Comments on: Burning Flipside Daydream: Raw Camp

By: Megan M.

Megan M. — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:23:24 +0000

Not this year! But I'm gonna hold out hope. It would be great if a group of people were working together on it, I am certain. Who knows, maybe next year? With a generator and a reasonable kitchen area we could totally have a blender and make smoothies, too. ^_

By: Megan M.

Megan M. — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:23:24 +0000

By: RohanM

RohanM — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:27:55 +0000

Hey, did Raw Camp end up happening?

Rohan

By: Megan M.

Megan M. — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:06:47 +0000

Ooh, I have to think about that! I know I brought a bunch of boxes of sprouts, and extra dressing. We had apples, oranges, and stuff to make guacamole: avocados, tomatoes, onions, garlic, limes, salt. I think I brought a bunch of raw bars, too (there are several companies who make them, and though I don't like to eat them much otherwise, they're awesome to have while traveling.) I brought kombucha with me, too.

This was a little rough with only a couple of coolers and a teetery ice situation—guacamole was probably the most successful part. The apples and oranges survived; the kombucha survived; the sprouts survived for the first few days but by the time we headed home there was a box or two I couldn't bring myself to eat. This year I'm going to do it differently; I'll probably bring a jar of green juice and various fresh green things for the first few days, then plan to eat only the stuff that survives well after that—apples, oranges, guacamole, cereal (buckwheat groats + dates + raisins is awesome), that sort of thing.

I hope that helps—I'm still figuring this out, too! With a whole camp there's the theoretical possibility of having a generator and a small fridge somewhere, but individually camping can be rough on fresh produce. I'd love to hear how you do if you figure it out! Good luck. ^_

By: Megan Petrick

Megan Petrick — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:22:11 +0000

What did you bring camping? I've also been experimenting with raw food, I absolutely love it. But I'm going on a 5 day camping trip.. and I'm not sure what to bring. Have any ideas?

By: Kristine

Kristine — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:14:27 +0000

This Raw Food Life is a website just for me! Thanks for bringing it up.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:12:50 +0000

Last year at Flipside I thought about how little I wanted to eat anything heavy or hot and how good it was to incorporate water into my food. I’ve experimented with raw at home and it fulfils both these requirements quite well! Coming home last year from the Burn I remember thinking, wow, vegetarian sushi would have been the perfect make-ahead, finger food for those days when all I wanted to do was open a cooler and pop something in my mouth! Raw sushi is easy, and lots of other yummy raw nibblies would be perfect, too! I’d definitely hang out at your camp.

By: Megan M.

Megan M. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:38:07 +0000

I like rawfoodlife.com a lot! Thanks, dude. :} Same here; my tastes have changed dramatically since I started eating fresh organic food, and most of my vegetables come out of the ground the same day I eat ‘em. (Awesome CSA.) It makes a big difference when you’re not overwhelming your taste buds with super refined sugars and so on and so forth…

By: CoCreatr

CoCreatr — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:27:01 +0000

Good for you, thanks for sharing and preparing.

I have some raw fun at parties when people question how I can stand eating all this salad without dressing. I tell them it is tasty only when the veggies are of excellent quality and fresh, and these are. (smiles) To a sceptic, I add with dressing, I would not be able to taste residues of pesticide … (whoa!)

Unrelated, more raw fun at http://www.rawfoodlife.com/