What did hikers eat on the Appalachian Trail, BC, that is Before Cell Phones?
In a time when dehydrated food was available, but costly and there were only a few freeze dried items, like coffee. Here is my shopping list.
Most
Breakfasts Cost
Granola
$0.79
pound prepared hot or cold
General Mills
Breakfast Squares * $0.85
for four
or Pop Tarts would
work $0.39
Instant Oatmeal, Cream
of Wheat, Maypo $051-0.55
for 8/10
Instant Breakfast
(sometimes) $0.65
for a 6 pack
Powdered Milk
quart (for cereal, and pudding) $0.39
Freeze dried
coffee $1.00
+/-
Lunches / Snacks
Peanut butter in
glass Jar $1.33
28 oz
Crackers
(saltines) $0.39-0.47
Honey $1.04
16 oz
Cheese $0.59
8oz
Beef jerky, Slim
Jim $1.00
M&M $1.33
16 oz
Peanuts $0.63
12 oz
Raisins $0.71-0.77
15 oz
Pillsbury Space
Food Sticks * $1.00+/-
Dinners
Mac & cheese $0.29
box
Cup-a-soup $0.45-0.53
4 pack
Vegetable soup
(Lipton) $0.53
Rice (instant) $1.19
28 oz
Gravy $0.21
Lipton dinners * $0.85
Instant pudding 2
for $0.33 or 0.39
Wyler’s drink (bug
juice) * $0.29
Tea after dinner (McCormick, of course) cheap
The items marked with an
asterisk* are no longer available.
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