How to carry fat, greasy foods like tahini sauce and peanut butter?

Your best bet is going to be small mylar pouches (any other thick plastic you can get your hands on will probably work just as well). They hold up much better than flimsy freezer bags and have a thick reassuring seal on the edge.

You can get them resealable as shown, or you can weld non resealable bags closed. What you're really going for is something like the food relief peanut butter we send to starving nations.

If you don't want to specifically buy bags for this, Capri-Sun bags are made of mylar and just about the perfect size for small snacks. Mylar welds at household ironing temperatures as long as you keep the seal clean from the bags contents (very difficult with peanut butter I imagine). After you seal your mylar bags you can cut a small notch in the side so you can rip them back open without any tools.

posted almost 9 years ago

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Steve Cox‭

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I agree with the double-bagging or using a plastic tub inside a bag or the other way around.

I think the best thing you can do is to test out various methods/containers before you go. It will allow you to find out what works and will also allow you to practice having to deal with the messy stuff at home where you can figure out what else you might need to bring along.

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Junco‭

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GoToobs. They're food grade plastic, super light weight, and reusable.

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Stephen‭

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I would probably use a small tupperware or similar, something like this. You can also get ones where the lid clips down which are probably more secure. If you are concerned about it leaking/coming open I would use some elastic bands to secure the lid and store it in a separate freezer bag to contain any leaks.

Using a freezer bag as you suggest may work, but I would definitely double/triple bag it. My main concern would be how easy it would be to get the paste out again. I think you would end up wasting a lot. But I've never tried so it may be fine.

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nivag‭

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Out of some wonder, the peanut butter in our area comes in plastic jars, meaning that it is lighter than a normal jar. I save these plastic jars during the year and use them later on hikes.

Also, in the local grocery stores I can buy some dairy products which come in plastic buckets and boxes (like this one, this or this) - I save these for trips and hikes: they can be easily packed into each other, or I can fill them with other objects (berries I pick from the forest, socks or anything else) after they get empty. They also hold liquids quite well, although I use a plastic bag to be sure there would be no leaking. Also, in case they become redundant I am not so sorry to dispose them as if I would be for a tupperware box.

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Akabelle‭

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If in doubt, double bag...

put them in a sealed bag of your choice, then put them in another sealed bag with the open end (of the first bag) facing towards the closed end of the second bag, if the first leaks the second should catch it.

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System‭

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Try Coghlan's Squeeze Tubes (available from REI) The base of the tube opens up so it's easy to fill and then closes securely. It's easy to squeeze the contents into your mouth, or on to crackers or other media for eating, without using utensils or trying to lick/scrape the gooey contents out of a bag.

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Arluin‭

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