Cooking on board

Searush

Searush

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Do you love it or hate it? Is it a restaurant every night or do you just nip to the chippy/ chinese? It is a barbie on the taffrail or beach or sarnies? Are you a Fray Bentos afficionado or is it Greek salads?

OK I know a lot depends on where you are & who is with you, but what is your general way of feeding yourself & what is your favourite?

Me? I like to cook fresh on board but at least one meal will be from the top local chippy & any fish caught are always barbied. Always have a stock of finger food (pies, cooked sausage, fruit, sarnies etc) for on passage.
 
We love to cook on the boat and it will invariably be on the bbq...fish, chicken, all meats really, along with some baby new pots and a bit of salad. That said tho, we are also partial to the odd quick and easy microwave ready meal whilst on board of an evening sat with feet up in front of the tele.
 
Searush said:
Do you love it or hate it? Is it a restaurant every night or do you just nip to the chippy/ chinese? It is a barbie on the taffrail or beach or sarnies? Are you a Fray Bentos afficionado or is it Greek salads?

OK I know a lot depends on where you are & who is with you, but what is your general way of feeding yourself & what is your favourite?

Me? I like to cook fresh on board but at least one meal will be from the top local chippy & any fish caught are always barbied. Always have a stock of finger food (pies, cooked sausage, fruit, sarnies etc) for on passage.
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We used the microwave once in our first season and for the rest of the times I tried to spend more in a restaurant than we had spent in diesel getting to our destination ;)

As a result of the imminent refit of our boat (now closer than ever), SWMBO wanted to replace the microwave with one which had a heating element. The problem is, apart from the concerns over power load on boat electrics, we couldn't find one small enough to fit into the space the original occupied.
 
We tend to take a pan of something with us, made at home, like chilli or bolognese sauce or sometimes a lump of steak to fry and have salad. crusty bresad or new pots.

We have no over or grill, just 2 rings.

As we mainly weekend its one night as above, the remainder we eat out.
 
full monty for us. Bottle of red and knock up the proverbial pasta/curry/chilli from scratch.
Then sit back and relax. food always tastes much better on board.
 
Searush said:
Do you love it or hate it? Is it a restaurant every night or do you just nip to the chippy/ chinese? It is a barbie on the taffrail or beach or sarnies? Are you a Fray Bentos afficionado or is it Greek salads?

OK I know a lot depends on where you are & who is with you, but what is your general way of feeding yourself & what is your favourite?

Me? I like to cook fresh on board but at least one meal will be from the top local chippy & any fish caught are always barbied. Always have a stock of finger food (pies, cooked sausage, fruit, sarnies etc) for on passage.
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Barbie, or oven and hob. Don't have a microwave. Eat out a lot as we're on holiday but not exclusively, probably 50;50.

Never ever ever an FB pie though.

Did eat a pot noodle once but that was on an unexpectedly extended trip and we ran out of food........

My most memorable was when my pal and I were 16 we spent a week on his Dad's boat. Last day, no money and nothing left, we got all the old tins out of the boat bilges and backs of lockers. We put it all in a pot to oven bake till hot. Many were rusty and had no labels.

Don't remember all the contents but it did include beans and sausages, and pears.

Sell by dates spoil all the fun.
 
gourmet

These days its possible to buy a really tasty cook yourself dinner from any of the better supermarkets or, in particular, a chain called 'Cook'.
Coupled with a good bottle I find we can have a restaurant style dinner aboard for a fraction of the price - and as they come 'oven ready' there are only the plates to wash up afterwards.
Dining in the cockpit on a summers evening beats traipsing ashore hands down.:)
 
Try Lidl's Beef Wellingtons. Deep frozen pack of 2 complete with 2 packs of jus @ £8.99. Excellent with new spuds, tender stem brocolli and carrots.
 
We have an electric steamer, ceramic hob, All singing does everything microwave, & a barbie in the cockpit. We use the barbie for a nice piece of steak for Gizmo (restaurants get confused if asked to cook gizi's favourite) & we go out, but the rest is nice & clean.:D
 
when we bought current boat it had a 2 burner electric hob and a small microwave. SWMBO insisted on at least a 3 burner plus bigger microwave/oven thingy. Duly replaced and modded galley etc to fit these items. I have used the microwave once, SWMBO doesn't know how it works, and has never used the oven part of it. the 3 burner hob has been used quite a bit but I can't remember when all three rings were used. However we (I) use the electric grill in the cockpit loads :-), especially in conjunction with the cockpit fridge
 
My wife and I make do with a single burner Calor Gas ring (£10) and it's amazing what you can dish up with a bit of thought, chilli been the obvious favourite.

Gets a bit much after 5 days though :mad:.
 
Eat out/cook in ratio is about 50/50.

Onboard we use the George Forman grill often because it's easy to clean up after use.

Good for warming anything from pitta to pies, and cooks meat pretty efficiently too.

Also, the microwave is handy for warming up those ready meals.

Cheers

Garold
 
On a more serious note we are planning to get a Cobb barbie for next year as you can apparently cook an entire meal in one go, which sounds a lot better than using several different appliances, which then all need cleaning.
 
rubberduck said:
On a more serious note we are planning to get a Cobb barbie for next year as you can apparently cook an entire meal in one go, which sounds a lot better than using several different appliances, which then all need cleaning.
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Can absolutely vouch for the Cobb. We got one after a thread on here earlier this year...bl*ody marvelous thing!!
 
I actually prefer to cook. BBQ on the back deck is the preferred option. As long as it's not too hot then I'll cook in the cabin. I have a microwave but only use it for popcorn. I've been thinking about getting a single burner and using it next to the BBQ. There's nothing quite like a home cooked meal watching the sun set with a glass of wine in hand.

This pic was from July 4th where there was sweet Italian sausage, peppers and onions on the BBQ with a fresh semolina bread.

...and then there is morning where my daughter always seem to want pancakes. I'll take a stack with some Vermont maple syrup right now.
 
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