polite refusal

LWulf said:

Your motivation: If you don't sell it well enough, you WILL have to eat her prepared food.

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Well seriously, I dont know what kind of people you deal with when you need that much "selling" just to be spared their cooking.

In my entire life all I had to say was "no, thanks, dont like/want" and I never HAD to eat anything I didnt want to. I would sure like to see someone try make me

What's wrong with addressing this before you even leave? 2 days is a long time to go on a silent mission - especially if you're trying to sneak in a meal when she isn't looking. Can't you just ask her..

I'm a little unfamiliar with how food is kept from spoiling when we're camping? Should I plan on bringing boxed milk for cereal? I get a little nervous when ____ isn't kept refrigerated so I'll just bring ____. If that sounds good to you.. I can bring enough for everybody and plan one of the meals...

Truthfully, you can buy a cooler now that will keep items cold for 3 days. Maybe they're better at this than you think. or maybe they aren't aware of a problem and it would be worth buying the cooler for the group.

Just tell them you have a medical concern.

Some foods will keep fine with no refrigeration for several days. Apple, cookies, trail mix, dehydrated fruit, crackers, potato chips (crisps in the UK I guess?) You could ask her to provide a specific food which she doesn't cook, so her skill or lack thereof wouldn't be involved.

stickygirl said:

...I'll be cooking a breakfast with bacon n eggs, grass, sheep droppings and a dash of dead bugs. So long as the temp is high enough for an appropriate time we're safe

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And all this time, I thought 'British cuisine' was an oxymoron.

Okay, in all seriousness, why no ice chest? They are ubiquitous in the US.

To wrap this up: we had a reheated home-made Chinese sauce and sticky rice for Friday evening's meal. I was too hungry to get picky, but we "cooked the fuck out of it" before it was eaten. No one died.
We had a great weekend