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A question about foods for breakfasts while fishing please

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IanB72

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Hi all,
I am fairly newly diagnosed with what I believe to be type 2 but now needing Insulin, since February this year, so I am still getting used to it all.
I am a carp angler who goes fishing for anything up to 7 days, my question is that is there anything I can take to eat for breakfast's that does not include ingredients that may go off if it gets hot, although I have a cool bag it will only keep items cool for a few days, even with 5 or 6 cool blocks.

I usual take fruit like Apples and Banana's and I can cook food, but I do not eat eggs so that puts things like omelets out the question!

Many Thanks
Ian
 
Re: A question about foods for breakfasts while fishing plea

Hi Ian, long sessions are always a problem for keeping fresh foods, I used to solve the problem with a very expensive 7 day freezer/cool box that would keep ice frozen for at least 5 or 6 days, if you are anywhere close to shops you may be able to get fresh ice, easy in the UK but maybe not so easy to get in some European countries. Where are you off to?

Sadly I rarely go fishing any more due to COPD and arthritis but was a very keen carper since the early eighties right up till a couple of years ago when I just found it too hard on my back and respiratory system :(

Good luck anyway :thumbup:
 
Re: A question about foods for breakfasts while fishing plea

Just because it is breakfast, doesn't mean it has to be breakfast type foods. Have you thought about canned meat and fish? Cheese keeps ok out of a fridge.
 
Re: A question about foods for breakfasts while fishing plea

I like the canned meat/fish idea. How about going continental and having salami and sliced cooked meats with sliced cheese. Have it with your fruit. It would all need to be kept cool though. I'd invest in a really good cooler.
Hana
 
Re: A question about foods for breakfasts while fishing plea

Sid Bonkers said:
Hi Ian, long sessions are always a problem for keeping fresh foods, I used to solve the problem with a very expensive 7 day freezer/cool box that would keep ice frozen for at least 5 or 6 days, if you are anywhere close to shops you may be able to get fresh ice, easy in the UK but maybe not so easy to get in some European countries. Where are you off to?

Sadly I rarely go fishing any more due to COPD and arthritis but was a very keen carper since the early eighties right up till a couple of years ago when I just found it too hard on my back and respiratory system :(

Good luck anyway :thumbup:
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Hi Sid,
I go to a lake just outside Diss, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, Called Airfield Lakes.
It is my main lake I fish this season and now and again, when the wife allows me!! lol, I can go for 5 or 6 days at a time, but I usually go for 3 days every fortnight.
The last time I went it was so hot that on the second day the dishes i took had turned, Curry and bolognese,the milk was more like cream :(

My Dad suffers from COPD and I know how it effects him, so yeah trying to get all the gear round the lake would really be hard and painful work for you. I suffer from mild osteoarthritis but till it gets too bad I wont give up, I am far too stubborn! lol
 
Re: A question about foods for breakfasts while fishing plea

hanadr said:
I like the canned meat/fish idea. How about going continental and having salami and sliced cooked meats with sliced cheese. Have it with your fruit. It would all need to be kept cool though. I'd invest in a really good cooler.
Hana
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I like the idea of the meat and fish, but like you say it would need to be kept cool and there lays the problem.
To get a decent cooler they are hard to carry to the lake, especially when we only use what we call a barrow to transport our equipment to our chosen spot which in some cases could be some distance over rough terrain, that is why I try to keep the weight down to a minimum and to get all my gear to my spot in one go,I know this sounds as I am being fussy, but I am not.

I could I suppose take things like tin Mackerel or Sardines which I could heat up on my single ring stove
 
Re: A question about foods for breakfasts while fishing plea

Ian, Google "5 Day Cool Box" a good one will cost about £45 plus but keep ice frozen for 5 days in temps up to 32 degrees. Dont confuse them with a normal cheap picnic type cool box.

What I used to do was buy a couple of £1 packs of ice from the supermarket/off licence and through them in the bottom then on top I would place a cheap plastic box that would hold all my fridge type food and keep it out of the water in the bottom of the box. Any canned drinks/milk I would just place in the ice.

Fits across the front of a carp porter a treat :thumbup:

Heres mine

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Those were the days :sick:

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