Tip for Campers!

[gilbo Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gilbo]

Some food and drink tips:

- if going with other families, have the adults take turns cooking the meals for each other, that way you can get nicely drunk pre-dinner (with no responsibilities/stress) when it's not your turn to cook. Plus you only have to plan for the meal(s) you cook. (NB. let each family look after their own kids food though, as kids are so fussy!)

- feed your kids a big healthy lunch, this allows you to feed them something more convenient (and less healthy!) for dinner - ie. those noodles in the container that you just add hot water to. This is also compatible with you wanting to have a few afternoon bevvies, with no responsibilities/stress.

- Drink tinnies not bottled beer. Quicker to cool in the fridge, and easier to carry out in rubbish (squashed flat).

- get meat cryovac'd at the butchers, and diced/cubed by him too if required for what you're cooking.

- also, you can never have too much bacon.

[Russ WA Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Russ WA]

Gilbo,
Some great tips there especially the one about the bacon...

Russ


D4D- GXL
Cyalume Light Sticks What are they?
The little green sticks that you break.

[pml120r Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pml120r]

hi all,
cyalume sticks are also good for the kids at night in the tents as anight
lights , and to locate them around camp site at night
(NEAR TO FAR AWAY ) for little kids and some big kids aswell :lol:
:twisted: peter

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you can never have too much bacon.

WISE WORDS 8)

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i have went camp oven lately and now roasts , bread and all the trimmings are on the menu .

it used to be when i went up the river it was "days x 8 sausages & 1 loaf of bread"

times have changed :roll:

[Simmo67 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Simmo67]

Hey Russ - love your tip re putting soap in a stocking. I'm always dropping soap in the dirt! Love it

BillyS - mate you cannot beat a roast in the camp oven. Make sure you "cure" it before you use it first time. You have to heat it up to get all the gunk off it before you cook in it. Then just keep it oiled up between uses to avoid rust. Don't wash them in soap/water - just wipe down with a cloth and oil them with a non-animal oil such as canola oil which won't go off.

[embi Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close embi]

I always pre-make a lot of food like curries etc and then cryovac them.

All i have to do then is take a bag of curry/stew out of the fridge, drop it in a pot of boiling water and reheat. Its a gentle way of reheating, dont have to worry about it sticking and burning, cant over cook it.

then just open the bag...drop it in a bowl, eat and by then the hot water you cooked with is ready for the dishes... easy done.

[hoppy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hoppy]

Hey Simmo, where are you greens???

We just invested... yes invested in a Cobb cooker. Bloody expensive for what it is. But, not expensive for what it does.

First time we used it as an oven was for a roast dinner for 6 adults and 2 kids. It also can be used as a BBQ or a stove. Uses heat beads.

Basically a mini webber, with attachments. We were very impressed.

Even had ice cream for dessert, compliments of the new fridge freezer.

[Simmo67 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Simmo67]

Hoppy, didn't you read the thread on posting pics! :wink:

I don't want to hear about this Cobb thing I want to SEE it in action!

Send a shot when you can. Sounds good. 8)

and what a greens? never heard of em. Real men eat meat. Heaps of meat :lol:


Thanks again for everyone's camping tips. Here's a tip I learnt yesterday afternoon. Bought $12.50 worth of African Nightcrawler worms and sat in my kayak for 2 hours losing worm after worm to fish that were faster than me. Could have bought a carton of I&J Fish Fingers for $12.50 :P

[carrot Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close carrot]

If you're travelling light and didn't bring a scourer, a handful of wet sand does a great job.

Carry spare string - I like 3-4mm nylon. It's useful for tying up the fly, replacement shoelaces, tying the rubbish bag to the spare wheel, clothesline, tying the swaybar out of the way :wink: Use a cigarette lighter to seal the cut ends of the nylon string. Use the lighter to dislodge leeches, too!

Aqua-gel is an alcohol-based, no-water-needed handwash. Leave a bottle in the car, it's really handy! You can even wash your hands in the car without making a mess, the stuff just evaporates!

I heard this somewhere, but I haven't tried it: The mentioned shadecloth can be used as a traction aid - put strips of it under / in front of wheels that are spinning. A shovel of dirt helps keep it in place.

Spread out a tarp, turn off the lights, lie down, shut up and watch the stars.

[Jim Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jim]

Spread out a tarp, turn off the lights, lie down, shut up and watch the stars.

Priceless :!:

Jim

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Tip for Campers!

Just about everyone has blow moulded plastic tables these days (those of us who camp in tents anyway) and it is not a good idea to put hot or metal items on the tables. Go to a tile outlet and buy or otherwise obtain sample ceramic or terracotta tiles. They make fantastic heat pads and gas bottle supports that cost virtually nothing. They are easy to pack and don't cost the earth.

[plucker Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close plucker]

For those with little or no cold room space there is a stack of food items that don't need refrigeration.
UHT milk
tinned food even though it doesn't taste as good
freeze dried packets of peas and corn will last forever. As will potatoe deb.
Just look next time you are in a supermarket and you will be amazed.

For the camp oven bread take some bread mixes and cheat.
If you plan to fish at your destination, you can catch the fish anytime and keep it alive in a tub of water all day with water changes. Dispatch it at dinner time just before cooking. Do note that the bluewater fish like trevally will not cope but barra will do fine. Also beware in Croc country.

[Rainman Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rainman]

For those with little or no cold room space there is a stack of food items that don't need refrigeration.
UHT milk
tinned food even though it doesn't taste as good

Heres another tip for campers. If you are carrying UHT milk and tinned food in a trailer, make sure they are in different containers.

Heres a pic of our UHT milk and tinned food after travelling together along the old Ghan track in leaf sprung trailer.

Each time we opened a can after this it was a lucky dip, but accidentally opening some ricecream felt like you'd won the lottery. :lol:

[MTpockets Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close MTpockets]

I always pre-make a lot of food like curries etc and then cryovac them.

All i have to do then is take a bag of curry/stew out of the fridge, drop it in a pot of boiling water and reheat. Its a gentle way of reheating, dont have to worry about it sticking and burning, cant over cook it.

then just open the bag...drop it in a bowl, eat and by then the hot water you cooked with is ready for the dishes... easy done.

This is my favourite camping tip, and I like it so much I will be looking for a cryovac machine.
Thanks embi 8)