What's in your cooler???

[Keno]

Well.. I may not be going to texas faires this year but when I have to pack and cook for the group (and my friends group since I wake up before their cook)  I bring two coolers of need to be cold food, one with room temp foods and some home canned pre-made stew and fruits, jams.  I like to cook..

[Breandan]

I have a fridge, microwave, and a small stove, so I just bring normal food for me, and TV dinners for the wife, since they're one of the few things she can keep down with the morning sickness

[batninja]

Thoughts from an old Eagle Scout...

Although I'm going to attempt a Dutch oven shepherd's pie (if I can a decent recipe), Friday night is usually tin-foil dinners, prepared the previous evening at home, served with beans and bread. 

Saturday morning is sausage/egg/cheese breakfast burritos.  Onions are chopped and cheese is grated earlier in the week.

Saturday night is Sloppy Joes.  I prepare the mix and meat earlier in the week and freeze it.  Drunks are generally not good in the kitchen, so I try to keep Saturday night simple.  Chips, cheese and crackers round out the menu.

I rarely stay to go back into the festival on Sundays, so it's Pop-Tarts and fruit, just something to munch on while breaking camp. 

I have a large plastic bin for dry foods, including snacks, crackers, and the like.  In addition to the food mentioned above, I pack bottled water and juice, milk, beer and hearty amounts of Dr. Pepper.

[Lady Laura]

Speaking of plastic bins, we started using these for our dry food and kitchen supplies, and our clothes in our tents. They're easy to pack and keep everything VERY tidy and dry! 

[midnightferret]

Food cooler Halloween Weekend:
I think Morgana's bringing meatloaf this year.
ingredients for scratch biscuits and sausage gravy
loaf of homemade honey oat bread
little smokeys with cheese in 'em
cheeses of some kind
crackers
Period Shortbread
chips, dip, condiments and sundries

Drink Cooler Halloween Weekend:
50-100 bottles of homemade beer: Honey Kolsch and 1492 Pale Ale
Cider, water, gatorade, sodas, and sundries

I dunno about the other weekends yet!

[Sir Smithwick]

Great responce to this post.  Friday is looking like steak instead of chops and backed potatos with maybe a salaid.  Saturday is looking like burgers because my drunk behind will only be able to cook this simple meal.  Keep the ideas coming my menu is not set in stone.  What I really like to cook is some lamb for myself <the rest of my group is not interested in this> or if anyone has a different idea please post it would like to hear other ideas.

[CahirDochartaigh]

We generally come equipped with three coolers.

Two for intoxicating beverages, one for food.

Our Clann Braggot is coming across superbly - year three of tweaking the recipe (thanks to us having a professional brewer in the group)

We've got two Loki's in the works - Gingerbread, and Pumpkin Spice

We always bring at least one bottle of Powers Irish Whiskey

We all bring sixers of whatever odd brew strikes our fancy. Barleywines are ALWAYS included.

Then we fill the rest with whatever cheap beverages we can find. Usually the almighty HIGH LIFE in the "special edition" (ha!) camo can.

In the past we've always had wine on hand, but since this year we've been allowed a "guys only" trip by the significant others - we'll probably skip out on vino.

For food we're going for a hardy beef stew on friday night. Breakfast burritos Saturday morning. Lunch in the Faire. Dinner of brats, beef, bread, cheese, and hopefully beer can chicken. Nothing fancy. Everything hardy.

Sunday we'll strike camp and probably head for the nearest grease-joint to help comfort our hangovers.

This is one of the best threads yet, btw! 

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

Heineken!!  lots of Heineken!!

[Hercules]

Heineken!!  lots of Heineken!!

Gotta be careful with your Heine....someone always comes along and grabs it. 

[grizintx]

We have several food coolers, Friday night is for left over smoked brisket, turkey and pulled pork
Sat is breakfast burritos sat nght is Irish stew in bread bowls and sun morning is a bit of a smorgasbord.
The other several coolers will be filled to overflowing with beers of the world and a Guinness Keg this year.
Anther cooler w/ dry ice in it for jager, rumple, and peton. 

[Aiacha]

Sat is breakfast burritos sat nght is Irish stew in bread bowls and sun morning is a bit of a smorgasbord.

Where do you get your bread bowls?

[JimsDana]

H.E.B. has the right size and texture, but Randal's has some nice ones that have the tops precut.

[Aiacha]

H.E.B. has the right size and texture, but Randal's has some nice ones that have the tops precut.

Hmmm.  Thankee!  There is something I've been wanting to re-create from Pennsic (fyi - chicken alfredo in a bread bowl) but have been unable to without proper breadbowls.  I'm going to have to take a look...

[JimsDana]

Sounds good!
Is there any way to brush garlic butter inside the bread then give it a toast?
A little extra Alfredo to soak through!!!
Need go just made myself hungry!!!

[brooke]

Wow!  I need to come and camp with some of you folks, your coolers are way better stocked than ours! 

We have beer, champagne, oj (can't live without a good mimosa), sandwich fixins, hot dogs.

I may have to request an upgrade on our dinner menu!