Favorite Backpacking Foods

[MichaelJ]

There's good and bad hummus. For one thing, definitely avoid the dehydrated stuff. No matter how far into the woods you are, you will never be hungry and inspired enough to think it tastes good.

The different brands have different flavors, and they all have different consistencies. My usual favorite at home is Tribe of Two Sheiks with cracked chili peppers. Spicy and not overly creamy (too creamy is just too mushy). But too spicy for on a hike, so I usually bring Cedar's avocado hummus, which is definitely a love-it-or-hate-it flavor.

[cbcbd]

Originally Posted by Greg

My mother used to make that. Yuck.

It's amazing at what tastes good in the woods...

Lol, I could eat cous cous every day

And... cous cous with PB... delicious!!

My usual favorite at home is Tribe of Two Sheiks with cracked chili peppers.

TTS is my favorite brand, that's some good stuff, but I think that the ones that have more stuff in them (going away from the classic hummus) get gooeyer and I'm not a fan if it's too gooey.
Avocado hummus sounds good, though.

[JimG.]

Originally Posted by MichaelJ

There's good and bad hummus. For one thing, definitely avoid the dehydrated stuff. No matter how far into the woods you are, you will never be hungry and inspired enough to think it tastes good.

The different brands have different flavors, and they all have different consistencies. My usual favorite at home is Tribe of Two Sheiks with cracked chili peppers. Spicy and not overly creamy (too creamy is just too mushy). But too spicy for on a hike, so I usually bring Cedar's avocado hummus, which is definitely a love-it-or-hate-it flavor.

Totally agree; another brand that meets the flavor/consistency criteria is Wakim's Foods hummus.

[MichaelJ]

Correction: Joseph's makes the awesome avocado hummus, not Cedars. I shoulda looked in the fridge *before* posting.

[smitty77]

Originally Posted by MichaelJ

Correction: Joseph's makes the awesome avocado hummus, not Cedars. I shoulda looked in the fridge *before* posting.

That avocado hummus is really good. So is the "garlic lover's" flavor which I think is made by Cedars. But now that you reminded me of Josephs, I'm not so sure...

If you can make them ahead of time, some broken and toasted pieces of pita bread make for excellent dipping!

I never thought of cous cous. I'm with cbcbd, I could eat it every day. My wife turned me on to the stuff when we got married, and I've been hooked ever since. I always wondered what you did with those boxes of granules found in the pasta isle....

I keep trying to convince the wife to try backpacking when the boy is a little older. She's spoiled my taste buds so much with her creative spices and flavoring that I won't be able to go back to my old outdoors favorites.

Smitty

[MichaelJ]

Oh, here's a new one - "Gold'n Crack'l" from Trader Joe's is an excellent cracker-like companion to hummus. I brought it to Garfield this past weekend and it went wonderfully with TJ's roasted red pepper hummus (which is a slightly drier, non-creamy hummus and very good)

[MtnMagic]

Just read this after writing my choices in this post.