FOOD - What do you prep/take with you?

[roadtripper]

I’ve tried Biltong/Jerky, the jury’s out. I might give it another go. I use Weschenfelders Pokel Salt for the bacon. Works a treat & is really easy.

I use Crown National spice, white vinegar and a dash of Worcester Sauce. I have the shed in the railway garden that gets the sun and has a dehumidifier in that will dry it to a wet state in about 3 days (which I prefer) or about 5 days for dry. I just get whatever joint looks good at Lidl/Aldi that week.

Makes an ace breakfast freshly sliced with a couple of cold boiled eggs and a flask of coffee.

 

[Bav]

I am hoping CGT that the primary use of the butter is reserved for the preparation of the toasties rather than buttering a bacon bap/sarnie?! The thought of buttering a bacon sandwich fills me with the same thoughts as one of @Sabre 's smoothies! Am I uninformed on the bacon/butter 'eticassy' (a new word my edumacated wife came up with last night), or should I accept I am wrong, again? @Bav How would you spell her new word, I feel it potentially has a place in polite society!

@Bav's Compendium of Synonymic Designations suggest etiquettical, but I'd stick with your version unless attending a debutante's ball.

PS - butter in a bacon butty, always!
PPS - The word "butty" actually derives from the word butter, so there's a big clue.

 

[cgtmiles]

WTF? How can you dismiss Boursin?
Du pain, du vin, du boursin!
BTW you can't do beer with cheese. Maybe....

Par du vin per per Boursin

 

[cgtmiles]

Par du vin per per Boursin

I’m sorry I think I meant;

pas de vin, pas de boursin

And no I certainly 100% did not use google translate

 

[Salty Spuds]

Speaking of bacon, here’s my home dry cured smoked bacon drying nicely in the fridge. It’ll be ready next weekend, along with some fresh duck eggs from our friend’s Buff Orpingtons.View attachment 234954

Turned out nice

 

[DXX]

Fry up a load of onions and garlic at home in advance, no point is stinking the van out.
Low volume and can be added to just about anything at the last minute for a warm through.

 

[middle-englander]

Last time we went we cooked a curry at home and stuck it in a big freezer bag that then went into the 12v coolbox (temporary measure in lieu of the fridge). That was the first night sorted.

 

[roadtripper]

Turned out nice
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Damn that looks good, that your vacuum sealer as well? (foodie AND gadget nerd you see...)

 

[Salty Spuds]

Damn that looks good, that your vacuum sealer as well? (foodie AND gadget nerd you see...)

yup, I'm a 2 vac packer man . I have an Anova chamber sealer too. Much better for wet/juicy foods like curries etc.

 

[Badjamin]

I'm lookin forward to cookin an old favorite of ours - 10 min 1 pot putannesca when we go for our first frozen camp out in Aug - newby hall fireworks comp.

The below is my last effort in the in-laws beige Moho



red onion pre diced, salt & suger, veggie stock cube, linguine, tin o toms, capers chilli flakes, olives pre chopped, garlic, olive oil, ground black pepper, chives, parmesan - 10 mins nom

lingering smell... oh well

Other stuff we take is a large frozen bottle of water to go in the fridge and takeaway tubs filled with ice cubes to put in the freezer to aid fridge efficiency and obvs for G&T and JD&C

 

[Bav]

I'm lookin forward to cookin a 10 min putannesca when we go for our first frozen camp out in Aug - newby hall fireworks comp.

The below is my last effort in the in-laws beige Moho

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How spicy do you make it @Badjamin?

 

[Badjamin]

How spicy do you make it @Badjamin?

1 tsp of chilli flakes so not spicy at all

 

[Pedro20001]

We always cook a pizza and that's the first nights tea sorted

 

[GUMY]

Our home freezer usually contains a selection of homemade, single-pot meals (curries, stews, chilli con carne, etc.) that are easy to reheat. We just throw a coupe of these in the van fridge - one in the freezer section and one in the fridge section for use on the evening of arrival. Having, effectively, 2 solid blocks of ice in the fridge helps get/keep the fridge down to temperature

We do pretty much the same, but with a cooler box that fits nicely under the RIB we just managed 5 nights away with pre-cooked single pot meals, plus rice or pasta depending on what box comes out next; easy to prepare on the double induction hob.
Sweet & sour pork tonight:



First night out was smoked sausage casserole, with new potatoes pre-cooked before leaving home chucked in as it was heated:



Breakfast is usually yoghurt and fruit, bread, cured ham & hard boiled eggs.