hard boiled eggs? Maybe peeled at home. There's always so many carbs for snacks; the eggs always make me feel fuller longer.

Some chunks of a good cheddar and some apples and one of those corer slicer thingies....add granola bars and they will think they are eating apple pie with a streusel topping.

bacon and egg sandwiches for breakfast or peanut butter and jelly for lunch. grapes or some type of fruit. Some mentioned bananas.

I was going to make deviled eggs, but I made pork loin roast with potatoes and carrots for dinner and chili, and now the kitchen is all messed up and I am out of gas. It will be cheese from the deli and apples and granola bars from the store, I don't want anymore stuff to clean up in the kitchen. Bah humbug.

Well, I was going to say that if they all brown bagged it, you should just bring cookies, LOL, but it seems that the "menu" is set.

Annie

Sandwiches get mooshy from their own moisture and if the weather is damp, or you're eating on the water, it could be miserable. A dryer sandwich would work better than a fluffy nutter. Maybe leftover pork loin? Grab and go doesn't sound like you'd have a chance to put the filling in a little container and spread it there. If you will have two hands available, how about filling a mini-container with half peanut butter and half fluff, and bringing some crisp breadsticks or crackers to dip with (though they could end up soft in the end, they shouldn't go to mush unless they actually get wet)?

I know you're out of time. For the future I was thinking of things like arancini or mac and cheese balls. Hummus spread inside a pita. A Scotch egg. A baked sausage roll or pirogi/pirushki or pasty. Basically, traditional hand foods. :)

I'm not totally out of time, I can pick up some hummus and pita chips, they would go with the rest of the stuff and I like them. Yes Annie, I was going to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies instead of granola bars, but I ran out of gas.

All kinds of jerkys.

dcarch

Ooh yeah - jerky & string cheese are my fave grab & go protein snacks! What about gorp? That's a classic & you can change up the raisins & peanuts for other fruits & nuts.

If the weather's cold, maybe something warm in a thermos? (cocoa or tea or even soup/broth)

If you're making sandwiches, an old trick is to butter the bread to keep it from getting soggy - that can add significant calories, tho...

On the plus side, the chili and pork loin roast I made instead of oatmeal cookies were both fabulous! Home made cookies would have been the best, a rarity for college kids. But instead I stopped at the deli and got cider, donuts, made coffee, then brought cheese and crackers, apples and hummus and pita chips for the trip. Very much appreciated. I have pics and may post later.

For your next trip, perhaps using tortillas in lieu of bread would resolve the "sog" factor. You could make all manner of burritos. Easy to hold while paddling:)

I just may have to try banana peanut butter nutella tortilla pinwheels. For experimental reasons, of course! Dang I miss banana jam. They deemed it unsafe a couple of years ago so I'm not risking making it again. I thought it was a little scary when I made it but it was delicious and didn't kill me.

Couldn't you just make the jam in small batches and keep it in the fridge?

It sounds like what you brought worked out really well! I hope you also got to have fun. :)

I sure don't think there's a "sog factor" with sandwiches made 4 or 5 hours ahead......I don't even mind things like chicken salad made ahead...or egg salad....but I insulate the bread with a leaf of lettuce. The next day the lettuce is pretty limp....but for morning till noon, it's good as it gets!

Oh my....I didn't know.....what lovely words....and probably a lovely man!

Pink, thanks for sharing. So poignant.

From reading his obituary, sounds like he was a real pistol. He just taught part-time, supplemented his living working as a fishing guide and bartender. Kinda like me, sans the fishing and bar tending. I just teach part-time. But this is one advantage of going to a community college, there are some real interesting people on the adjunct faculty, people who bring a lot of real-life experiences to their teaching. I think this is what is behind being a true "Professor," you are much more than just a paper-pusher or test administrator or spouter of facts. You are an intellectual guide for your students' mental, social and spiritual development, as it pertains to your subject matter. You try to make the subject you are "professing" relevant to students' real-life experiences if you aspire to be a good at your "profess"ion. Otherwise, whatever it is that you spent an hour blabbing about, will be forgotten as soon as the students leave the room, and is an exercise in futility for all involved. You could and should easily be replaced by a computer if that is all you can do or are allowed to do.

Beautiful.