hey everyone off to camp on a campsite for a week, set up is theres stuff going on most the week so will pretty much be staying on site all week so need to take food with, obv can buy milk etc on site but wanted to get some tips on whats worth taking thats tasty and isnt gonna go off seeing rice/pasta as staples/bulk but what about meat? thanks Johnny
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 Get yourself some wayfarer/army surplus ration meals. A meal in a bag. Won't go off for years. Otherwise, somethng like chorizo sausage? Something cured anyhow. Less likely to go off too fast. You don't say where you're going so I'm assuming the UK and not anywhere too hot/humid?
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 most meat will keep for upto 3 days, esp if its shipped in frozen, and is well covered.
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 A lot of campsites have a freezer for ice packs, so you can take a cooler box and store fresh items more safely. Might be worth checking to see if your campsite does. If your taking a car and weight isn't an issue, then just look at tinned food. Tuna, stews, chilli con carne, curries, soups, stir fry vegetables etc all come in tins, are cheaper than dedicated camping food and will obviously stay fresh. Stag Chilli is awsome! I have on good authority that the ASDA range of boil in the bag curries are excellent and only cost £1.50 or so. Anyway, your making me hungry... off to have breakfast! 
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 For your breakfasts try porridge, if you mix in a bit of powdered milk, sultanas, chopped up crystalised ginger and a sprinkling of cinnamon it is really nice, and maybe take a small bottle with some syrup or maple syrup in. You'll be amazed how tiny a ziplock bag of porridge with the above packs up, I take a ziplock bag, one for each morning then simply empty the whole thing into a pan or mug and add boiling water. Dead easy and quick and takes up very little weight or room in bag.
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 For your breakfasts try porridge, if you mix in a bit of powdered milk, sultanas, chopped up crystalised ginger and a sprinkling of cinnamon it is really nice, and maybe take a small bottle with some syrup or maple syrup in. You'll be amazed how tiny a ziplock bag of porridge with the above packs up, I take a ziplock bag, one for each morning then simply empty the whole thing into a pan or mug and add boiling water. Dead easy and quick and takes up very little weight or room in bag. Just pour the boiling water into the bag Jamie. If you haven't got a cosy, use a jacket or something. No washing up! 
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Hmm not convinced my ziplocks are good enough to take boiling water. Will have to try and see if it works with fairly hot water though, never thought of that, porridge can be a bitch to remove from pots that aren't non stick!
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The ziplock freezer bags from Tesco's work fine Jamie. Get the ones that say suitable for fridge, freezer or microwave use. Costs pennies. I cook my porridge in them.
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Ai, it works - only just discovered it myself. I use ziplok freezer bags, don't know if that matters or not. You can also buy the Wayfarer type foil bags and then heat seal them yourself once you have filled them with food - but that requires a quite large initial outlay as you need to buy in bulk.
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Ooops, yea as Mike says!
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im only in sunny england but hoping its gonna be nice and warm but def gonna take some cured stuff and lots of tins just wanted some variety and stag is awfull i can eat almost anything and couldnt eat it
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most interesting link mike for freezerbag cooking, nice one!
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 Tesco do some more robust food bags , called "Pour & Store", they come in boxes of 8 for 99p, and have a fold open base so the bag will stand up, same as a Wayfarer does. The plastic is a lot togher than normal ziplock bag, and the zip closes very tightly.They take boiling water no problem (it's what they're designed for) and can be cleaned, I've tried one out with pasta, CousCous and porridge (not at the same time) and it's still usable.
They are 1 litre volume. Well worth the little bit more than standard Ziplocks.
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Cheers for bag tips and the link, will give them a go next week.
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