Just add water?

[shortymcsteve]

Do any of you know any good 'Just Add Water' mixes to take outdoors?

I was looking for a just add water muffin mix but it seems we don't have any in the UK! The main company that sells all the other just add water baking mixes seem to have the same stuff here as in the US minus the muffin mix which is a little strange.
Would love to try muffin mix in a billycan, ive saw it done before in a UScanteen cup.
Does anyone know anything similar?
Would be nice if a few of you could share your easy make meals, im trying to come up with new stuff to take out apart from soup & super noodles.

 

[Samon]

instant mash potato.. you can even add gravy powder to pimp it up a little.

you could try making a type of hobo corn pone, corn flour + powdered milk + semalina powder + powdered egg + water.. cooked in a skillet or cooking pan of some kind.

also.. powdered egg and powdered milk are great for outdoor cooking, you could add them to your flour before you leave so when it's cooking time all you need to do is add water and cook.

 

[Toddy]

Lot of folks mix their own and bag it before they go
Makes life easy, and you know the portion sizes too.
I usually mix up the dry stuff for scones, cheese scones, tattie scones, herby doughballs, and a tomato, onion and herb bannock mix that makes great pizza base or bannock for soup or stew.
I don't do them too far in advance because I use 'real' fat, i.e. butter and cheese, and they can go foosty if left in mixes.
Commercial ones use hydrogenated fats and the like.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Hugo]

I agree with toddy.
Making up your own is easy, and you know what's in it as regards to unhealthy food in shop bought stuff.

 

[rik_uk3]

This
http://www.bettycrocker.co.uk/product_detail.aspx?range=2

Tesco sell it.

 

[Harvestman]

Orgran falafel mix. Excellent fried as small veggie burgers. Very filling too. Nicknamed toxic waste in my family, because of the bilious yellow-green colour it goes, but once fried it is really nice.

I'm not a vegetarian, I just happen to like this.

 

[shortymcsteve]

instant mash potato.. you can even add gravy powder to pimp it up a little.

you could try making a type of hobo corn pone, corn flour + powdered milk + semalina powder + powdered egg + water.. cooked in a skillet or cooking pan of some kind.

also.. powdered egg and powdered milk are great for outdoor cooking, you could add them to your flour before you leave so when it's cooking time all you need to do is add water and cook.

Thanks, never used powdered egg before so will have to give that a try. I would use real eggs but the chances of them breaking while stores in a rucksack is too high

This
http://www.bettycrocker.co.uk/product_detail.aspx?range=2

Tesco sell it.

Yes! this is what i was after. No one sells it around here but we have everything except a tesco. Shall try tesco express! thanks.

Orgran falafel mix. Excellent fried as small veggie burgers. Very filling too. Nicknamed toxic waste in my family, because of the bilious yellow-green colour it goes, but once fried it is really nice.

I'm not a vegetarian, I just happen to like this.

Oh, not familiar even with falafel but thats a smart idea turning it into a burger, might have to give that a go. Thanks.



ToddY & Hugo, thanks! Have saw people do this before and seems like a smart idea, when people start adding egg and such into the mix tho i would get worried, wont egg dry up/soak into a dry mix?

 

[Toddy]

What do you need egg for ?
There's none in tattie scones, or doughballs or bannock or pizza base, and if you want it in scones just use the egg replacer powder that is sold for vegetarian recipes

If you really want eggs, take them in one of the wee rigid egg boxes; they're surprisingly sound.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Pandabean]

Dont use the "just add water" korma. Tried it one time while out and it was horrible.

The only thing I take with me sometimes is bannock mix that I make up at home and mix with water in the field.

 

[British Red]

I would use real eggs but the chances of them breaking while stores in a rucksack is too high

Put your flour in a tupperware box. Bury the eggs in the flour. Almost unbreakable.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Put your flour in a tupperware box. Bury the eggs in the flour. Almost unbreakable.

Or wrap your bacon rashers round them, or put them in with your porridge oats; with any similar dry goods. If you put them in those little grip-seal parts bags, if they do get broken, they are still contained. Alternatively, break half a dozen egs into a nalgene bottle and carry them that way - they'll be good for a day or two, possibly a bit longer.

 

[santaman2000]

What do you need egg for ?...

For the Corn Pone recipe Samon gave. Eggs are in almost all forms of cornbread (Cornbread, corn pones, johnny cakes, hoe cakes, hush puppies, etc.) whether it's made from corn flour (rarely) or corn meal (usually)

 

[Samon]

For the Corn Pone recipe Samon gave. Eggs are in almost all forms of cornbread (Cornbread, corn pones, johnny cakes, hoe cakes, hush puppies, etc.) whether it's made from corn flour (rarely) or corn meal (usually)

haha the corn meal is a bugger to get though! couldn't find it in any of the local super markets..

 

[British Red]

You can you know - its just called polenta

 

[santaman2000]

You can you know - its just called polenta

Yep. Italian grits (polenta) are made from cornmeal rather than hominy.

 

[Samon]

Ooh! Did not know that, thanks dudes!

The pone is a good easy recipe at home too, very nice!

 

[Toddy]

tesco sell it as cornmeal in among the 'foreign' foods section. It comes in four grades, and either yellow or white.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Samon]

I managed to get the polenta corn meal today, stupid co op has very limited stock.

anothre just add water food.. custard powder! haha nothing fancy but a good source of sugar...

 

[bilmo-p5]

.. custard powder! haha nothing fancy but a good source of sugar...

Add a cake bar or 2 and make it fancy!