First off, if cold beer is a necessity for you then skip this thread
I do a lot of remote camping in Baja and I find trying to keep ice for perishable foods to be a huge hassle, plus a big-ass cooler takes up too much
precious space in the vehicle. I bring lots of canned food, bread/tortillas, peanut butter, dried fruit, oatmeal, and durable fresh foods and veggies
like apples, oranges, cabbage, tomatoes, avocados, onions, block cheese, etc.
Lately I've been trying to perfect my ice-free camping meals, here is a simple one:
Saute onion and peppers in a pan with oil until just soft. Drain the roast beef and add to pan (do not use the can juice or it will be too salty with
the taco seasoning). Add some fresh water and the taco seasoning, and cook the water down and the beef will shred apart. Warm a tortilla, fill with
roast beef mixture, add cheese, shredded cabbage, and season with hot sauce to taste.
This will make one big or two small burritos. Scale appropriately. Also works perfectly with canned chicken breast and Lawry's chicken taco
seasoning.
Anybody have any other good no-ice-required recipes?SoCalPattonCrew - 6-28-2014 at 12:51 PM
Lacey Anderson produces a no ice, low fuel cook book for rafters and other crazy people. Here's her blog where you can also find links to her cookbook
http://www.nocoolers.com/woody with a view - 6-28-2014 at 12:58 PM
ceviche.55steve - 6-28-2014 at 01:21 PM
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ceviche.
Annnnd...ambient temp Tequila!dirtbikr - 6-28-2014 at 01:36 PM
Recipe sounds great but I would still need a cold cerveza to wash that downwoody with a view - 6-28-2014 at 01:55 PM
depending on which coast, and the time of year the ocean makes a great cooler for warm beer!wessongroup - 6-28-2014 at 03:39 PM
"First off, if cold beer is a necessity for you then skip this thread"
Great break point ...
Perhaps this will help some ... neither tool requires ice
[Edited on 6-29-2014 by BajaNomad]Marc - 6-29-2014 at 07:48 AM
In the late 50's in Hong Kong at the China Fleet Club we drank with a group of Brits who would not touch a cold beer. They would order a few ahead and
let them sit until warm.
BTW Tecate is pretty good warm.bkbend - 6-29-2014 at 07:55 AM
Ditch the seasoning packet, and its added salt and mix up your own. Cumin, oregano, garlic, red chili powder, cayenne, hot chili flakes.wilderone - 6-29-2014 at 08:10 AM
Spaghetti using angel hair pasta (less fuel to cook) and packet seasoning with boxed tomato sauce (burn packages - no trash).
Tasti-Bite pouch Indian cusine meals - put over couscous - boil water, let it sit for 5 minutes.
Prepare Stove Top Stuffing with a small can (or pouch) of chicken - pretty much just boil and let it sit for 5 minutes. Prepare packet of turkey
gravy (add water and boil) and pour over it.
Three bean salad with quesadillas - use hard parmesan - keeps longer - and a little olive oil - herb seasoning is nice too. Three bean salad: open
cans of yellow wax beans, cut green beans and garbanzo beans - the 8 oz size works well for 2 people or 2 servings. Add diced onion, balsamic
vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, sugar - mix well.
Fine slice potatoes and carrots (cooks faster), add can of chicken. Season to taste - Add some of that hard parmesan at the end.
Mac and cheese package - add a can of tuna.
And if you gotta have meat...
durrelllrobert - 6-29-2014 at 08:43 AM
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Spaghetti using angel hair pasta (less fuel to cook) and packet seasoning with boxed tomato sauce (burn packages - no trash).
..try this trick by sticking 5 or 6 uncooked noodles through hot dog slices before boiling:
Skipjack Joe - 6-29-2014 at 09:25 AM
Hormel sells these dishes that are simply boiled in water and opened. Beef stroganoff, spaghetti and meatballs, etc. We subsisted on them for over 2
weeks in Alaska. They are much better than freeze dried camping food but come nowhere close to fresh fruits and vegetables. The meat is parboiled and
packaged so it comes nowhere close to grilled steak.
Regarding the hot dogs. If you cook the pasta right then the pasta inside the meat will still be hard.
[Edited on 6-29-2014 by Skipjack Joe]Kgryfon - 6-29-2014 at 01:24 PM
Now that looks interesting! Makes me want to try it just because it looks cool!
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Originally posted by wilderone
Spaghetti using angel hair pasta (less fuel to cook) and packet seasoning with boxed tomato sauce (burn packages - no trash).
..try this trick by sticking 5 or 6 uncooked noodles through hot dog slices before boiling:
805gregg - 6-29-2014 at 05:21 PM
How do you keep the leftovers?, just get an Engle and never need ice again, but have cold at your fingertipsTbone - 6-30-2014 at 01:32 PM
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Originally posted by woody with a view
ceviche.
Annnnd...ambient temp Tequila!
When the ambient temp is 100F it is a vapor shot.pappy - 7-1-2014 at 12:19 PM
jerky, smoked fish. dried fruit ,ceviche and beer...micah202 - 7-1-2014 at 01:32 PM
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...for a beer-cooler in warm weather,,,a bucket of water,,with beers in,,,and a towel draped over the bucket and into the water will give a relatively
cooled beer whether it be by wind or sun,,,evaporation has a cooling effect,,,just the same as if you wet your clothes!
...be sure the towel constantly wicks the water and you'll be amazed!neilm81301 - 7-4-2014 at 10:40 AM
Trader Joe's sells some shelf-stable, boil in bag Indian entrees.. pretty tasty, about $2.00.neilm81301 - 7-4-2014 at 07:43 PM
Sailors have this problem, too... there was a thread on here about this a while back; can't find it... but a quick search found these:
I proved today that Hormel Compleats meals come out fine if you throw the tub in a pot of boiling water - 9 or 10 min would get it.
You could chase the 'freezer bag cooking' sites for no-fridge, backpacker stuff.
BTW, what she says about mayo is true - the squeeze bottle stuff will stay good for weeks at room temp - I always smell and taste-test, but the bottle
runs out before it goes bad.
Next I need to check out cooking in sea water - pasta? rice? beans? pot roast? poached fish? steamed vegetables?
Oh.... geeze.. here we go...
NeilHook - 7-5-2014 at 06:02 AM
This is a good thread, despite the sacrilege in the first sentence of the first post. Keep 'em coming.freediverbrian - 7-5-2014 at 07:25 PM
A meal we would make on a sail boat when crusing . Beef stew with dumplings, a can of good quality beef stew, heat, add Bisquick dumplings (follow
info on box) about the size of golf balls on top of stew cover and cook for 20 min. Good stuff
