- Cooking On The Norfolk Broads

Hints and Tips

Try and reduce the amount of glass bottles if possible, this keeps weight down and reduces the risk of breakage, and it seems that just about everything comes in plastic containers these days

Rather than using the plates provided, buy cheap paper plates and use the plates on the boat to hold the paper ones. Then just throw the paper plates away and put the other plates back - less washing up.

You will find that people will eat a lot more than they normally do.

No egg cups ? - cut the cardboard tube form a loo paper roll in half.

Use Kosher salt, if you can get it, rather than regular table salt. It's got a better taste and won't clump up as much in a damp environment. If not use cooking salt (no iodine).

I like to cook with butter, not exactly good for the health conscious but the taste is worth it. In general you can always substitute lard or Olive Oil. As a substitute Olive Oil (only use Extra Virgin) is the best, and remember that you don't need to use too much.

Don't be tempted to cook with cheap "spreads" or butter substitutes, nasty stuff.

Dropping the mudweight and spending the night on a broad is great fun. Just remember that if there is any tide movement, the boat will swing around on the anchor so make sure that there is nothing in the way of the arc of your boat. The other boats will probably also swing in the same arc, but you need to make sure that the stern of your boat wont 't snag on the anchor line of another boat. Also the mudweight will tend to suck into the mud as you spin around, this makes taking up the damn thing a pain in the back. The unapproved method is to have someone put the boat in reverse and suck it up that way. Then haul it in and place it where it needs to be.

Water is very important, let's face it without it your boat wouldn't be floating ! But have you ever taken a drink out of your garden hose ?

Well I have and it doesn't taste that good. Now when you get on your rental boat it will have a water tank. This you will want to keep filled at all times.

To fill this you will stop at a boat yard and grab a rubber hose and fill up the tank with water out of a rubber hose into a tank that maybe plastic or gavanized steel.

So what do you think that water is going to taste like ? - ok, the picture is painted. If you're going to use the water for cooking, boil it first, if you want a good drink of water - buy the bottled stuff.

Comments

From - bill Posted On 10 Jun 2003

Packets of dried peas take up little space. Boxes of dried onions don't make the crew cry! If you are cooking stews, take a freezer bag with you with bits of ply cut to size to line the inside. Start the stew the night before when hot place in the cooler bag on the ply so you dont melt it! Zip up and you have the equivelent of an old fashioned 'straw box' it will keep cooking very slowly. Next day just rehaet for a short while Baked potatoes will also work this way.

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