Keys Budget Food - Help

Publix.

I’ve been interviewing in key largo the last four days- literally surviving on Publix subs and chicken

Can't help on your Keys quest, but this thread is making me super nostalgic about Publix. A well-stocked, clean, easy-to-navigate store full of helpful employees just isn't the New Orleans way. But we do have gas station po'boys!

Dion's > Publix
(actually, Trading Post > either)

a Cuban mix is a nice change of pace

j_f said:

Can't help on your Keys quest, but this thread is making me super nostalgic about Publix. A well-stocked, clean, easy-to-navigate store full of helpful employees just isn't the New Orleans way. But we do have gas station po'boys!

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Pro tip: Boudin balls

+1 Dions

I like making hobo packs with tinfoil. Can make it before you go then throw it on a grill for 30 min when you get where your going.

Here’s a couple ideas if you’re going to camp a few days the hit the Airbnb a few days rotation.

Smoke a pork butt and a couple chickens before you go and freeze in portion sized ziplocks. That should get you through a camping rotation or two. Then at the Airbnb make up/freeze foil dinners as suggested. You might get lucky and get an Abnb with a charcoal grill you could smoke another butt on an off day. If you wind up with a gas grill you can do up chickens easily enough.

You can also make up/freeze breakfast and lunch burritos at the Abnb.

Dont be afraid of campfire cooking. Take a grill grate and you have the perfect opportunity for steaks, burgers, hotdogs/brats. Pretty limitless actually. If it fits your schedule.

I use the Seal-A-Meal to vacuum seal up chili, rice, spaghetti sauce, etc. Serves a dual purpose on camping trips--helps keep other food items cold in the cooler and provides easy-to-heat meals.

Also, hard boiled eggs--lots of protein and they come in their own wrappers!

fjmaverick said:

I like making hobo packs with tinfoil. Can make it before you go then throw it on a grill for 30 min when you get where your going.

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Those were on the advance menu during a recent trip to the Glades. The only problem was forgetting to buy burger meat at Publix in Naples. We substituted fried trout.

Trading Post in Islamorada has some awesome food; chicken salad is amazing. But it's super expensive. Publix is my vote. There's one on upper Matecumbe now.

DBStoots said:

Also, hard boiled eggs--lots of protein and they come in their own wrappers!

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This is one of my favorite fishing foods

Smoke the hardboiled eggs before going and bring some hot sauce

You can also grab some Mayo and sweet relish packets, salt and pepper packets. Loaf of bread and make egg salad sands to extend them.

Capnredfish said:

Smoke the hardboiled eggs before going and bring some hot sauce

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Yew! Sounds awesome; I’m going to try that right now.

Cook up some taters. The same ingredients for eggs salad will make a decent tater salad on the go. Cubed taters in a ziplock. Squeeze packets and knead in the bag. Diced celery and onions too.

I bought a small, portable gas grill when I was working and camping for an entire summer. You know the type, they pack up about 18" long, propane cylinder fits inside with the turner and tongs. I cooked supper on it every night. Steaks, chicken, burgers, fish, brats. It was way better than restaurant food, and way more relaxing!