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24/7/2017 at 6:37pm
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Outfit: Karsten 350 + SE CA EA RA FW & ZIG
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Have you got an EHU cable? You need to spend proper money on one, unless your campsite will hire one. Read this intro if it's your first go.
For cooking, bring pans from home and buy an inexpensive double electric hob. If you've got a slow cooker, mini oven or halogen oven, bring that too. Don't forget wooden spoons, a spatula, tongs, scissors, sharp knives, a chopping board and plenty of tea towels.
If you have a fan heater, bring it with you; ditto a lamp or two - this is where EHU really comes into its own. You'll probably want a few four-gang extensions if all of you are bringing gadgets to charge.
You'll need to be mindful of the current you're drawing. People advise you only to have one thing with a heating element on at once, but the maths is really very simple as per the table in the linked article. Just tot up the wattages.
Hope you have a fab time.
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Depending on how long you are planning to camp for, what you have maybe all you need along with a good sized stainless steel (no teflon coating) frying pan with a lid, some tin foil and a decent metal scourer.
The supermarkets do a good range of tins with things like chilli, curry and other reheat types of food which makes it a case of just pouring the into the fryingpan to boil/warm up. Things like naan breads can be wrapped in foil and left on top of the frying pan to heat more gently for example.
If you dont know if you are going to become a regular camper, setting a budget would be useful, and as this is your first time, I'd probably just fork out for another cheap single gas burner because apart from roasts, you can pretty much cook a meal for two on two burners and gas is very powerful so you can cook up a meal very quickly if in a hurry.
If you like the camping experience and plan to do it more often, then I'd look at spending more on better equipment and spend more time checking out the equipment in the shops. Its very easy to blow a small fortune on camping equipment but the better items do make camping more enjoyable as they can be more reliable, so when you go camping talk to your neighbours if you get a chance and see what they recommend, some will show what they use and why they like, which is good for getting an idea of size as all of this needs packing away at home as well as the boot of the car.
if you do like it, then I'd get a decent electric hook up with a reasonable length because most sites have the outlets within a few feet of where you are pitching, others are a little further away though so checking out the campsites setup before booking is worth doing, and the longer the cable the more resistance which can increase the chance of tripping.
As mentioned a supermarket value kettle whilst they boil slowly, they happen to be eco friendly and less prone to tripping electrics in this situation. I think Tesco did a plain white one for a few quid.
Me personally I'm happy cooking for two on a trangia and have done for years, but do have some gas burners which we have had to use from time to time. A little BBQ always comes in handy if the site allows them as well.
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