I tried Stagg Chilli. Once. Never again. I love chilli more than any other food tho. Canned chilli is naztehy
Talking of cans, those tinned irish stews aren't too bad at all. They've cheered me up many a night under soggy skies. Then again, so has a tin of bacon grill, or canned ham with mustard. On crappy sliced white bread.
Cheese sandwiches with brown sauce...I could go on
45 odd posts and no specific mention of baked beans with sausages in? The connoisseurs choice
mikewsmith - MemberStagg Chilli & Rice
Seriously?
Rather shit in a pan.There is so much real food you can cook without resorting to anything near that.
Erm....OK.
when Im bivvying I try and avoid carrying anything wet. Dry foods only. It takes up room that is better used to carry wine. When someone invents dehydrated wine, I shall have their babies and get v v drunk in the hills. Next to a brook.
A proper chorizo will keep. Can of white beans, onion garlic , can of tomatoes . Fry chorizo so fat comes
out, in with chopped onion and garlic. Toms. Reduce , add beans. Squeeze of lemon on top is great if you are a true camping ponce .the beans also make farting in a sleeping bag/tent an absolute riot
Any recommendations for a camping stove (or BBQ type thing) for camping for a family (drive not carry there).
Something like [url= http://www.gasproducts.co.uk/acatalog/Campingaz_Camping_Chef_Vario.html?gclid=CP7BlMPd88QCFTTKtAod804ALw ]this[/url]
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Two burners so you can do rice/pasta/spuds and something to go with it at the same time, AND IT DOES TOAST!
We've got an older version of the same thing that we've used for the last 25(!) years. Camping gaz is expensive, but very widely available & you don't use that much, anyway.
(For back-packing: meths stove.)
Papas pobre or poor mans potatoes and yes my spelling is probably wrong.
Big chunks of onion,garlic,chilli,potatoes,tomatoes,chorizo and green pepper all cooked in the same pan cause your poor.
Or fresh caught filleted mackerel dipped in eggs with salt and pepper then rolled in oats and fried served on wholemeal bread. Must stress out the sea into pan freshness.
mikewsmith - Member
...Rather shit in a pan.
After you, old chap. 🙂
taxi25 - Member
x1000 I never camp unless there's a good pub nearby.
Screw the camping, stay at the pub (if they have rooms). Warm, comfy, warm showers, pub grub and beer.
Lentil dhal.
Hell no! Well, unless you're carrying a lot of bhog rholl.
[quote=Stoner ]when Im bivvying I try and avoid carrying anything wet. Dry foods only. It takes up room that is better used to carry wine. When someone invents dehydrated wine, I shall have their babies and get v v drunk in the hills. Next to a brook.Dehydrated beer is now available in the US and coming to the UK (as soon as HM Customs & Excise get their heads around it)
Dehydrated beer is now available in the US and coming to the UK (as soon as HM Customs & Excise get their heads around it)
**Checks date**
...Sounds too good to be true 🙂
The guys at backcountrybiking in Aviemore have some they've been sampling/trialling and are currently negotiating with the powers that be. Keep an eye on their Facebook feed to see what develops.
Uncle Ben's tomato risotto with added onion and chorizo.
there was tinned haggis in aldi on reduced the other day 🙂 just get chips from the nearest chippy and slices of haggis fried in a frying pan on the fire !
dehydrated wine is already happening - but you don't want it, it'll be bloody vile
http://www.amazon.com/Jansal-Valley-Powder-Chablis-Ounce/dp/B00BV1G9JI
if I was French I would be suing them for putting the word chablis on it - note that it's non-alcoholic because the alcohol is lost in the drying process, so for drinking wine they will add powdered ethanol and this is why it will taste foul
For proper lightweight camping packets of couscous and some sort of dried meat or fish is good. Freeze dried veg or mushrooms good to add. Sometimes I add a good dose of olive oil or butter to add energy.
Lots of good suggestions above for can based meals. M&S and Sainsbury's curry in a can are surprisingly good, especially if you add some extra fresh veg to them.
Tinned ham is OK, as is corned beef. Tinned chicken makes me wretch for some reason, it smells like cat food.
The beer is liquid concentrate rather than powder and the versions I've tried tastes like shite, even worse than northern beer.
Plus you need to take the carbonating bottle and associated faff - really not worth the bother for a warm, slightly fizzy beer like beverage, but the glampackers will love it no doubt.
our car camping favourite is a tasty homemade curry or Bolognese, frozen. Will easily last in the cool box till the second night with the added benefit of replacing need for icepacks
That's what we do. Just boil up some pasta or rice, and you're done - couldn't be easier.
As for toast - go to Wilko's and buy a £5 electric toaster for your hook up - way better than those cruddy camping gaz grills.
Curry: make a spice mix before you go, pack it in one of those little plastic containers you can get.
Then just chop up an onion, garlic and ginger, get some local meat as mentioned elsewhere in the thread, and fry it all up. Local beer. Rice.
Job done, it tastes nicer in the outdoors, and your camping neighbours will be well jealous.
The beer is interesting, could be ok with some fresh cold stream water. Shirley it could be replicated with a good home brew kit by fermenting with much less water than normal? Think I'll stick with the whisky or bourbon for now.
I don't think you can do it that way, a very high sugar concentration will inhibit the yeast. Think of the relatively shelf lives of marmalade and fresh;y squeezed orange juice.
I think you need to essentially make beer and then concentrate it either using some sort of membrane filtration, or evaporation and add the alcohol back in.
I normally just buy 4 bottles of beer from the local farm shop.
Damn you all. From hopeful to dashed dreams in so few posts. 🙁
tastes like shite, even worse than northern beer
Is that even possible?
I think you need to essentially make beer and then concentrate it either using some sort of membrane filtration, or evaporation and add the alcohol back in
Yes, it's essentially concentrated beer flavoured juice with added ethanol - nassssty 🙁
tastes like shite, even worse than northern beer
Tried Wylam or Cullercoats?
As for toast - go to Wilko's and buy a £5 electric toaster for your hook up - way better than those cruddy camping gaz grills.
Sadly, there'll be no electrical hookups, and on at least one potential trip no easily accessible local shops so any food would need to last unrefridgerated for 4-5 days, fresh meat bought on the way for day one will be fine but after that I'm not so keen. This also counts out going to the pub and visits to the local chippy.
Is that even possible?
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Ideally something that'll last for a couple of days without refrigeration, is tasty, easy to cook and properly sorts the hunger after a big day out.
We usually do something pasta based, spag bol or penne with jar of quality sauce and usually pack it out and improve it with mushrooms, peppers, chorizo etc. Ususlly have some fruit cake, cheese and coffee after.
TBH camping is the one time when hotdog sausages INSIDE a pan of beans spooned out does feel just right.
The guys at backcountrybiking in Aviemore have some they've been sampling/trialling
I just had a look at http://www.patsbcb.com/product/pale-rail/
Apparently, "4 individual 50ml packets makes a growler's worth (64oz) of wonderfully portable adult beverage."
"4 individual 50ml packets makes a growler's worth (64oz) of wonderfully portable adult beverage."
64oz capacity growler, impressive - but not sure I'd like to drink beer from it 😆
Oh and concentrated beer = whisky. Much easier to transport...
Boil in the bag rice and a tin of curry. Aunt Bessie's pancake mix.
Some of these are superb. Lamb hotpot is one of my favourites. Plus they're in packet sachet things so no tins to deal with
http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk
Edit. Bummer, pipped to the post.......by 9 hours
ericemel & themightymowgli
i spotted those sachets during my fact finding trip to Sainsburys tinned meat section. Lamb hotpot added to shopping list.
Thanks again all.
M&S tinned chilli, Bolognaise, and curry are all excellent. Even at home. Not cheap though.
Best one I have ever seen was on a DoE gold exped. We used to finish on the Sunday so would restock and have a wee staff celebration. The camp was still 10 miles from the minibus mind,so there was still a fair amount of carrying. There used to be wee bit of one upmanship going on eg loch caught trout baked in lemon etc..However one couple we had with us scooped all that,as we got set up, the hubby started pulling a massive tin out of a pack. It was a whole duck in a can...with veg...
Chorizo fried then added to Ainsley Thai couscous. With sh*tloads of crisps and Sports Mix because couscous isn't very filling.
If you look in the isle where you get tinned beans (not baked beans but beans like cannelini and butter beans etc) you'll find sachets of pre cooked pulses and grains with some nice flavours in. Merchant Gormet do some and in Sainsburys you'll also find some Jamie Oliver branded ones.
Nice and flavoursome (the merchant gormet porcini and thyme one is nice and dark and savoury and meaty tasting - theres a Jamie Oliver morrocan one with apricots thats very fresh and light tasting) and much more filling/satisfying than the instant pasta and couscous packs. You can just sit the pack in a pot of boiling water for ten mins.
Not quite a meal on its own, but you don't need to add much and just adding something like chorizo/saucisson from the deli counter does the job. A bit of the Tesco Finest Chorizo rings chopped and fried makes a nice quick flavouring for things, its better than other varieties/makes/models for rendering down a nice colourful, spicy oil so you get nice crunchy meat crutons and a dressing you can pour over the rest of your dish,
You can also get chickpeas in cartons rather than cans now which are more transportable - and whatever pasta/couscous dish you do, just adding the chickpeas in with it makes it substantial
