Mushers' food?

[emwcee]

I have a question. A lot of attention is paid to what the dogs eat, but can someone tell me what the mushers eat? What are the special nutritional needs while on the trail? Are there any websites that talk about this? We're working on an Iditarod unit story for a homeschool group, and a friend wanted some information for the health unit.

[Di*]

Read a real good article specifically on that, I'll see if I can find it and post a link to it here.

[Domer]

lots of just about anything and everything. The resourceful musher will have precooked meals that are vacuum sealed so they can drop them in the dog cooker to heat it up. Two birds...one stone. This style of meal opens the door to just about anything that can be frozen. It can get quite gourmet if you have the time (and a good cook) before hand to prepare.

[Moose]

Someone (Gebhardt, maybe?) packs lots and lots of Twinkies. But don't tell the kids that. Evidently they're quick to eat because they don't freeze. What that says about Twinkies, I'm not sure.

Also, somewhere it's reported that Sigrid packs Ben & Jerry's ice cream and that she was disappointed to see that the high temps this year caused it to melt in her sled bag.

[MotorWerk]

I have a picture of Sigrid Ekran shopping. She likes Snickers

[tanglefoot]

there was some video somewhere day back of someone packing a snack bag on their sled..it had twinkies, snickers bars, diet coke....and a can of coors light beer!!!

[SuldalsXpressen]

I know Harald Tunheim has a speciality of his own He, or his wife, makes home made pizzas and then put them in the freezer. Whenever he races he brings some of it, and then put a slice or two (in plastic bags, ofcourse) inside his jacket and let them thaw while he mushes. Then he has half warm, delicious pizza right there standing on his sled. Cool idea?? I think so. I love pizza

Eskil

[Moose]

Where's Boo? Where's Tiffany? They could tell us what their mushers pack.

[tanglefoot]

boo flew out in the wee dark hours for a holiday somewhere hot
not sure on tiff

[Moose]

Yeah, I think Boo was going on a Hawaiian dive trip! Too bad. Don't tell her hubby, but I suspect her heart was not totally in it.