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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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I can tell you guys never camp out with Clint. Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies and uncooked Ramen is about all I've ever seen him eat when away from the car. On the road, fast food dollar menu is the best calories/dollars. A few dollar cheeseburgers from Wendy's is more than enough food for anybody.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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2nd for the Grocery Outlet.
I can get 3x the amount of groceries for $40 than I can at Safeway or Raley's. You never know what they are going to have on any given day too because their inventory fluctuates. I've found most of their stuff to be quality too.
I've found that bulk rice and beans aren't as cheap as they used to be unless you can go to Costco and get like a 30 lb bag. The bulk aisle at most grocery stores has gone yuppie and that stuff is expensive.
Corn meal mush is cheap, filling and can be eaten many ways. It's easier to make at home because you need to simmer it for like 30 minutes, but it's way good for breakfast lunch or dinner. Eat it like cream of wheat for breakfast with syrup, molasses, dried fruit, or just salt and it's filling. If you've got the means to refrigerate it, you can let it solidify and slice it up and fry it, way good.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Ultimate dirtbag foods
Anything that comes out of a dumpster
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Aug 10, 2012 - 12:50am PT
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never really done the dirtbag thing, but I feel that when I go on the cheap, I have a few key things that keep me at less than $15/week.
Coffee, sweetner, creamer. Sometimes, if you get the flavored creamers, you can get the sugar, and the fat calories right next to the caffeine goodness.
Cheese, onion, cucumber sandwiches. Add meat when it's on sale.
Instant miso soup, soba noodles, an egg (hardboiled or just thrown in near the end), and whatever veggies can be scrounged.
fried spam, though salty as all hell, goes a long way for everything, including it's own grease to aid the frying process.
one awesome trick I've done at C4, is buy a yam, or other root veggie for cheap. This works for acorn squash too (10 cents/lb at Winco!). wrap it in foil and put it one of the inevitable fires that are left burning after people have gone to sleep. 20 min later, food, and you didn't even have to use propane...
Cheers
LS
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Aug 10, 2012 - 01:16am PT
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No money so you gotta live like a bear.
Any grocery store dumpster. The food you find here is amazing. Eggs, dairy, cans with no labels, and really good produce, blemished packaged foods. I saved lots of money and ate well when I was living lean.
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Aug 10, 2012 - 01:17am PT
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Phylp, that sounds great - like peach cobbler... Yum
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Aug 11, 2012 - 07:19pm PT
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Susu, the funny thing is that when I'm at home, my typical breakfast is the same thing, but with fresh fruit in the summer and microwave defrosted frozen fruit in the winter. If I'm really hungry I add some chopped nuts. I just like the texture of the raw stuff better - chewy!
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Aug 11, 2012 - 10:07pm PT
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El Cap and two raw spuds.
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Kung Phu Panda
climber
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Aug 11, 2012 - 10:34pm PT
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Ramen with vegetables. You can put some ham or egg in it to pump up the protein
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Aug 12, 2012 - 11:51pm PT
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Phylp - I just tried it this weekend - used canned peaches and brown sugar flavored instant oatmeal - juicy and delicious. Definitely going to be a regular in the camping pantry from now on.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Aug 14, 2012 - 08:29pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Aug 14, 2012 - 10:21pm PT
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I have to give thumb up to rice, as it it plentiful, easier than pie to cook (pie is not easy, I'm just sayin'), and lends itself to lots of quizzine (best not ask the ingredients).
I have experimented recently. I find the basic rice recipe, two cups water for one of rice, boil, then reduce till it's rice. About five minutes in from the reduction is time to add various comestibles.
Dried fruits, cut into bits--apricots, raisins, and the like.
It's filling, you betcha.
I like to cook a bunch of sausage bits in a dutch oven, mix in cooked rice with the sausage chunks, add olives, a can of enchilada sauce, mix it up and add what else you might choose (nuts, berries, worms, you're a dirtbag), then cover with sauced tortillas, and put it on the dutch oven coookitinthefire trip until it's irresistible. Feeds many. OK, it's tamale-sausage-olive pie. And it is pretty damn easy.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Aug 14, 2012 - 10:38pm PT
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The ultimate Camp 4 dirtbag breakfast
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crasic
climber
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Aug 14, 2012 - 10:46pm PT
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In soviet camping style
Buckwheat and canned meat.
Buckwheat is a god tier grain.
You can eat it for breakfast (milk and sugar + fruits)
You can eat for lunch.
You can eat it for dinner like you would rice.
Buckwheat, its whats for dinner.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Aug 14, 2012 - 11:15pm PT
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So, eh, here's one for our brethren in the Great White North, eh
Q: What do Newfies eat when economic times are hard?
A: Baloney sandwiches
Q: What do Newfies eat when economic times are good?
A: Baloney sandwiches with ketchup
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Ol' Skool
Trad climber
Oakhurst, CA
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Aug 15, 2012 - 12:33am PT
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Back in the eighties, Jonny Woodward was supposedly gonna do a year of econo-climbing on carrots and potatoes. Never heard if he pulled it off.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Aug 15, 2012 - 02:04pm PT
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Ultimate dirtbag silverware
(Substitute pins if on a wall)
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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Aug 23, 2012 - 01:50pm PT
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Here's my recipe for home-made energy nuggets.
http://funclimbsaroundtheworld.com/?p=24
I made these for climbing long routes, as food to carry with you to eat on the climb. They're easy to make, and travel well.
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Wendy's still sets out their Saltine cracker packets to grab. Don't get greedy and over a few trips you'll have a backpack full and they'll be non-the-wiser.
Let us know!