Dockside Food and Entertainment

[KnotConnected]

Hey!

So we're taking a full week off for a boat trip next week. We're going to hit a few different marinas, maybe spend a night at an anchorage or so.

Wondering if anyone has suggestions for dockside entertainment and food to pack?

I'm making a beersby set, and have some small pack-able card games like Cards against Humanity and Exploding Kittens for any rainy days. We've accrued the obvious necessities in the last few years of boating, so we'll have the basics like folding chairs a Nerf football for the water and copious amounts of alcohol.

For food we have mainly appetizer stuff. A few chip dips, seasoned pretzels, and some microwavable breakfast sandwiches.

Anyone have any suggestions or things you've found to be a hit / work well?

 

[pole position]

We take a week long vacation to the Chesapeake Bay every year and this year we precooked burgers,chopped country style pork ribs grilled with a little Old Bay,ground beef for burritos/tacos,bbq chicken breast chopped.This was all vacuum sealed and frozen.If we planned on having something,just thawed out and microwaved. We did eat at a couple places along the way and I hate bbqing on my boat.

 

[Mischief Managed]

We have a 17" Magma kettle gas grill and found that when you switch it to burner mode and place a deep, 14" non-stick frying pan in it, it really opens the cooking options. You can cook up some meat, take it out, then cook some pasta in some chicken broth until it's almost all absorbed, then add any kind of sauce you want and toss the meat back in. The pasta will finish cooking in the sauce and cleanup with a non-stick pan is really easy.We've done chicken and vodka sauce, scallops in lobster bisque (as the sauce), shrimp scampi etc. this way and it's really easy. The frying pan is also great for a big breakfast.