All dried up...

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Food.  That's another big topic for hikers.  Okay, that's a huge topic and one that can be overwhelming.

I just finished reading a hiking resource book that discussed food in some depth and I don't know if I've learned anything.  The difference of opinions on this subject are so varied that the experiences of others make for muddled reading.  There are those who survive on Ramen noodles and hope while others prefer freeze dried meals.  Some send packages to post offices along the way and another group shops at whatever store they find in whatever town they come to.  

We're opting to dehydrate as much food as we can before we leave and then have it sent along to ourselves.  We will supplement with food from stores along the way. 

This is our borrowed food dehydrator maxed out at 12 trays and loaded with dehydrating frozen vegetables.  The dehydrator is wedged between the stove hood and the stove top but I wired it into place to keep an inquisitive cat from knocking the whole thing to the floor:

Our diet in "regular life" is complicated.  After many years of a diet that went from "whatever and however" to the far side of veganism, we settled into an ovo/lacto vegetarian mode.  If you don't know what that means... we eat vegetables, eggs, and dairy.  However, forays into world of meat consumption are permitted when we are served food at someone else's residence and recently when the eating of meat is a better option than other items at a restaurant.  We eat meat, at most, twice a month and often not at all.  For our hike I am occasionally incorporating high quality meats that we will have dehydrated into jerky.