Meals

[Oarin]

Holy Carp( not the other word) this board is dead today! Capt. Guy and I met up today to talk over our meals for our trip. Porterhouse steaks( inch and a half thick!) on the 1st and last nights there, and in no other particular order, fish fry, pork chops, the camp picnic, and 2 meals of pasta with home made sauces (meat ball and hot sausage) and fresh linguine. Yum!! Lunches are hamburgers, Zweigles hot dogs, sausage patties, and of course, leftovers from the last huge dinner. Capt. Guy does all the cooking and grilling and I am what he calls "Cabin Boy". I forgot the veggies. They're the usual, except for the Capt.'s home grown spuds. All of our meat and the sauces are vacuum sealed to save space and freshness. 54 MORE DAYS!!!! Oarin.

[NortonJoe]

Meals sound excellent..alot like ours! We got together a few weeks ago to plan the menu (even though it hasnt changed much over the last few years); its a good excuse to get together and get the Kipawa juices flowing.  26 days for us!

[Administrator]

@Oarin. Those meals sound great! Inch and a half steaks?! Holy cow!!!! (Sorry about that!) Our meals consist of delmonico steaks, fish, spaghetti, the best smoked pork chops from a little butcher shop here in western pa, and bourbon marinated pork chops along with grilled vegetables at least one day. Because of my job, we eat our large meal of the day at lunch time and do that in Canada also with a light lunch type meal at night such as hot dogs, home made soup, grilled cheese and the like.

@NortonJoe, you must be going up the same week as us, we are about at the same days in our countdown. Supposed to have been a week earlier, but due to health issues, we had to put it off a week. Thank heavens there was a cabin open. Yeah!

[600 miles north]

     You all eat like kings compared to us!  We have the likes of SPAM, velvetta shells and cheese, grilled cheese, spagetti, chef boyardee, pop tarts and beef jerky ( I found some really good BBQ pork jerky for this year)  . We are basically camping when we go, with no electricity, or running water. I am jealous! As much as I love being up there, when we get back everyone really appreciates some real food ( other than the fish we catch and eat) and fresh fruit and vegetables. Running water and lights that turn on at the flip of a switch or a welcome change...

     26 for us also,
     Brad

[Oarin]

Wow, Spam! Growing up we were not rich, to say the least, so Spam was on the menu often. Nothing wrong with the camping menu, we did that for years in the 1000 Islands when I was a kid. I'd say get a small generator, but you guys seem to have a little piece of Heaven just the way it is. Having your family altogether in a place you all love makes the menu and electricity not very important. Oarin.

[NortonJoe]

We are about midway between @Oarin menu and @600 miles north menu.  We try to count on three fish dinners at least; then others include spaghetti and meatballs, taco salad with fresh fixings, hamburgers, and count on something quick at least one evening like sausages or hot dogs.  Lunches are usually on your own because we all get in at different times from the lake.  Breakfast is eggs and bacon, cereal, pancakes, bagels etc.  We certainly don't go hungry! Personally, my drinks of choice are beer and a bottle of Jameson whiskey to enjoy throughout the week......I've missed gooing up in 2012 and 2013 so I'm really jacked this year for the trip!

[CaptainCrappie]

Oarin, as far as the "quality" of meals of our group, it has always depended on the wants or needs of a particular person or persons in that group.  I am totally content with cereal in the mornings, canned soup or cold cut sandwiches for lunch and bergers, hot dogs or brauts in the evening.  A big deal other than the better than ice cream, deep fried, beer battered walleye dinners, would be the frozen, gallon sized special sauce with home made meat balls, spaghetti dinner which normally takes till Thursday before it's completely thawed in the fridge. After an early rise (say about 4:10 AM) a quick bowl of Cheerios, or Post Raisin Bran, a cup or two of steaming hot coffee, and a full morning of just plain fishin, it's a treat for me to come back to the cabin and heat up an institutionalized size can of Dinty Moore Beef Stew or Campbells Bean with Bacon, or Clam Chowder soup.  Eaten with a few slices of Italian bread and butter and I'm fine with that. Scheduled fish dinners are a bit of a stretch. Ya first have to catch em and then if you're taking  some home, there is the "in possession" limit thing.  Nothing is pre-planned as to what we eat or when we do. When the group is looking to me for guidance the decisions involve milk, eggs and bread. Bring whatever snacks you want and if you choose, contribute to the group, goodies of your choice. I always have enough canned goods to sink a battleship. I have a tote full of kitchen supplies and that is understood by the others.  I've done this a few times so if I haven't learned by now, I'll never learn.

Now those trips with Buddy (Commander Bluegill) or Jay Thomas of the "Jay and the Americans" fame, the menu drastically changes to special cut steaks, ham, monster chops, Cornish hens, gumbo, salads, home grown veggies, home made jellies, maple syrup, and huge sliced toasted pumpernickel toasted bread made with Jay's jays propane heater that can also double as a space heater!  All meals are planned, and spread sheets are followed to the t. On two occasions, when I contributed a nice laker to the cause, Chef Jay treated us to the best grilled laker/walleye/veggie meals I've ever eaten.  In order to fit that fine dining experience into the day, the rest of the schedule had to be addressed and adjusted accordingly. 

There has always been a couple of traditions that the Commander and I have followed. One being the customary Corn Meal Mush breakfast we always have. Being a bit long in the tooth, we both were raised during a time when mush was a common staple in our diets and it is a very nostalgic connection to my past. I very rarely eat mush anymore so during the Kip trip I look forward to it. Another trip tradition involves the (right before bed time) relaxing cup of green tea. Pick your flavor, Try it sometime if you feel a bit rattled or uptight. Takes the edge right off and sleep is immediate.  Jay's buddy the real Captain John, who has problems sleeping was helped with the green tea.  Was more pleasant in the morning too.  Think... Bear with a sore ass:)

There is something to be said about all the excitement that goes into the trip planning. Meals most likely are discussed the most. My thoughts about that are that it (meals) are a back burner issue.  I go up to fish as much as I can, I can eat the fancy stuff or bare bones stuff. After all, it's a fishing vacation and remember, as my wife always tells me, someone must clean up afterwards! Having said that, it's all good! Enjoy!  38 DAYS!

C.C.

[SgtCrabby]

Our main meals start out with Texas style BBQ beef brisket with sides.  We plan on fresh fried fish a couple of times (if catching is being done), Add Zita pasta with meatballs,  tuna noodle cassarole and hot dogs and/or bratwurst.  Sides tend to be beans, hashbrowns, coleslaw.  Breakfast is often bacon & eggs.   If someone gets hungry, there's plenty of left-overs and other snack food to be had. 
We use to have three regular group meals but this year the camp cook is claiming that he's on vacation too and will only cook one main meal a day.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it (y'all figured out that I'm the cook already?).
In our group, Dog's dad always pulls the KP.

Like Capn Crappie; I also bring a tub containing kitchen supplies with me.

SgtCrabby

[johnny walleye]

MUCH THE SAME FOR US,BUT THIS YEAR GOING  TO TRY BACON WALLEYE KABOBS

[T-Bone]

CC...I like the way you roll. Good chow should be simple, though we don't cheat ourselves either. Good ideas for me in there...thanks all.

23 and a sea bag drag...

(Who used to say that? Somebody out here knows who it was!)

[JigginFool]

Ground venison, venison chops, venison sausage, venison steaks....I'm starting to feel a pattern here.

[pike mike]

Each of our attending group is required to bring 1meal (at least depending on numbers)  .We discuss this weeks before at our yearly pre-Kipawa get together over a few brews. This year our food selection included  chili , lasagna , pizza and wings ,steaks ,hamburgers and sausages .Lunches arent really an item we stop for . We had 4 wonderful fresh fish feasts during our week .Usually at about midnight. 

[Jay Thomas]

Porterhouse steaks( inch and a half thick!) on the 1st and last nights there

Gary, I'm just wondering how you and Capt Guy prefer your 1 1/2 inch thick porterhouse steaks. Our cook on the Lac Hebert trip brought a huge Delmonico steak (good for 2 dinners and 1 breakfast). His description of the level of doneness that he preferred for his steak was "Philadelphia Blue" - too rare for me.

Jay

[puckster_guy]

I'm in the steak and potatoes camp. I have a charcoal bbq at my camp so it's mostly grilled meats.... pork chops, sausages, beer can chicken, burgers. Sides of boiled, then fried pofatoesand onions. A few tins of beans and side kick pastas. Lots of peanut butter. Usually muffins and/or begals for breakfasts. I love my bacon and eggs too a couple times a week. Or simply a fried egg sandwich in the morning. I keep meals simple with a miminmum of clean up. A couple of walleye dinners/lunch to round things off
. I do all the cooking at home so at camp it's keep it simple....and go fishing.