BringBackTapestries
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This post is for FRIENDLY replys only please. Not a moderator, just looking for friendly advise.
We made a very good decision one year, and didnt realize just how good a decision it was till a year ago. We had a bunch of veggies in our fridge at home, and hated to see them go to waste, so we packed them (potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, and hot peppers {poblano to be exact}) in a 16" or so electric skillet, with some chinese crunchy noodles, and 2 jars of Indonesian StirFry sauce. (Which we cant seem to find in any store now) We already had a disney fridge in the room, so we washed all the veges in the lav sink, and sliced them up with a knife we brought from home. Each day before leaving for the park, we would use the electric skillet to heat water & make Instant oatmeal or grits, and drink energy drinks and hot chocolate (also from home; we were there in February; the cool month) then go to the park. We packed a few snacks each in the baby bag, along with presweetened coolaid, and had our snacks every few hours until around 4:00 when we would eat a large lunch in the park. (Usually at the burger place across from splash mountain, making FULL use of the fixins bar!!!) We'd then hop over to Epcot to finish the evening. When the illuminations was over we would sit and watch the pyrotechnics crew do their rounds on the pond, checking and making sure everything is out etc, and when MAD DASH crowds had all exited the park (about 45 minutes to an hour later) we would exit the park, and catch one of the last Disney buses back to AllStars. Once back at the resort we'd eat a HUGE supper of Indonesian stirfry with noodles and drink coolaid or water. (Yes, at 10:00PM!!!) It was so perfect.
We felt like cheapscates and the next year we opted to leave the skillet behind and buy our suppers in the park. BIG MISTAKE! Not only did we waste a lot more money (A WHOLE LOT MORE!!!!) but we were VERY dissatisfied. After a week or so it seemed everything tasted like fast food. Even at the fancy Epcot world showcase restaurants. (Germany was a VERY big letdown from the last trip to that restaurant 8 years ago; they went from about 12 performers to 3, eliminated the bell ringing, and the food wasn't what we had remembered.) We dont eat fast food at home, and it just left us longing for fresh veges. We heard so many different people talking about how they wanted fresh steamed veges when they got home. I'm sure there were some there, but they were just so darn expensive that I just couldnt bring myself to pay that for them. We are going back in December, and were wondering if anyone else had done anything similiar, and if so, how their results were. We fixed enough each night for 2 nights, and stored the next nights in the fridge, so we only cooked every other night. We would simply heat it up on the skillet again. Yes, it was a spec of trouble fixing it, but it was kinda fun, and the food seemed to taste so much better when your in the room on the bed feeling like Gumby with every muscle in your body aching!!! We figure we saved a good couple hundred dollars with the family of four. Anyone else have any good "food from home" stories or tips?
We made a very good decision one year, and didnt realize just how good a decision it was till a year ago. We had a bunch of veggies in our fridge at home, and hated to see them go to waste, so we packed them (potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, and hot peppers {poblano to be exact}) in a 16" or so electric skillet, with some chinese crunchy noodles, and 2 jars of Indonesian StirFry sauce. (Which we cant seem to find in any store now) We already had a disney fridge in the room, so we washed all the veges in the lav sink, and sliced them up with a knife we brought from home. Each day before leaving for the park, we would use the electric skillet to heat water & make Instant oatmeal or grits, and drink energy drinks and hot chocolate (also from home; we were there in February; the cool month) then go to the park. We packed a few snacks each in the baby bag, along with presweetened coolaid, and had our snacks every few hours until around 4:00 when we would eat a large lunch in the park. (Usually at the burger place across from splash mountain, making FULL use of the fixins bar!!!) We'd then hop over to Epcot to finish the evening. When the illuminations was over we would sit and watch the pyrotechnics crew do their rounds on the pond, checking and making sure everything is out etc, and when MAD DASH crowds had all exited the park (about 45 minutes to an hour later) we would exit the park, and catch one of the last Disney buses back to AllStars. Once back at the resort we'd eat a HUGE supper of Indonesian stirfry with noodles and drink coolaid or water. (Yes, at 10:00PM!!!) It was so perfect.
We felt like cheapscates and the next year we opted to leave the skillet behind and buy our suppers in the park. BIG MISTAKE! Not only did we waste a lot more money (A WHOLE LOT MORE!!!!) but we were VERY dissatisfied. After a week or so it seemed everything tasted like fast food. Even at the fancy Epcot world showcase restaurants. (Germany was a VERY big letdown from the last trip to that restaurant 8 years ago; they went from about 12 performers to 3, eliminated the bell ringing, and the food wasn't what we had remembered.) We dont eat fast food at home, and it just left us longing for fresh veges. We heard so many different people talking about how they wanted fresh steamed veges when they got home. I'm sure there were some there, but they were just so darn expensive that I just couldnt bring myself to pay that for them. We are going back in December, and were wondering if anyone else had done anything similiar, and if so, how their results were. We fixed enough each night for 2 nights, and stored the next nights in the fridge, so we only cooked every other night. We would simply heat it up on the skillet again. Yes, it was a spec of trouble fixing it, but it was kinda fun, and the food seemed to taste so much better when your in the room on the bed feeling like Gumby with every muscle in your body aching!!! We figure we saved a good couple hundred dollars with the family of four. Anyone else have any good "food from home" stories or tips?
