Ok I аm going camping οn a secluded island fοr spring brеаk аnԁ јυѕt now found out thаt thеrе іѕ nο electricity whatsoever. Wе hаνе already packed thе boat аnԁ everything bυt hаνе tο now ɡο back tο thе store аnԁ bυу items thаt involve nο cooking οr heating up аt аƖƖ. Dοеѕ anyone hаνе аnу іԁеаѕ οn whаt foods tο bυу fοr ουr meals fοr thе next 3 days. Anу іԁеаѕ wουƖԁ bе ɡrеаt. AƖѕο thеrе іѕ nο way tο keep refrigerated things fοr more thаn thе first day due tο thе fact thаt whеn thе ice melts, wеrе out οf luck .Thanks♥
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for foods- bring jerky, top ramen, instant soups, etc.
Get an inexpensive propane or gaz campstove to heat water.
Also, it sounds like you are going somewhere primitive, so there isn’t likely to be a water supply out there, so you are going to have to pack in water, or use a water filter, treatment solution to get more water.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL- DO NOT drink any untreated water, no matter how clear or clean it appears!!!
Either bring enough water for all 3 days (and thats a lot) or bring a water filter, I recommend you do both.
So far as refridgeration, limit the items that need to be kept cold, and don’t bring anything that must remain frozen.
I have a potential solution for your cold storage problem, but it may or may not work for you based on where you are-depends on how cold the water is.
I have used this successfully before- I have camped on cold water lakes and streams- First, make sure the items to be kept cold are as sealable as possible. ziplocs, screwtops, etc.
Place them in a waterproof dry bag. Try to find one that is clear. this is very important, for two reason, which I’ll get to.
ROll the waterproof bag and close it.
get a large mesh bag, and place several rocks in the bottom.
Place the waterproof bag inside the mesh bag, and submerge in the water. the rocks will anchor the bag down, and keep the waterproof bag under the water where it will keep things cool, but not frozen. you may have to experiement to get the right balance to submerge the bag. try to get as much air out of the waterproof bag as you can.
Make sure you tie the bag to some sort of tree or rock, so it doesn’t get away.
THe clear bag is important because you can see if water is getting in, and also, a dark bag will absorb sun rays and heat it up.
Don’t use this method with anything that will get ruined if the waterproof bag isn’t sealed properly, or double bag the items to keep them dry.
six packs of soda and or beer can simply be anchored in the water.
Good luck, have fun, and don’t forget to pack out all trash- don’t leave anything behind on the secluded island so it stays nice.
No power no problem. There are cheap gas lights and stoves to take. Some places will even rent them or borrow one from a friend. There are many canned foods you can take like tuna canned or pouch. Different meats and pastas. Any dried foods or pastas. At many camping stores you can buy freeze dries foods that let you make a gourmet meal with water. There is even freeze dried ice cream! Don’t forget a battery or solar powered radio!
You say no cooking or heating anything up. Is that because you don’t have a propane camping grill or stove? If that’s the only thing keeping you from eating a decent meal, then get a bag of charcoal and some heavy duty aluminum foil. Put the coals in a pile and light them. While the coals are heating up, make pockets out of your foil. Put your food in the pockets and close them up so you have little air inside and seal them as tightly as possible. Spread out the coals so your pockets will lay nice and flat on them. Wait 20 minutes and VOILA you have a delicious hot meal.
For more foil pocket recipes…. http://www.macscouter.com/Cooking/Backpa…
Best of Luck and HAPPY CAMPING
freeze dried anything, as long as your water source is sound. If not, get a water purifying pump, or worst case, tablets. Trail mix and pre-packaged items like jerkey, granola bars and sardines/tuna are good and round out protein/carb sources. Powdered milk/instant coffee/Crystal light singles are great to add variety to drinks.
As for light, LED headlamps are a sweet hands-free option. Also, get a candle-lantern (with long-lasting emergency candles) These can offer low light for many nights in a row, and can (carefully) be brought inside a tent to hang, provide light and heat if needed. have fun
The store brand trail mix at Wal-Mart is delicious and pretty space/weight efficient.
You might want to look into buying a camp stove to take along, you can get them all over the web for about 50 bucks. Start at http://www.rei.com A stove, along with a single pot really opens up your options. You can do a lot with ramen noodles or the dried meals they sell at outdoor stores (that require heating).
Have fun!
buy a portable propane powered gas grill–they’re about 20 bucks at walmart…you said you have a boat so bring a cooler, the ice will definitely last more than one day just keep it in the shade, also buy a block of ice instead of ice cubes, it lasts longer–i’ve done it many times–man if you’re bringing a boat you could pack just about anything–you should be having steak for dinner everynight
Get yourselves a couple of Sterno stoves and a few containers
of Sterno fuel called “canned heat” by many. Be sure to have either a box of strike anywhere matches or a lighter too. with a small sauce pan or fry pan, you can cook a good meal on one
those small stoves.
“Camping” quite often means there will be no electricity. The lack of electricity does not mean you can’t cook!
Think “fire”! A campfire is very usefull for cooking, boiling water to kill off germs and such, keeping warm, socializing…..
be smarter to rent a generator so you have electricity. How else will you keep the beer cold?
get a honda generator there quiet and amazing, coleman makes a cooler that can keep ice for cold for 7 days
Ich! Trail mix… =P
Buy yourself a good dutch oven. Walmart might carry one. Also buy two welding mits (yes welding mits, high heat because you will need them), some charcoal and a bottle of olive oil. Take all this home, you need to wash out your oven – remember this will be the LAST time you wash your oven and you must rinse all soap and crud out before we start the seasoning step. This washing is necessary due to the machine oil used whilst manufacturing the dutch oven (it is after all cast iron.) Use a greenie scrubber to make sure all that oily stuff is out of all inside and outside crevaces.
Take the dutch oven to your driveway and start the charcoals INSIDE the oven and put on lid halfway… Once they are good and hot, stir them around to heat up the entire pot, once the charcoal starts breaking down turn your pot cover upside down and lay on the concrete (handle down) and using your two welding mitts, grab hold of both handles on you oven and tip the coals onto the cover.
Immediately soak a couple of papertowels with olive oil and begin liberally applying the oil to the inside of your dutch oven. Use your mitts or a set of tongues because this pot should be too hot to handle.
Once the oil is applied on all inside and outside surfaces, dump the charcoal back into the oven. Apply olive oil to your lid both sides – again USE your mitts! Once all done, place lid snugly on pot and let be for awhile (30 mins).
Come back and dump contents of oven into a bucket and hose contents down with water. Did you know that charcol is great for plants – potassium and all? DO NOT water down the oven. Use olive oil on paper towel to wipe out the inside surfaces of your pot and lid, Then use a clean paper towel to wipe out all extra oil. Now you have yourself a seasoned dutch oven for your campfire on the island. Keep lid on dutch oven whenever you store. You will never put soap to it again so you must be careful not to get the inside dirty.
The only way to wash it from now on will be by wiping down with olive oil and maybe a little bit of Jack Daniels (or any other alchohol beverage of 80 proof or greater)
Buy canned stews/veggies/and anything else that does not need refrigeration. (Don’t forget the can opener!!!) Get a good set of metal cooking utensiles and a bag or two of charcoal. Note: a book on cooking with a dutch oven is helpful since it will show precise numbers of coals to use for what you wish to cook. I however just put my dutch oven directly into the fire keeping the lid on and it will cook what ever is in it just fine.
To clean after cooking, tip oven over onto campfire to let the inside burn. Once in awhile scrape out burnt stuff using a metal brush/etc and reintroduce to the fire. NEVER USE PLASTIC UTENSILES!!!
At the end, apply OLIVE OIL ONLY with a paper towel and put lid ontop and let cool. Once cooled, rewipe with oil and wipe out access. The pot becomes better as it is used because the charred food seasons the pot and the reoiling keeps the pot from rusting and degrading.
There you go – cooked food in one pot with no fridge and no electricity. Just like we used to do it in the 20th Century. No muss no fuss.
Have fun!