Packaging Tip
Yes, a small box will add maybe two-tenths of an ounce of weight, but it's not much fun if you've planned to have crackers and dip and you only have a pile of cracker crumbs after they've spent four days in your pack. This tiny bit of care at home is well worth it.
This tip works with small rectangular or square crackers such as Cheese-It, Town House flatbreads, Chicken-In-A-Biscuit, Triscuits, etc. Any cracker about 1" x 1.5" can be kept safe this way. You just have to find a box with a narrow dimension that matches one side of the cracker.
Examples of potentially useful boxes
At Home:
As you are preparing food, don't throw away or break down boxes with narrow bases or other potentially useful shapes until all your food is packaged. Pudding boxes are a good size, too. Fill the box with crackers- one or two rows, depending on how many crackers you need. But do fill each row. You don't want room for the crackers to shift and jostle. If you really don't want to fill a row, stuff the empty space with a wad of wax paper or plastic bag or something.
One completely filled row of flatbread crackers in a lined box
Line the box with a cheap bit of plastic- saran wrap, a fold-over sandwich bag, even wax paper-- just something to keep the crackers clean and add a bit of padding.
Cut off the top of the bag, cut off extra height on the box, cut down the corners to the level of the crackers. Tape shut and label.
In Camp:
Open and eat. You will seldom have broken crackers if you do this! Carry out all trash!
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