Easy food for boating?

[Icyharp]

Re: Easy food for boating?

Here's a twist on the hotdog idea but I imagine it only works with an I/O... When we go offroading with the Jeep, some guys will take hotdogs (or just about anything else that just needs to be heated) and wrap them in foil and sit them on the engine block / exhaust manifold while driving. In the boat, I imagine a piece of expanded metal could be fastened to the engine above the exhaust manifold and foil wrapped dogs attached to the "grill". Put the dogs on about 10-15 minutes before you plan to stop for lunch and they'll be plenty hot... Only problem could be if you typically get gas fumes collecting in the bilge because then your dogs would stink.

That is funny cause they sell a "Hot Dogger II" for snowmobilers, actually my freind has one and he cooks all kind of crap in it. Works on the same princible you described a sealed can with straps to mount to an exhaust pipe....lol.

 

['78 Crusader]

Re: Easy food for boating?

Bud Light

 

[tgell001]

Re: Easy food for boating?

Thanks for all the advice, I have played the idea of the "muffler meat" over in my head a few times but haven't tried it. I'm afraid that tidewater yacht is going to be PACKED and we're coming from the Layfette river so the restaurant at the lock is pretty far and we'll probably be wakeboarding in the western branch or willoughby bay depending on the wind. I'm also not sure if my shirtless, sunburned (probably drunk) and possible concust friends would be welcome in a sit down type atmophere haha.

I've also thought about the grill but haven't come up with a solution about where to put it and not make a mess or ruin anything.

I'm the kind of guy that usually likes to over kill stuff so I was trying to go one step beyond lunch meats. The hot dogs on the muffler with LOTS of tin foil will probably work w/o any fumes intruding my meet.

Anyone out there going to be at Harborfest for the fireworks? They're not to be missed, best I've ever seen.

 

[ram50]

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One thing I do on the river I boat on. there are lots of puplic parks on it and I just tie up to the bank and use one of the grills at the park. Just need to use foil to cover the grill. Kids can play, adults can gather at the picnic table and chat while burgers, dogs, etc are cooking.

 

[tgell001]

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I love to do that on the lake as well, but this is a very urban setting and thats just not possible.

 

[ChampionShip]

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Bud Light

Yup. And a bucket of chicken. And some chips.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Easy food for boating?

Then go up Scott's Creek. A scruffy crowd will fit in fine.

Thanks for all the advice, I have played the idea of the "muffler meat" over in my head a few times but haven't tried it. I'm afraid that tidewater yacht is going to be PACKED and we're coming from the Layfette river so the restaurant at the lock is pretty far and we'll probably be wakeboarding in the western branch or willoughby bay depending on the wind. I'm also not sure if my shirtless, sunburned (probably drunk) and possible concust friends would be welcome in a sit down type atmophere haha.

I've also thought about the grill but haven't come up with a solution about where to put it and not make a mess or ruin anything.

I'm the kind of guy that usually likes to over kill stuff so I was trying to go one step beyond lunch meats. The hot dogs on the muffler with LOTS of tin foil will probably work w/o any fumes intruding my meet.

Anyone out there going to be at Harborfest for the fireworks? They're not to be missed, best I've ever seen.

 

[NYBo]

Re: Easy food for boating?

Reverse the plug on my Igloo piezoelectric cooler and it becomes a food warmer. It keeps things nice and toasty. You can buy a small one at any decent truck stop. Even better, buy one right here.

 

[skargo]

Re: Easy food for boating?

Here's a twist on the hotdog idea but I imagine it only works with an I/O... When we go offroading with the Jeep, some guys will take hotdogs (or just about anything else that just needs to be heated) and wrap them in foil and sit them on the engine block / exhaust manifold while driving. In the boat, I imagine a piece of expanded metal could be fastened to the engine above the exhaust manifold and foil wrapped dogs attached to the "grill". Put the dogs on about 10-15 minutes before you plan to stop for lunch and they'll be plenty hot... Only problem could be if you typically get gas fumes collecting in the bilge because then your dogs would stink.

I used to do some serious rock crawling with my old FJ40. I had one of these strapped to my exhaust manifold.

 

[the vision]

Re: Easy food for boating?

How about cheese, crackers, and vienna sausages? Or sardines.

 

[Icyharp]

Re: Easy food for boating?

I used to do some serious rock crawling with my old FJ40. I had one of these strapped to my exhaust manifold.

That is the Hot Dogger I was talking about that a friend of mine has on his snowmobile...............lol

 

[smallboatlover]

Re: Easy food for boating?

what about mre's meals ready to eat army style?

 

[Fjandy]

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Bud Light

Miller Lite. Keeps the TP rations down a bit more.

I like cold fried chicken on a hot day. Nasty greasy and delicious.

 

[bnicov]

Re: Easy food for boating?

A variety of ready made sandwiches done that morning by your (in)significant other while you get the boat ready. Lots of bottled water, some fruit, juices, pop and snacks (cheese and crackers, chips, that sort of thing). Some baby wipes and paper towel, and you should be good to go.

 

[blifsey]

Re: Easy food for boating?

One other thing we've done when camping is to grill extra steaks at supper, cut into small strips and keep in cooler in freezer bag. They were actually pretty good cold. If you wanted warm, you could use the manifold trick or put freezer bag into hot water thermos bottle.

 

[IES99]

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Subs, hoagies, grinders: whatever you call them.

 

[Home Cookin']

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Subs, hoagies, grinders: whatever you call them.

Only from Zero's--OP knows what I mean! (they do travel well in a cooler; it's a good option as a self-contained meal adn i was going to suggest it).

 

[sixshoeter]

Re: Easy food for boating?

It looks like you already have a lot of great ideas. Here are a few of my family favorites:

1) Sub sandwiches - made out on the boat, so we pack the lunch meat, lettuce, tomatoes, mayo in the ice chest, and it's very relaxing to sit and eat these with some chips and fruit.
2) Fried Chicken - can keep on ice and remove a little before ready to eat to warm it up. No preparation worries at all (if you do like we do and buy on the drive to the lake)
3) Hamburgers - we take a small Coleman stove - and grill burgers on the shore. Awesome food and the stove takes hardly any room on board, so we love doing it.
4) For snacks, one of my favs is chips/salsa!

Good luck!

 

[dingbat]

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Three of us spent 3 full days out on the water the week before last. Each day, we left the dock with six sandwiches, a bag of pretzels and two 30 packs of light beer in aluminum cans. I know, yuk....

The provisions suited us well with the exception of the last day. Running out of beer 25 miles offshore at 1:00 in the afternoon in a tournament that runs til 4:00 pm really sucks.

 

[mphy98]

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Sandwiches, PB&J for the kids. My favorite is walleye caught fresh and fried while still wigglin.