Comments on: Campfire Cooking! My 5 Favorites

By: cw

cw — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:29:58 +0000

my son who is an avid boy scout leader and youth leader loves out door cooking and teaches it at summer camp. makes cobblers and full meals. I usually ( on camping trips) have marinated chicken that has been frozen so when frozen it helps with the cold in the cooler as it defrosts till the night we need it. Also have prepped veggies if they are firmer ie zucchini which grills great. Other campers always wonder what smells so good. Lol. Love to do fish and veggies and if you take fresh green beans, use a little season salt and butter – wrap in foil and lay on the grill they are delicious. ( only takes about `15-20 min lower heat) then there is always turtles. hamburger ball ( Buffalo would work) then add veggies like thin slices carrots and onions, some diced potatoes and some seasoning, wrap in foil and place in kettle. it will bake in there and everyone has their own serving ‘in the shell” . We have an outdoor camp fire- one of the perks of living in the country and it is nice to cook outdoors and not heat up the house. plus Maria is so right, it is so relaxing. love it.

By: Maria (farm country kitchen)

Maria (farm country kitchen) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:32:57 +0000

Yum!

By: Vernon O'Neill

Vernon O'Neill — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:32:47 +0000

I used to take my son and his friends camping and I found something that they really liked and ate a lot of at night.
Ingredients Pita bread
Pizza sauce or make your own
1 bag of shredded mozza cheese
1 pepperoni sliced
Hamburger pre cooked, in a baggie.Add spices you like.
Required Roll of tin foil
Iron frying pan
Take a piece of tin foil and roll it about as thick as a pencil. Line the inside of the frying pan so that the tin foil which you rolled makes a circle around the pan. Then roll 2 or 3 more pieces of tinfoil and stretch them across the middle of the frying pan so that when you put the pita bread in, it sits on the foil and cannot touch the pan. Make your pizza on the pita bread. Put a few tablespoons of water in the pan.Put the pizza on the foil. cover the pan with tin foil so the steam cannot escape. Put the pan on the fire. When the steam starts rising, wait a few minutes for the cheese to melt.Remove from heat and uncover. Your pizza will be hot, the cheese melted and the pita bread softened up. Pizza in the woods. Can’t do better than that.

By: Marie Singer

Marie Singer — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:54:15 +0000

Thanks for the great ideas. I’m a Girl Scouts leader and I just learned that it is OK to be a Girl Scout only to go camping. Good for you!