[Recipes for Denali Food]

My climbing partner's girlfriend helped devise these. All ingredients were vaccume sealed in a seal-a-meal bag, then we added water. Worked out quite well.

 

Recipe #1-

4 packages Quaker instant grits

2 oz chopped Gallo Italian Sausage

½ oz powdered milk

1 tsp simply organic all purpose herb blend

1 oz Parmesan plus

2 tbs margarine

Add 2 cups H2O

 

Recipe #2-

1 cup coos coos

2 tbs margarine

45 grams home dried chipped beef

1 tsp real beef granules (essentially beef bouillon I believe)

1 tsp organic herb mix

½ oz powdered milk

½ tsp pepper

2 tsp beef broth

Add 2 cups H2O

 

Recipe #3-

All of recipe #1 plus the following:

20 grams pine nuts

½ tsp garlic powder

3 tsp dried basil

Add 2cups H2O

 

Recipe #4-

2 oz chopped salami

1 oz Parmesan

1-cup tomato basil coos coos

1 tsp herb mix

2 tbs margarine

Add 2 cups H2O

 

Recipe #5

1 ½ oz sun dried tomatoes

1 oz Parmesan

1 oz chopped salami

2 tbs tomato paste

1 pkg of Raman noodles, crushed up

Add 1 ½ cups H2O

 

All ingredients were purchased at QFC in West Seattle

Costco may be a better place to get the salami

Margarine used instead of butter because it holds up better unrefrigerated, as these get prepared ahead of time

 

Calorie content- do the math

Grits-100 cal per pkg

Salami- 120 cal/oz

Parmesan plus-

Margarine- 100cal/tbs

Coos coos- 190 cal/ ¼ cup

Hormel Dried Beef 50cal/0z

Powdered milk- 80 cal/23 grams or was that 28 grams- that would make more sense.

[Mountain Toe/Foot?]

It is an overuse injury- a minor neurological problem from repeatedly slamming your feet in boots(or repeatedly rubbing against the end of too small boots etc)

Usually gradually resolves over less than a year.

[Denali Expedition Meal Planning]

On my second Denali trip my partner remarked that in each life there is a finite number of freeze dried meals a person can consume. He was right- I hit my limit and make all my meals now. They go well in seal-a-meal bags and reconstitute with hot water. Would be glad to provide my secret recipies to whomever may be interested- was quite tastey most of the time.

[Cassin Ridge]

I'm trying to put together a trip up thr NE Fork this spring as well. I have a bunch of email correspondence on particulars of the Cassin, a reference or two, and somewhere I have a copy of the topo Andy DeClerk drew.