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RedLeader

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Food that can be eaten hot or cold
« on: May 08, 2014 »
To lighten the load a bit I'd like to start taking food that can be eaten hot or cold. Plan is for a mini gas stove and small pot/pan combo along with food that I can warm if I want or just eat as is if I'm feeling lazy.

Any ideas?
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Re: Food that can be eaten hot or cold
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2014 »
Mattessons sausages, can be eaten hot or cold.  They don't need to be refrigerated either so are good for day two of a trip.

I boil them in water then pour the water into cous-cous, chop the sausages and throw them in.  Really easy and no water wasted. 



It will be interesting to hear some other ideas.
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Re: Food that can be eaten hot or cold
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2014 »
What about pre-cooked pasta. You can make a nice salad or heat it with something savoury.
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Re: Food that can be eaten hot or cold
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2014 »
You could take a leaf out of Dowsers book.

I've seen him get a pot, pour in some mince, 1 whole tuna fish, empty a packet of Burbon creams in, and  top it all off with a tin of alphabet spaghetti!

Yon fella has a lead lined stomach  ;D ;D
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Re: Food that can be eaten hot or cold
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2014 »
Are you just trying to reduce weight at any cost or wanting to keep a budget in mind too? Obviously if cost is not an issue then you can buy most packet foods that are precooked to eat hot or cold, a perfect example is army style ration packs you can get all over ebay etc.

However if you want the cheaper (and better in my opinion) method then make them yourself. Make up larger portions of meals at home for your usual meals, then keep the extra to use when outdoors. You can do this with pretty much any meal that is served as a single item. For example pretty much any pasta dish really only has two components, the pasta and the filling. Mix them both together and they work just fine cold or can be reheated.

If you look around online you can get some good prices on various sized mylar bags, these are the same thing you find the army style ration packs using for boil in the bag meals. Just throw you premade food into a bag then heat seal the top, later either heat it up in a pot of boiling water or just tear open and eat cold. Using this method means your limitations are just your own cooking ability and creativity, plus you can be sure each and every meal is something you like (huge morale booster). More importantly I think they tend to be better quality as far as nutrition goes as you can tailor meals for set requirements. Buying ready to eat meals that are high in energy for example can mean you just get a bunch of added sugars and such to boost them when you want something easier used by the body and also something that will actually fill you.

If you want to take this to the next level get a dehydrator and you can watch the grams fall away. Using pasta as an example you can make up a big batch of it, mix the pasta in and leave overnight to soak up any sauce. Put the whole lot in a dehydrator for a day and reduce the weight by around 70-80%. Put that in a mylar bag and you just need to tear it open and add in the required amount of hot water, fold the bag down and leave for 20 minutes and you have a perfect hot meal ready to go. Something like that would cost you around £3 per serving compared to things like wayfarers etc.
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Re: Food that can be eaten hot or cold
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2014 »
Quote from: Rumblebum on May 08, 2014
You could take a leaf out of Dowsers book.

I've seen him get a pot, pour in some mince, 1 whole tuna fish, empty a packet of Burbon creams in, and  top it all off with a tin of alphabet spaghetti!

Yon fella has a lead lined stomach  ;D ;D

You forgot the 4oz's lard to lube it all up a bit.  Helps it slip down the throat better when eaten cold  :P
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Re: Food that can be eaten hot or cold
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2014 »
Quote from: Dowser on May 13, 2014
Quote from: Rumblebum on May 08, 2014
You could take a leaf out of Dowsers book.

I've seen him get a pot, pour in some mince, 1 whole tuna fish, empty a packet of Burbon creams in, and  top it all off with a tin of alphabet spaghetti!

Yon fella has a lead lined stomach  ;D ;D

You forgot the 4oz's lard to lube it all up a bit.  Helps it slip down the throat better when eaten cold  :P

Think they were referring to meal times not a Friday night out.  8)
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