They have a camping stove, pans and knife fork spoon. You can only eat so much pasta in a week! Please help.
All great answers – thanks.
Just worried re 17 yr old boys! Salmonella, D&V! A week of ‘Pot Noodles’?
Anything!
Basically you can cok anything you cook on a stove at home on a camping stove.
Pasta is easy to prepare and cook so I can appreciate your thoughts of surviving a week on pasta – but they could also have rice dishes, or (dare I say it).. potatoes?
There are a few other things to consider, like what they are going to be doing (do they have to be up early, have lunch away from camp or get back to tent late? What they are dokng can affect the food (do they need to be quick meals?), are they going to have a shop nearby where they can buy fresh food, milk etc.. – if not then dried food and tins. Can they actually cook – Ill assume you are a parent and have tought them the basics with my suggestions, how are they getting there – will a car drop them off / be with them at the campsite – that affects how much prebought food they can take, How much can they afford (pub meal everynight, lunch in a cafe, or cook their own) and a final thought, will the campsite allow portable BBQs?
So suggestions?
Whatever they would have at home, such as cereals (if they have fresh milk), cooked breakfast such as a fry up or porrige if they are going to be active during the day (a pain to wash though, so I tend to stick with cereals). If they have no fresh milk then they can suffer powdered milk – have something like harvest crunch for breakfast then – it hides the milk better
Lunches, again, whatever they would have at home. Sandwiches can be made up before they go out anywhere, or they can buy food in cafes etc. If the weather is hot then they can eat apples or oranges for lunch as well to give them fluids.
Dinner. Im thinking the basics here could be stew type dishes – meat in a sauce such as bolognases, chillies, curry etc.. whether from scratch or with a jar of sauce – easy to prepare and cook (need a chopping board, knife, pans and spoon and a seive to drain the pasta / rice). These are easy to cook and after they ar cooked can be kept warm without burning them untill they are ready to eat it (add water if its getting a little dry). They could try something like pan fried steak or pork chops with veggies, beans etc.. (or even chips from a local chippie?)
You could take them round the supermarket and they can pick out what they want to eat. If it turns out rubbish then they will learn how to cook, and buy food – good learning, and they wont die with a week of poor food. If its good then their parents have tought them well!
This is my Cold Steel, Trail Master fixed blade. I use this knife when I go camping or if I just want to get a fire started. It works great and is very strong. This steel is fine.