If you’ve been following our Adventurous Couple Version Tacos series, you know that Part 9a was messy. Really messy. That was the night we tried to do a full carnitas braise at 10,000 feet using a broken camp stove and a rainfly as a windbreak. We ended up eating pork scraps off a spatula while shivering in the dark.
| Category | Item | Quantity | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Tortillas | Lard-based, 6-inch | 24 | | Protein | Machaca (dehydrated) | 1 cup dry | | Protein 2 | Oil-packed mackerel | 2 tins | | Salsa | Rope salsa (frozen) | 6 oz | | Crunch | Crushed chicharrones | 1 cup | | Acid | Pickled red onions | ½ cup | | Cheese | Cotija, crumbled | ½ cup | | Tool | Silicone squeeze bottle (3 oz) | 2 | | Tool | Beeswax wraps | 2 | | Tool | Clean bandanas | 4 | We started this "Part 9b" as a fix for a failure. We ended up creating a philosophy. Tacos aren't just for Tuesdays. Tacos aren't just for tables. Tacos are the perfect adventure food if you respect the physics of the trail. the adventurous couple version tacos part 9b portable
You don't need a cooler. You don't need a camp stove (though it helps). You need a system, a squeeze bottle, and a partner who doesn't mind eating crushed pork rinds off a granite boulder next to a 50-foot drop. If you’ve been following our Adventurous Couple Version
The frozen salsa has thawed to perfect squeeze consistency. The dry bag worked. No leaks. We ended up eating pork scraps off a
We learned a hard lesson:
No greasy pans. No leftover salsa to pack out. Just one small ziploc of used bandanas. The LNT (Leave No Trace) taco. Chapter 7: Upgrading to Part 9c – The Caffeine-Infused Experiment This isn't a spoiler, but a teaser. In Part 9c , we're going to infuse the tortilla dough with espresso powder and cocoa nibs for a breakfast taco that doubles as a caffeine delivery system. We'll call it the Mocha Tortilla . Portable. Adventurous. Slightly unhinged.