up your way.
@@CliffGray yeah man, interior BC. We've got some nice territory around these parts 😁
I have a strong desire to fix that fence. Also super good info. Food is always a struggle. Would be cool to do a video on food for packing with horses.
I’ll add that one to the list, I think somewhere in the archives there is a video on how I pack food for horse/mule packin hunts.
What a great food for the mountains. Easy and plenty of protein to keep a guy/gal going. I never considered eating the Bacon like that...always heated it up but I just tried it and it's not bad...yeah we buy the exact bacon all the time.
You can also buy the packet of real bacon bits and add a healthy amount to a bowl of Ramen noodles
@@missourimongoose8858 We've DONE that and it gives it a nice taste and texture to an otherwise bland grocery...lol.
A bit of Bacon Bits a few canned Diced Mushrooms, a little bit of gravy powder, and it's NOT BAD...It's simple, quick and easy when out on the Goldwing or Hiking because its so light to carry and simple to boil H2O.
Yeah, I know, I drifted in my day-dreams there for a minute...HA HA HA.
@@tealtazmanian966 I'm lucky that my brother married a woman who's father loves the pioneer days stuff so he makes homemade pemmican and it's amazing, its powdered beef Jerry mixed with nuts, dried fruits and animal fat
@@missourimongoose8858 My Mom taught all us kids to make that early on...it really is a taste all it's own but GOOD once you get used to it.....Glad there are still those keeping up the OLD TRADITIONS.
Keep Safe.
You ever wipe down with distilled vinegar? It pretty refreshing. I used to do 50 vinegar 50 water. But I lole 100 % vinegar
Add some of your bacon in those noodles too
what mountain food would you recommend for overweight hunters? asking for a friend, lol, he finds your content very well worth watching. And me too. kudos and thanks
Haha!
No difference in food.
Personally, I don’t think people who are overweight should get into a severe calorie deficit on a hunt… I think a lot of people think, “I’ll just burn off this fat on the trip” they end up feeling shitty. Lose weight beforehand, it’s lots of calories during
Those 2affles are the size of a coffee mug for a good reason. They are to set onto of your coffee mug with hot coffee in them. It heats them up and makes them good and chewy. But I don't drink coffee so I will be trying your lighter idea.
pure genius! i'll try the coffee method! thanks
I saw a guy just use a plastic jar of natural peanut butter mixed with dried fruit and chocolate. I wanted one. I keep the combo handy just incase because peanut butter is so calorie dense. Like the peanut/noodle/Sriracha. Is there a canned meat that doesn’t taste like spam? Tried the Ramen/instant mashed potato/spam combo but need to be starving for 10 before I like the taste of spam.
Best meat option I have run into is pemmican. Flavored with dried fruit or red pepper and honey, I really like it. I have a video on the channel making it.
Solid info ty
I take my backpacking cooking system with ramen noodles half a pound of machaca and some key limes a bottle of taxation salsa I can go for a long way with that setup
*tapatio salsa
What brand of ghee packets are those
Just found your channel thanks for what you do! New sub here! I’ve seen the lighter trick with pepperoni sticks that works great too.
Awesome! Thank you!
Nothing beats crunchy peanut butter!
But here is an other one: Sesame paste "Tahin"and date syrup. Like 2/3 sesame 1/3 syrup. Got the recipe from the kurdish mountain Hunters/ peshmergas.
Sounds good! thanks!
That's an awesome tip, I love tahini. Is it raw or mixed as a condiment in this recipe?
Failure looms without the proper nutrition and hydration. Plan this out carefully before you go.
As I sit on my deck just laughing at the stuff we eat in the mountains, good ideas guaranteed to make my wife ask wtf when I try it at home. Actually think I might add butter pack to the ramen also.
Bwhaha if I quit every time my wife said WTF I wouldn’t have any hobbies left!
I prefer to melt butter and chocolate chips together to make a sort of ganache. It’s rich and delicious, and it’s stiff enough that I can cut them into coins that I can snack on with cookies or biscuits or fruit. Lots of calories. I also eat the pre-cooked bacon but even better is bacon jerky when you can find it. Tastes like normal bacon, but it’s more shelf stable.
Does the chocolate and butter mixture squish? How do you keep it protected/cool enough so it’s usable? Sounds like a good idea. Thanks!
@@CliffGray The more chocolate you melt in, the stiffer it is. I roll it into tubes and keep it in zip lock baggies. I hunt in Alaska, so it’s generally cooler in the fall and not warm weather that would lead to melting. It generally stays at the consistency of a warm Tootsie Roll.
@@rotaman8555 thanks man. I’ll try it
I thought I was a lone weirdo losing my stomach at elevation. I'm a husky boy too, going down to 4-500 calories a day is murder. Great tips. I watched a Jim Shockey episode recently where he tortured his crew with ramen, but he did canned mushrooms, powdered milk. He's laughing like a lunatic dumping that shit in with his yellow gloves still on. This ramen is a much better idea, wow.
Ha!
One square meal made in nz are the best
Calories are important but fat is crucial.
Im working on the fat deal for this Fall. Fairly difficult to find fat-centric calories that are practical to pack and not full of preservatives.
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Cliff - Thanks for the tips. I've been making my way through the content on your channel, and it's really top notch stuff; thanks for taking the time to share your hard one wisdom.
One suggestion: if you haven't found @gearskeptic6355's videos yet on backcountry nutrition, they are more than worth your time.
Thanks Ben. I’ll check his videos out