Camping Discounters

Camping Discounters

With a good quality cooler you can keep food frozen for 5 days. Get one. Make block ice in milk cartons. Freeze some of the food before leaving to use later on..Keep cooler out of the sun.

Now you can take lunch meat, cheese or anything else you want. Have fun……

Camping Gear

My usual 3 to 4-day “no-cook” food collection is mostly stuff you can find at the supermarket:

– Pita bread, flatbread or tortillas (doesn’t squish or dry out as fast as sliced loaf bread)
– foil pouches of tuna or chicken (Chicken-of-the-Sea, BumbleBee, etc.) These are great for camping meals — tastier and not as messy as canned. The smoked salmon, teriyaki salmon and lemon-pepper marinated tuna are very good. Great in flatbread for sandwiches or mixed with greens for salads.
– cans of V-8 juice. I don’t mind it at room temp and it’s a good source of salt and potassium in hot weather plus is a full serving of veggies.
– bags of mini-carrots. These hold up well for several days w/o refrigeration. I call them “roughing it toothbrushes” because nibbling on a few after a meal helps remove food stuck to your teeth and makes your mouth feel cleaner.
– wax wrapped mini-cheeses like Baby Bel and the individually packaged sticks of mozzarella string cheese will hold up for quite a few days.
– individual peel-top packs of applesauce and diced fruit
– banana, nut or zucchini bread is good for breakfast.
– apples, avocados, grapes, oranges
– summer sausage or hard salami (can safely go without cooling for several days)
– cans of german-style potato salad (it’s made with a vinegary dressing and bacon bits, add cut-up summer sausage and diced sun-dried tomatoes and it’s a tasty and filling casserole “salad”) Be sure and bring a can opener if this isn’t pop-top
– canned or jarred 3-bean salad.
– plastic bag of pre-shredded “broccoli slaw” (in the produce section of the market). Holds up better for several days than lettuce and makes a good crunchy addtion to pita bread or flatbread sandwiches with the foil-packed fish or chicken. Or toss with ranch dressing for “cole slaw” (bring the individual packets of salad dressings like you get with take out — these are good for veggie dip too)
– juice boxes of real juice — orange, grape and cranberry, for breakfast.
– hard cheeses like swiss, asiago and cheddar, stored in plastic tubs. Most cheeses are fine for several days w/o refrigeration. Enzymes in them inhibit spoilage. Bring a small grater to shred the cheese for sandwiches and a folding camp knife to slice it.
– several types of tasty whole grain crackers like Kavli or Kashi.
– I like canned fish such as sardines and smoked baby clams on crackers but some people may not care for them (and I admit they are rather smelly so you need to have a trash disposal place that’s away from people who would be grossed out.)
– lots of oatmeal raisin cookies, also good for breakfast
– hard-boiled eggs (eat them within the first day or two while the cooler is still chilling reasonably)

Camping Discounters

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