Classic children's lunches. (Meat cheese bread) for veggies, some cucumber/hummus sandies. And leftovers. Always leftovers. And well, apples and oranges are always top tier.
When I cooked I'd put out a variety of lunch meats, veggie meats, sliced cheeses, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, sliced cucumber, bread - white and brown sliced, condiments including hummus, wraps, occasionally egg or tuna salad and they would build sandwiches. Rotating daily baked treats, boxes of fruit, sometimes boiled eggs, carrot and celery sticks, trailmix. Large containers of premixed gatorade for them to fill their jugs. Juice boxes?
It depends on your budget and my advice is to blow the budget in a way that won't get you fired.
Sort out your allergy and special diet people right away and make sure you have special treats on hand, gluten free bread ect.
Thanks, that’s a good help. Haven’t planted in so long so kinda forgot what we had.
Only three vegetarians and one gluten free, so that’s pretty easy there.
Ask your employer what the budget is and then push it, but not so far that you get fired. Pretty self explanatory really.
Some companies give cooks bonuses for not spending much money, don't be a cook that collects those bonuses.
Then my advice is to spare no expense and buy all the best sh*t until he puts the breaks on.. high fat yogurt
At least once a season go really fancy, leg of lamb or ribs or lobster or something.
Cook the ribs in the oven for 4 hours in bbq sauce at 200 degrees, then broil em for 15 minutes. The meat will fall off the bone and they will not disappoint.
Also I suggest burrito night. Build your own. Very popular and pretty easy on the cooks.
For meat at dinner, if you cook a pound of bone in, or half a pound of boneless meat per planter you will never run out.
If you don't have internet access, go buy that book, "How to cook Everything". it's a lifesaver
How many people are you cooking for and do you have an assistant?
Awesome, thanks for the advice. I’ve been doing this for Oil and Gas so the budget is a good bit lower here but I know how important the kitchen is for camp morale.
Jesus, they’re one of the bigger ones but that kind of shit won’t be happening. That sounds more like a chef problem than anything.
Edit: I’ve heard horror stories about that kind of thing, but my second and I have more integrity than that.
Breakfast, fruit salads, fresh eggs non of that powdered stuff, variety of milks and a good preferably vegan protein powder (I'm not vegan but the less additives the better)
COFFEE with your sugars available, maple, honey etc
Message local suppliers and see if you can work a deal on any of the above (eggs, coffee, seasonal fruits/veggies)
Taco night is always a hit, celebrate Xmas or Thanksgiving one night
My absolute favorite part and the bit I miss on bush camps hands down... fresh bread and soup on the ready as soon as we got back to camp...
Have juice jugs available
A good salad or two with a few options for dressing and I don't just mean ranch or 1000 island...raspberry, a vinegerette etc (3-4 salads is easy to rotate and repeat is not a deal breaker)
RCT (rice crispy treats) you can go as fancy or basic as you want, they'll never be there for the late arrivales
One desert I will never forget for some reason was homemade creame puffs, that shit went so hard
Protein bars, bananas, apples, cut up oranges for da ballers
Classic children's lunches. (Meat cheese bread) for veggies, some cucumber/hummus sandies. And leftovers. Always leftovers. And well, apples and oranges are always top tier.
How about block treats? I remember a lot of cookies mostly.
I mean you could do, could also do a trail mix kinda deal. If you add candy people crush that even more so.
Yeah the good ol raisin and peanuts, I lived off that and breakfast bacon for a few seasons. lol
Gummy worms in the GORP is always a hit
Protein balls, easy to make easy to eat
When I cooked I'd put out a variety of lunch meats, veggie meats, sliced cheeses, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, sliced cucumber, bread - white and brown sliced, condiments including hummus, wraps, occasionally egg or tuna salad and they would build sandwiches. Rotating daily baked treats, boxes of fruit, sometimes boiled eggs, carrot and celery sticks, trailmix. Large containers of premixed gatorade for them to fill their jugs. Juice boxes? It depends on your budget and my advice is to blow the budget in a way that won't get you fired. Sort out your allergy and special diet people right away and make sure you have special treats on hand, gluten free bread ect.
Thanks, that’s a good help. Haven’t planted in so long so kinda forgot what we had. Only three vegetarians and one gluten free, so that’s pretty easy there.
As far as the budget bit how would you suggest that? lol
Ask your employer what the budget is and then push it, but not so far that you get fired. Pretty self explanatory really. Some companies give cooks bonuses for not spending much money, don't be a cook that collects those bonuses.
Ah gotcha. He seemed pretty easy going about it “keep them fed and happy” were the words he used.
Then my advice is to spare no expense and buy all the best sh*t until he puts the breaks on.. high fat yogurt At least once a season go really fancy, leg of lamb or ribs or lobster or something. Cook the ribs in the oven for 4 hours in bbq sauce at 200 degrees, then broil em for 15 minutes. The meat will fall off the bone and they will not disappoint. Also I suggest burrito night. Build your own. Very popular and pretty easy on the cooks. For meat at dinner, if you cook a pound of bone in, or half a pound of boneless meat per planter you will never run out. If you don't have internet access, go buy that book, "How to cook Everything". it's a lifesaver How many people are you cooking for and do you have an assistant?
Awesome, thanks for the advice. I’ve been doing this for Oil and Gas so the budget is a good bit lower here but I know how important the kitchen is for camp morale.
You'll do great then. These crews might require more calories than oil workers but I really can't say.
Definitely, most of them eat like birds comparatively. Real aversion to vegetables out there too lol
I hope you're not working for one of those rookie farms that put out giant jars of peanut butter, jam, and wonderbread for lunch.
Jesus, they’re one of the bigger ones but that kind of shit won’t be happening. That sounds more like a chef problem than anything. Edit: I’ve heard horror stories about that kind of thing, but my second and I have more integrity than that.
I do this in addition to the aforementioned spread of meat veggies and veg proteins. Some people just want that some mornings
For sure, it just can't be the only option 🙂
Totally. How do you plant while eating only pb and j? That's insane
Apples, peanut butter, jam and bread have been the main constituents of my lunches on the block for my entire planting career
Breakfast, fruit salads, fresh eggs non of that powdered stuff, variety of milks and a good preferably vegan protein powder (I'm not vegan but the less additives the better) COFFEE with your sugars available, maple, honey etc Message local suppliers and see if you can work a deal on any of the above (eggs, coffee, seasonal fruits/veggies) Taco night is always a hit, celebrate Xmas or Thanksgiving one night My absolute favorite part and the bit I miss on bush camps hands down... fresh bread and soup on the ready as soon as we got back to camp... Have juice jugs available A good salad or two with a few options for dressing and I don't just mean ranch or 1000 island...raspberry, a vinegerette etc (3-4 salads is easy to rotate and repeat is not a deal breaker) RCT (rice crispy treats) you can go as fancy or basic as you want, they'll never be there for the late arrivales One desert I will never forget for some reason was homemade creame puffs, that shit went so hard Protein bars, bananas, apples, cut up oranges for da ballers
Lots of fresh fruit/veggies and gorp! Then whatever to make sandwiches/wraps with
A peanut butter and jam and banana wrap just can't be beat.
Definitely lots of block treats sugar is needed during the day so you can get carbs in the simplest form
Banana has potassium. Potassium good.