Food for a 2 person, 8 day canoe trip

I was putting together some food for an eight day canoe trip in Algonquin Provincial Park and thought I might as well take ten minutes to put it on tape and toss it up on good 'ol YouTube. Hopefully it will give some ideas for other canoe trippers or hikers out there as well as inspire some fellow trippers to fire some off their own favorite recipes for me to try out on the trail.
As I mention in this video, this is more food than required but makes for a comfortable trip. When I do solo tripping I tend to bring much less but when going with friends I'd rather be 100% positive we'll have enough. I don't mind being a little hungry if I packed on the light side for food but I don't like others to suffer for having less food than they're comfortable with.

Btw, due to the amount of gear and food and having a 16' boat, my dog Maddy (aka The Goose) sat this trip out. She was sadly missed and will be joining me on future outings for certain.

Cheers,
Troy

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[CRXluvr]

i like how you keep your jam and honey, how'd you get it in there?

[MaddyTheGoose]

@CRXluvr The tubes in this video open from the back and have a kind of pin that seals it once it's filled. I would recommend you check out Humangear's GoToob, very durable and easy to fill and use. That's what I use now.

[ricky0604fh]

what kind of food dehydrator do you use, also what model of vacuum sealer

[MaddyTheGoose]

@ricky0604fh My dehydrator is the Excalibur 9 tray model. The vacuum sealer is the FoodSaver. I would recommend both of these products. They've never let me down.

[Reality9O]

Nice ideas, but during the whole video I was thinking about all the food, thats ALOT of food, I could probally survive a week with 1/4 of that Haha. Im a big guy and alot of energy gets wasted, but even thats too much, even for 8 days.

[MaddyTheGoose]

@Reality9O We certainly didn't go hungry! I'll be posting more food videos with a more trimmed down menu in the future. I have trimmed things down, I bring basically the same stuff, just less of it. I especially have it dialed in for my solo trips since I know exactly how much I need. Going with someone who doesn't usually do long trips I also tend to overcompensate. Stay tuned and thanks for posting.

[drrhds]

that is a preposterous amount of food...I approve

[havingtolistentodumb]

sherperds pie yuck!!!



[hoz49]

What do you do with all the plastic bags after they are empty?

[hoz49]

Been there done this many times on the Spanish, the Bloodvein, the Missinaibi, Woodland Caribou, the Pukaskwa Coast of Lake Superior. 2 weeks paddling in Canada is the real deal, everything else is merely practice. Enjoy your trips!

[Raymond71544]

Canoe trip? Awesome, eat'n large on a trip, NE America, where my family came from, part Mohawk myself, I never get to eat that good on one of my outings. My food bag normally consists of 1 Mountain House a day for dinner, 1 Ramin Pack with some jerky to add, and a pound of flower with some cinnamon and salt to add to make Jonny cakes, maybe some corn meal for cereal. My flintlock fowler puts critter in the pot to boot.

[mtlyb]

I agree that this looks like a lot of food. And I understand your reasoning for it. But it definitely gave me ideas. Found it funny about the lemon pasta. My wife just made some for the first time tonight. I asked her what was in it, and commented it would be good for camping. Nicely done video. Thank you.

[greenie85]

i was actually expecting to see some big roll of weed.

[lisettebajana]

wow that is 1 good food