Last summer we rented a house in the NC mountains with friends, and we are doing the same thing this July. The M.O. of the entire trip is to eat, drink and nap as much as possible. There isn't much opportunity for anything else.
To eat, you need to cook. Most rental houses come with little more than a crappy frying pan and a Mr. Coffee, so I tend to travel with a few essentials:
-A good knife (rental house knives are always impossibly dull)
-Herbes de Provence
-Sea Salt
-Pepper Grinder
(those previous three alone can make scrambled eggs a masterwork)
(those previous three alone can make scrambled eggs a masterwork)
-10" Cast Iron Skillet (if I am driving)
-Whole Bean Coffee, usually Fairway's Habana Decaf ( I can't handle caffeine anymore!)
-Coffee Grinder
-French Press (I am an anti-drip coffee snob)
-Coffee Grinder
-French Press (I am an anti-drip coffee snob)
This year I may need to add driend guajillo peppers and a food mill, just to be ridiculous
What's on your list?
The Kitchn has compiled an excellent list of their own here
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