Padkos in English?

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What be the English term for the Afrikaans word, "Padkos"

We as English speaking folk always referred to Padkos as Padkos when embarking apon a long distance trip.

Have I missed an important word that I should be aware of?

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Don't know of an English derivative. Guess its one of those uniquely Afrikaans word that has no English derivative. Think "p03skl@p"
 
There is none. Padkos is a beautifully apt Afrikaans word that doesn't deserve to be translated and has just been adopted by us Rooinekke! Translating it would be sacrilege!
 
We've always just called it snacks or food for the road.
Or just the Afrikaans padkos.
 
Padkos is padkos. The closest I can find is:

"road provisions" or "road victuals".

Both do not convey the meaning as well as "padkos"
 
I don't know a single English word for it - but think that it would take a phrase - something like "travel snacks"?
 
I always used "snacks"

usage
"Can you bring some snacks for the car trip?"

The context of the sentence usually implies where you are going to be eating them. This allows it to be more general than a specific travelling activity.

So you can get snacks for hiking:
"Remember to pack some snacks for the hike tomorrow"
 
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