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VdlP 23, Invierno 23, Fisterra 23
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I don't remember ever having to cook for myself, except once on Easter Sunday when everything was closed and even the Repsol station was low on supplies.
i recommend carrying nuts and ramen noodles for that rare occasion, rather than any pot. However, I have been sucked onto the immersion heater club and will take that and a metal cup on my next remote Camino. I am not sure that I would bother for the VDLP, where the infrastructure is quite good.
Robo, I managed to completely avoid cooking anything on the VdlP. The infrastructure is pretty good.On my upcoming VdlP camino, I plan to mix up accommodation options and will stay in a few Albergues.
I understand that in some remote locations, DIY meals may be the only option.
So for those who have extensively used Albergues on the VdlP I would love to hear your views on:
Just curious to hear your thoughts.
- The proportion of times you needed to DIY a meal. Needed to, rather than choice. I would always opt for a bar/cafe given a choice.
- If you had to cook in an albergue, (obviously bread and cheese is an easy option) but did you usually find a pot to use (unlike in Galicia for example)
- If you were going to carry a really small ultra light pot/cup (like 60 gms), would you take one suitable for a stove top or suitable for a microwave. i.e. what is most commonly available? (if not both)
Recognising that the most common advice might be...............take nothing!
But it gives me another excuse to play with my packing list and kitchen scales......
Last year ,the one and only time we had to make do with snacks from the next door petrol station was on a Sunday in Ponte Ulla. I stayed in a room at o,Cruceiro and their restaurant was closed. There was a restaurant open down the hill but it was packed with a busload tourists and few staff.On my upcoming VdlP camino, I plan to mix up accommodation options and will stay in a few Albergues.
I understand that in some remote locations, DIY meals may be the only option.
So for those who have extensively used Albergues on the VdlP I would love to hear your views on:
Just curious to hear your thoughts.
- The proportion of times you needed to DIY a meal. Needed to, rather than choice. I would always opt for a bar/cafe given a choice.
- If you had to cook in an albergue, (obviously bread and cheese is an easy option) but did you usually find a pot to use (unlike in Galicia for example)
- If you were going to carry a really small ultra light pot/cup (like 60 gms), would you take one suitable for a stove top or suitable for a microwave. i.e. what is most commonly available? (if not both)
Recognising that the most common advice might be...............take nothing!
But it gives me another excuse to play with my packing list and kitchen scales......
Just don't pack a rice cooker...
Ha! might have been the one on the other side of the road from the albergue with a rooftop terrace in Castilblanco...?everything was closed and even the Repsol station was low on supplies.
Great tips, many thanks.Wishing you a wonderful VdlP Robo!
As there were 3 of us (now down to 2 due to University studies) cooking for ourselves is common. It goes without saying that a mug and camp cutlery are indespensable as so many albergues have great kitchens but no utensils. We buy cheap plastic bowls from the "chino" stores and can microwave food to eat in them (surprisingly easy to pack things around to fit in your bag) and we do porridge (topped with cola cao) for an energy breakfast of champions, salad and tinned tuna for light dinner / lunch and noodles or mashed potato sometimes. A hack I came up with to deal with no frypans or pots is to look for disposal aluminium bake trays that most supermercados sell. You can fry up or bake lots of good stuff and you don't have to wash up (a double bonus!). There's a way around everything if you just look at what's available. But something the old "jamon, queiso y pan" is hard to beat, especially with a nice vino Tinto!
And while you’re there, don’t even bother buying your plane ticket in advance either. A true pilgrim would just show up at the airport on the day and let the camino provide.You perhaps could think the reference point for eating on any Camino is to carry no food (including no snacks) and no cooking equipment. Rely on what you find en-route. Sometimes there might be sometime between eating.
That’s for sure. I can think of many days on the Mozarabe, Madrid, and more recently on the Piemont in France when we were grateful to have in our packs - a cereal bar, or a piece of fruit, or a small can of tuna or beans, or even some leftover bread from breakfast. Some days on remote paths even if a guidebook tells you there is a small shop on the way, it may not be open. I don’t like walking 25 + kms without foodIt’s smart to take snacks with you on a remote camino.
Having walked this camino, I would strongly agree with Jungleboy. On remote or less well-trodden caminos there is a real danger of dehydration (pilgrims have recently died on the Plata from dehydration), and not eating when you are walking long distances away from towns and villages is also a very bad idea. The camino provides but pilgrims must also be responsible enough to take basic care of themselves. Never set out without adequate supplies.You perhaps could think the reference point for eating on any Camino is to carry no food (including no snacks) and no cooking equipment. Rely on what you find en-route. Sometimes there might be sometime between eating.
@Rita Flower has provided the basic idea (minus the cooked twice) when possible. Adjust according to circumstances.
And while you’re there, don’t even bother buying your plane ticket in advance either. A true pilgrim would just show up at the airport on the day and let the camino provide.
Come on, this is not good advice. It’s smart to take snacks with you on a remote camino.
Jungleboy and I understand that. Please don't be upset, our replies were not directed to you. But another poster seemed to be suggesting that it wasn't necessary to carry food with you on the walk and it wasn't important if you went without food for a while. I can't recall a day when finding food in the evening was a problem, but finding food and, more importantly water, was often impossible midday.I was taking about cooking on Camino, not food in general. I always carried food - some or all of canned tuna / pulpo, bread, fruit, nuts, yogurt, occasionally chocolate. I just didn’t cook my main meal but ate menu de dia mid afternoon for my main meal and had cold snack in the evening if I was hungry at that time.
@dick bird Hahaha -Jungleboy and I understand that. Please don't be upset, our replies were not directed to you. But another poster seemed to be suggesting that it wasn't necessary to carry food with you on the walk and it wasn't important if you went without food for a while. I can't recall a day when finding food in the evening was a problem, but finding food and, more importantly water, was often impossible midday.
Me too. I always have at least a pack of GORP or similar in my waist belt pocket........I have never gone on any Camino without carrying a few snacks that I replenish along the way. They are my "security blanket" for the "what if's".
And I don't go anywhere without a giant chocolate/nut bar in my possession.Me too. I always have at least a pack of GORP or similar in my waist belt pocket........
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