Mark Sanders wrote: > On our paddle with Richard Cohen the other day, I learned he is a > gastroenterologist. Being I'm a gastroenterologist's nightmare, we got > talking a bit about nutrition. It just made me wonder what most people carry > to eat while they're out kayaking. Normal stuff, for the most part, unless on a multiday trip: bagel, cheese, apple or orange, nuts, chocolate, granola bars. The bagel/cheese/apple or orange is eaten on a "lunch" break if we take one ... typically on shore somewhere. If we can't go ashore for one reason or another, then we raft up while one person does the lunch prep and the other stabilizes both boats, then separate for the gastronomy. Can't be done in seas or heavy swell very readily, so if we have a rough day, there might not be a lunch break, in which case the stash of other goodies gets depleted, and on the next day, we double up on lunch stuff. And, water, as much as we want, running to two liters. Like you, Mark (and Doug), I'm an acid reflux sufferer (thank, you, hiatal hernia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatus_hernia ). Yeah, I know, TMI, dude! So, nothing nasty goes down the hatch. Also lactose-intolerant, which rules out all sorts of ready-to-eat stuff. On multiday trips, until we run out, the diet is the same, exchanging hummus from a dried mix and/or tabouli also from dry mix for the cheese. Bagels last quite a while if you get the ones loaded with preservatives. Ditto for pita bread or tortillas. Surprisingly, unless bruised in transit, apples and oranges last about two weeks if you are paddling up here on our cold water in mild (<70 F) temps. We stash the vegies and fruit against the hull, low, and that will carry them for quite a while. [I once was "cabbage man" on an extended trip with a bunch of heavy, healthy eaters: started with eight (8) heads! Every night, I was a strong advocate for cabbage in any form, until the others got tired of it, and I was able to make a gift of the remainder to the gods of the sea on day 12 of 15. I've always wondered if the rockfish ate it, or the crabs.] -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 05 2009 - 02:43:15 PST
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