Full Description
Moveable Feastsa unique guidebook to optimal nutrition and camp cooking for anyone who wants to cook or eat outdoors. So whether you're a seasoned mountaineer, backpacker, paddler, mountain biker, adventure racer or completely new to the outdoor life; whether you're camping on an official site or in the wild; whether you're competing, hanging out with mates, or exploring with the family, there's something here for you. Presented in two parts, Moveable Feasts is all you need to plan your catering for your next camping trip, whatever your camping style. Part one is crammed with practical advice in 10 chapters on topics such as: nutrition, camp cooking equipment, water storage and treatment, camp larder basics, packing, storing and transporting food, running your camp kitchen, camping with children and sourcing wild and seasonal foods. Part two describes nearly a hundred easy-to-follow recipes for nutritious, mouth-watering camp meals - snacks, main meals, puddings, cakes and drinks - that will fuel you well into the next day's action.And there's an index to help you find the high-energy, lightweight, child-friendly, vegetarian, prepare-at-home or super-quick recipe options.
Contents
Why this book? PART ONE; Chapter 1; Food and the Great Outdoors; Camping in the UK; Food and Performance; Keeping Campers Happy; Chapter 2; Essentials of Nutrition - What Your Body Does with Food; Food Groups; Digestive Physiology; Special Diets; Chapter 3; Equipment; Stoves; Fuels; Fire Starters; Cookware; Cooking Utensils; Eating Ware; Useful Ancillaries; Travelling Light, or Everything but the Kitchen Sink? Chapter 4; Water and Drinking; Where Does It All Go? Dehydration; Water Sources; Waterborne Diseases; Water Treatments; Carrying and Storing Water; Going Without - a Lightweight Solution? Chapter 5; The Camp Larder; A-Z of Great Foods and Ingredients; Long-life Foods; Chapter 6; Packing, Storage and Transportation; Reusable Packaging; Disposable Packaging; Recycled Packaging; Packing Food in Your Rucksack; Storing Food in Camp; Chapter 7; The Camp Kitchen; Setting Up; Hygiene and Washing Up; Rubbish Disposal; Cooking in the Dark; Cooking in Bad Weather; Cooking at Altitude; Shelters for Cooking; Open Fires; Chapter 8; Wild, Local and Seasonal Food; Wild Foods; Buying Local; Buying Seasonal; Fresh Fish; Shellfish; Collecting Wild Plant Foods; Chapter 9; Camping a la Carte; Duke of Edinburgh's Award Expeditions; Adventure Racing, Mountain Marathons and other Endurance Events; Longer Expeditions; Camping with Children; Large Groups; Chapter 10; Saving the Day: Mistakes, Mishaps and Misfortunes; Illnesses; Accidents; Culinary Mishaps; PART TWO; Weights and Measures; Recipes; Hot Breakfasts; Snacks, Soups, Side Dishes and Starters; Main Meals; Puddings, Cakes and Sweet Treats; Drinks; FURTHER INFORMATION; INDEX
