Howard, If you don't mind cooking, but just don't like the cooler option, you can order items through REI which has a full?line of dried foods.? I don't like the cooler option either, but the alternative is even worse, so I make the best of it.? I freeze jugs of water a few days before my sailing weekend and use them as my ice source, and as they melt, they provide nice cold water for those hot afternoons!!? Skip -----Original Message----- From: Conbert H. Benneck <chbenneck@sbcglobal.net> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2009 10:49 am Subject: Re: M_Boats: No Ice Food Options Howard Audsley wrote:?
The recent (No. 59) edition of Small Craft Advisor had a couple > articles of interest to me.? ? One was Jerry's discussion of interior layouts ...........sleeping in > the cockpit is doable in a lot of places, but anchored out in a > mosquito infested backwater during a downpour so hard you can't see > the front of the boat will give you an appreciation for a > comfortable, dry berth down below!? ? The other was Jan Nicolaisen's article on food options for long term > cruising without ice. He presented some interesting and creative > options, but unachievable in a lot of places. Short of a health food > store or making your own, I don't know where you are going to find > whole grain, sour dough rye, buttermilk powder or any nut butters > other than peanut. Nothing like that is stocked in our stores, and I > doubt you will find stuff like that in the little food stores in small > towns along the cruising grounds. I will resort to eating mustard on > cabbage on St. Patrick's Day, but that's about it.? ? So what interesting food options do you folks use that does not > require refrigeration? I already carry sardines and crackers, red > wine, rum (straight from the bottle), etc. I have not yet succumbed to > warm beer and the water I'm in is warm enough to swim in unless you go > deep, so beer would not appear to be an option (at least for me). > I've switched from butter to extra light olive oil. I can eat SPAM, > but not the whole can at once.? ? So I still lug around a 48 quart Igloo cooler, and it's in the way all > the time. If I could throw that overboard, it would be a relief.? ? Any ideas?? ? ? _______________________________________________? http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats? ? Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!? ? Hi Howard,? ? For starters:? ? cans of tuna fish (or the new pouches which I think are even smaller in quantity than are the cans)? ? canned spaghetti / or similar product? ? try a camping out fitters such as EMI, or Cabela's and see what sort of provisions they have that don't require refrigeration. The hunters / fishermen / backpackers all have the same problems.? ? Connie? ? _______________________________________________? http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats? ? Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!?