Advance Food Preparation

Wandering Sagebrush

Wandering Sagebrush

Free Range Human
Diana and I are talking about precooking or barbecuing some of our food for the Lake Powell trip. After cooking, we will vacuum bag and freeze the items. When it's dinner time, get it out and reheat on the Magma BBQ or Wallas.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Did it work? Suggestions?

TIA,

Steve
 
I have not done it with the BBQ, but have done meals like that, frozen, and then put the whole bag into a kettle of hot water, boil or no depending, until the contents are hot enough, then cut bag, and eat. I did a version of this for 12 years for meals away from home on the job. Nuked them there though.

It is a real good way to keep a cooler ice cold, extending your usable cooler days, by starting with all the contents frozen, even raw eggs.

Foods that worked good. Mac and cheese with weiners, Mashed potatoes, gravy and (fake) turkey, lentil stews, chilli, Mixed vegies, corn grits and gravy with fried egg and there are probably many more. Enjoy.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
During the last Friday Harbor GT I broiled our Korean chicken on my home grill, put the cooked thighs in zip-lock bags and then Meredith heated it all up with our small on-board microwave. Worked great since the home grill is 10x's larger than the small boat grill...but we had shore power for the microwave.

I know heating things up w/ the Magma is inefficient (although doable) but putting the sealed bags in boiling water would probably work.
 
Might have to be careful about boiling water. (Sealed bags could rupture in an explosive way -- might not be a good thing). For use on a regular stove or grill, might rig a hanger to the pot / bag combo, that would keep the bag upright, and use a couple of vent holes. I did that with a wire coat hanger. Worked OK. Even was able to use a lid on the pot, it just didn't sit all the way down to seal.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
I've done a lot of things that way - typically did as Harvey suggests - e.g. boiled in the bag. Never had a problem with one bursting since I made sure that there was very little air in the bag. Spaghetti and stews work very well. BBQ would be great that way too. Pretty much anything with a good bit of moisture in it will re-heat really well in a good vacuum bag and almost all of the vacuum bags are designed for re-heating by boiling.

Another thing that works great if you have the time is to use a crock pot. The draw on a crock pot is very low - a little 1.5 quart size crock pot uses only 75W, the smallest one draw 35W and the larger ones draw only 240W. Hence the smaller ones can be run from relatively inexpensive inverters. I have a 1.5 qt one in my office and I use it to make stew all the time. I just cube some beef, potatoes etc., add in my flavorings (different herbs, maybe some red wine), dump in a bit of beef stock and freeze in 1qt ziploc bags. Then I put it in the crock pot when I arrive in the early AM and 4-5 hours later, stew is ready. Same thing on the boat. I can make a stew or re-heat soup using a cheap Radioshack 125W inverter while I'm fishing.
 
This may not be the type of food you're thinking about, but having just prepared four of the things and wrapped them in waxed paper to cook tomorrow, I have to point out that there can't be too many things better to cook and eat on board than toasted cheese sandwiches. It is a staple on the TyBoo when salmon trolling or anchored for sturgeon fishing.
 
I don't know for sure....but it could be poisonous... luckily for you I will be there to pre-test all that BBQ for you....Just to be safe.

Joel
SEA3PO
 
Too warm to fire up the Wallas so we cooked the first two toasted cheese on the little butane job. Oh yeah. They were good.
 
Just sayin'...

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Fishing was great; catching was not. Tomorrow it is crabbing and fishing and toasted cheese.
 
Mike that thing in the frying pan sure looks like what we ate allot of this summer up north. Only difference was we added tuna to the cheese. Went well with applesauce. And like you the fishing was always great and most of the time the catching. Thing was didn't always want to do the cleaning ect, so was well satisfied with what your showing in the pan.

At lake Powell I would prefer not to cook at all or for that matter even heat it to eat. Will stick to what I can just pull out of the ice chest or add to milk to in a bowl and eat.

Jay
 
you can fit an 11 egg omelet with all the trimmings in a 32oz gatorade bottle. I do it all the time and cook while fishing in the morning. The plastic bottle will not deteriorate in the cooler and the wide mouth lets you put in big chunks of goodies. (be sure to cook the bacon before putting it in the bottle the night before). If you are not gonna eat it for a few days, freeze it and then keep it in the cooler for a slow thaw...
 
Catch 22":jnbyx0r5 said:
you can fit an 11 egg omelet with all the trimmings in a 32oz gatorade bottle. I do it all the time and cook while fishing in the morning. The plastic bottle will not deteriorate in the cooler and the wide mouth lets you put in big chunks of goodies. (be sure to cook the bacon before putting it in the bottle the night before). If you are not gonna eat it for a few days, freeze it and then keep it in the cooler for a slow thaw...
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Great idea using a gatorade bottle
 
Catch 22":17q44non said:
you can fit an 11 egg omelet with all the trimmings in a 32oz gatorade bottle. I do it all the time and cook while fishing in the morning. The plastic bottle will not deteriorate in the cooler and the wide mouth lets you put in big chunks of goodies. (be sure to cook the bacon before putting it in the bottle the night before). If you are not gonna eat it for a few days, freeze it and then keep it in the cooler for a slow thaw...
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Kevin, thanks! That is a great idea. No muss, no fuss, good chow!
 
Here's my favorite boating meal, no heating,straight from the can. It always brings back childhood memories of my dad and me and our puptent. For a real treat cut a slice of rye bread to go with it.

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I was waiting for someone to bring up my favorite food..Pork and Beans..never leave the dock without a can on board. lol....Tug
 
Tug":29x52r8g said:
I was waiting for someone to bring up my favorite food..Pork and Beans..never leave the dock without a can on board. lol....Tug
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Hey.."the more things change, the more...." truth be told, I've switched to Bush vegetarian beans. :wink:

Marty
 
In preparation for Lake Powell we have pre-cooked, vacuum packed, and frozen Razor clam fritters, Salmon patties, Chicken, and boneless pork ribs.
See you on the water.
 
Since we're talking favorite pre-made, perfect food:

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Spam musubi: sticky rice, w/ a slice of fried spam wrapped in seaweed sushi wrap. YUM! Delicious, nutritious and somewhat nautical. :lol:
 
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