Primitive
Believe it or not, there are actually places here on earth without refrigerators, stoves, or even microwaves. Scarier yet, many of these places are nearby by our homes and have been made dangerously accessible to our neighbors and small children. Although I have heard it called names such as "dirty dirt hole," I prefer to call it "the great outdoors."
Through my life I have gone on more than my fair share of camp outs. Therefore I believe I have earned the title of camper.
Contrary to popular belief, campers actually do eat more than just hot dogs and marshmallows. In a matter of fact, if your good enough and you know the right tricks, meals can be one of the most enjoyable parts of camping.
Your best friend while on a camp out, is fire. With fire you can cook almost anything that can be made at home. The two most common tools used to cook above a fire are Dutch ovens and metal grates. These work as the stove and oven.
When cooking above a fire, make sure that the fire is not smoking too much or your food could taste like smoke. Also make sure that you do not throw any kind of unnatural material, such as trash, into the fire. This can potentially produce a smoke that can be harmful to consume.
Dutch ovens are one of the methods of cooking outdoors that has benifits that are above cooking at home. When cooking in a Dutch oven, use a Dutch oven coal chart (found online) to determine how many coals on the top and bottom will get you the perfect temperature. Before going on a campout check on line for great Dutch Oven recipies such as pollo asado, deep dish pizza, and cobbler.
Of course if you are feeling lazy you can just find yourself a stick and slide a hot dog down it, but with a bit of preperation you can begin cooking like a well paid outdoor chef (if those actually even exist).
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ReplyDeleteI've earned the title of "camper" too. My situation is a little different. I started camping when I was really little. At that time we had a tent and our meals were cooked on the portable gas grill or over the fire in a dutch oven. Then they came out with these really cool pie makers that you stick right in the fire and BAM! fresh apple pie. After years of roughing it in primitive campgrounds and tent sites, we upgraded to a popup and then a typical travel trailer. Finally, we have a large travel trailer(my parents are hoping to downsize). Thankfully, with a travel trailer you get a fully functional kitchen. Now we eat whatever we would typically eat at home. We load up the fridge and the pantry and we're ready to hit the road. Of course anything cooked over a fire is better. Like baked potatoes cooked in the coals or stews in a dutch oven. I prefer a stick over those metal marshmallow roasters, they take all the fun out of it