music festival food. Old Style?

freebird65

Or do what I've been known to do on more at more than one rally.....drink lots, dance lots, drink more, dance more, run around enjoying yourself and forgetting to eat, drink more.....crawl home (not on your own bike as alcohol level far too high) and find you've miraculously lost 5lbs over the weekend.

Health Warning: The above is not recommended for a healthy liver, lifestyle or general wellbeing. You also may not wake up in your own tent, which could be downright disastrous!!!

Badger_Lady

There are two things I love to do for a festival, depending how organised I am!

Option 1 (lazy)

Head down to the local Army Surplus shop and buy a ration pack. It's exactly designed for purpose, and includes everything you need - although it's designed for military to use for 24 hours, that's based on 10,000 calories a day, so it easily lasts a long weekend.

For £6 (at my local shop), you get tea, coffee, water purifying tablets, chocolate and loads of boil-in-the-bag food, which is pretty damn good, especially if you're hungry and you can cook up a hot, nutritious meal in 3 minutes!

Option 2 (organised)

I met a Chinese lady at a festival a couple of years ago who fed me for the whole weekend, and I looked forward to every meal. Head down to your local Asian supermarket and pick up:

- Proper packet noodles (they're quick and easy carbs)
- Pickled shrink-wrapped Chinese vegetables - tasty, nutritious, well-preserved and take up no room!
- Mixed seeds - you can normally get these in tescos now, excellent for fibre, protein and B vitamins - shake them onto your food or carry them in your pocket for snacking away from the tent.
- Fresh coriander - OK, it's less easy to preserve, but it's a worthwhile luxury when added to the above!

I'm a vegetarian, so I don't have to bother with the meaty thing, which makes things easier.

I also keep a supply of small plastic bottles which I fill up with various stuff beforehand - one of olive oil to add to the water when cooking (mainly to stop anything sticking to the pan!), one of squash to make the water taste better, and I put shampoo, toothpaste, makeup etc in little bottles as well, that way you can take everything you want to have without running out of space!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

freebird65 wrote: »

Or do what I've been known to do on more at more than one rally.....drink lots, dance lots, drink more, dance more, run around enjoying yourself and forgetting to eat, drink more.....crawl home (not on your own bike as alcohol level far too high) and find you've miraculously lost 5lbs over the weekend.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

have you seen me at the rallies???:rotfl: :rotfl:

as that also sounds like me...lol..... i dont normally eat if its friday to sunday.... well maybe one burger all weekend or something.... but as its thursday to sunday... i think i better eat more.....plus you do feel better after you have had something 'proper' to eat.....

freebird65

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

have you seen me at the rallies???:rotfl: :rotfl: .....

have probably had a dance and swapped funny rally stories at some point!

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

.....plus you do feel better after you have had something 'proper' to eat.....

Not after the usual quantities of vodka red bull and Buckfast !!!:o

webitha

seraphina wrote: »

eeded 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!

HELLO YOU :hello:

i bet wobblegob was happy about that lol

COOLTRIKERCHICK

freebird65 wrote: »

have probably had a dance and swapped funny rally stories at some point!



Not after the usual quantities of vodka red bull and Buckfast !!!:o

:beer: i'm a vodka and redbull girl too:beer:

freebird65

Hey CTC - Hope your weekend rocked and that you got home safe.

Awful news about the guy on the M40!

A x

dronid

We're off to a festival on the bank holiday weekend and I'm looking for some food and living related help, hence why I'm coming here rather than the Travel board.

We're train and walking so we're limited in how much we can carry.

We have a tent, stove (single gas ring), light etc. I was wondering if anyone knew of anything else that would make life easier there that could be carried easily.

Also I want to cook - actually cook - while we're there. I have a pressure cooker but it's a little heavy but I could cook more than one thing in there at a time. Would it be useful enough?

Any help or advice would be welcome.:D

ravylesley

Having camped minimally for many years before the offspring arrived.I would suggest to take dehydrated foods like beanfeasts,smash,pasta in sauce etc.The menu might not be varied but its camping and you'll manage roughing it for a few days.Always make sure you make room for a pack of bacon though as a bacon sarnie is the best way to start the day when camping

Lesleyxx

suep

Hi Dronid, is it Reading festival your going to ? my husband has been going to a few festivals for years and he will also be at Reading next weekend although hes staying in the Travellodge this time as he needs his sleep, but he still camps every year at the IOW festival. I just asked him if theres anything important you should take and he said loo roll, dont laugh you will need it. He has this little collapsable saucepan set that comes with a small kettle and plates,he's had it years though so I dont know how much they would cost now. I would have thought a pressure cooker would have been too big and heavy to carry, any medium sized saucepan would be lighter if you cant get the proper camping set. He also said if it is reading not to worry too much about food as the town is just down the road. If he thinks of anything else I'll get back to you.
Have a good festival
sue
sue