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REPACKAGING FOOD

Lighten your load and save space - by getting rid of excess store pack- aging. Measure only as much of each ingredient as you will need for one meal and nut it in a plastic bag. Tape a label on each bag and 1 write on it the name and amount of the ingredient inside. Place all the repackaged ingredients for each meal in a larger bag. Include the recipes, too. When you reach camp, you will have in one place all the ingredients and instructions for every meal.

FOOD STORAGE PROTECT YOUR FOOD from mice, raccoons, bears, and other animals by making a bear bag to hang from a tree. Put the food in a stuff sack or clean trash bag and tie a rope or nylon cord to it with a clove hitch. Hoist the bag up out of the reach of animals-at least twelve feet off the ground in bear country, and eight or more feet away from the trunks of trees. [To tie a clove hitch, see page 139.)

Menus with a minimum of perish- able foods will reduce the challenges of storing and protecting provisions. Plan a meal with fresh meats, cheese, eggs, dairy products, and other perish- able foods only if you can keen them . . properly chilled and out of the reach of animals.