We are campers (tent) we do have a fridge and shop about every two to three days. We also do have a cadac. This is our key, with a cadac you can cook just about anything, the paella pan and skottle are eceptionally useful though of course it does BBQ too. We cook just about anything we would eat at home. We usually take along some basics, I have a plastic box which holds around 14 spice bottles and they are filled with all of the most relevant spices and herbs most used at home not to mention of course salt and pepper and an assortment of stock cubes, add a bottle of cooking oil and thats about as far as we go. With my box of tricks we are then able to purchase just fresh produce, we cook quite a lot of rice dishes pasta and of course one pot dishes, pealle is extremely easy with the cadac and serves around 8 at a time. I once catered for a family of 9 with just a small burner the type which comes in a box and a double burner. We had rice, meat curry lentils and a lovely yoghurt salad. Soups stuffed with fresh vegetables are easy and tasty and warm, served with a large fresh loaf and a piece of cheddar they are yummy. However I disagree with the posts which suggest that near by take aways are good, we are camping for a reason, it is to enjoy a different experience camping is just like playing house and believe me as long as you are close to a water tap I would say there is very little you are unable to cook while camping! What i would say though is that I don't bother with the camping cooking pan sets, some of them are only capable of warming a can of beans, far better to take one large pan and one small pan along with your favorite frying pan, a seive as this acts as a seive and a collander, a few plastic bowls which can be used for serving as well as preperation. Remember to be as adventurous as possible you are camping and anything you cook will be fun, especially if it goes wrong! Have fun!
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We take a cool box with freeze blocks and frozen water in it. With a premade spag bol to heat and eat, and stuff for breakfast. After that we visit local shops, butcher or even good old Tesco for the stuff for the rest of trip.
BBQs are a favourite, but even beans on toast is possible on a burner or two.
We have the pyramid toaster thingy, we find thick, squat bread works best for it.
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We have a couple of electric coolboxes which are very good. To cook we have a double burner and grill gas stove fed from a 7Kg calor bottle. We do take an electric toaster.When it comes to cooking, there is almost no limit. We are normally a party of six and think nothing of a cooked breakfast all round - sausages, bacon, mushrooms, eggs, beans, tinned tomatoes and toast, washed down with plenty of tea and coffee. It's not quick but really sets us up for the day. It's just a question of juggling pans to keep everything warm once it's cooked.
Lunch is usually something light, soup, rolls and cake or the like and we have a big evening meal, often based on mince. However, the sky's really the limit with a little imagination.
Quote: Originally posted by poppetmandy on 29/4/2009
We are campers (tent) we do have a fridge and shop about every two to three days. We also do have a cadac. This is our key, with a cadac you can cook just about anything, the paella pan and skottle are eceptionally useful though of course it does BBQ too. We cook just about anything we would eat at home. We usually take along some basics, I have a plastic box which holds around 14 spice bottles and they are filled with all of the most relevant spices and herbs most used at home not to mention of course salt and pepper and an assortment of stock cubes, add a bottle of cooking oil and thats about as far as we go. With my box of tricks we are then able to purchase just fresh produce, we cook quite a lot of rice dishes pasta and of course one pot dishes, pealle is extremely easy with the cadac and serves around 8 at a time. I once catered for a family of 9 with just a small burner the type which comes in a box and a double burner. We had rice, meat curry lentils and a lovely yoghurt salad. Soups stuffed with fresh vegetables are easy and tasty and warm, served with a large fresh loaf and a piece of cheddar they are yummy. However I disagree with the posts which suggest that near by take aways are good, we are camping for a reason, it is to enjoy a different experience camping is just like playing house and believe me as long as you are close to a water tap I would say there is very little you are unable to cook while camping! What i would say though is that I don't bother with the camping cooking pan sets, some of them are only capable of warming a can of beans, far better to take one large pan and one small pan along with your favorite frying pan, a seive as this acts as a seive and a collander, a few plastic bowls which can be used for serving as well as preperation. Remember to be as adventurous as possible you are camping and anything you cook will be fun, especially if it goes wrong! Have fun!
Do you mind telling me where and when you are camping next, I can supply my own plate
LOL Steve, I forgot to mention I am a bit of a cooking freak! I love cooking and am tring to write a campers cook book. Not sure if it will sell but its a bit of a hobby for me at the moment. I was also married into a Pakistani family for 16 years and so have curries down to a fine art! As for where we will be, well we are going to Brittany in June and probably a weekend close to home before hand to get the tent all cleaned up after the touring last year! The thing is about being on Camp sites in Europe that people do talk to each other and come along with their plates!
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Hiya. We don't use EHU and we've only ever taken a cool bag. Everything stays cold enough outside at night - even the lager! However, going to France this summer so we bought a cool box and we'll just buy ice - if available - at the campsite. We don't usually have things that are going to go off, and cheese, butter and meat lasts a couple of days without a fridge (as long as it's not too hot). If you're next to a river or the sea, put the food into the water!
if you're using a cool box, only open and close it at meal times, keep the cool air inside. If the kids are looking for cold drinks (or cold beer for adults) use a separate box.
As recommended on previous posts, start a camping box now, every time you go shopping buy an extra couple of tins,soup, beans, pasta sauce etc. Saves a fair bit of money nearer the time, also helps with the anticipation !
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Will you have electric hook up - if so you can get a good mini oven from Argos for around £15 only uses 1300w on full.
We have a mini oven, bbq & suitcase oven at the mo - we want a cadac or cobb but can't agree between us which we want so will probably fight it out for next year.
A very simple delicious dish we have when camping all done on the hob is
Chicken Noodle
Pouch of Knorr Chicken stock 4 tblspns Soy Sauce Rosti or Cooked whole chicken or breast, diced Cup of peas Cup of sweetcorn 2 packs of straight to wok amoy thread noodles
Basically chuck everything in the pan and heat through adding the noodles with a minute or so to go & serve - so simple & quick and everyone loves it!
On my first trip I took simple lightweight foods like soup and noodles since I was hiking by myself. I think next time I'll probably save weight beforehand and buy what I need locally, there's likely to be a spar, newsagent or supermarket within reasonable distance of most sites.
We don't cook much whebn camping, we have a calor gas double burner with a griddle you can put on top, so its great for sausages burgers, bacon, ect,ect, so normally for breakfast it's usually a full cooked english and cereal, for the bread i spray it lightly with oil that i use in a spray bottle and put that on the griddle comes out really nicejust like fried bread but with hardly any fat, for lunch were off site so its a pack lunch and then in the evening its usually hot dogs/burgers, and the girls like noodles, on outr very first camping trip we only had a tiny little suitcase thing and i think it was pot noodles and sandwiches all weekend!! lol
To be honest i say to my lot its only a few days werre away and they can live without a proper cooked meal for that lenght of time, they wont go hungry!!!
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Topic: what do you eat?!
