Best "foilpak" Fish

[KBob]

I have been eating the Bumblebee, mesquite smoked tuna on wheat tortillas man that is good. Anybody found any other fish they like to carry on hikes, trips?

[SGT Rock]

Those little shrimp in some of the Zatarain's meals are good.

[deadeye]

Bumblebee or Starkist has a soy & ginger tuna steak that goes great with most of the oriental noodle dishes, and the shrimp in foil pack is my favorite addition to Pad Thai on the trail.

[dropkick]

I like to take foil pack salmon, mix it with crushed Ritz crackers and fry it.

[Skidsteer]

Plain ol' Chicken of the Sea salmon.

[toddhiker]

All the tuna you guys mentioned is great, and they have a Southwest chicken breast filet, too. All are great for FBC in couscous w/a mixture of seasonings and spices. Add a little alfredo sauce mix & a few Craisins for a touch of sweet and MMMMMMMMM.

And after all is said & done it's still a cheaper meal than store-bought freeze dried.

[SGT Rock]

Has anyone actually weighed the can that tuna comes in and compared that to the weight of the foil pack. I cannot remember the difference off the top off my head, but it seemed like it was less than 10 grams - but it also seemed the price of getting something in a foil pack was something like 50% higher. It has been a while since I compared these so I could be way off.

[Skidsteer]

An empty 3 oz. foilpack weighs 6 g. Maybe someone else has an empty can laying around.

[deadeye]

Another bonus: try making a stove or anti-rodent bag hanger out of the empty foil pack!

[KBob]

Two things, one the tuna in the foilpak is a tuna steak not chopped meat. Second I would believe that the can is pretty heavy as it has alot of water or oil in it. Gee Sgt Rock aren't you a MRE type pf guy. tuna ala king.

[Hollowdweller]

Y'all have brought up a subject near and dear to my heart.

Are those foil pack thingies cool or what? In fact, it seems like more and more food all the time is getting more backpacking friendly.

I absolutely detest tuna but I love the tuna steaks you speak of.

[JAK]

The calorie to weight or even volume ratio of all canned goods is really not that great, even without the can, but sometimes I bring a can of sardines or kippers just to play around with making a stove. Smoked salmon is a nice choice. You can still heat it up even though you don't have to. In winter I might play around with cooking up some fresh stuff. Something I might do is to ski up the river and trade something in return for some fish from some ice-fisherman, or have a go at it myself. Ice is pretty thick for a small hatchet, but given enough time it would be doable, and certainly more predictable than the fishing part.

[dropkick]

Another bonus: try making a stove or anti-rodent bag hanger out of the empty foil pack!
I actually experimented with one use foil alcohol stoves a while back.
Basically I made an envelope, stuffed it with a kleenex, poured in some alcohol, sealed it, poked some holes in the top, pour a drip on top as a starter and lit it.
Worked pretty good, but the stove was destroyed by the heat (no second use).

Foil packs thicker. Might make a 2x use stove. :biggrin:

[lucky luke]

I have been eating the Bumblebee, mesquite smoked tuna on wheat tortillas man that is good. Anybody found any other fish they like to carry on hikes, trips?

hi bob,

get a fresh trout matching your hunger in the evening.

get veggies of the season and a little sourcream. chop, mix and stuff into trout. wrap in foil, put in ziplock, cool, or almost freeze. wrap the bag into your fleexe-downjacket and stuff it all into your pack.

all you need are a few sticks for a very small fire. your fish will be done in 15 mins or even less with enough heat.

perfect for the first night out. will stay cool even on a summerday.

the fish keeps forever in winter. just let it freeze...

happy trails
lucky luke