Hello chaps,

I'm used to 24 hour sessions in the main, but this year I have more time on my hands so can have a few 24/48 sessions.

Just wondered what sort of food you take for that duration of session?

Just want to ensure I can keep everything fresh.

Wondering if I should batch cook some stew/curry and freeze it up to eat on the bank.

Liam

In reply to Post #1
How long we talking here

Good cool bag can keep things cool for up to 3+ or so days. Depends how much cook wear you are willing to bring really.i used to like bringing 2 stoves and have something which isn't a one pot meal even for 24hrs. But now I don't do a lot of fishing so back to one pots which are still just as good.. batch of chilli in the freezer and boil in the by rice was my go to just cooked rice and that kept hot in the bag on my metal plate until chilli was done

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I'd say up to 72 hours so not ages

first night I usually have astir fry with fresh meat and that way the ,eat won't spoil if you leave it for a day or so. second, usually a curry out of a tin. m&s do some really nice ones but are £3-4 a pop so pricey. I usually empty a bag of microwaveable rice in for the last 5 minutes or so and that cooks it through. naked noodles for lunchtime or pork pies, sandwiches etc then snacks. breakfast is usually porridge pots unless I fancy a bacon barm. only need 2 pans at most and just give them a clean I also batch cook curry or chilli and take it out the day I leave so it's still frozen for a good period of time so that it can be saved until day 2 or 3 if left in a cool bag

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The dolphin fish bar £5 meal deal.
The coy carp public house.
The oaks public house.
Pot noodle.

Job done.

In reply to Post #1
to add to the comments below
I always have a bag of tinned food in the car tin spuds beef stew currys I rarely have rice with my curry on the bank instead a tin of spuds or boil up some pasta as I always have a bag of pasta and a couple of stir in sauces
and Pot noodle shyte you would never see me eat yuk

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On a more serious note, as others have said as I start to do more nights with the improving weather, I tend to freeze left overs from home and take them. Then I just cook either rice or noodles etc on the bank to mix with it, or tinned stuff is ace. Tinned potatoes. Tinned veg and maybe a tinned stew. I also like those potatoe rosti things in a packet from Sainsbury's. By limiting the amount of fresh stuff I take I can getaway with a small trakker coolbox. Also in summer I tend to take a disposable bbq and buy fresh food every other day. I'm lucky some of my waters have freezers to refreeze ice packs.

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Pretty much anything you cook at home, you can do on the bank, whether fresh or frozen. For 72 hours I'd freeze a curry and have boil in the bag rice, maybe a chilli and have it in tacos or similar, and a steak with some frozen mash and mixed veg with gravy

I don't get to go much now but, every so often I'll get an invite to guest or a social, and nine times out of ten, our mate Ray comes along and he's a top London chef, and some of the food he's cooked us, is just like posh nosh.
We all chip in, he doesn't pay for any of the food or drink as a thank you.

If I knew how to post photos, I'd put some up, amazing food.

In reply to Post #1
depending on how you want to fare on the bank,
taking frozen curry or chilli is ideal as it helps keep fresh meat cold although taking everything frozen to start isnt an issue
day 1 chicken
day 2 pork
day 3 steak / beef
throw in pasta, rice tins of curry , stag chill etc you can live very well indeed.

If you can manage it i would highly recommend ( as many others before me have) a cadac safari chef to really elevate your cuisine on the bank
Happy cooking

Good for 24 to 76 hours this is my daily intake Porridge pot for breakfast a protein bar and a packet of crisps for lunch a few cups of coffee throughout the day with biscuits and a Naked Noodle about 6 oclock in the evening.

Nothing will spoil and when you get home after two days it will be like trying to pass a baked bean tin.

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Have a look at birds eye inspirations frozen chicken curry, tagliatelle and paella. Cheese and ham toasties for lunch. Something out the freezer from home, last weekend was buttered chicken with basmati rice. Bacon baps for breakfast.

All cooked in the Ridge Monkey.

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I tend to batch prepare or freeze down leftovers from home made curries/chillis/spaghetti bolognese etc. I pack them in vacuum sealed bags although resealable ones would work as well. Pack them in a decent coolbox that I leave in my car and take them out each morning. I then place the bag unopened in a pan of boiling water, add some pasta or boil in the bag rice. Once the rice or pasta is boiled the main will also be warmed through thoroughly. When ready just cut or open the bag and pour over the rice or pasta etc. This way the saucepan remains clean and doesn't need cleaning.

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48 hours id just take stuff in a cool bag mate, I take steak and burgers all sorts and they been fine in a cool bag for within that time scale, even take some frozen stuff to thaw out for the second night if you wish. Theres a tescos up the road from most places if you run low. I have a spares bag in the car with Stewed steak in a tin and some potatos in a tin will do you one nights meal as well. Extra water and drinks and tinned stuff, biscuits and a pot noodle incase you get the munchies dont forget spare gas

My diet on the bank consists of porridge pots, chicken or pork and salad for dinner and chicken curry or stir fry for tea . Bit of fruit and some nuts and a shed load of tea . Keeps me motivated

I find Aldi a great one stop shop and keep it all fresh In a coolbox kept in the van

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I'm much the same as everyone else food wise tbh... I rarely do three nights....mostly one but sometimes two.
But let's say it was a three nighter.... breakfast is porridge pots, weetabix (warm milk if it's chilly) or maybe sausage sandwiches on the first morning..... or if sausage are taken frozen they may make it to second morning if weather isn't too hot. Bananas and lemon or fruit pancakes as snacks through the day (generally don't eat lunch whilst fishing... but keep plenty of snacky bits to keep going until dinner).
As for evening meals, probably a steak with mushrooms and onions in a wrap/roll with some salad the first night... bolognaise/chilli/curry/meatballs in sauce/ ginger chicken in sauce (taken frozen) with pasta or rice the second night and tbh for the last night for years my go to meal has been pasta with one of those dolmio type stir in sauces in the tubs..... they don't need to be kept chilled so nice and easy - I have a small click top air tight tub which will hold enough pasta and the sauce along with a tub of pepper to season...sits nicely in the corner of my cool bag....I call it my “meal in a tub”. Small saucepan with folding handle along with ridge monkey are all I take to cook in - incidentally occasionally take a couple of the small Chicago town pizzas as a change to cook in the ridge monkey....again taken frozen with maybe a few chips or wedges.
5 litres of water in water butt and a few litres spare in the car along with spare gas. 👍🏻

A good few years back during the hot summer months, I got fed up with keeping food fresh etc on week long sessions.So I went onto a regime of salad butties, cheese and tomato or onion, ham salad etc with big wodges of salad cream and I quite enjoyed it. Also it was pleasant not to have to mess about cooking. There was something therapeutic about dicing things up and preparing it all to make a butty.

Keep meaning to do it again but the thought of Indians, chinkies, stews, sausage / bacon / egg butties, cheeseburgers etc seem more appealing along with a packet of 4 Cadbury Wispa's for pudding.

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Don't take a cool bag as such for 48hrs or less, normally just take a decent currry, a good curry will last ages due to the spices etc , naan bread , rice etc , easy life. You're firrst night and second you can take a steak or something , food does not go off that quickly but i am not that OCD about stuff , i aint dead yet.

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Tinned corned beef potatoes packs of lard not actually that difficult to cook

In reply to Post #19
Spices etc won't stop things like listeria. A cool box or bag is essential in the warmer months, allsorts of nasties can be growing on your food and you won't ever know until you get ill

In reply to Post #1
Depends on how light I want to go,
If I want to mega light I'll live of peanuts and cashews. In winter or if I want a comfy session I'll normally go with a barbecue one night ribs or wing normally and burgers and pastys
I use to make proper posh meals but now I just cant be bothered

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Can you put up a bigger picture, not getting all the detail

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I probably could but in the heat of summer not sure I fancy a 3 day old sandwich that hasn't been in a cool box or bag

In reply to Post #26
Thanks lads for all the advice ended taking a couple of fresh bits and bobs for the first evening.

Thanks for the advice on the tinned food. Went to Tesco and found there own Stockwell home brand chicken curry, expected that to be crap but tried it home and it's good. On the bank just added a packet rice and it made a cracking meal.

Bought some other tinned bits as well such as steak in gravy to have with some new potatoes, fingers crossed it's just as good.

Josh shepz... Jesus that's a hell of set up!

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A tinned curry and packet rice from Aldi or Lidl is decent and can be kept for months un-refrigerated

I would never dream of going more than 24 hours without a good quality cool bag or cool box to keep in the car or in my swim

I always freeze my 2 litre bottles of water instead of ice packs keeps my food and bait safe from the heat and we all know beer and water tastes better ice cold on a hot day

Just got 5 pot noodles 50p each from Asda.
Say what you want I like em!

I spend more time worrying about what I'm going to eat for 48hrs then anything else
Normally have a bean chilli for 1st night (make batches of it and freeze it down)
scrambled egg and smoke salmon for breakfast
decent soup for lunch
tuna fillet and salad fro evening
museli for last brekkie
sandwich later on
and more sweets then is normally good for me
Love working out what Im going to eat as much as anything else

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Left over mutton & rice my missus family is from Barbados 🇧🇧and showed me how to cook it before so done me & my brother some and took rest with me today along with 2 corn on the cob,also tomorrow got piri piri steak burgers,onions and lettuce and tomatoes
Breakfast tomorrow I've got pot of oats just add water

If doing longer sessions I think it's essential to get yourself a Martin May cooker. They seem to produce the best of bankside cuisine. They run best on beer.

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I'll second that Andy, bloody good bit of kit

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Thirded

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Seem to have missed out Harefield kebabs, an essential 👍