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Hei Matt, and others. Great thread. Looking foreward to the videos.
Ted, I have looked before and didn't find.
This risotto can be tricky if your burner is too fierce. Go slow and it's great
Risotto for 2 pers
1 Onion
Oil
10 Chopped dried apricots
Shredded ginger
Dollop of honey, or sugar
A green veg.,or peas, whatever you got.
3 dl rice
Water
Cooked ham, or a meat or fish
Salt and peppar
If you have uncooked meat, slice, brown it and set aside, low heat and onion in to cook gently, next stir in aprikots, ginger and honey. On low heat pour in the rice and stir so it is all shiny with oil, then add water, just enough to stop the rice from sticking, it must not swim. Stir gently, adding water as needed. This can be tricky, if you have to do something else then take the pot off the burner, a and a comfortable seat is needed now. Cooking time is about 15 minutes, so just before add your veg and meat. Over here sliced dried reindeer meat is very popular, ask for ”reinskav”, and, even better, thin slices of smoked reindeer heart is very tasty, but other meat will do. If you fancy fish, make fillets and slice/cube. The mountain trout you caught while your partner was putting up the tent will do nicely.
Good luck, maybe try this on your burner at home first, it’s easier to wash pans at home if have too much heat on and make a ceramic layer of rice. I don’t use teflon, but this would be useful here.
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Hi all,
I haven't tried this one on the road yet but I do it at home all the time as it is quick and tasty!
Ingridients:
3 cups of water.
1 packet of 3 min. Oriental Fried Noodles with Powdered Seasoning, Sweet Soy Sauce, Chili Sauce & Dried Onion Sachets inside the packet.
1 small can of flavour tuna. (any flavour)
1 egg or 2, depending on preference.
Spoon full of oil. (The noodles I buy in Oz already come with an oil sachet in it too).
Boil water in small pot and add spoon of oil, then put noodles in with powdered flavour, Soy sauce & Dryed Onion and bring back to the boil.
When boiling again just chuck the can of tuna in. Crack the egg/eggs and put in as well and cook for 3 minutes.
The brand of fried noodles I buy here in Oz are called "Mi goreng Fried Noodles" and I pick them up from "Coles" or "Woolies"
1-2 Bottles of red wine
1 French stick
1 large salami
1 block of cheese
Directions:
Slice cheese and salami with big sharp knife. Place on bread. Wash down with a couple of bottles of plonk before collapsing into your tent. Dream of latin beauties and sunsets and patiently wait for the hangover.
1-2 Bottles of red wine
1 French stick
1 large salami
1 block of cheese
Directions:
Slice cheese and salami with big sharp knife. Place on bread. Wash down with a couple of bottles of plonk before collapsing into your tent. Dream of latin beauties and sunsets and patiently wait for the hangover.
Du vin.
Du pain.
Du big block of salami.
Love it.
Mentioned earlier in the thread but I'd add my vote to taking sachets of miso soup. pack up really small but pack a big taste, ideal on their own with some bread for a light meal or use as a base for soup:
Brown some diced meat or prawns . Make up miso soup sachet with water (I often use double strength for added flavour) and add to meat. Bring to the boil. Add some chilli paste, greens (pak choi, spinach or whatever you can lay your hands on) and noodles. If using fish instead of meat, add it now too. Cook until the noodles are ready.
For added sophistication and flavour, add a handful fresh coriander if you can get it.
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basically anything you like can be got in a tin these days, so go shopping.
but...
if you push me for a recipe which is cheap, filling and easy, try this-
1x tin heinz spaghetti+sausages, or +bolognese
1x 25g bag doritos
2x pepperoni hot or normal.
heat up the spag with finely sliced pepperoni in, scrunch up the doritos in the bag and pour em in. eat. sounds vile, goes down great with a cold .
go for stuff that just needs reheating, not cooking, save on fuel and time.
i used to spend hours making up my own dehydrated packets and vac sealing them so all i had to do was snip open and pour into boiling water. they were great, using dried shrimp, dried veg and noodles from the chinese supermarket etc and i still do it occasionally when i go for a hike and weight is important. but i figured out, on a bike, weight and size are not issues. and where i go on mine, im not usually far from a whole deli rotisserie chicken and a bottle of wine.
@DAVSATO I've never tried freeze drying stuff, how do you do it? Your recipe doesn't sound too bad, I actually love the tinned Spag Bol, perfect comfort food - I'll give that one a go, would make a very short video, and as far as being too far away from the deli and a bottle of wine.... my dear boy! There's no excuse for eating crap on the road, there's always good places to buy good local food, whether that's on the side of the road or at a fancy shop in the high street - and as far as wine goes - well, that's easily supplanted by the local tipple - even if that means the local tipple is paint stripper!
Right... so the second in the latest series of videos is now live - this one is Wokkered Noodles - the recipe supplied by our very own GSPeter :-)
I've also just finished editing a longer video about camp kitchens and what Stace and I carry in ours.... I'll upload that later this week, followed by the last in this series - Simple Noodles.
HAHAHAHA. cooking? on the road?
i simply developed a taste for cold tinned food.
cold mac and cheese? cold chili? cold ravioli?
its all good.
It depends how long you're traveling for. If you plan to be on the road for at least few months, I wouldn't recommend your diet to anyone, but each to their own.
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and a comfortable seat is needed now. Cooking time is about 15 minutes, so just before add your veg and meat. Over here sliced dried reindeer meat is very popular, ask for ”reinskav”, and, even better, thin slices of smoked reindeer heart is very tasty, but other meat will do. If you fancy fish, make fillets and slice/cube. The mountain trout you caught while your partner was putting up the tent will do nicely.
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