Cooking in a ziploc bag

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Returning to the point of my first post, I was hoping to get actual suggestions regarding WHAT to cook, not how to cook it or where to get the ingredients or how to avoid cooking by going to restaurants that do not exist in all the places I plan to be. A camp cookbook (to include web searches, of which I have already done a bit) is a good suggestion, in lieu of your own favorite actual recipe.

My bear management plan is to hang all foodstuffs and other attractive odor producing items at least 15 feet in the air, and at least that far from anything a bruin could climb and reach out from. If the campsite includes a bear resistant food locker you can be sure I will use it.

I am not convinced that bear spray could be used safely (to me), effectively, and in time so I doubt it will make the packing list.

I doubt others would eat what I eat when I'm camping alone (mostly prepared freeze dried packages purchased at camping/outfitter stores). When with my wife, we buy food at supermarkets and cook local specialties (fresh fish, vegetables when in Maine (our fav.)), supplemented with meals at restaurants. When we were out west (Colorado, Utah, etc.) we did the same thing, simple meals requiring boiling water and a skillet, but no real recipes. Probably the most complex was a stir fry w/ canned fish (tuna, salmon) tossed in.

Have you considered some of the things you usually eat at home?

I believe that National Park rangers carry bear spray, but I'm not positive. I'd look at it as a last resort, but it's your choice. Maybe a dozen or so large firecrackers and a zippo lighter? One thing to watch out for are any of the 9 members here with screen names beginning Bear...

 

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when I had OEM knees

Hahaha! Love that description!