music festival food. Old Style?

silverbabe

Well cooltrikerchick, wish I was going with you. If you're drinking beer, about 12.30 p.m., almost any food is going to look particularly attractive to you because your sugar levels are gonna dip. Camping shops sell lots of meals that can be reheated quite simply, but that might work out as dear as the festival food. Think of all the food that was used before fridges, such as salami, kendal mint cake etc and , as others have suggested, your friendly health food store is probably the place to start.

freebird65

LOL Cooltrikerchick....I know exactly where you're camping - been in there myself!

Last year we took a couple of those cheap flat bbq boxes from Tesco and packs of beefburgers sausages and rolls. Express rice is also good as already mentioned by someone. We get some fresh fruit from the Rotary Club stand and coffee/tea from the (I think) Christian bikers tent as not only do they serve biscuits with them, it's cheaper and tastes better than most of the others.

I always smuggle in a bottle of vodka or two stuffed into the middle of my tent bag.....and I always carry it as they seem to check the girlies less than the men.

As for the loos - try and stick to the concrete block outside the main tent as they tend to be in the best state......otherwise take large swig of drink, grit teeth and practise skiing position!

Enjoy and fingers crossed the weather holds off.

chika

Small tip for smugging booze, put it into a pringles tube! this worked well at Leeds last year!

Other ideas for food are those plastic cheese food slices. Places like Aldi and Lidl, farmfoods sell these unrefridgerated and they are fine for making a quick sandwich.

I took cous cous to leeds last year. This was great cos it doesnt take that much space, triples in size when water is added and tastes ok when stuff is added. I took some tinned ratatouille, pesto and tuna and added some cous cous and boiling water. leave it to stand in a sealed pot and you have a nice hot meal!

kazmeister

Hi cool triker

Thanks for reply and pic. Its helps a lot to see the paniers etc but how you manage to get 2 sleeping bags in one side (admittedly I havent tried to pack ours yet but then I probably wont be allowed to). We just bought the Khyam Biker tent which is quite compact and obviously designed for being bungeed to the back of a bike, but goodness knows what else will arrive before we ever get to set off !! OH + new toy = what can I spend on it :eek:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

some great ideas there thanks.....

freebird65 long time no see..... hi.....ye i allways try to go to the concrete block.. but when you have had a few and you cant be [EMAIL="ar@sed"]ar@sed[/EMAIL] to walk over there ...i should know by the amount of times we have been there ...the portoloos are only gaurenteed save first thing when you get there on thursday afternoon.......

also some good tips on 'smuggling' booze into festivals /concerts.....me thinks that could be a good thread on the arms board...lol....

COOLTRIKERCHICK

kazmeister wrote: »

Hi cool triker

Thanks for reply and pic. Its helps a lot to see the paniers etc but how you manage to get 2 sleeping bags in one side (admittedly I havent tried to pack ours yet but then I probably wont be allowed to). We just bought the Khyam Biker tent which is quite compact and obviously designed for being bungeed to the back of a bike, but goodness knows what else will arrive before we ever get to set off !! OH + new toy = what can I spend on it :eek:

the sleeping bags are the cheaper range ones.... normally around the £6 - £10 mark.. the ones we bought a few weeks ago were from halfords.....and they pack down quite small ... what ever you do,, dont buy the lightweight very small compacked ones, our friend bought these and they are no good at all..dont take pillows as you use your leathers/clothes as pillows....as for toiletries.... go to various makeup counters and ask for samples.... and also ask you avon rep for some shower/shampoo samples

ideal for going on a bike as they hardly take any room...also deoderant you can buy little miniture tins or a small roll-on one...and pack of baby wet wipes are a must...( small pack of coarse)...make up is a waste of space...... just put you lipstick in your pocket....

clothes..... t.shirts you can roll up small, and jeans....and a jumper.....

also one last thing for you to think about...... make sure you get a tent with some sort of porch area....last year we went to the bulldog with a small 2 man tent, no porch... you need that area to take your boots off etc..... and get the biggest tend you can that you can carry on the bike... as you have all your leathers helmets....clothes etc.. in the tent with you... when you are camping...

Mr_Proctalgia

If you want to do "Hardcore" camping then get yourself off to a camping shop and buy some dehydrated meals and a length of baco foil (To fold into "pans" plus a slack handful of oxo cubes (to drink) or alternatively a couple of packs of beanfeast/cous cous/instant noodles - You can get a days eating into your top pocket if you are careful.

Have a good time anyway.

Seakay

These biscuits do not look much but they are very nutritious and suprisingly filling. We always used to take them when the gang went camping, people had a polite one initially but then realised that they liked them, now OH has 3 for lunch with some fruit:

8oz sunflower seeds (cheapest I have found were at a petfood shop - they are bakery grade!)
6oz plain wholemeal flour (or any flour, I have used white, buckwheat, barley, gram))
1 egg
2 tablespoonfuls honey
2 tablespoonfuls oil (again, any sort, tasteless or not as you wish I once used half sesame for a changefrom sunflower or olive)

Grind up sunflower seeds (in liquidiser or processor) then mix it with the flour.
Add all liquid ingredients (if you use spoon for oil first honey won't stick) and mix to a firm dough - you may need a little water depending on the size of the egg and the type of flour used.
Make dough into a two inch wide roll - you may need to flour your hands and the surface.
If time, wrap in foil or cling film and put in the fridge for an hour or so - you may need to make two rolls to fit, and this bit isn't essential.
Slice into half inch thick rounds
Place on a greased sheet and cook for 20 minutes at 350F 180C regulo 4 for 20 minutes- with my gas oven best to turn tray after 10 minutes.

seraphina

We've just come back from two weeks' touring around Europe on the bikes. We mainly camped but had the odd night in a B&B to keep us civilised!

We also had minimal space. We made good use of dried packet soups ( like tomato vermicelli, onion soup etc) which are cheap to buy and take up no room. The ones we got on the continent were lovely, combined with some bread and cheese and you have a full meal. Good for emergencies when you can't get to a shop.

We tended to pitch up and then dispatch someone off with an empty tank bag /Givi box to pick up a few bits and pieces like fresh fruit and bread. We carried a supply of sugar cubes (picked up from cafes were we stopped for coffee) and dried milk (we did try the little thimbles but they leaked). We put a small amount of cooking oil in an empty film cannister and always had room for bread and cheese and a few other bits and pieces - anything else we bought just before we ate it.

If I were you, I'd go and find someplace nice to pitch your tent, then head out to a local shop for eggs, bacon and other essentials. We had a petrol stove which was brilliant (MSR Dragonfly) - we filled it up from the bike as and when we needed it. DH splashed out on a posh camping cookset - we then found an almost identical one in Tesco's for £10:rolleyes:

Have fun - it will be a blast!

seraphina

As for packing the bike, it's much easier if you take things out of their packaging and sort out your own way to pack them. For instance, we folded our Thermarests into flat quarters and put them in the bottom of a pannier, rather than rolling them up like a sleeping bag. With our tent, we took it all out of its bag and used the groundsheet to line the other pannier. The bag of pegs was small enough to squash in someplace else. The tent poles we strapped to the back of the rack - there is no way we could have gotten them on otherwise!