As a vegan hiker, I'm very happy to have found your channel! Thank for all you creative and thoughtful content. I've been binge-watching your food videos in preparation for a 4-day hike in the Swiss Alps. Cheers from Berlin/Germany!

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

As a vegan backpacker I am thrilled when you post food videos! I will try barley on the next trip, on my way to the store now!

I would like to be clear about one thing :) That opening comment from Mittencamper was real, and I was being a bit sarcastic with my tone! I do agree with the gist of the comment and want to say that he is a stand-up guy who had a channel that had a great little run and can be found at kzread.info Also a viewer has just pointed out that my math was wrong and led to some incorrect calculations. While barley is still a great alternative and very nutritious, my numbers for the macronutrients were way off. Here is what he wrote with links to the correct calculations at the end. "I have just watched your Barley vs Oats video and while I generally agree with your conclusions, I feel that some of your numbers are not as accurate as they should be. The manufacturer provides the breakup of the foods based on the weight of the sample, which in the case of the tables that you provided, are 100g for barley and 40g for oats. When the values for the oats are multiplied by 2.5 to allow for this difference, the carbohydrate, protein and fat amounts are almost identical. The major difference is in the amount of fibre (a type of carbohydrate), which is 33% higher for the barley. The total of fat, carbohydrate and protein is also almost the same. Most of the differences between these totals and the 100g sample weight is moisture. On a comparison for equal volumes, your masses are somewhat different to the manufacturers' for the same volume, but that depends on how densely packed the two grains are. Doing a comparison for equal volumes based on your weights for a half-cup gives quite different ratios to what you have shown." Here is a revised doc he made with the updated numbers bit.ly/3suQo39

Awesome video! I have seen meal prep from a lot of thru hikers and they eat a lot of junk which I don't think I can do at my age even if I wanted to.. so I really appreciate these videos!

Your video content is truly unique. Keep em coming! Also, glad to see you've recovered from that bug bite.

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

I love to mix and match. If you can get your hands on rolled oats, rolled barley, and rolled spelt, mix them and cold soak with apple juice or milk (on trail use powdered milk or powdered juice) and your favorite dried fruits and nuts/seeds for a killer breakfast or snack! (The Swiss call this Birchermuesli)

HIGHLY Educational! I would have never thought to try it. Nice job, thanks!!

i love pearl barley with lentils and sour pickles

@PaultheBackpacker

Жыл бұрын

Hard to name something that pickles do not improve...maybe ice cream. Pickles are the #1 underrated pizza topping.

Thanks

Good info, and thanks for the smile. This made my day.

Thoroughly enjoyed your educational elocution on barley. Thank you! 👍🏼

Liked the video, looking forward to the one on raisins! Hope you are feeling better, miss your vids!

Having spent some time in the Himalayas the breakfast eaten by most locals is Tsumpa. Easy to make at home it is my go to breakfast for hiking and made from partially sprouted, dry roasted and powdered barley.

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

I was short on Yak butter so just went with the plain pressed barley :) I went through an experimental phase a few years ago of grinding different things and then just adding water for an instant meal. In the end, I found I preferred something to chew :) For anyone reading the comment and wanting to know more about Tsumpa www.tibetantsampa.com/

@triggersplace

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaultheBackpacker This is an excellent video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJ5pp7Obk5jNh6g.html

Sounds like barley's the way to go! Thanks so much for this great info! And am so glad you seem recovered from your health scare! Greetings from Baltimore.

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Unless I sit still and you stare at me, it's hard to tell my left side is still a bit droopy :)

You are healed! So happy for you

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

I am close to healed....about 90% of the way there :)

Excellent video 👍🏾

Thats awesome information, Its all about the calories mostly.

I love barley. Somehow it never occurred to me to bring some for backpacking. Thanks for the suggestion. I might have to cook it first and dehydrate it because I can’t find the dehydrated kind here in Québec.

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm...solid idea. I want one of these margamulino.com/buy-marga-mulino.shtm But the grains whole in bulk for cheap and roll my own.

I love barley you can get barley at Walmart. My mom made us beef and barley soup all the time when we were kids and I am 58 so barley was very common. I buy organic barley at the health food store.

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

WOW....you just brought back the memory of my grandfather's beef and barley soup! Totally forgot about it.

Missed you

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Good to be back :)

Your channel recently appeared in my feed and I have been selectively looking at your vids. Yours is the first site I’ve seen that emphasizes healthy food while hiking. Everything I’ve seen in your collection is for 3 to 5 day trips. Since I’m attempting my first through hike in spring 2022, what differences should I consider when planning for longer trips? If you’ve already covered this topic in an earlier vid, please direct me to it. Thanks!

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

I get asked that question a lot and I really don't have an answer because I'm just more or less a weekend Backpacker! But give me a few years to retire and when I do my thru-hike I'll have a good answer for you :-) I should add that the only thing I've come up with is doing some bounce boxes with some staple ingredients. Easy to have a bag of nutritional yeast, a bag of chia seeds, things like that follow you along the trail.

Hey Paul, Enjoying your videos and trying some new food choices. How does Pressed Barley compare to Steel Cut Oats? Thanks!

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

They would be the same as the rolled oats. The only difference is because they're processed less, they would have a slightly lower glycemic index then regular rolled oats. Barley has a lower GI than oats, so not sure if that would make them somewhere near equal in that category I would have to do a little bit of research :-)

You talked about quite a few things to add to a barley cold-soak. Could you also include the amounts (I.e., 1/4 cup raisins, etc.). Thanks!

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

I get that question all the time on videos! I literally never measure anything :) I have been eating this stuff for so long I just kind of pour things in, and it always changes based on what I am in the mood to eat. Soory!

Your face looks so much better! That's great

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, nice to be eating solid food again :)

@Geoffrey454

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaultheBackpacker glad to hear it! Must have been a drag having to sip everything

@enriquediaz7547

2 жыл бұрын

Did I miss something that required liquid foods?

@enriquediaz7547

2 жыл бұрын

Never mind: saw the tick episode :(

Great video. Glad to see your face works again

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

It's about 90% back to working :)

@ianparker1

2 жыл бұрын

Well your video making skills are @ 100%

Totally adding barley to my vegan food list!!

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure if I said it in the video but by far my favorite is the pressed barley.

Your basically saying that Barley is double the nutritional value of Oatmeal. So for the same nutritional value you would have to carry twice as much Oatmeal to match the Barley. You covered the question I was going to ask ... Cold Soaking. I cold soak Old Fashion Oatmeal ( 1/2 cup ) over night ( 1 cup of water ) , get up and breakfast is ready. Apparently with Barley I would get more bang for my Buck. Will the same measurements 1/2 cup dry to 1 cup liquid work? .

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Take a look at the very first comment that I pinned. Someone pointed out a flaw in my math! the new numbers are there. For the macronutrients if you're basically getting the same, but for all the other nutrients you would be getting more bang for your buck. I tried to also add a note to the title, but I'm wondering if it gets cut off when people pull up the video.

@aesasieta

9 ай бұрын

@@PaultheBackpacker Hello Paul. Been enjoying your videos as we have a five night trip coming up. I eat predominantly plant based, and my husband is going to for this trip because I'm doing all the preparations. LOL. Anyway, I just wanted to point out that your comment about the mitten guy and the nutrients is not actually pinned to the top. I had scrolled down through quite a few comments before I came to it. Anyway, thanks again!

Unfortunately, I have to disagree, but only based on one simple point; Barley contains gluten, oats do not. I have issues with gluten, so not an option really. I use organic, steel-cut oats, though. Not processed 'porridge/oatmeal' with added sugar, etc.

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Huge fan of steel cut oats! It is so funny that you are leaving a comment this morning. I am not kidding, literally about 10 minutes ago I was taking my bag of barley and dumping it into a container that used to have oats in it. My wife walked by and said that she could just smell the gluten dripping out if it :) she is gluten intolerant.

@onkaluna

Жыл бұрын

Yes, pure oats are gluten-free, but not all oats are pure. YMMV.

Where does one see ‘description’ ? Thanku

@PaultheBackpacker

Жыл бұрын

If you are on a phone, next to the title of the video there is a little open triangle pointing down. If you click on that you'll see extra things that that the KZreadr has left for the viewers. That is the description, where someone would put extra notes and hyperlinks to other Web pages. If you are on a regular desktop computer, let me know, when I get back to my desktop computer I'll take a look and see. My guess is that it's something similar. Thanks similar.

I looked at nutrition information for barley and oatmeal, and there was not a big difference. ???

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

In the title I put "see description" because in the description I make note of my mistake. Big difference in the micronutrients but not macronutrients.

@skyl4rk

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaultheBackpacker Thanks, I'm going to try them.

You chose a hot day to return.. ha-ha.. Thanks.

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

Actually....the heat wave finally broke here! It has been absolutely unbearable here this week between the heat and humidity. Today was the first day I was out and not just dripping sweat so I took advantage of it and did the video. Not cool enough to get rid of the bugs!

@yongkim2088

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaultheBackpacker Welcome back from Lyme. Fast recovery. 👍

Fucking mittencamper im pretty sure i used to see that guy on r/ultralightjerk god those were the days

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

If you see my pinned comment...i was using what he wrote as a joke. His comment in that Reddit thread was spit on and I have had nothing but positive interactions with him :)

@Mr.Autodelete

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaultheBackpacker yeah he rocks i just use a lot of explatives

@PaultheBackpacker

2 жыл бұрын

I figured that is where you were going, it's just that I know this channel has folks who would have misunderstood so figured I would throw my comment in there

@Mr.Autodelete

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaultheBackpacker dont worry its not your channel its the internet lololol