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During travel, what can I prepare beforehand as meal, which can be eaten without access to fire or microwave? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm going from Hong Kong to Iceland next month. I've read that everything there, including food, are quite expensive. So my wife and I have been researching on how to prepare meal or snack that we can eat during the day instead of going to restaurant.

However, given we will travel by day tours, I don't think fire or microwave will be readily available during the tours. We can only prepare the meal the day before or in the morning and bring with us in the tours.

We've read that peanut butter/honey with bread, dried fruit and nuts are some good options. Overnight oatmeal may be great but I'm not sure we can keep them cool enough throughout the day and if not, whether this will cause food spoilage.

Are there any other recommendations to have more variety? Thank you!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

>travels halfway around the world

>worries about food being expensive

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I understand it may sound strange. But given we've spent a lot on tickets, tours and accommodations, we'd like to spend less on food, which is the least important thing to us. My wife sometimes even jokes if there's a pill that can provide all nutrition a person need, she would take that every day and forgo the ability/choice to eat any other thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just buy groceries and cook them in your hotel while you're there instead of eating at restaurants. My cousin did a trip to Iceland a few years ago and that was his strategy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We do plan to cook at the hotel we've booked, but not sure what type of food are more suitable to be brought as lunch without microwave. In HK, we often cook rice and such and use microwave to reheat for lunch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In this case, whey protein and some Carbo snacks?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Flying to Iceland is actually relatively cheap. Things are insanely expensive once you're there though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For 2 people it’s at least around $2,000 (or the local equivalent) from Hong Kong round trip. Kind of cheap, but not that cheap.

Still, given the carbon emissions of flying, it is far too cheap to fly in general.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We should switch back to dirigibles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh wow, that's way more expensive than I thought.