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I found lots of threads about cooking food at roo, but i couldnt find anything about bringing/cooking ALL of your food, so im starting this. I did read the menroo thread, but it was mostly about brining non perishables like poptars and stuff like that...
So, I'm on a limited budget for roo this year and am planning on bringing everything my boyfriend and I intend on eating over the weekend. Basically I have a source of free groceries at a certain store, so I figure I might as well take advantage of that.
My bf and I are foodies and like to eat actual meals. We really cant get by on just snacks (even though i will be bringing a ton of those too! lol). I need actual meal ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I would love to prepare a lot of stuff at home before we go (like potato/macaroni salad, etc). The less I have to cook, the happier I'll be. We will bring a small jetboil stove as well as a mini grill to make hamburgers/hotdogs but i would rather bring stuff that you can eat cold or just warm up a little. The simpler the better.
I really appreciate any ideas you have. i know most people buy their food there, but this is just how I have to do it this year. I'm used to buying all my food at fests so this is totally new to me!
oh yeah, I'm lactose intolerant. I dont think too many people cook with dairy at a fest, but who knows? lol. I cant eat any milk, butter, cheese or cream. So that means no grill cheese
Post by "this is crazy" on Apr 3, 2008 15:22:42 GMT -5
Ummmmm. Im actually going to bring like some spaghetti and meatsauce that is pre-made. Just add a lil bit of water and heat up. But i'm in the opposite position as u are. Due to the line-up and the fact that i will be in BFE again. I'm thinking cooking less and buying more. That way I dont have to walk so much. A good thread though, anything that is pre-made should work i would think.
Cook some diced potatoes before hand and maybe some rice to reheat or instant rice. What you will need after the potatoes and Rice: -One Med Can of tuna -One whole onion (sliced VERY thin) -Tomato -Salt -Lemon
Get your Sliced onion and Cure it with a good amount of Salt. mix it until the Onion wilts and gets really soft. -Then rinse the onion with plenty water and Drain -Drain and add your Tuna fish. -Juice from One to two Whole Lemons (1 to 2 based upon how you like lemon) -Mix well -Add Tomato -Add Potato -Serve over reheated rice or instant rice!!!
This is a great mix of Carbs and Protein. Hope you like it, its an old Ecuadorian recipe (its a twist on Ceviche) my Grandmother use to make, its nice to serve over the hot rice -
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
Post by plasticpepper on Apr 3, 2008 21:24:00 GMT -5
CHILI! Make it at home and put it in tupperware or something and freeze it into a solid block-o-chili...then all you have to do at Roo is throw it in a pan and heat it up. Chili freezes really well so I think it works perfect for this.
Post by Darth Boo Boo Kitty @#*& on Apr 3, 2008 21:44:01 GMT -5
Most years we cook all of our food. A lot of people don't feel like it's worth the effort, but we have a good time doing it. For me it's essential b/c I can't get by on festival food.
Breakfast is always scrambled eggs with sausage, potatoes and cheese. You can cut out the cheese and you have a well-balanced breakfast. A little fatty, but that's okay for Roo stamina.
We pre-make chicken breast kabobs and freeze them before we leave. They thaw in the cooler. Cut boneless skinless breasts o' chicken into consistently-sized chunks Marinate in 1/4 C lemon juice, 1/4 C olive oil, 1 T oregano, 1 t salt, 1/4 t black pepper, 1/4 t cinnamon add 1/8 t or more of cayenne pepper if you like it spicy. You can marinate the chicken for up to 24 hours. During marination, soak some kabob sticks Skewer the chicken chunks post-marination Freeze kabobs in tupperware. Grill and enjoy. You can also forget the kabobs and just cook chicken breasts that have been marinated that way. There's just something about meat on a stick that is appealing at festivals. We make brown rice to go with the chicken and serve some sort of fresh fruit, depending on what we have with us. Also serve feta cheese, but you won't want that.
Another successful fast mean we've made is what we like to call "Szechuan Mushroom Ramen Soup Legitimate Style" Buy dried mushrooms either in an asian food store or in the asian section of your regular grocery, boil with Ramen - any flavor, add ginger and siracha. That's a good one at night if you're chilled and need something to take the edge off. I'm surprised to be talking about getting a chill at Roo, but I have before.
Last one - some kind of grain salad - I like cous cous or bulgur. You can buy boxes that have spice packets to make it easier on yourself. Add beans, celery, salsa, cucumbers - really anything you feel like to make a yummy one-dish meal. Add a few tablespoons of rice wine vinegar and hot sauce. Last year we made a variation of this and grilled steak and duck. We ate like kings and very economically.
make some pasta salads with out mayo allways good way to load up on the carbs also guy i used to work withwould make up salads using english peas and a few other odds and ends and would eat it cold out the cooler...was good stuff i'll try to remeber what all was in it...
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Post by Darth Boo Boo Kitty @#*& on Apr 4, 2008 9:34:56 GMT -5
jfrye said:
Anyone have a recipe for a good macaroni salad, maybe with tuna, something that can be eaten cold?
You probably don't really need a recipe. Just pasta and a bunch of veggies/beans/cheese/tuna. The dressing is the trick since you don't want to do mayo in that heat. I'd try balsamic, olive oil, scallions, salt and pepper. Nice and light but very flavorful.
Post by "this is crazy" on Apr 4, 2008 11:46:49 GMT -5
It would probably not be worth it to add mayo. Even if you tried to keep it cool because even the thought will disgust you. But the balsamic and olive oil does sound good.
yeah my idea of pasta salad is pretty much just pasta, mayo and some chopped up peppers. lmao. thats how my mom always made it... but yeah, prob wouldnt work too well at roo.
I have a pasta salad that always goes over well when I make it, and it's easy and fresh:
Pasta (preferably something like spirals or bowties) Lemon Cherry/grape tomatoes fresh basil Olive oil shredded parmesan
Use a cheese grater to grate the lemon rind into the pasta, then chiffonade the basil and halve the tomatoes; add everything together; squeeze lemon juice into the mixture...voila.
The salad actually tastes better the next day...and if you do it, make sure not to freeze it; tomatoes and basil don't do well frozen.
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you could bring packets of mayo and keep them in the cooler and then mix it in when you eat your portion of pasta salad. i also like bacon bits in pasta salad (which also need to be added at the time of serving) ...and sometimes black olives.
malo i knew a girl from brazil who used to make that dish and i always wanted the recipe. thanks so much. she added a little bit of a flour mixture to it sometimes....do you have any idea what that might have been. maybe a tiny amount of flour and milk with some black pepper in it?
I've learned in the past that I usually don't feel like doing much cooking a festivals. With the exception of breakfast. It really is the most important meal of the day, especially at a festival.
For breakfast: I like to do ham, eggs and hashbrowns. In addition to the raw eggs you will cook there, you could also bring some hard boiled eggs. They make a nice quick snack anytime. I've also brought cereal and milk. I bring single serving shelf stable cartons of milk. I've also seen them in soy milk and rice milk.
Lunch/Dinner: At Langerado I brought some cooked chicken legs in a ziplock bag. They held up fine in a well iced cooler. I've also done hummus and pita. Let me know if you need a recipe for the hummus. Like others have suggested, pasta salad is a good one. I've done asian style cold sesame noodles at a couple of festies.
You could also make up a few sandwiches ahead of time, just make sure you keep them dry. Fresh fruit is a must have. Cut up some melon or other fruit and keep it in the cooler. Chilled watermelon is a nice treat in the TN heat.
malo i knew a girl from brazil who used to make that dish and i always wanted the recipe. thanks so much. she added a little bit of a flour mixture to it sometimes....do you have any idea what that might have been. maybe a tiny amount of flour and milk with some black pepper in it?
My Gradma never put flour, the only thing I could think of was to thicken up the lemon with tuna sauce.
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
Post by monkeyleavings on Apr 5, 2008 22:23:53 GMT -5
We bring snacks each year, but we usually don't do a lot of cooking. If our friends come with us this year and we set up MEGA CAMP we'll probably use a 5-day cooler and bring a gas grill. There's really no reason not to cook/prepare food...there's so much down time during the day for us while we lounge at camp and drink frosty beverages.
Here's my two cents: bring pitas and tortillas (you can get them both in whole wheat if you're feeling healthy) and bring along chopped veggies, baby spinach, etc. Go ahead and grill some chicken breasts or steak before you leave home, cut them into strips and toss them in your cooler. They'll keep for days and you probably won't mind them cold with the scorching heat during the day. Anyway, throw the meat and veggies together in your bread of choice, add your favorite condiments and there you go! Wrapped in a tortilla or in a pita, your food is also kind of mobile...not that I like eating while walking in the dust bowl myself.
We did another fest with a gas grill and raw meat...I have to say it was pretty awesome grilling a burger on a whim at 1:00 am to alleviate munchies.
I bring enough food so I never have to buy any. Did it the 1st few years cause I was broke. I eat one hot meal a day at about sundown. In the AM I have coffee and poptarts and a snadwich for lunch.
Usually Thursday I bring something I made at home that wouldn't keep the whole weekend. I freeze meats for Fri and Sat and eat canned food on Sunday as I don't buy ice and nothing really keeps that long w/o it.
Some one pot ideas are:
Zatarain's jamablaya w/keilbasa or dirty rice w/sausage. All you need is a pot, some water and you can freeze the meat so it lasts until Sat.
Spaghetti with canned/jarred sauce. You can freeze hamburger or cook it ahead or just go veggie for Sunday.
Chili is easy and good. If you cook it ahead of time and freeze it will last the weekend.
Also Mexi meals are good with hamburger/chicken and taco seasoning made at home or get some of the pre-cooked chicken. Add torillas and cheese and you're goo to go.
Post by strumntheguitar on Apr 6, 2008 12:20:31 GMT -5
I like to drop my scrambled egg recipe whenever people mention food. It's the best way to make eggs at a festie/camping, and there is zero cleanup aside from throwing a bag in the trash...
-Boil pot of water -Break open eggs into ziploc bag -Stir up eggs in bag, seal the bag -Put bag with eggs in boiling water -Remove bag periodically to check on the eggs. I don't know how long exactly to cook them for, but it'll be under 10 minutes.
You can also add meats or something to your eggs if you're into that... I've cut up small bits of ham and thrown it in the bag before boiling and that was delicious.
I like to drop my scrambled egg recipe whenever people mention food. It's the best way to make eggs at a festie/camping, and there is zero cleanup aside from throwing a bag in the trash...
-Boil pot of water -Break open eggs into ziploc bag -Stir up eggs in bag, seal the bag -Put bag with eggs in boiling water -Remove bag periodically to check on the eggs. I don't know how long exactly to cook them for, but it'll be under 10 minutes.
You can also add meats or something to your eggs if you're into that... I've cut up small bits of ham and thrown it in the bag before boiling and that was delicious.
this is an awesome way to do eggs - plus - if you make a pot of Lipton Asian style rice - you can mix the eggs into that and it is a perfect meal
Last year I survived off of oatmeal for breakfast and a huge tuperware of rice and beans I had made ahead of time. I brought some spicy salsa to mix in every day to give it an extra kick. Also brought crackers and used it as a dip. It was great b/c I could eat it cold or hot.
Post by jeffedelic on Apr 10, 2008 12:28:52 GMT -5
Personally I would avoid anything spicy, especially mexican and/or cajun food. Not that it isn't delicious, but you have to remember the restroom situation at the roo. I did everything I could to stick to things that wouldn't have me running for the portajohns.
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