Thread: Easy bush meals

we did nine months on the road following the coast between Broome and Cairns with a few desert detours thrown in a few years back, before we left we went to a chinese supermarket and an italian supermarket as both cuisines make extensive use of dried foods (beans, mushrooms, sausages etc). With 150 litres of water on board it was no problem.
Tinned tomatoes, buy em by the case and take as many dried spices as you can think of.
For the kids (2, 4 and 6) snacks we generally go the dried fruits and nuts path.
The gas ring is the go but also have a look at the Coleman guide series burners we used a three burner gas model for every meal, phenomenal bit of gear bit bulky but more powerful than the gas hob at home.
Cryovac your steaks with marinade, works a treat.

We tried to be sparing with cooking fires, once or twice a week max but whenever we used one we would bake bread in the camp oven and do a roast for cold cuts.

We put a large water bottle in the bottom of the Engel every day and every morning would use it to fill up a water bottle with a bit of lemon barley cordial, broke up the monotony of the water during the day and a cold lemon drink is the most refreshing thing this side of beer.

Fresh salad veggies are a bit of a challenge but we used Les Hiddins' bush tucker book and found some good stuff to go with the fish, oysters, prawns, cherabin and occasional kangamoo.

Still miss the 4BD1 County we used on that trip.

if you forget something you generally can't buy it in the desert....if that.s where you are....or other isolated places......so be pepared


Mrs ho har