Food for Motorhome

[Jenka]

Perhaps some have misunderstood me , I never was good with words

I will buy and eat fresh food in France which is all part of the adventure
What I’m asking about is long life food as a backup
That can be stowed away in case of emergency

France is expensive these days ,I would fill the freezer with meat and take your first few days veg etc and a couple of days emergency food supplies like tinned potatoes and veg and if you like fray bentos ! But these days you will struggle to fine the processed meat in the pie! ?

 

[Rob Hammond]

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[Scotch mist]

France is expensive these days ,I would fill the freezer with meat and take your first few days veg etc and a couple of days emergency food supplies

Good point , thanks

 

[Scotch mist]

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[Gaston aires]

Longtime since we tried to anticipate food. Enough for a few days at the most. M &S tinned curries.mmm. Rice pasta etc. Buy daily locally.
Helps to have downsized to a pvc as well. Plenty of Aldi and Lidl about. French markets good but v expensive.
Phil

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[The general]

I am rather partial to porridge ! For my 55 road trip to Scandinavia

 

[sueandjohn]

We always pack something to make 2 meals -ever since at a weekend we discovered France closes at night and we only had a pack of custard creams . We always have coffee mate in case the milk goes off

 

[denisejoe]

We take plenty of teabags, French ones are horrible and very expensive! We also take long life skimmed milk as they don't seem to sell skimmed at all; we always take pasta, Arborio and brown rice.

We keep some teabags and milk plus the rice & pasta and a couple of tins of each beans, tomatoes, mixed beans and a small jar of Marmite. Also take salt, pepper, mustard and sauces.

Usually take a frozen meal or two for the first couple of days.

Hope your MH arrives in time for your holiday.

 

[davidbaldam]

Only pack the food stuff you can’t live without, one of the joys of Motorhoming is getting in the Markets and shops as well as eating out.

 

[Allanm]

You can get everything in France, including marmite, weetabix cheddar cheese and Yorkshire tea bags in Leclerc and other supermarkets, although anything specifically British is likely to be a bit more expensive.
fresh fruit and veg is usually better in the markets.
if course you could try eating wholly French food while your away, some of it is quite tasty......

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[Allanm]

We take plenty of teabags, French ones are horrible and very expensive! We also take long life skimmed milk as they don't seem to sell skimmed at all

Agree on the teabags but every supermarket will sell long life skimmed milk. It’s called écremé.

 

[DBK]

Good point , thanks

Shop in Lidl or Aldi and prices are very similar to UK and probably cheaper if you are careful. Carrefour can be expensive but they do have a good choice. Intermarche are our usual choice if a Lidl doesn't jump out at us. The disadvantage of the budget shops is you can't usually buy some vegetable loose so you end up with big back of potatoes etc.

 

[Hils and Glenns]

France is expensive these days

It is! France is very expensive for meat. I think the French must exist on sausages. So we pack our freezer with meat and salmon which is also extortionate.
Just wondering how many of the people on this thread who are recommending not bothering to bring anything from home actually do any cooking?
When you are the one that does, having a handy sauce just makes life so much easier. Because I bring this stuff with me doesn't mean I'm unwilling to eat indigenous stuff. I love a variety of cuisines.
It can become very expensive to buy herbs and spices when you only need a pinch and you need several. Seems a waste to buy more when you've got lots of the stuff at home. For the same reason when we leave home I just transfer everything in the house fridge into the van fridge. The number of times we've arrived in a country and it has been a holiday has taught me not assume we will be able to shop as soon as we arrive.

 

[Scotch mist]

You can get everything in France, including marmite, weetabix cheddar cheese and Yorkshire tea bags in Leclerc and other supermarkets, although anything specifically British is likely to be a bit more expensive.
fresh fruit and veg is usually better in the markets.
if course you could try eating wholly French food while your away, some of it is quite tasty......

I don’t want to eat British food when I’m away , trying local food is a must for me , maybe not
The wife thought lol

 

[Rob Hammond]

Long life milk ?

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[The Dudess]

It is! France is very expensive for meat. I think the French must exist on sausages. So we pack our freezer with meat and salmon which is also extortionate.
Just wondering how many of the people on this thread who are recommending not bothering to bring anything from home actually do any cooking?
When you are the one that does, having a handy sauce just makes life so much easier. Because I bring this stuff with me doesn't mean I'm unwilling to eat indigenous stuff. I love a variety of cuisines.
It can become very expensive to buy herbs and spices when you only need a pinch and you need several. Seems a waste to buy more when you've got lots of the stuff at home. For the same reason when we leave home I just transfer everything in the house fridge into the van fridge. The number of times we've arrived in a country and it has been a holiday has taught me not assume we will be able to shop as soon as we arrive.

Spot on!

 

[138go]

I make a few ready meals and freeze them in foil dishes. You can get quite a few in our small freezer. I usually do lasagne, curry, shepherds pie and fish pie. When you’ve had a long day travelling it’s great to shove a ready meal in the oven and have your dinner on the table without having to do anything.

As far as supplies go, we carry a few tins like tuna, corned beef, soup, baked beans. We have some boil in the bag rice, some pasta and always plenty of salad cream.

Mrs QFour

 

[tap6699]

Would you not take a supply of Tunnock’s Teacakes and Caramel Wafers, you could probably swap them for whole cases of wine, tanks of fuel or even a small vineyard. Love Tunnocks

 

[Reallyretired]

Swmbo takes loads of stuff for emergency, most of which we bring back. Food shops in France put ours to shame. But we do take loads of teabags and dogfood. The dogfood is heavy but our two know what they like and one is gluten intolerant so its worth it, anyway most is eaten on the return and the weight replaced by wine.
We don't take cheese as the cheese "selection" at our local supermarkets is just embarrassing.
We do take bacon as hard to find in France but not in Spain. There cannot be worse sausages anywhere in the world than the standard UK ones so we definitely don't take them.

 

[denisejoe]

Agree on the teabags but every supermarket will sell long life skimmed milk. It’s called écremé.

Only ever seen whole milk and Demi ecreme

Denise

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[Jimbohorlicks]

You can't buy fray Bentos tinned pies anywhere in France, they are available in Iceland Benidorm but at twice the price. They are great for levelling out the van.

 

[Kelsae2]

We have boil in bag rice, long grain rice, jars sauces, teabags, always in the van.
We found after our 1st trip to France that fresh chicken was very expensive, so a trip to Costco is done and we bag up the fillets in 2 per bag and freeze them.
You are quite right that eating out is a great experience when away, we have had some really good meals out in France.
Enjoy your trip.

 

[gus-lopez]

You will find minced beef eye-wateringly expensive if you are into that too.

But cheap enough in spain & Uk that I buy it for the dog as it's cheaper than dog food.
I carry a tin of corned beef. + pot noodles(spanish)

Only ever seen whole milk and Demi creme.

Denise

Carrefour had them all last week. I only look as they have a completely differnt colour scheme to all other supermarkets with red = full cream
blue= semi -skimmed &
green = skimmed.

 

[DBK]

Only ever seen whole milk and Demi creme.

Denise

Google photos is astonishing. I remember taking this photo but couldn't remember when. I just searched for "lait" and up it popped. Spooky.

 

[denisejoe]

That's semi skimmed not skimmed!

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[Wildbill]

We only carry beans and sausage in tomato sauce lots of them the rest of the stuff we can eat but jay he is so picky but i did get him to eat pasta yesterday as its all there was and he hadn't eaten for a full day and was fed up of tins of beans and sausage
bill

 

[Griffithii]

I took tea, herbs and spices which live in the MoHo.We usually have an emergency tin of cassoulet.When we encountered the emergency of both the restaurants near the site being closed I opened that tin.It was only then I realised it was actually confit duck! Delicious, but rather rich with only half a loaf of bread to go with and a lot of duck fat left over.

 

[bigtwin]

Long life milk always useful

I tend to agree with Rob Hammond:

Long life milk ?

I’m not sure if Long life milk is always useful but, IMHO, it is always sh*te! ?

Ian

 

[Spriddler]

I only carry enough for 2 days emergency rations, mostly tinned curry and boil in the bag rice, plus the salt,pepper, HP sauce condiment stuff and loads of tea bags. Basic speech doesn't return until my 3rd morning brew.
When my sons were 7 and 11 we sailed long passages offshore and I always had 'Coastguard Stew' in store for a quick meal; tin of stewed steak, tin of peas, tin of pots, tin of carrots. Chuck it all in one pot when under way, stir in a bit of curry powder and serve. Perfect for a cold, wet tired crew. Forty years on I have the same in my m/h and one of the 'lads' still keeps the same in his caravan and the other on his own boat now.
We all love the nutty flavour of semi-slimmed Longlife. I always use it at home.
Oh, and food shopping abroad is one of the pleasures to which I look forward every trip.

 

[ryan_flea]

Sorted...hot or cold.. use tin empty for boiling hot water. Take plenty of tea bags ?

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