RE: Camp food
I would do some coordinating with the other guys and see what they think would be good for you to bring. You don't want to eat chili 5 nights in a row, for example.
In our hunting group, someone serves as the menu coordinator and food buyer. This is perhaps the most critical position in theentire hunting group and requires someone with logistical talent to pull off. It is important if your heading to a remote camp that each meal be planned out in advance. Prepare for plenty of extra foodfor each meal and have extra meals if needed. Don't skimp on serving sizes. Remember the old outfitter's creed - "you can't do much about the weather or thegame, but everyone's outlook on life is much better if they have plenty ofgood, hot food".
The menu coordinator puts together a draft menu well in advanceand runs it by everyone for comments, etc. Then a food kitty is put together with everyone donating a hundred bucks or whatever seems reasonable (likely to be more this fall). The MC goes to Costco or Walmart and gets as much as possible in bulk which is packed into individual meal kits labeledfor breakfast, lunch or dinner.
What you are describing is exactly what we try to avoid - everyone just bringing what they think is good. That maywork ifyou can head to a nearby cafe in a pinch (read culinary disaster), butit breeds discontentand eventual mutiny in the backcountry. Planning is critical. Especially with plenty offolks that can not eatcertain foods or have a prescribed diet. Also, some people's food choices and cooking, for lack of a better word, suck. Such people must be controlled and not allowed to subject other's totheirculinarytorture under the guise of hunting camp.