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#11 nikonron

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Posted 11 March 2018 - 06:52 PM

I always make a big pot of Chili to take on my fall trips, easy to heat up with little mess.  Ron


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#12 Cayuse

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Posted 12 March 2018 - 03:38 AM

I like using the grill.  Veggies, chicken, pork chops, steaks all find their way onto the grill at some point.  Hummus and crackers can work for a snack.  Tortillas with some cheese and salami all rolled up is a great quick lunch.  Breakfast is usually a cuppa unless there is a big day planned then it gets more involved.

 

Getting ready to order a discada in the next week or so, anticipating that will change my cooking habits a  bit.


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Posted 12 March 2018 - 04:24 AM

We're of the cooking crowd, and enjoy it as part of camp life.

 

We have some basic meals:

 

Pasta-  add sundried toms or fresh, or cook up some dried morels with salad.  Uses a lot of water.  

Mexican- home cooked beans, torts, cabbage, cilantro and some sort of salsa I chop up with fresh chilis.   I make green sauce at home with bbq tomatillos and jalepenos, ground up with a bit of salt and garlic.  We bring green sauce in a small mason jar for most trips. 

Grilled cheese- Sturdy sourdough, in a cast iron skillet with cheese and toms.  Salad is alway a staple side dish.

 

These are tasty and can be done in 15 minutes or less. 


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Posted 12 March 2018 - 05:48 PM

"Cooking? I'm on vacation" sounds like us. And I'll be the odd man again and say, I see our road trips as a great opportunity to loose weight !

 

So rather than the big morning fry up of eggs, bacon, sausage tomato etc ... we skip. Mind you we overnight more than stationery camp so we're usually up and go. Maybe have some fruit while driving.

 

Lunch is a sandwich, wrap and or fruit/veg. Never cook unless it's a u pick corn trip then it's steamed corn all day.

 

Dinner is a one pot meal if possible. Usually soup. So say low sodium broth from a box to cook fish ball and a few veggies and then heat udon noodle (these are bought packaged pre cooked) Could substitute with pasta (additional pot) and cold cuts or canned fish. 

 

We don't usually pre make meals though a freezer is great for this, and also froz veg. One tip is to buy a rotisserie chicken from safeway, costco etc and pre shredding it before leaving, this can be used in few meals.

 

Bill D is right about farmers markets. We do stop, although in truth, I hate to shop while on vacation !

 

 

 


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Posted 12 March 2018 - 08:42 PM

 

 

Getting ready to order a discada in the next week or so, anticipating that will change my cooking habits a  bit.

Bob, I built my own, not to difficult and lot cheaper.  Ron


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Posted 12 March 2018 - 10:28 PM

I'm surprised at the breakfast skippers. I can't skip breakfast. It was always funny when I was working for CDF to see the people who skipped breakfast complaining when we got an 11:30 dispatch. I wasn't very sympathetic :)


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Posted 14 March 2018 - 11:54 PM

We're of the cooking crowd, and enjoy it as part of camp life.

 

We have some basic meals:

 

Pasta-  add sundried toms or fresh, or cook up some dried morels with salad.  Uses a lot of water.  

 

Something you might want to check out, Barilla makes a pasta called Pronto that cooks in minimal water and soaks up the water you use. It takes about 10 minutes and you don't need a strainer. As far as dry pasta goes, it is quite good. We pretty much use it exclusively when camping.


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 03:53 AM

When the hobbits stole farmer maggots mushrooms I was like, mushrooms? Who'd steal those? Pronto sounds interesting except spaghetti is one the things I"ll usually pre prepare. 


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 07:46 AM

Pronto does sound interesting.

After watching Darwin on the Trail from YT I've picked up some Knorr Rice sides and also some Idahoan instant potatoes. Haven't made either in camp yet.

 

When at home I usually always eat yogurt and granola for breakfast so when I go camping I tend to do an egg scramble.

Lunches vary from wraps (boring) to hamburgers (Costco precooked frozen burgers are easy and good), to burritos.

 

Dinners are stews or meats, and rice, with salads. I've found the prepacked salads are a good choice for camping. All the fixins are there and they are pretty good.

 

A friend of mine does most of his cooking at home and then vacuum packs it all. He just boils his meals, other than sandwiches, and hes done.


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 07:54 PM

I'm the odd one out here. Before having a camper, we got pinned down by weather on camping trips that left us unable to cook for a couple of days. One of the main reasons we bought a camper was to be able to cook inside. Sure, I still grill outside. But the only reason I will carry a stove to cook outside is when I plan to cook so much I need a second stove.

 

And the whole idea of not cooking in your camper so it doesn't smell really baffles me. So you don't cook in your house either? Does your cooking smell that bad? To me, a camper (or anywhere for that matter) smelling like garlic, herbs, sauteing onions, etc. is a good thing. Like walking into your favorite restaurant.


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