Accommodation is real cheap, the same with street food. You can get dinner, bed and breakfast for 150 dh in some places. So there's no good reason for either camping or DIY cooking unless it's because you enjoy it, or because you are planning to explore really remote places where there might not be accommodation.

I'm currently in Spain, will be in Morocco next week, and am carrying a tent for a few days of wild camping in remote places (e.g. Rekkam Plateau). My evening food will be a very boring unimaginative Broccoli and Cauliflower cup a' soup and oatcakes as I will be eating local street food during the daytime.
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But having written all that... Marjanne hypermarkets stock pretty much everything you'd get in the UK and are on the outskirts of many major towns—Tanger, Tetouan, Rabat, Salé, Casablanca, Mohamedia, Safi, Fez, Meknes, Marrakech, Agadir...

Local bread is excellent and crazily cheap (between 1 dh and 2dh/loaf). Because of the historical lack of refrigeration, oil takes the place of butter when eating bread. And despite the number of sheep you will see there's very little local cheese, but you can get 'Laughing Cow' triangles everywhere (about 1 dh per triangle which is expensive compared to the bread)

Potatoes tend to be a yellow, waxy variety, good in tajines. Couscous is easy as it's just a case of mixing with hot water (and maybe some stock powder) and waiting five minutes. Passata—as in finely mashed tomatoes—would be an easy sauce. Fresh corriander is one of the basics of Moroccan cooking and available everywhere. I always carry white pepper, chilli flakes, garlic granules and tabasco sauce to liven things up—there's nothing like hot spices to open the pores and cool you down.

Bacon, ham and pork are available in Marjanne, but not normally elsewhere. Chicken is cheap. But personally I would avoid fresh meat because of the heat, look for canned. Tinned sardines are one of Morocco's great exports and found everywhere. Eggs are about 1 dh each.

Take some resealable freezer bags with you, then if you are eating lunch and you want to save some, it's easy to store until later.


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Thanks for that everyone. By the looks of it, I think I will enjoy my eats.

Have a great trip Tim.

Cheers

Dave

As above, eating's very cheap! Not only that, it's great too! Save some hassle and time and out!