RE: [Philmont]: Inedible Trail Food???

The trail food was better than the food at base camp! The only meal we didn't care for was the black beans and rice. Other than that the food was actually pretty good.

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Over the years Ive always told my scouts camp food has only two requirements: 1. it has to fill you up, and 2. it has to not kill you; if it tastes good, thats a bonus. The food at Philmont fulfilled one and two, with some bonus meals. No one I know goes to camp for the food, they go for the unforgettable experiences, especially Philmont.

Jim Sengenberger

95, 00 and 05

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of Doug Edmonds
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 6:10 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Inedible Trail Food???

Pete and all --

I agree with Pete -- the food's not great, but certainly edible and occasionally tasty (Chinese and Mexican). Our guys never complained (except for our pseudo-vegetarian). The only thing approaching a complaint was that there was not enough macaroni and cheese! We swapped out some items, but mainly because we had too much food. The swap box was a useful tool for lightening our food load.

As to the bear bags, we found thought they were fine, too. I would recommend that you put your personal smellables in a waterproof bag (I used a zip-loc), but the bear bags were strong and lightweight.

Maybe Pete and I were just lucky we left on 7/24!

-- Doug Edmonds

Troop 91

Prairie Village, KS

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From: "Pete Swiggum" <peter.swiggum@sbcglobal.net>

To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>

Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:18 PM

Subject: [Philmont]: Inedible Trail Food???

> Don Roberts wrote:
> "Trek food was AWFUL. No, I'll take that back, it was often INEDIBLE.
> So we forced it down. Heavy sugar and starch, light protein and carb.
> What are they thinking?"
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> I understand that personal tastes range all over the board, but my goodness,
> to call the trail food awful and inedible??? You had to force it down? I
> couldn't disagree more. Granted, there were several meals that we wouldn't
> want served at home, but all in all, the food got eaten, we had plenty of
> energy on the trail and no one went away hungry. Once or twice, it would
> have been nice to have a little more, but we were fine.
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> Our crew's personal favorites were the beef stroganoff and spaghetti. The
> Chinese rice dish (can't remember the exact name) was pretty good, too.
> Black beans and rice, however, made it on the list of "least favorite
> meals". In spite of that, we ate every scrap.
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> Everywhere in America, people complain about "camp food". From our
> standpoint, Philmont did a pretty good job providing us with decent food and
> energy for the trail.
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> "A Scout is Cheerful!"
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> Pete Swiggum
> Troop 1173
> Green Bay, WI
> Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net
> ICWTGBTP!!
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