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Hey guys! First post and all that. I'm 18 and going to bonnaroo with my boyfriend and my best friend. We're sharing a tent, but the one thing we don't share is our eating habits. Me ?and my best friend are mostly vegetarian, and my boyfriend is a carnivore to the corwe. We plan on bringing hot dogs, canned beans and soups, snack foods, and veggieburgers. Can you guys think of anything else that could be pretty awesome to bring?
It really depends on how much you want to cook. I've cooked a couple of meals each year I've gone, and clean up is a pain. I'm not cooking anything this year and taking plenty of snack foods. My favorites for Roo are pb and j, breakfast cereal, lunch meats, and chips. Whatever kind of fruit you like is good too. Anything that takes little prep is good for Bonnaroo. I really like to save as much money as possible and bring my own food and beverages. The only thing I'm cooking this year is coffee. That's a necessity for me.
Post by jambandjohn on May 9, 2005 20:05:35 GMT -5
My advice - cook nothing! Finger foods are the way to go at the Roo. We brought lots of muffins, cookies, mixed nuts, dried and fresh fruit, jerky, etc. Pretty much anything that didn't required much preparation or clean-up. You're there for the tunes, not kitchen duty. You'll probably be at the venue during the dinner hour anyways, let the vendors cook and clean for you!
Just be sure to bring ALOT of stuff to drink, seriously....
Don't forget skin fruit -- oranges, bananas, grapefruits -- which can all be tossed in your cooler. No worry if the water's less than fresh; you'll peel the skin and have a spankin' clean bite of fruit.
I also love the snack-size bags of chips. It's never too hot (or too early) for chee-tos.
Sounds like some nice food Kittiroo. A lot of folks espouse the "don't cook anything" ideal, I for one like to do a nice grill. Those 5 day coolers do a good job of keeping the food cool enough to be safe (provided you add enough ice or even better, frozen bottled water). I always bring a mini-weber grill to the fests, throw some coals on, enjoy some dogs or burgers! Canned food is good too when you don't want to be bothered, just remember the opener.
Post by BlueIndian on May 13, 2005 17:00:59 GMT -5
Chips and salsa are nice. Food that you can make before hand are good also, i.e., potato salad, chicken salad, etc. That way it's in the cooler and already "made". An idea that I'm doing this year is making gallon jugs of sweet tea and freezing. They will thaw and be good and cool during the day. I had major caffine withdrawls last year -- forgot to bring any. Gonna fix that before we leave this year!
Chips and salsa are nice. Food that you can make before hand are good also, i.e., potato salad, chicken salad, etc. That way it's in the cooler and already "made". An idea that I'm doing this year is making gallon jugs of sweet tea and freezing. They will thaw and be good and cool during the day. I had major caffine withdrawls last year -- forgot to bring any. Gonna fix that before we leave this year!
Any food prep you can do before Roo is helpful. The first year, I cooked some pork barbecue. Last year I browned ground beef at home for chilli (which was fantastic during the rain). That's a really good idea about making and freezing tea. Someone on the listserv is doing the same with coffee so she can have iced coffee in the morning. I usually enjoy cooking when I'm camping, but at Roo I try to simplify as much as possible.
Post by ClarkGriswold on May 15, 2005 13:31:15 GMT -5
This is my standard Bonnaroo camp food list that has worked for me in the past; maybe it’ll stimulate some ideas. A couple of rotisserie cooked whole chickens cut into halves and placed in zip lock storage bags, three or four packs of vacuum wrap smoked salmon, a loaf of French bread cut into smaller portions, a pound of Gouda cheese, mayonnaise, a pound of grapes, five or six oranges, trail mix, beef jerky, cereal, a couple jugs of sweeten tea and coffee. I usually divide most things up into one serving size zip lock storage bags to make it fast and convenient at meal times. For the ice chest items, I double up the zip lock storage bags so as to keep things dry when the ice melts. That’s about all I take with me. Oh yeah and a fair amount of cash, in case I decide to buy from the venders and leave this stuff in the cooler, which is usually what I end up doing to some extent.
well i happen to be flying in...any advice on what kinda food i should bring as i wont have room for the cooler with all the camping equipment and things of the sort?
Post by ClarkGriswold on May 16, 2005 22:27:40 GMT -5
Leo said:
When's dinner? Leo
Got no schedule Come by anytime, I’ll hook you up! The work you did on your Bonnaroo "Survival" Guide was excellent. We all really appreciate the help. It’s nice to have folks like you on this board. Thank you Leo.
Post by BlueIndian on May 17, 2005 20:03:33 GMT -5
For travel food I would suggest pbj's. crackers with the cheese in the middle. beef jerkey. maybe a backpack of non-perrishables and bring something to cook on? I'm still in wonderment that people are able to fly in with camping stuff, never knew that you could do that. Maybe you know someone that is driving that you could meet up with and have them cart your food for you? We did that last year with my cousin. We had everything, she just flew in/shuttled with her suitcase. Just an idea.
Post by photographer on Jun 1, 2005 18:22:17 GMT -5
There's been some good advice. Plenty of snacks and plenty of water. Some bags of chips will make you thirsty but a good way to remind yourself you need water. lots and lots of water. Force yourself to drink, last year it got hot and you need to stay hydrated. I suggested it on another forum get some plastic milk jugs and water bottles and fill them with water and freeze them. Keep your cooler cold and it won't leak and make everthing wet. When it does thaw it's just more cold water to drink. Check out last years Bonnaroo photos at www.larrysafko.com We got our press credetials again this year and will be trying to cover the whole 700 acres.
An abbreviated grocery list for my step brother & myself (off the top of my head):
-Baby Wipes -Toilet Paper -Paper Plates -3 cases of water (24 to a case) -2 twelvers of Diet Coke -4 cases of beer (Bud Select, Coors Light, PBR...ya know, stuff that goes down easy in the heat, heh) -1 large bottle of some off brand vodka -1 bottle of bloody mary mix -1 fifth of Jack Daniels -2 six packs of V8 -Plenty of pasta to cook up and toss in ziploc freezer bags -Lots of granola bars (not too chocolatey, that mess don't fly in the TN heat) -3 ginormous bags of assorted chips -Morningstar Veggie Dogs -Boca Italian Sausages -Boca Brats -A bunch of canned fruit (those mandarin oranges fuc*ing OWN out there!) -spray butter
Doesn't seem like much, but we ended up bringing home so much crap last year. We figured we'd try to think of stuff we'd ACTUALLY EAT. I ended up eating lots of lot food (grill cheeses, wraps, etc.) and some crap in Centeroo also.
