Favorite S24O Recipes

[Keith P.]

Anyone have a favorite S24O overnight snack or meal?

I would love to hear about it.

I sometimes approach camping meals like a burden to solve rather than a delightful opportunity. Trying to change that.

k.

L.A./The Yay

[Richard Rose]

I am guessing you are asking about meals you cook but I am a big fan of Packit Gourmet. In particular their Texas State Fair Chili on arrival to camp & their West Memphis Grits for early breakfast b4 breaking camp. I take fig bars & a flask of bourbon for around the campfire & a couple of oranges to have with the grits. And of course, coffee. This is pretty much my standard Sub24 menu. Last time out someone brought some beautiful baklava which I must now include always. It might sound crazy but I look forward to each of these items.

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On Apr 9, 2025, at 8:27 PM, Keith P. <keith...@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone have a favorite S24O overnight snack or meal?

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[Ben Miller]

I haven't done too much bike camping, done some but not much. But I have done a lot of camping and a lot of cooking. What I can tell you is this: camp cook what you like to cook at home.

Now if you're some fancy pastry chef and need a bunch of fancy equipment and steps to achieve your opus magnus, well I'm not talking about that. And likely if you are that chef, you don't make that for yourself at home anyways. No, I'm talking about that guilty pleasure you crave and make for yourself, just for yourself. Now, no pre-packaged "gourmet" what-have-you knows you and isn't going to get it right, though you can't rule out they'll get close and you can just riff on that. Maybe that works? But usually it's easier to start from the base components. 

The other thing about camp cooking is your setup. Obviously you're not bringing the kitchen sink, but what are you bringing? Your kit determines what you can cook. Do you have a heat source? What kind? Bowls? Knives? etc. Your choice of what kit to bring effects what you can make. 

Okay, that outta the way, down to brass tacks: what do I do? Well, I always bring either an alcohol stove or a light weight wood burning stove, depending on the conditions and regulations. Either of these is easy enough to bring on a S24O and minimal cost (1000's of videos exist showing you how to DIY your own of either). More expensive options exist (ie Jetboil), but in my opinion your only worse off with those. But that is your choice. As for cookware? Well, that depends on what you're planning in making. Just like at home, you're not going to cook a stew in a frying pan or bake a cake in a stock pot. You want to make a filet mignon on your S24O? Bring a cast iron frying (no, seriously). You want rice and broccoli? Bring a pot with a lid. The only difference is that the pot and frying pan need to be camping size. So again, examples: I like tinned smoked oysters with melted cheddar, and I'm gonna cook those on a small cask iron skillet. I also like steamed beef and broccoli, which I'll cook in something like this. 

Which brings me to my final advice: tinned fish and fresh herbs/vegetables are my secret weapon. Plus cheese; cheese goes with everything. Fresh herbs and vegetables weigh almost nothing and add so much. Historically why they were left out of camping food is they don't last long. But for S24O's? Well they'll last. So bring that basil, cilantro, parsley or whatever. At the very least, doctor up that "gourmet" whatever from REI. Better yet, steam some rice and beef and throw in some hot sauce and cilantro at the end. Or fry up some kipper snacks with cheddar and fresh thyme. 

[Eric Daume]

I’m a dedicated gourmand. My usual backpacking overnight meal is ramen or mac and cheese plus a tuna packet. I’ll add the recipe if needed :)

Eric

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[Minh]

my last trip I felt a little self conscious as my camp meal seemed a little over the top, compared to the sausages / hot dogs that people were grilling on the camp fire (which TBH also looked delicious to me).   but I soon got over it, as other people started to cook.  

personally for me I have two situations, are we going to stop before camp at a store or not.  if we stop at a store I will bring less things, and consider more fresh ingredients like fish / meat.  if not and I have to carry all my food I will make adjustments, but I'm also less worried about strict refrigeration than other folks, that's a personal decision.  these were my meals for my last trip

we stopped at a grocery store a few hours before camp dinner, I acknowledge that keeping raw fish outside of the fridge even on not that hot day may not be to everyone's comfort level.  you could substitute a pre-cooked chicken pack from the store, beef jerky, or go no meat with chick peas.  I cooked this with a single camp stove and 1 pot for boiling water, 1 small camp frying pan, and folding bowl, knife for prep.

dinner:  

Thai red curry with lap cheong (Chinese sausage, can be unrefrigerated), broccoli, red pepper, and cod (bought from store about 3 hours before dinner), minute rice.   the red curry was made with curry paste and coconut milk.

next day breakfast: I brought 2 eggs (packed in the cutoff end of the paper carton), bacon (cooked frozen when packed the morning of), veggies were left over from dinner

breakfast burrito with bacon and egg scramble, with broccoli, red pepper, bacon, wrapped in flour tortilla, ketchup and hot sauce packets

it can be a bit of a rabbit hole, but camp cooking videos on YouTube can give you ideas.  I'm not above short cuts, I think box Mac + cheese with veggies and cut up aidells sausage (which can be out of fridge).  or really any instant noodle, rice, cous-cous side mixed in with veggies and meat can make a great camp meal.   one guy used jiffy cornbread mix (if you mix it with hot water its basically instant grits), cooked shrimp from store, sauteed some mushrooms with a soy sauce packet and had hot bowl of shrimp and grits!

[Brian Turner]

Rarely do I pack anything that I have to actually prepare, or cook. For s24o trips, especially those close to home, I like to purchase a giant burrito from a restaurant, and carry it with me to camp to enjoy later that evening. However, I put a premium on weight and volume for multi-day trips. I'd rather eat along the way, or pack stuff that requires little to no prep and contains little waste. When I discovered the Good To Go meals years ago, that was a real game changer for me... delicious "MRE" type meals that actually are a joy to eat. Just add boiling water. A more recent discovery has been the Walking Tamale brand. I could easily get addicted to those. So simple and easily packable.

Brian

Lexington, KY

[Keith P.]

These are all great suggestions. Thank you, and keep 'em coming!

"cook what you like to cook at home" is good advice.

So is tuna in the mac.

Red Camp Curry sounds like a delicacy I wouldn't have thought of, but can't afford not to try!

k.