08-04-2012, 07:09 PM
[quote TyeDyeTwins][quote Fishrmn]Dry ice?[/quote]
With all the miles I cover I don't want to carry ice. Plus ice adds to the expense of the trip.
My brookies from Catherine went bad by the time I got home. So at White Pine Lake we decided we had to release our fish. Well that is when we thought "why the hell are we not eating them up here?"[/quote]
Militia travels light and fast. Though a bit heavy, it's not a consumable like ice. I pack an two 48 ounce wide mouth Thermos bottles.
One can have drinking water (optional because water is heavy and can be found and pasteurized) and the other can be empty or carry the frozen bacon or other food with no need to carry heavy ice to keep it freezing cold.
The militia trains to be able to be instantly on the move. Similarly, you might not want to devote any more precious fishing minutes to cooking than necessary, so to be ready to move fast to cast your lure into the next boils, simply boil your water with fish and put it into the thermos bottle with whatever seasoning foods are already in it, screw on the lid, drop it into your backpack and you are ready to move on, hike and fish and be unencumbered by typical cooking with pots and stove, etc. Fish stew cooks as you travel. There isn't even the aroma of cooking to give your location away (militia parameter) or attract a grizzly bear should you be fishing where that is a concern.
As you hike, you can collect wild eatable plants and add them to the boiling hot fish stew and it too will continue to cook with the rest. Then when you stop moving or fishing for a moment, you can enjoy a hot seasoned cup of fish stew with healthy vegetables.
What is really nice is you are instantly ready to move again as you don't have a stove out or pots to clean and put away and best of all, you can eat that cup of fish stew and put on the lid and throw the Thermos in your backpack with the remaining five cups of hot fish stew kept hot (to keep good -- above 140 degrees) to continue your hike and fishing with your next meal ready for when you want it without any further preparation to take precious fishing minutes away.
Carry a second or third empty Thermos bottle on the trip and you might be bringing home plenty of hot fish stew to cool off and be put in freezer containers in the freezer for future meals. Sure, the Thermos bottles have weight, but not as much as ice and unlike ice, they are not consumables and will be there to use again and again for a lifetime.
Ronald
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With all the miles I cover I don't want to carry ice. Plus ice adds to the expense of the trip.
My brookies from Catherine went bad by the time I got home. So at White Pine Lake we decided we had to release our fish. Well that is when we thought "why the hell are we not eating them up here?"[/quote]
Militia travels light and fast. Though a bit heavy, it's not a consumable like ice. I pack an two 48 ounce wide mouth Thermos bottles.
One can have drinking water (optional because water is heavy and can be found and pasteurized) and the other can be empty or carry the frozen bacon or other food with no need to carry heavy ice to keep it freezing cold.
The militia trains to be able to be instantly on the move. Similarly, you might not want to devote any more precious fishing minutes to cooking than necessary, so to be ready to move fast to cast your lure into the next boils, simply boil your water with fish and put it into the thermos bottle with whatever seasoning foods are already in it, screw on the lid, drop it into your backpack and you are ready to move on, hike and fish and be unencumbered by typical cooking with pots and stove, etc. Fish stew cooks as you travel. There isn't even the aroma of cooking to give your location away (militia parameter) or attract a grizzly bear should you be fishing where that is a concern.
As you hike, you can collect wild eatable plants and add them to the boiling hot fish stew and it too will continue to cook with the rest. Then when you stop moving or fishing for a moment, you can enjoy a hot seasoned cup of fish stew with healthy vegetables.
What is really nice is you are instantly ready to move again as you don't have a stove out or pots to clean and put away and best of all, you can eat that cup of fish stew and put on the lid and throw the Thermos in your backpack with the remaining five cups of hot fish stew kept hot (to keep good -- above 140 degrees) to continue your hike and fishing with your next meal ready for when you want it without any further preparation to take precious fishing minutes away.
Carry a second or third empty Thermos bottle on the trip and you might be bringing home plenty of hot fish stew to cool off and be put in freezer containers in the freezer for future meals. Sure, the Thermos bottles have weight, but not as much as ice and unlike ice, they are not consumables and will be there to use again and again for a lifetime.
Ronald
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