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agurney said:
For a weekend we take pre-prepared meals from the freezer - mince, bolognaise sauce, stews, curry etc. They defrost in the cold box, keeping milk and cold meats refrigerated in the process. Dinner comprises a carb portion cooked from scratch (pasta/rice) and whatever meat course has thawed first. Saves preparation time, washing up and meths.
Longer trips are usually mackerel or pot luck from the creel.

Lots of threads on this topic in the past.
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+1, also simple one pan meals like paella or just throw together a simple sauce from a tin of tomatoes plus anything else you fancy in it to go over pasta.

Try cooking your carrots in with the pasta - save a pan!
 
agurney said:
For a weekend we take pre-prepared meals from the freezer - mince, bolognaise sauce, stews, curry etc. They defrost in the cold box, keeping milk and cold meats refrigerated in the process. Dinner comprises a carb portion cooked from scratch (pasta/rice) and whatever meat course has thawed first. Saves preparation time, washing up and meths.
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Perfect for weekend sailing - no fridge, no gas, no waste - nothing to go wrong. Simple, safe and economical.
 
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We nip across the channel and buy "Denatured Alcohol" available from the local hypermarkets which i believe is meths without the blue additive. Smells a bit like cheap wine not the horrible meths smell, A gallon container lasts well over two weeks cruising eating mostly onboard and lots of coffee.
We paid about 7 euros a gallon (5 l) which at the current exchange rate is not cheap but a weekend in Cherbourg makes up for it.
 
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Must admit i didn't fill the canisters half way up and also had to light them with the lid up first, then turn the knobs off lower the lid and re-light as it wouldn't light first time by just turning on the knob. Will use more meths next time...

good links ;)
 
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