Food Containers

[Woods Dweller]

Keeping with a time period what do you store your food in?

Such as hard tack, flower, baking powder, cornmeal, bean, dry fruit, coffee, ect....

 

[J.D.]

linen sacks.

 

[vern faulkner]

I guess that kind of puts the ka-bosch to my Tupperware and zip-loc baggies. :blah: :blah:
Vern

 

[necchi]

Sorry, but considering the environment aka: atmosphere, water and travel conditions, even the foods available are nowhere near what was in the day,
I use quite a bit of care and modern containers for our food. I am discreet, when in camp, too keep these containers out of sight.

But nothin is less fun then spending a planned and sometimes expensive week or weekend with "montezoumas revenge" and risking dehydration or worse food poisoning.

I use sewin canvas bags to cover many items, so if someone looks, all they see is a stack of bags.

 

[J.D.]

Sorry, but considering the environment aka: atmosphere, water and travel conditions, even the foods available are nowhere near what was in the day,
I use quite a bit of care and modern containers for our food. I am discreet, when in camp, too keep these containers out of sight.

But nothin is less fun then spending a planned and sometimes expensive week or weekend with "montezoumas revenge" and risking dehydration or worse food poisoning.

I use sewin canvas bags to cover many items, so if someone looks, all they see is a stack of bags.

Well, that isn't really true. Dried peas, pearl barley, brown rice, corn meal, and parched corn, think corn nuts, whole oats and all sorts of dried fruit and produce were available in the 18th century.

In the years I have been trekking and rendezvousing I have never had a problem with bad food or meat due to carrying them in a linen sack without any sort of plastic "protection".

The same with fresh fruit and veggies, though they are usually consumed the first coupla days out.

Nor have I had a problem with meat, especially Jerky, though fresh meat is often shot or trapped.

The main difference in today's food vs food in the 18th century is the preservatives, high fructose corn sugar, dyes and fat content of prepared foods.

God bless

 

[Woods Dweller]

Well, that isn't really true. Dried peas, pearl barley, brown rice, corn meal, and parched corn, think corn nuts, whole oats and all sorts of dried fruit and produce were available in the 18th century.

In the years I have been trekking and rendezvousing I have never had a problem with bad food or meat due to carrying them in a linen sack without any sort of plastic "protection".

The same with fresh fruit and veggies, though they are usually consumed the first coupla days out.

Nor have I had a problem with meat, especially Jerky, though fresh meat is often shot or trapped.

The main difference in today's food vs food in the 18th century is the preservatives, high fructose corn sugar, dyes and fat content of prepared foods.

God bless

I must say that I agree with you 100% here.

 

[gmarc]

JD

You describe many first class foods that were available back in the day. You can make most yourself with a food dehydrator, esp. good jerky

I have also supplemented with carpenter ant eggs (think Kashi cereal) and termite larvae. These really don't have a great of taste, good or bad, but being mostly fat, they'll keep you alive. In CA we also have elderberries, Oregon Blackberries, Shepherd's purse and dandelion greens and nasturtium flowers, among others. These make great salads.

I never get sick either, In fact my digestion is better after a day or so!

 

[BadHeart]

I make cloth sacks and then use ziploc bags in them. that way I can pull out my cloth bags and no one is the wiser.. takes a little practice to close the ziploc bags while in the cloth bags but you will figure it out.

 

[shmrck1]

Frosty,
:hatsoff: :thumbsup:

 

[ohio ramrod]

I made my camp kitchen to hold eight of the old style boy scout popcorn tins. Why? because "tins" were used to take supplies to the early rendezvous to keep things sealed so the bugs would not get in the food.And the simple fact is with two boys in boy scouts I had a good supply! :hmm: :hmm: The Christmas cookie tins also make good storage contasiners. :hmm: