>>1856667I think my pot is 800ml, aluminium, with a lid. Light
I also have a small frying pan
and now one of those chinese bowls as a mug.
For most big meals I eat rice. I buy 1kg bags of rice. 1 cup of rice measured with the red bowl, 1 1/2 cups of water. You get about 5 cups from the 1kg bag of rice so it lasts about a week. That's a large serving of rice.
It takes about 5 mins to boil on full gas, 12 mins on low simmer, then rest 15 mins.
Then in the pan I make a sauce to eat it with. Maybe a tin of coconut cream or some oil and tomato paste or some chickpeas or something. Veges in there if i have them. Spices, garlic, etc, salt. Some chorizo or something maybe. Many vegetables will last days or weeks in panniers unless it's obscenely hot. Touring in a country with good cheap food I might not bother, but then again, most of the great touring routes are really out of the way and it's nice to spend time out there away from stuff and be able to get calories and be comfy.
Fluff the rice and dump bits in the pan to eat out of that.
Lunch is usually bread + hummus. Breakfast is high calorie muesli, homemade, and then bought on the road, and coffee, plunger if i cbf with the weight, otherwise instant. I also often eat a pack of instant noodles to get some salt and raise my core temp after setting up camp or whatever. The plastic bowl is great for that because you can hold it cupped in your hands and get the warmth, unlike metal.
