Cooking with only a kettle?
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bristolracer

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5,910 posts

175 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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I am having to do a bit of working away right now, and all the Hotel restaurants are shut.
I can go take away kebab/pizza/maccys etc but it gets tiresome after a couple of days

Ordinarily I would go to a Sainsburys or Morrisons and use their cafe for a slightly more rounded meal.

The Hotels are being utterly useless, trying to get a bowl and a spoon out of them last time was comical.(because covid)

So given I have access to a kettle, what can i make?
Super noodles with a can of tuna is one I can think of

Anything else I could rustle up?

Gluggy

711 posts

135 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Similar to a pot noddle you can get pasta in a pot, not very exciting but could liven it up with some ham or ready cooked prawns and use a bread roll for mopping up.

EDIT

Bit outside the box but can you get hold of any of the "army ration pack" kinda things as they are often self heating or boil in the bag?

Edited by Gluggy on Saturday 9th January 16:11


Edited by Gluggy on Saturday 9th January 16:11

mike80

2,407 posts

242 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Camping stove? Although I'm not sure if that would go down with the hotel...

Try and booking Air BnB / self catering places?

Mr Pointy

13,033 posts

185 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Freeze-dired camping meals?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Freeze-Dried-Food/

On no account should you buy the Huel dried meal mixes - they are awful.

21TonyK

13,104 posts

235 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Cheap toastie machine? Ham and cheese toastie for breakfast is always good. Just watch out for smoke alarms!

Bill

57,879 posts

281 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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mike80 said:
Camping stove? Although I'm not sure if that would go down with the hotel...
13amp portable induction hobs are cheap enough. Couple of stainless camping pans and you're away.


BoRED S2upid

21,011 posts

266 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Is there a fridge in the room? You could probably cook a pad tai you can get a meal kit from Aldi the noodles need soaking in boiling water for 10 mins add in pre cooked chicken, grated carrot, mange tout pack of coriander and a handful of cashew nuts.

Jer_1974

1,643 posts

219 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Was watching some guy on Youtube cooking meals in a hotel room with an iron and kettle. He was using some foil or greaseproof paper and an iron to make toasties and cook bacon. He was also boiling eggs in a kettle.

Sy1441

1,283 posts

186 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Reminds me of a funny story about a friend of mine who worked in the new store opening team for poundland across the UK and Europe. In a contract consultation they bought out their right to claim meal allowance and gave them a set annual payment for around half the amount and they would fend for themselves. He would knock up steak dinners using a George Forman and Airfryer he would take with him when he was in the uk!

Shaw Tarse

31,843 posts

229 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Hotel kettle? nono

jeff666

2,443 posts

217 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Shaw Tarse said:
Hotel kettle? nono
If you know you know biggrin

Troubleatmill

10,210 posts

185 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Cheap microwave.

chml

741 posts

135 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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jeff666 said:
If you know you know biggrin
hehe I’d forgotten about that!

w1bbles

1,336 posts

162 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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I used to know a guy whose nickname was Russell. Russell Hobbs. There was a reason for that.

Ashtray83

585 posts

194 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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I boil eggs in the kettle at work 2 eggs in kettle fill with cold water boil it once boiled leave for 3 mins perfect soft boiled eggs 😋

LooneyTunes

9,166 posts

184 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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Ashtray83 said:
I boil eggs in the kettle at work 2 eggs in kettle fill with cold water boil it once boiled leave for 3 mins perfect soft boiled eggs ??
Many a student has also cooked pasta in a kettle. A concealed element kettle is really a basic self-heating pan...

snowman99

416 posts

173 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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Are you actually in prison?

hotchy

4,805 posts

152 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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Iv heard of people boiling under wear in the hotel kettles to clean them. Just to help put you off lol

Big Rig

8,980 posts

213 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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Ashtray83 said:
I boil eggs in the kettle at work 2 eggs in kettle fill with cold water boil it once boiled leave for 3 mins perfect soft boiled eggs ??
Is that your own kettle or are other people at work using it!?

bristolracer

Original Poster:

5,910 posts

175 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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Gluggy said:
Bit outside the box but can you get hold of any of the "army ration pack" kinda things as they are often self heating or boil in the bag?
My lad is an ex Marine, we have a few of those knocking about, I will have a look

mike80 said:
Camping stove? Although I'm not sure if that would go down with the hotel...
Yes the smoke detector may get triggered and I wouldnt be popular

Shaw Tarse said:
Hotel kettle? nono
I read that thread, and every time I use a hotel kettle the thought does pop up

Troubleatmill said:
Cheap microwave.
I did stay at one hotel that put one out for people to use,but most dont

snowman99 said:
Are you actually in prison?
Im not sure i could "stretch" to getting a 6 inch phone out of my prison pocket to be posting on here