sarabande
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following up my biscuit thread, I wonder what food people prepare or have ready for those nights when it is hissing down and too rough to cook ?
Is it always Mars Bars ?
Is it always Mars Bars ?
Rations for rough weather
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MoodySabre
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Sandwiches and soup in a flask.
And Mars bars
And Mars bars
Liz_I
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Generally a good 3 day stew kept in the pressure cooker. Prepared beforehand of course. I stay topsides and the 'crew' who never gets seasick attends to the reheating
Sandwiches made up and kept in the fridge and of course lots of muesli bars and nibbles.
Sandwiches made up and kept in the fridge and of course lots of muesli bars and nibbles.
Seajet
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Take 2 Jacobs cream crackers & lightly butter - or use Primula cheese spread in a tube, place reasonably thick slice/s of strong cheddar between as a sandwich.
A few of these should see one through but beware they should not be left too long or they'll go soft; about 4-5 hours tops - along with cup a soups, if necessary made with hot water from a flask.
Shortbread is good, especially for anyone feeling a little queasy.
Also useful in lumpy conditions, the type of small mineral water bottles with a nozzle to suck on.
I wouldn't normally use energy drinks like Red Bull, but they may be useful in heavy conditions - IF one is sure those conditions won't go on for too long.
A few of these should see one through but beware they should not be left too long or they'll go soft; about 4-5 hours tops - along with cup a soups, if necessary made with hot water from a flask.
Shortbread is good, especially for anyone feeling a little queasy.
Also useful in lumpy conditions, the type of small mineral water bottles with a nozzle to suck on.
I wouldn't normally use energy drinks like Red Bull, but they may be useful in heavy conditions - IF one is sure those conditions won't go on for too long.
oldvarnish
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I am firmly in the Cup-a- Soup camp, but I'm expecting someone to come up with a puree made from a Fray Bentos pie.
Thinking about it, not a bad idea.
Thinking about it, not a bad idea.
LittleSister
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I have a copy of the 1963 'Yachtsman's Week-End Book', which has a series of menus and recipes for different sea states. The suggestions include:
Scale No. 5 - Sea very rough: Swell long and of moderate height.
BREAKFAST:
Rice Crispies
Kedgeree
American Dry Hash
LUNCH:
Lentil Soup (not tinned!)
Portuguese Fish
Irish Stew
Oatmeal Pudding
TEA:
Buttered Toast
DINNER:
Marrow Soup (again not tinned!)
Curried Prawns
Egg and Ham Pie
Anglesey Duck
Scale Number 9 - Sea confused: Swell confused.*
BREAKFAST:
LUNCH:
TEA:
DINNER:
Dry Biscuits
Tiller Soup (packet soup with a few vegetables thrown in and heated for 20 mins)
* 'Certainly at this state of the proceedings "prayer and fasting" becomes the order of the utmost importance if the yacht is still at sea and underway within the meaning of the Order in Council. If, however, her Master has in the past made a well digested meal of the laws of tropical revolving storms and has in the present made research into the weather portents on pages 70 to 94 of this book then presumably he will be in harbour, safe and snugly, and can revert to the harbour menus which range from Scale 0 in the inner gate-locked basin to Scale 5 in such delectable spots as the Dover Wick.'
Scale No. 5 - Sea very rough: Swell long and of moderate height.
BREAKFAST:
Rice Crispies
Kedgeree
American Dry Hash
LUNCH:
Lentil Soup (not tinned!)
Portuguese Fish
Irish Stew
Oatmeal Pudding
TEA:
Buttered Toast
DINNER:
Marrow Soup (again not tinned!)
Curried Prawns
Egg and Ham Pie
Anglesey Duck
Scale Number 9 - Sea confused: Swell confused.*
BREAKFAST:
LUNCH:
TEA:
DINNER:
Dry Biscuits
Tiller Soup (packet soup with a few vegetables thrown in and heated for 20 mins)
* 'Certainly at this state of the proceedings "prayer and fasting" becomes the order of the utmost importance if the yacht is still at sea and underway within the meaning of the Order in Council. If, however, her Master has in the past made a well digested meal of the laws of tropical revolving storms and has in the present made research into the weather portents on pages 70 to 94 of this book then presumably he will be in harbour, safe and snugly, and can revert to the harbour menus which range from Scale 0 in the inner gate-locked basin to Scale 5 in such delectable spots as the Dover Wick.'
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Searush
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If it's just a one day passage or so, have a load of different finger food available. Pies, fruit, any choccy bars, Ginger biscuits are good for seasickness. A flask of soup &/or coffee is good. Crisps, fingers of raw carrot, celery, quiche slices, coocked sausages, goujons of anything. Just think buffet food - stuff that needs little or no prep & easy to eat. Cooked chicken drumsticks/ wings is another easy to eat snack.
For hot food, (if you have someone prepared to cook it) you can't beat sausage sarnies passed up from below, each sausage cut in half with a slice of bread folded over it, have sauce in a squeezy bottle for those who need it & maybe a fried sliced onion.
For hot food, (if you have someone prepared to cook it) you can't beat sausage sarnies passed up from below, each sausage cut in half with a slice of bread folded over it, have sauce in a squeezy bottle for those who need it & maybe a fried sliced onion.
colhel
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Depends what pub I'm in
prv
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Pasties.
Cold meat cut into chunks in a big pot, with a blob of chutney or similar chucked in as well (but not mixed up) and some baguette rolls stood up in the pot to be torn into chunks and combined with meat and chutney. Basically sandwich materials when everything's moving around too much to make sandwiches. The pot can be lashed to something handy in the cockpit (not in rain though )
Pete
Cold meat cut into chunks in a big pot, with a blob of chutney or similar chucked in as well (but not mixed up) and some baguette rolls stood up in the pot to be torn into chunks and combined with meat and chutney. Basically sandwich materials when everything's moving around too much to make sandwiches. The pot can be lashed to something handy in the cockpit (not in rain though
)Pete
Mirror Painter
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I have a tiny boat on the Thames so it is never too rough to cook. However I want to suggest you do a google for 'John West light lunch'. These things are foil packed and do not require refrigeration, (full of preservatives?), and include a plastic fork.
I've used them when hiking and even eaten them at home and find them o.k. for a quick feed when circumstances or time are against me. My wife tried one and hated it! Sub 300 calories but if a yachtsman needs more calories they could eat two.
I've used them when hiking and even eaten them at home and find them o.k. for a quick feed when circumstances or time are against me. My wife tried one and hated it! Sub 300 calories but if a yachtsman needs more calories they could eat two.
mcframe
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Haggis innabag can be boiled in a pan without any prep - serve with pitta bread.
A.N. Other Forumite par-frys sausages the night before, then boils them for minimal off-rail time the next day.
Biltong is also nice, but I like to keep the universe in balance with the yin of the Pork Pie and the yang of the Scotch Egg.
A.N. Other Forumite par-frys sausages the night before, then boils them for minimal off-rail time the next day.
Biltong is also nice, but I like to keep the universe in balance with the yin of the Pork Pie and the yang of the Scotch Egg.
Tintin
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maxi77
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One on my mates swears by oat cakes with marmite for the middle washed down with bovril.
Mind you back in my days in the engineroom middle watch potmess heated with a steam drain was by far the best in any weather or climate.
Mind you back in my days in the engineroom middle watch potmess heated with a steam drain was by far the best in any weather or climate.
prv
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Heh - must admit I wasn't thinking of such traditions when I had a box of pasties on board last year. Although, being cheapo supermarket examples with minced insides, no crimp, and dodgy pastry, they were quite a long way from being Cornish pasties.
Pete
pagoda
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+1 for oat cakes - the rough variety...
meusli bars of various sorts.
bananas - easy to eat , apples..
broth from a small stainless flask (not breakable!)
plenty of water to available to drink (remembering disposing of the excess may take some acrobatics!)
shaunksb
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There is only one sort of oatcake and it comes from Stoke.
It's best filled with bacon and cheese and can be kept wrapped in foil ready to deploy.
However if it really is rough then cup a soup and dry bread it is...
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oliverkinchin
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Has to be Pot Noodles or Ginsters. Nothing like a warm steak bake on a rough cold night. Hot chocolate to drink goes down nicely.
V1701
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There is only one sort of oatcake and it comes from Stoke.
It's best filled with bacon and cheese and can be kept wrapped in foil ready to deploy.
However if it really is rough then cup a soup and dry bread it is...
Food of the gods...
Bucknall Oatcakes sell them online...
Victoria Sponge
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We've had FB chopped up in a bowl with baked beans, so you can eat it with a spoon. Ginsters pasties are a favourite as well.
ghostlymoron
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Pot noodles Sorry, already been mentioned.
Sorry, already been mentioned.
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