Food, Glorious Food
I intend to eat well on this trek - but not from this food bag. If I end up eating from this bag, then something will have gone wrong.
A strong, rich coffee from an early-opening bar-tabac is what I hope to start my day. A croissant, pain au chocolat or a tartine is probably what will serve as breakfast, depending on what is open as I pass by (and what time I get out of bed). I may find I need to carry lunch provisions from day to day, but the evening meals are intended to be the main fare of the day. And so my itinerary is designed to allow me to dine on someone else's cuisine, not mine.
However, things don't always go according to plan. Bad weather, some health issue, or just the bad luck of finding places either closed down or full of people who arrived earlier than me, could happen at any time. It's important then that I carry at least a couple of evening meals, and a couple of breakfasts, just in case circumstances evolve that way. And an energy snack in the belt pocket is always enjoyable, especially when no alternative is within sight. So, that's what my rather minimalist 'tucker bag' comprises.
Here's what i have chosen to pack:
- small plastic bottles of coffee, sugar, powdered milk
- even smaller plastic jars of salt and dehydrated onions
- tea bags
- English mustard
- Sachets of mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, olive oil and ground pepper
- 2 packets of powdered soup mix
- 1 packet of instant noodles with beef
- 1 packet of cous cous mix with tomatoes and garlic
- Some water flavourings with electrolytes
- 4 energy bars
That's the lot. I'm not planning on catering for any emergency larger than that! I can always re-stock en-route if the need arises.
Here's what it packs down to:
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