Should I avoid planning to cook with a camping stove?

[chicaguapa]

We are going camping with DSIL this weekend. She's a seasoned camper, has all the gear etc etc, which we are sharing. I am planning what food we are going to take and was wondering if it is best to avoid things that require a stove, for reasons of gas consumption, or if it makes very little difference?

DSIL said they usually have sandwiches for lunch but DC don't really eat them. So I was planning on heating some hotdog sausages in a pan of boiling water on the stove and/ or making omlettes either in a frying pan or in a plastic bag in boiling water. Is this likely to annoy her as it's using too much gas?

you could just buy one of these and some spare canisters like these (you can get them cheaper elsewhere)

and just take your own - they don't take alot of room

Why would you worry about using too much gas? If it bothers you, take some spares.

I really don't see why this would be a problem at all (except for the omelette in a plastic bag which sounds gross to me but I've never had one so it may be lovely!), none of these will take hours to cook, and to be honest don't sound like they will take much longer than it takes to boil a kettle for a brew.

Don't see any problem at all. If you're worried then take your own or some spares.

D

PS A little about DC who don't eat sandwiches but do eat hotdogs, is a hotdog not a sandwich? Not judging by the way, I know they can be fickle, just made me chuckle!

I know what you mean - DS doesn't eat sandwiches so lunches are more complicated than a quick butty . I think tha gas used is very deceptive - its hardly any and you would need to boil things for a cup of tea anyway?
Unless you are highly health conscious, things like Supernoodles make a good qiock lunch for just a bit of water. And you can never go wrong with a tin of beans...

I would definitely take a little stove with you if you are going to be in your own tent. You'll want to make tea/coffee/hot chocolate at some point, I should think. Those stoves that Furball recommended are great. We have one that we use when we are en route in Europe and find they don't use that much gas and work very well. The canisters are very easy to use and not too expensive.

Ok thanks. Just didn't want to plan meals that would 'waste' DSIL's gas.

Fickle doesn't even begin to cover DD's attitude to food!

Maybe camping will be the impetus she needs to get less picky

Children get very hungry out in the fresh air all day, and if there's nothing else to eat......!

My friend's DC used to be happy eating cold hot dog sausages and bits of bread / rolls separately.

I would deffo take some sort of cooker unless you are planning to cook and eat all meals with your DSIL?