I thought you might like to see my food for my six days camping next week.
Breakfast == porridge, ground nut mixture, dried milk, salt x 6.
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Lunch == various snack bars, breakfast bars, ryveta, cheese, individual packs raisins and a couple of choc. bars.
Two bags of powder drink Orange and Lemon flavour. Enough to have as snacks and with lunch and one with breakfast if I need it.
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Dinner == noodles, cupa-soups, Tuna, soya mince (first time for this), pre-cooked savoury rice (never tried this either, only takes 2-3 mins to re-heat so it may be worth the extra weight :) ), dried vegetables to bulk it all up.
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Total weight is 4 Kilos so the pack weight is sitting at 16 and a bit Kilos with the fishing gear still to add :)
How much do the microwave and generator/ battery weigh?
You are very well organised Sandy,if it is a solo trip take care and have a good time.
Chris.
Quote from: fishtales on May 18, 2012, 11:43:34 AM
Lunch == various snack bars, breakfast bars, ryveta, cheese, individual packs raisins and a couple of choc. bars.
Two bags of powder drink Orange and Lemon flavour. Enough to have as snacks and with lunch and one with breakfast if I need it.
First few times I went out with the MB guys I took similar for lunch, I found that although I could fill myself up with it wasnt very satisfying, and I got really hungry really quickly. Mr Element has converted me to having a hot meal for lunch basically the fuel from that lasts longer - just an observation.
Quote from: Inchlaggan on May 18, 2012, 11:58:03 AM
How much do the microwave and generator/ battery weigh?
Doesn't weigh anything at all, it's a
MICROwave :makefun
A couple of minutes in a little boiling water should be long enough to heat it up.
Quote from: lnelson20 on May 18, 2012, 12:05:43 PM
You are very well organised Sandy,if it is a solo trip take care and have a good time.
Chris.
I have it all on my camping list Chris, it is based on years of try this, try that and see what is light weight, easily cooked, not too bulky and tastes good :)
I'm going with my mate, George, so company this trip. It will make a change after being on my own over the past few years :)
Sandy No Freends :cry:
Quote from: Otter Spotter on May 18, 2012, 12:40:32 PM
First few times I went out with the MB guys I took similar for lunch, I found that although I could fill myself up with it wasnt very satisfying, and I got really hungry really quickly. Mr Element has converted me to having a hot meal for lunch basically the fuel from that lasts longer - just an observation.
I tend to graze through the day rather than have lunch as such and just keep topping myself up when I remember. I do stop and have the Ryvita with cheese or tuna and a good swill of the Isotonic powder drink in the middle of the day as I tend to go too long without drinking. A litre can last me all day including dinner :)
Quote from: Inchlaggan on May 18, 2012, 11:58:03 AM
How much do the microwave and generator/ battery weigh?
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don't forget hte fried fish every morning after the cereal.... ;)
Geez Sandy, my ideal food for a day out fishing would be
Breakfast
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Lunch
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Dinner
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All cooked in the tent of course
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:roll: :lol:
That sounds pretty tasty and easy, Alan. I'll have to see if our Tesco stocks them or not.
My biggest feed the other week was of the much-maligned cous cous variety :gay4 Chopped up half a chorizo and heated it olive oil with some spring onion so that all that lovely fat melts out into the pan. Bung in a packet of some sort of mediterranean tomatoey cous cous, top up with boiling loch water, leave for 5mins and then fill your belly. Have to say it very nice and will certainly be using it again.
I actually took too much grub for an overnighter as I just really snacked on the 2nd day after a hot breakfast of porridge and tattie scones. It was the lightest I've ever had my pack at as well at 27lbs (including a litre of water and all fishing gear) so I reckon I could shave a bit more off yet.
Quote from: Alan on August 28, 2012, 12:13:25 AM
i turn into Gordon Ramsey
Aye you can hear the shouted expletives for miles around :lol:
I got uncle bens 'risotto' as a variation on the uncle bens not risotto, for last weekends trip. Dont bother its sh*t! Like uncle bens but in walpaper paste.
Quote from: Alan on August 27, 2012, 11:30:13 PM
bit like those food packs you get from camping shops but a fraction of the cost and taste better, tesco..
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add burn water, chop spring onions and grate some cheese into this..
What section is this stuff in? There's a big Tesco Extra in Inverurie I can never find anything in there.
Quote from: admin on August 28, 2012, 03:49:40 PM
What section is this stuff in? There's a big Tesco Extra in Inverurie I can never find anything in there.
Thats what I was thinking, I was shopping in the mega huge tesco in perth and all they had was the usual UB rice varieties etc, never saw any meat!
Quote from: admin on August 28, 2012, 03:49:40 PM
What section is this stuff in? There's a big Tesco Extra in Inverurie I can never find anything in there.
I had at few of those with me for a camping trip at the start of the month. got them from ASDA, quite nice especially the meatballs.
I'll have a wee run doon to Tesco tomorrow and see if they have them
Well, that was disappointing but no real surprise. The Tesco extra store in Inverurie does not stock these meals. Perhaps they are deemed too exotic for the North East teuchter palette? Goodness knows. :roll:
I carried a few packs of Mug Shots about with me when i was roaming the Uist hills.
Pretty tasty and Tescos are doing a deal with them just now. Empty into a mug and add boiling water. After a few minutes and a few stirs.
No weight in them at all.
Billy
Just though I would visit this post again thinking of doing some camping/fishing trips this year does anyone have any more suggestions on food or anything new that has become popular in these last few years cheers John
I eat out a lot John but, being honest, very rarely camp.
If you want to go really light but still eat "lots" then the freeze dried meals are pretty good but very expensive, someone like myself who would only eat a few in a year can justify them but someone who might want to eat for a week would be out a fortune. They are ideal if you are walking to Lewis lochs, as I usually am, and so can drink and use the water from the burns and lochs as carrying freeze dried means you are not carrying any water at all which can be a big saving. I use them for my occasional overnight camping trip plus I store a few for emergencies should I get an unexpected day out or whatever.
The rice etc. in pouches as shown earlier in this thread is great as you can heat it up by just dropping the bag into boiling water and there is a huge choice in most Tescos or similar. There are also Puy Lentils available something like this (I think they've changed their range recently but you get the idea):
http://www.hawthornhealth.com/general-health-c7/merchant-gourmet-puy-lentils-tomato-basil-250-g-p40994/s49858?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=merchant-gourmet-puy-lentils-tomato-amp-basil-250-g-mrt2&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&gclid=CPLY8vei3tECFU06GwodGS4Bzg (http://www.hawthornhealth.com/general-health-c7/merchant-gourmet-puy-lentils-tomato-basil-250-g-p40994/s49858?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=merchant-gourmet-puy-lentils-tomato-amp-basil-250-g-mrt2&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&gclid=CPLY8vei3tECFU06GwodGS4Bzg)
These can be tasty to just boil up in water and have with something, take pigeon breasts and just fry them up for example or whatever takes your fancy or sometimes I'd just use them instead of rice as something different.
In the past Tesco carried "food in a pouch" from a company called "Look What We Found" (they also did mail order but seem to have stopped that) and they were very good value and quite tasty meals, again just drop them in boiling water in their pouch. I would normally have one of these with a pouch of rice as well. Getting "Look What We Found" meals has become tricky and Tesco have stopped doing them so recently I tried a company called Muscle Foods as they do meals in a pouch aimed, as you'd guess, at people looking to build muscle. They are, as a result, high in protein so there is a lot of meat in them but they seem to keep the salt and other stuff down and this can leave them a little "bland" beside meals with more additives however they are worth a try and will deliver mail order, I like them and would use them again.
There are also options to cook "fresh" but this often takes too much time and means carrying too much stuff. Also the "food in a bag" type meals are handy as you can just throw them in the rucksack and walk out the door so it makes life simple.
Thanks I'll do some searching in tesco and Asda leaning towards freeze dried and boil in the bag save washing up :lol: cheers
Looks good Tony I've taken all your suggestions onboard I'll be trying these thanks J
I've used the rice, nice but a little weighty; cous cous I wouldn't give space to, I've tried it and just can't eat it; the sardines would be nice but again I wouldn't carry the extra weight of the sauce and aluminium 😊
I had that cous cous with trout fillets cooked in a wee sachet of ginger and garlic sauce, I think it was sharwoods, up in the hills after a hard days walking/fishing it tasted good!
Home made flapjacks - the secret food for endurance. Any kind of endurance, long motorcycle rides (1200 miles in a day), long hikes stalking (we had to walk in, and walk out dragging - you wouldn't have got a pony in where we were, you would have broken it's legs) Long kayak trips - flapjacks are ideal for on the go. So is heavy fruitcake. I go in to the supermarkets after New Year when they are selling off all their Christmas fare, luxury chrismas puddings at £1 apiece. Fantastic exped food, heavy, but you are talking of one pudding being good for 3 days of high calory intake. Packed with them....fried in butter, LUSH! :banana
I was introduced to a B&M store last year and they had a range of very cheap dried meals in pots; Chinese, noodles, couscous etc. I bought a selection to try at home and some were excellent (some were not!!). I then bought several of the ones I liked, binned the pots and put the contents in plastic bags to save space. Hot water from my mini Kelly kettle and a big rock to shelter behind; perfect. God knows how many E numbers they contain but it does not seem to matter when you are cold and hungry.
I also bought some of the sachets of concentrated Heinz tomato soup and they were good too.
But hopefully this season will be so warm we will be carrying salads ..........
Quote from: arawa on February 08, 2017, 06:09:15 PM
I was introduced to a B&M store last year and they had a range of very cheap dried meals in pots; Chinese, noodles, couscous etc. I bought a selection to try at home and some were excellent (some were not!!). I then bought several of the ones I liked, binned the pots and put the contents in plastic bags to save space. Hot water from my mini Kelly kettle and a big rock to shelter behind; perfect. God knows how many E numbers they contain but it does not seem to matter when you are cold and hungry.
I also bought some of the sachets of concentrated Heinz tomato soup and they were good too.
But hopefully this season will be so warm we will be carrying salads ..........
Haven't you heard? Salad crops have failed everywhere, so the media would have us believe. :roll:
Pasta mixed with tuna, lots of different flavours available for variety.