Camping Food...

digitalbill

Whenever I go camping, we make hamburger patties and put them in zip lock bags before freezing them.
Same with steak.
We will take two one gallon (cleaned) milk jugs and fill them 5/6s with water before freezing them solid.
Those go on the bottom of the cooler.
Then a layer of ice
Then the meat that will be frozen.
More water botles and then I start stacking the non frozen stuff like eggs and bags of lettuse and tomatoes.
Condomints go on top along with non frozen sausges and potatoes.

A second "dry" cooler holds plates, cups, and things like chips and marshmellows.

Geojerm

Rinse and save empty milk jugs. Fill 2/3's full of water. Freeze. Put in cooler. No melted, watery mess. Easy to move around. You're welcome.
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we use tall plasic juice containers that fit our cooler perfectly.

The milk cartons can get soggy if the ice melts too much, and we've had some that came apart.

JDubIsShrinking

We usually do eggs and sausage for breakfast ( I will beat the eggs before leaving home). We also take oatmeal or other hot cereal for chilly mornings. For lunches, we will have sandwiches and fruit. Dinners vary from pizza mountain pies, to steaks or burgers, or even foil dinners. I make them before camping - a cut up potato, some carrots, chopped onion, and a couple ounces of ground meat. I will throw salt & pepper over the whole thing, and throw in a little butter (1-2 tablespoons). Seal it in foil, then all you have to do is throw it on the coals of the fire.

rocky503

Lots of good red wine, gin and tonics. French press coffee in the mornings (I have a thermal stainless steel coffee press).

WTF kind of camping is that??

It's called Glamping, baby. The combination of good food and the outdoors. No dehydrated packets of stew here. And yes I have roughed it but like this so much more. You probably wouldn't think much of my solar shower either. :laugh:

Agree with Rocky! It takes no effort at all to be uncomfortable camping and very little effort to be comfortable.
A little prior planning will turn a nice camping trip to memorable camping trip.

And I have made my own solar shower.

I spent 21 years in the army infantry and I know how to 'rough' it. This is so much better. And everyone enjoys a well planned event.

Gosh, no doubt you know how make it in the real wild. My last camping trip included a Marine vet who spent time in the "Field" and he loved happy hour with snacks, a relaxing fire side dinner and good coffee to wake to. Camping recreationally it about enjoyment not survival.

wassergottin

I'm into backpacking, so I like my stuff lightweight. Freeze dried foods are fabulous, oatmeal, and then soups. I use a JetBoil Flash to cook.