Tent Camping and Breakfast, ideas?

[1Venus]

We're planning to eat a "nice" lunch each day in the park and then eat something simple back at the tent each night. It's easy to grill up a hot dog or hamburger, but what about breakfast? Any ideas? I'm taking an electric skillet so I can make pancakes, but I'd love other ideas. I'll have a cooler, but will eggs store OK in it? What about milk? During my 1st camping trip in October we ate Pop-Tarts every day. I'd just like something a bit tastier and healthier.

 

[dgaston]

Instant Oatmeal can make a good breakfast. Once you heat up the water, you can have cocoa too. At FT Wilderness you could spring for a mug and get coffee from the Meadows or Trails End. Once on the trip you should try to eat at Trails End for the Breakfast -- simply yummy, and one of the best bargains in WDW. At my supermarket, (Big Y) they have skillet meals in a bag in the frozen section that you could heat up in your skillet. I always find pancakes too big a hassle when camping, but maybe the frozen waffles or pancakes wouldn't be too bad. You could also check out pre-cooked sausage to go with the pancakes.

I personally like a carton of yogurt for breakfast, and there's always cereal and milk.

HTH

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I second the recommendation re. breakfast at Trail's End. I think it is an excellent value and the food is really good. Despite the ability to cook at the camper, we will have at least 2 breakfasts at Trail's End every trip.

 

[Mic]

I may be hijacking the post, but I was going to ask the same question in a few months. We are in the very beginning stages of planning a boy scout camping trip to FW in June, 2005(Yes, I know it will be hot, but the other parents want to make it a summer trip, in lieu of summer camp), and we have planned lunch and dinner, but I'm not sure what to do for breakfast. Lunch will be in the parks, and the boys will be cooking dinner each night(to earn the badge . The most vocal of the mothers suggested we decide each evening what everyone wants from McDonald's, and send a few "runners" to get it while the rest of our group showers and dresses, since we will have vwhicles. I think I could prepare something at the site just as quickly. We will mostly be in tents(what's a boy scout trip without these?), but I plan to bring a few creature comforts(microwave, coffee pot, skillet). Any suggestions for a family could be adjusted to work for a group, so thanks for any and all!

 

[clkelley]

Although I do tent camp at Ft. Wilderness, I don't cook there, but if you want to do eggs, my recommendation would be to pre-crack them, and mix them up for scrambled egg omelets and then freeze the mixture in zipper bags. Then they will keep in the cooler longer. The mix you want to use at the beginning of the week you may not want to freeze.

Whenever my boys are the cooks for weekend camps, we do that quite often. It also saves time as everything is prechopped, and mixed. You just heat up the fry pan and pour the mixture in.

You can also fix scrambled egg omelets directly in the zipper bag in a pan of boiling water. Just mix up individual omelets in smaller zipper bags. Heat up some boiling water and pop the individual bags in the water. In a few minutes you have scrambled egg omelets and no mess!!!

Carol

 

[dvcwanabee]

just started camping last year with our three young boys and i have a few recommendations.

they make a pasteurized egg whites in a sealed cardboard carton, like the milk we used to get in school, no shells, buy a few and throw in the cooler. they taste just like any fresh eggs, great for omelets or french toast.

pre cooked bacon, not sure how they do it but you can buy pre cooked bacon that doesn't require refrigeration, just warm up in a pan, actually it's pretty good. i've seen it at sam's club. i think they do the same thing with sausage.

pancakes in a jug. not sure what brand but they make a dry pancake mix in a plastic jug, like a little plastic milk jug. just add water shake it up and pour it on the hot pan, they taste surprisingly good.

i would love to leave the stove and cooler at home but $50 for breakfast for my family at a restaurant every morning isn't in the budget.

have fun..

 

[my3princes]

We discovered on the morning that we were departing from FW on our last trip that you can get the breakfast buffet to go. I can't remember the price, but it was very reasonable and they gave me a large white styrofoam container, a clear salad type container and a soup container. I may have gotten a drink too I don't remember, however I do know that those containers (you could put whatever you wanted in them) fed 4 of us and that was considered one meal!!! Great value

 

[donac]

When we tent camped the last two years we did breakfast at the campsite. The first day down we went out and bought cereal, doughnuts, bagels and butter and milk for the cooler. We also got some fruit. This was a lot easier than cooking. We did cook the mornings that we went to the water parks because that year they didn't open until 10.

Dona

 

[TEENEE]

We have made our own egg mcmuffins. Those are always a hit.
Some other ideas, bagles, cereal, pancakes are easy if you buy panshakes (just add water) breakfast bars.

All of your food will be fine in your cooler as long as you keep ice in there. With the Florida heat you will probably have to replenish it everyday.

 

[bserenpreiss]

A few cooking tips that I have gathered through the years of camping and feeding a family on a budget. I pre cook sausage links and bacon prior to trip and freeze. They keep longer in the cooler. The electric skillet is great for pancakes, french toast and just about anything else. We also have added the electric griddle and it gets the job done much faster. I also take our crock pot everywhere. Get the large size Reynolds Oven bags and put whatever you want to cook inside the bag and gently twist the top and lay it down and put the lid on. Clean up is very very easy just toss the bag and wipe out the crock. It has never failed me. Absolutely the boys should be cooking and cleaning to get their badges. We also use the sandwich cookers and make grilled sandwiches (pizza, reubens, ham and cheese) for dinner. Campfire meals (hamburger, diced potatoes, peas, carrotts) wrapped in foil and tossed in the coals of the fire. Out kids love them. You can also get a travel size gas grill at Wal Mart for $30. It is great for getting dinner started fast and very portable.

Good Luck

 

[1Venus]

Thanks! No more pop-tarts for us!

One more question: When you use milk and store it in a cooler, do you buy the regular kind or Parmalat?