[Philmont] Food Selection

In reading Dr. Bob's (really excellent) Philmont diary, I came to realize that there is a bit of strategy involved in food sorting and selection. My prior understanding was that you just took everything that Philmont gave you and carried it around with you and chose meals to eat from time to time. Apparently there is more to it than that. Could some of you comment on the food selection and management process? For example, how do you figure out how much food to take and how much to leave behind? How do you choose which food to take? How important is it to unwrap the parcels given to you by Philmont and repack them before stowing them in packs? Are there certain foods we should bring from home? This may be the sort of thing that you must experience to understand, but any insight you could give would be appreciated.

George Taylor
ASM, Troop 28, Greater Alabama Council
.. used to be an Eagle..

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Received on Fri Jun 15 09:05:21 2007