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What do you take precooked?
« on: September 04, 2015, 08:49:23 AM »
Just wondering what is a favorite that people take camping to save actually cooking a meal from scratch?
We're partial to spaghetti bolognaise - simple to reheat and easy to boil a bit of spaghetti. Other pasta's usually work well too.
Shame we can't make the trip this time - but we do get to go to Bigriggen in a couple of weeks :-)
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2015, 08:56:42 AM »
We usually take a tuna mornay for the first night (normally after a big days drive), but cook meals from scratch after that.
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2015, 08:59:19 AM »
Spaghetti Bol in a sealed bag, throw it in a pot of water in the bag then you can use the water for washing up

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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2015, 09:02:33 AM »
Usualy only take a precooked meal for the arrival set up day, just to make things a bit easier that first day.. either a smashed up bbq chook on sanga's or could be left overs from the night before departure  IE: spagbol or taco mix ... curried snags n rice or  apricot chicken ..what evers easy just to reheat or eat cold with minimal fuss..
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2015, 09:12:33 AM »
The ecopots the bizzo for this.
Set up camp,open a beer then grab a bowl of hot casserole
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2015, 09:16:31 AM »
Spag Bol & a couple of different curries. Curries always taste better after a few days. I've got the Engel worked out so that frozen tucker on the bottom stays frozen & the all important palate cleansing ales stay icy cold on top.
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2015, 09:40:29 AM »
Quote from: Steffo1 on September 04, 2015, 09:16:31 AM
Spag Bol & a couple of different curries. Curries always taste better after a few days. I've got the Engel worked out so that frozen tucker on the bottom stays frozen & the all important palate cleansing ales stay icy cold on top.
X2 though after having a teenager who lived solely on Spag Bol for most of his teenage life I am a bit over it. Definitely curries are the way to go especially with a few veges thrown in too. Massamum is my fave. Bit of rice to go with it and a good red to wash it down. 
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2015, 02:07:41 PM »
On big trips we do a lot of pre cooked stuff like Spaghetti, Curry, Taco mince ect ... Cook it up in bulk then we cryovac it all into meal size portions and freeze them all ready for an easy meal ;D

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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2015, 02:36:22 PM »
But the fun is in the cooking.

And food cooked over an open fire tastes so much better.

Can any one of you honestly say that toast from a toaster is any where near as good as toast over an open fire?

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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2015, 04:20:15 PM »
Nothing...   

Part of the "camping ritual" for us is gourmet; 2 or 3 course dinners every night...   

(This is always for 2 or 3 night mini breaks; because that's all the "time off" that we can manage - and the cheifing is for 2 people)...   

So with keen desire - that makes the above doable...

The closest we come to pre-fab is a super delicious Chicken Korma or Lamb Shanks in the Thermos Shuttle Chief - for the arrival night.......    yummy   
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2015, 05:27:00 PM »
The night before a trip we buy a roast chook from Coles or Woolworths and strip the meat of the bones, we can then use that for allsorts of meals.
The bones are good for yabby bate too.   
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2015, 06:13:23 PM »
We normally have a spag Bol and a stew of some sort.


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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2015, 06:56:53 PM »
Corned beef is always handy  - a decent meal with mash potato for dinner or good for sandwiches for lunch.  It keeps and travels well.  We usually cook it and then cryovac into meals size portions.
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2015, 07:00:31 PM »
I big bacon and egg pie in a large baking dish is a must for even a road trip.
2 dozen eggs and a kilo of bacon
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2015, 12:08:14 AM »
Quote from: dales133 on September 04, 2015, 07:00:31 PM

2 dozen eggs and a kilo of bacon

So thats how you get the extra milage outa the rig ...Methane assisted  ;D ;D
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2015, 12:46:36 AM »
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #16 on: September 06, 2015, 10:38:05 AM »
Pizza. Vacuum pack it and chuck it in the fry pan to reheat. Easy to store and minimal mess to clean up, just give the pan a wipe and continue drinking
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2015, 11:41:51 AM »
Invariably Spag Gog or butter chicken. Always some in the freezer.
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2015, 03:12:07 PM »
Yes spaghetti Bolognaise sauce for us too - mainly because I like to cook my sauce for about 2 hours to develop the richness of the sauce. I always cook a batch of chocolate chip cookies or chocolate slice, make up the rissoles mixture and freeze ready to cook, and often a cooked chicken for salads and sandwiches.
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2015, 06:34:21 PM »
We have done roast meats carved and cryovac with the gravy and then frozen. In fact the last big trip we had 14 meals prepared and frozen from stews and spag bol to roast meats. Just cook veggies or pasta and reheat in the bag and easy washing up.
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2015, 06:57:21 PM »
I saw an ad today for Happy Camper Gourmet. Chuck the bag in a pot of boiling water for 10mins then serve. It comes in chicken, lamb shanks, stews etc & stores on the shelf... I'm not sure how they can do that without killing someone, but they sound delicious  :-X :-X :-X
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Re: What do you take precooked?
« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2015, 09:12:05 AM »
Quote from: listo on September 06, 2015, 06:57:21 PM
I saw an ad today for Happy Camper Gourmet. Chuck the bag in a pot of boiling water for 10mins then serve. It comes in chicken, lamb shanks, stews etc & stores on the shelf... I'm not sure how they can do that without killing someone, but they sound delicious  :-X :-X :-X
I have had a couple of them No bad but cost a bit. Good emergency food as they keep for ages without refrigeration
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