Food basics on a boat

OK some serious issues here, firstly.

No mention of Pot Noodles essential, but they where always the inferior brother to pot rice (which I think must have stopped being produced :eek:).

You need Marmalade how else can you have Bacon and Marmalade on toast?

Ginger Biscuits for crew with weak stomachs.

I am going to have to investigate this Fluffy Marsh Mellow as I have never heard of that one...

As for Marmite Dylan what about:

Cheese Letice tomato cucumber and Marmite sandwiches simply the best.
Marmite and Cuscus, (only thing I have found to make cuscus palatable).

SWMBO on the other hand pre-fares Vegimite :eek:
 
Was intending to add Pot Noodles this morning.

On reflection with only a single burner meths stove might as well forget all other suggestions just fill the boat with Pot Noodles. :D
 
Quick meals

Tim (M&s) Chicken supreme
Tin sweet corn
Pasta 'n Sauce (creamy/add milk)
Pasta
Mix together-lovely

Tinned curry/beef etc
Pots/rice
Fry onions and veg and add the curry - tastes so much better

Sorry; pot noodles

Chicken super noodles
Fry peppers/onions + whatever
Add too much water maybe half a stock cube
Really nice noodle soup

Tins tomatoe, garlic, pesto, onions -chorizo. You can knock up some really nice pastas
 
Kilner jars work well to keep stews or whatever for a day or few. Put it in to the top hot then the lid will seal as it cools. Stick it in the pressure cooker for half hour and it will keep for months.
 
A lot of poncy ideas around here, what about:
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Snorkers in lard - Good Oh
 
VicS said:
I forgot:
Tins of soup


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Luxury!

Am I the only one anal enough to be concerned about weight as well as space?

On my new (to me) 24' er it has to be cup a soup.

And all the little bottles of oil and sauces and stuff have to be the small light plastic ones.


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VicS said:
A bit more than the basics maybe but:
My own boat, in addition on the the boat I crewed in brackets

Instant coffee, & teabags. (Ground coffee)

Flora spread

Cooking oil

Mamalade (Homemade marmalade)

Sugar , marvel, (UHT, usually fresh milk as well)

(Salt)

Perhaps some beer or cider (Loads of beer, wisky, gin, tonic)

Sliced bread, (Fresh bread), Cripsbreads, Rolls

Eggs (bacon in the days when we had another crew prepared to cook breakfast)

Porridge oats as an alternative to toast and marmalade ... need to work out the recipe using Marvel!

Cartons of fruit juice but no grapefruit if you are on Statins

Tins of meat eg curry, sweet and sour chicken, beef stew (FB pies) Tinned meat best from M&S !

Rice, egg noodles for S&S chicken

A good assortment various tinned veg incl Jersey Royal spuds, peas, carrots Oriental stir fry veg to go with the sweet and sour

Baked beans

Always tried to take some fresh fruit.. mostly apples but often a melon.

Personally i like some tinned fruit. esp peaches

Tinned fish ie tuna or pilchards

Ham (a small cooked ham )

Cheese

Salad veg and salad dressing

Sauce/ketchup if you like that sort of thing. Pickle

Always nice to have some biscuits, crisps , nuts, cake
Other "good things to eat" like chocolate or Mars bars
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"Personally i like some tinned fruit. esp peaches"

If you like tinned peaches, can highly recommend tesco value tins - superb.
Not kidding, this was a recommendation from a little old lady I had a conversation with in a checkout Q. Low cost, but full to the brim with excellent fruit.

PS
I prefer squeegy containers for 'communal' foodstuffs/sauces/pickles/mustards/jams, on board - they stay good longer & I can't stand dipping dirty knives in pots contaminating em.
 
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No fridge so occasionally have a tin of spam so I can have "bacon" & eggs, thinly slice and fry until crispy. A good bottle of chilli sauce is also essential to spice loads of otherwise a bit dull stuff up a bit...
 
shaunksb said:
Luxury!

Am I the only one anal enough to be concerned about weight as well as space?

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yes. :D

Are you racing? I don't, so I don't mind the 1/2 ton of booze & tins in the bilge, it acts as ballast & means I don't have to stay in marinas or close to shops.

Altho the lack of bread & fresh milk will eventually drive me into a town.

Part-baked bread keeps a long time if you have an oven to cook it in, but SWMBO hates powdered, UHT or sterilised milk & we have no fridge (other than the sock-powered one) to keep it for longer than a few days.
 
I was horrified at the weekend to find someone had restocked the Heinz Tomato Ketchup with Co-op own brand. Had gone to the expense of proper bacon for sandwiches but completly deflated after discovering above.
 
Searush said:
yes. :D

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I thought so.. :(

On my last boat I probably had enough "stores" for an atlantic crossing.

I never managed to master the technique of berthing in Vic Dock, running up to Morrisons for a trolley dash and running back before the "free berthing" time expired.

Now with a lot less space, no fridge and mainly not travelling by car I only want to keep the essentials on board and top up for the trip.

Note to self: I'd forgotten about part baked bread (and only 200 grams :rolleyes: )


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Searush Please

Searush said:
I don't mind the 1/2 ton of booze in the bilge,
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Sail North for the (any) 'Clyde Scuttlebutt Muster' ..... as I think we've found a 'Party Boat'. :D

Or we must arrange an IoM social / muster some season. :D
 
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onesea said:
I am going to have to investigate this Fluffy Marsh Mellow as I have never heard of that one...
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The kids loved making smores when we lived in USA, especially when we went camping.
Heres a link to the proper way to make them.
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Cookie/Smores/Smores.htm

The boating solution they have found is Marshmallow fluff in a jar, its in the same aisle as the chocolate spread in asda.
The recipe says graham crackers but nice biscuits work well.

Just spread on chocolate spread on one biscuit, marshmallow on another, stick them together and eat.

Be warned you may catch kids hiding in the cuddy cabin eating the fluff with their fingers... :eek:

It does make a nice sweet treat, and keeps well.
 
Jassira said:
it's illegal to go to sea with out tea :)
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It should be illegal to go to sea with only some strange poncy tea, and not tell the crew until you are past the Nab Tower, that's for sure.
Some of us need proper 'truck drivers tea' with a bit of taste and colour to it.
Knowing that it might be hard to get even when you reach port is not great!
When I'm sailing on other people's boats I usually take my own teabags now, as well as some better instant coffee. I seem to know people who buy cheap 'orrible instant coffee, and people who only do 'complicated machine' coffee. I need something in the middle, and I want it frequently please!
I do have an all-stainless cafetiere.
 
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