Camping Food Storage

Robert asks…

we enjoy camping and fishing.we are looking for a ss stackable food storage do you have any ideas?

our friends found theirs at a flea market or a yard sale.

Sonny answers:

Try eBay they have just about everything. I do know what you mean, my mother has one. She got hers from Stan home products. I don't think there around anymore

Mary asks…

Ideal Camping Food's!?

I am going on a school outdoor education camp in Margaret River from Wednesday to Friday, I need to bring and prepare all meals and food myself. I have no access to any cold-storage and "esky's" are prohibited, although cooler bags are allowed. I need to bring my own packed lunch (i.e. cannot cook at campsite) for Lunches during activities, any ideas would be great

I also don't mind vegetarian meals, and can protein bars substitute for meal replacements?

Thanks, Tim
Also, I have access to both Camp-Fire and Trangia Cooking, but also I am not allowed to bring Can's, do they have baked beans in packets?

Sonny answers:

Freeze dried foods, all you need is warm water to rehydrate the food, after that you need to only cook the food if necessary, you can even buy freeze dried ice cream, imagine that!

Jenny asks…

How to keep food fresh when camping in summer?

Canned food is never a worry, but other food that I want to bring - oranges/bananas/bread/dry cereal - these things can be kept well for a while without a refrigerator, but surely they would go bad/yucky in heat (temp can sometimes rise here to 100 F, but that's a freak day, usually summer 80-90. Still, that's pretty hot, and I'd like to camp for several days. The car is even worse because heat builds up with the glass (and it's black). I had an idea to dig a hole and make an improvised 'storage pantry' - in the ground, in a shady area. Just dig like a foot or two down, wide enough for the food and keep it covered with a improvised wooden cover - would that work? Or does the earth absorb a lot of heat? Of course I could just check by burying a thermometer and checking it after a while. What do you guys and gals think of the idea? Or do you have a better solution? (using coolers and ice bags isn't really an option either, it would only last for a bit, and I want to make a rather long trip)

Sonny answers:

I do a lot of desert camping as well, Start with a quality ice chest one that keeps items as cold as long as possible some state that they can keep ice up to 3-5days in 90* temps these would be a good choice. Next there are a couple of options, Keeping the chest covered in the shade and throwing a thick wet blanket over it or burying it in a spot that is well shaded 24/7. Burying it does work well as ground temps in the shade can stay below 60* any sun though and ground temps can rise to hotter than the air up to 160* and cook you food. So then it's a matter of convenience digging up the chest when you want a cold one or remembering to wet down the blanket.

Now some folks use Dry ice and get added days of cold storage the one problem here is that Dry ice expands as it dissolves and if the chest is sealed tight it will crack and pop any seams. That's why I used the wet blanket method. I now camp in an rv and power up the generator and have no problems at all.

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