THE MINERS MEAL TIME PLANER

[goldenIrishman]

Hey guys, I thought I'd start this thread for all of you that like me, get tired of the same ol same ol things for dinner when your out in the field mining. Living and cooking out of cans and or the cooler gets old after an extended stay in the field so something that's easy to fix, tasty and filling it great to have.

Spices are easy to carry even if you don't have the super deluxe mining trailer like me and they can really improve the taste of some of the "food" available in cans. One of my favourite things to eat while I'm out in the field is Black Beans. Plain BBs are pretty dull fare, but a couple of good shakes of garlic powder, a couple of shakes of cumin and some dried onions added to them really improve the flavor. Adding in a can of precooked chicken or some salsa is also good.

So... post up your favorite field recipes. Just make sure that they are things that can be made with a minimum of kitchen utensils as most miners try to travel light and don't happen to have a deep fryer handy.

 

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[Duckwalk]

Nothing like home made venison jerky and a quart mason jar of pre-made soup (usually beef and cabbage). the soup (if done correctly) can stay jarred for a little over 2 weeks.

 

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[azblackbird]

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I love the Mt. House stuff. Once or twice a year we'll get together and do a group buy and get the products for wholesale. For as much as I eat my own stash, it's not worth it for me (at least yet) to purchase a freeze drier. I have an Excaliber dehydrator and I probably make a couple hundred pounds of beef jerky and dried fruit each year. The store bought stuff can't even come close.

 

[The Gilded Lens]

View attachment 1144741 Fresh Tuna is best, cooked or not!

Uncooked with a jar of pickled ginger! Maybe a mochi ball on the side. Mmmm

 

[goldenIrishman]

LOL. As I first read that I half expected to see quart jar of moonshine ducky.
I wouldn't mind living off the land but out here it's not all that easy. Not much of a hunter except when it comes to gold and the closest fishing I know of is the Colorado river which is miles away. Hunting and fishing would also take time away from digging.

 

[Duckwalk]

Hell, nothing wrong with a little white lightning to go with the prospectin' . This here is Georgia!

 

[socalal99]

If the weather is cool and I have a fire, then sausages cooked over the fire with a toad sticker is very easy.

Warmer weather, good ole Dinty Moore Beef Stew or Denison's Chili, with beans of course!

Wash down with a nice cold beer!

 

[Hoser John]

NO fires no where this year in kalif

 

[SandomingoJim]

I like to keep my dinners simple ! big steak cooked medium rare and several double rums to wash it down!

Now were talkin!!!

 

[Capt Nemo]

I run with the Mountain House freeze dried. But cans of Cambells soup or others cooked on the dashboard work too.

There's a mamma bear with two cubs in my area, and I don't like the idea of adding lots of food smells. I'd like to keep it at just 3 sets of tracks on the beach.

 

[Asmbandits]

Lately Ive been prepping some Italian sausage and peepers and onions wrapped up good in foil then frozen the night before, throw that on the fire the first night for a nice meal. Then its mostly freeze dried meals which aren't that bad, pouch tuna and ritz crackers, pound of pasta and a can of pasta sauce goes a long way.. Also lots of snickers bars for energy breaks! Use to be hot dogs and beans most of the time. Bring a mesh bag and zip lock bags and you can keep a stuff cool for a few days in a river shady spot. Heres one of our meals being made in the "kitchen" lol.

 

[Asmbandits]

NO fires no where this year in kalif

I had plenty of fires and even had a permit for them, Not sure what you mean by this?

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

http://usscouts.org/cooking/ENGELHAR.pdf
Backpacking Meals | Boy Scout Backpacking Community
MacScouter: Cooking for Scouts and Scouters
Backpacking Meals Archives - Scouting magazine
Backpacking Recipes | Wild Backpacker
31 Backpacking Food Ideas from the Appalachian Trail. - Greenbelly Meals
Hiking Recipes and Backpacking Food Ideas | Trail Recipes

 

[goldenIrishman]

Now THERE ^ is some useful information! Thanks for the links JZ! I should have thought about the scouting sites myself. Guess the grey matter is getting as dusty as the Arizona desert.

Please keep in mind here folks that my intent with this thread was for us to be able to add some different things to the diet/menu when we're out in the rough for EXTENDED PERIODS of time and when the nearest store to get ice at is hours away. Most of us "Lone Rangers" can get pretty sick of having the same old thing night after night.