Food supplies

[Esharr]

So first festival, slightly iffy about how much food and alcohol to take...any suggestions?

[guypjfreak]

So first festival, slightly iffy about how much food and alcohol to take...any suggestions?

[gibbin82]

It all depends on on how much you will eat and drink and whether you want to save a bit of money bringing your own food, but then spending more time at your tent cooking it, or sample the various and intesting foods available around the site. You also have to consider enough food and drink to last 5 days is a considerable amount and carrying it for up to a mile across the site may be a problem or require a few journeys. I would suggest you take (well this is my packing list) = 1 or 2 of crates of beer, a box of cereals or porridge (the milkman comes around every morning so don't bother with milk any more than for the first night) a couple of packs of bacon or sausages (bear in mind any more will go off quickly if the sun shines like it did in 2010) a pack of eggs ( well protected against breaking) a couple of tins of beans, half a loaf of bread and some instant noodles. That should keep you going for breakfast for a few days, the rest of the time spend exploring and discovering the food available at Glastonbury which is mainly excelent and reasonably priced. See the link below for information on Food at Glastonbury and beer prices in 2010

http://www.glastoearth.com/the-faq/faq-part-4

[rubenz]

I would suggest taking no food (maybe some crisps if you have room)

An initial supply of beers or ciders for when you arrive (maybe 12 cans) cans will get warm and quickly not be worth drinking and or carrying with you.

There are some great bars selling all types of beers and ciders which are nice and cold.(the selection of lagers is limited however)

My favourite alcohol selections would be

A nice bag of rose - tastes ok even if a bit warm and easy to store/ carry / use as pillow etc

Some red wine decanted into a plastic bottle - better for having in the evenings with some spicy jerk chicken or vegetable curry.

You could also take

- Some Rum - Nice with coke or ginger beer

- Some Gin - Can be mixed with tonic or sprite

Jaegermeister (for breakfast)

IMO you are better off saving up a bit of money each month to put towards food and drink when you get there rather than pissing about trying to cook tesco value sausages over a lighter. The food there is amazing and you could have two decent meals for about £12/13 per day.Drinks are more pricy but the ciders are powerful and should keep you going.

There are some food items that give you more calories per pound than others. A growler for example woud weigh in at at least 1000 calories!

Also if you travel light there will be less chance of any waste, (love the farm, leave no trace)

I hope that helps

Have a great time BTW!!

Edited November 6, 2010 by rubenz

[coma girl]

We took a crate each, some spirits and a couple of boxes of wine each. And bought a few pints every day as well.

Food wise, the only fresh stuff we took was some burgers and rolls for the first day. We had cereal for brekkie every day and we also took lots of snacky food eg biscuits, crisps, cereal bars etc, had some noodles for emergency rations but never touched them. Generally I bought one proper meal and one or two snacks per day.

Glasto was the first time I'd been to a fest and actually saved up a decent amount in advance for food and drink and I'm so glad I did. At a lot of other fests there's just crap lager to drink and loads of burger vans so your better off with your own stuff but Glasto is totally different. The selection and quality of food and drink is fantastic and I would recomend taking as much money as you can afford. I didn't eat anything all weekend that wasn't lovelly and I thought the prices weren't bad considering the quality. Even if you're skint there's free food at the Hare Krishna tent.

Check out the this thread to get an idea of what's on offer /index.php?showtopic=116784">Food with Pictures

[grumpyhack]

You can get superb food at Glasto at reasonable prices. You can also take whatever alcohol takes your fancy. I'd strongly recommend coffee and hot chocolate to keep you warm over one of the late night putting the world to rights sessions you tend to have sitting aropund the tent at Glastonbury. Also something for breakfast - cereal or whatever - because, although you can buy breakfasts, first thing you may be a bit peckish but may not feel like getting dressed and leaving your tent .

When we camped (we now do trailer tents and campers that have grills) I had a little toast rack that sat on top of a gas burner and made wonderful toast for everyone in the mornings. Toast and marmalade and coffee is a good starter for the day.

Also always have something for the Midnight Munchies - chocolate biscuits or whatever.

Finally, don't forget the No Glass Rule so anything you take that's normally in glass jars or bottles like marmalade, Marmite, whisky or coffee needs to be decanted in advance to plastic containers. Again don't forget beer needs to be in cans not glass bottles.

[HurrahBrother]

If you are going by public transport (trains, buses) avoid canned food, it weighs a ton!

stick to dried stuff, water taps are plentiful, the water is safe.

So that is cuppa soups, noodles, smash, couscous (pasta and rice can take too long to cook on a stove).

[grumpyhack]

Oops I forgot the most important thing, for some..... cigarettes.

They cost a lot at Glasto and you probably won't get the brand you prefer to smoke.

[rubenz]

Oops I forgot the most important thing, for some..... cigarettes.

They cost a lot at Glasto and you probably won't get the brand you prefer to smoke.

[grumpyhack]

Not only do they not sell Marlboro but you'll struggle to find any well known brand. I suspect that the stalls that sell ciggies import the cheapest stuff they can find so you'll get Binson & Higgle, MBassey, Riggle and things like that.

[rubenz]

Not only do they not sell Marlboro but you'll struggle to find any well known brand. I suspect that the stalls that sell ciggies import the cheapest stuff they can find so you'll get Binson & Higgle, MBassey, Riggle and things like that.

[cejx]

Not only do they not sell Marlboro but you'll struggle to find any well known brand. I suspect that the stalls that sell ciggies import the cheapest stuff they can find so you'll get Binson & Higgle, MBassey, Riggle and things like that.

[essex_jim]

I travelled by car this year and brought loads of stuff, I wouldn't dream of doing it if travelling by any other means though. It was still a hard slog to the campsite, but what we done (there were around 8 of us in my group) was take all our tents and clothes and stuff to the campsite, with a few tinnies in our bags. Pitched up, had a good look round the site etc.. then on the Thursday walked back to the car and brought all the beer and food back. We didn't mind another walk as there's not that much to do on the Thursday and the walk enabled us to see some more parts of the festival. We were really lucky with our car park spot as it was really close to the front. I probably took around 3 crates for myself all in all. Sounds alot but I spent barely anything on cold ones and I wasn't fussed. I'm not a small lad either and didn't mind carrying the crates.

Didn't take that much food. Crisps, chocolate, flapjacks, purely for energy levels. I can't be arsed with the whole cooking thing while I'm there. By the time you've paid out for a stove, utensils, the food in tins itself it's not alot more to just buy food there. Also everytime you're hungry you have to go to your tent and you have washing up to do which is never easy with a hangover on a campsite!

Up to you though but I'd defo take your own drink.

Edited November 10, 2010 by essex_jim

[bexface]

I never bother taking much food as there's so much on offer at Glasto, literally any food you can think of, and it's not too expensive if you go to the greenfields for instance. I usually just take a few cereal bars and things for snacks. Save room for alcohol! The great thing about Glasto is there is no separate campsite/arena so you can drink your own booze anywhere. But just remember anything you bring you will have to carry from the car to your camp!

[**claire**]

I never bother taking much food as there's so much on offer at Glasto, literally any food you can think of, and it's not too expensive if you go to the greenfields for instance. I usually just take a few cereal bars and things for snacks. Save room for alcohol! The great thing about Glasto is there is no separate campsite/arena so you can drink your own booze anywhere. But just remember anything you bring you will have to carry from the car to your camp!

Edited November 10, 2010 by **claire**

[ICGenie]

I never bother taking much food as there's so much on offer at Glasto, literally any food you can think of, and it's not too expensive if you go to the greenfields for instance. I usually just take a few cereal bars and things for snacks. Save room for alcohol! The great thing about Glasto is there is no separate campsite/arena so you can drink your own booze anywhere. But just remember anything you bring you will have to carry from the car to your camp!

[alix08]

For us, a big, fun part of the festival is cooking a nice bacon buttty on our little 1 ring stove every morning. Every other meal during the festi is well worth every penny but I BEGRUDGE the £2 per cup of weak tea and £4 per bacon roll. Much nicer cooked at the tent listening to WOrthy and planning the day!!!

Also, a good batch of chilii, cooked and frozen the week before, makes a brilliant meal with a bag of nachos and grated cheese for a couple of tea times Wed and Thurs. Just enough time to heat this up while refilling our backpacks with cans and red wine before we start the night!!!

Peanuts,biscuits and nutrigrain are all brill emergency sugary foods tokeep on you

Can't wait!!!

x

[paulo999]

I bought 20 MArlboro lights this year - cost me 7 quid mind...

[the real new messiah]

Yeah. They do stock the major brands, in my experience.

7 quid is tolerable. Well, compared with pub cig machine prices.

At Bestival, us smokers get 'bought off' by cig companies. One tobacco company gets a concession, as a chance to plug their brand, and flogs them cheaper than 'outside'. £5 a pack, in special metal casing this year! If only the booze concessions at festivals worked the same way.

[4AssedMonkey]

7 quid is tolerable. Well, compared with pub cig machine prices.

[Joolz]

Have a look at this

/index.php?showtopic=155051">http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=155051

It sort of covers some of the eventualities.

[noodle24]

it depends if you want to bring all your food with you or if you want to buy food at the festival.... if you are taking your own food then take lots but high energy things that are light are probably best

we have been for the last 2 years and we took some of our own food the first year and ended up buying most of the food anyway because of how good it looked and smelt this year we took cereal bars to keep us going but apart from that we brought all the food there

hope this helps