Emergency rations

Menu suggestions Breakfast - The most important meal of the day

Muesli, mix in powered milk and sugar at home, add hot or cold water. Frankfurter sausages are far easier to cook than the traditional fry.

Bread buttered beforehand, pre-cooked hard -boiled eggs, dried fruit. Tea , coffee, drinking chocolate or dehydrated orange powder.

Lunch Sandwiches (made at home), cheese, cold meat, peanut butter, paté, fruitcake, biscuits, fruit, chocolate. A flask with a hot drink.

Snacks for eating on the move: nuts, fruit, chocolate, GORP (good old raisins and peanuts) & boiled sweets.

Dinner There is a huge variety of dehydrated meals available: quick-cook rice, pasta. Dried vegetables, “cup of soup”, crackers. Avoid tinned food as it is heavy. Some instant desserts can be made with water. Dried fruit.

Emergency Rations

Biscuits, chocolate, nuts, GORP, dried fruit and dates, Mars bars, Gluco tabs, boiled glucose sweets etc.

Anything with a high sugar content and which will convert into energy quickly.

Food provides the energy for the things we do. Make sure that you eat and drink well when hill walking, especially when you are wet and tired when it’s tempting to just crash out in your tent.

TIPS

Backpackers can eat straight from the pot. The only cutlery needed is a spoon, a pocket knife and a plastic mug.

An empty plastic 35mm film canister makes a good waterproof container for matches and a small piece of emery paper.

GORP - (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts) is an easy to make emergency ration. A mix of nuts, raisins, seeds, chocolate chips, etc. It can also be eaten on the move as a snack food.