Campfire foods

[mrich12000]

What do you do with your Kraft dinner? and what other foods do you pack on your trips?

[BubbaZanetti]

Subs, hahha

but if i'm in a cooking mood and have a cooler, i still like the foil packs i used to make in boy scouts. a little steak, potatoes, carrots, onions, a bit of garlic and a little oil/seasoning. easy to cook if you have a campfire, no messy cleanup. pre boiling the potatoes and carrots helps a bit!

[From MARS]

I take along the Knorr foil packed rice or pasta dishes and pack a few cans of chicken. It only takes two cups of water, one pot, and a heat source to have a meal in about 15 minutes. Some of them even have vegetables, and they cost less than two bucks. The pasta ones don't even require a lid for the pot.:thumb

In addition, I'll pack a shaker of Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning. It contains all the spices I need to cook most anything.

Good eating,
Tom

[john1691]

+1 on the Tony's! Had it when volunteering in New Orleans, come to find out the local food giant carries it up here in PA. :thumb

[Bob_M]

Liquid bread:drink

[gsjay]

I'm starting to include cooking with my camping trips. In the past I always thought that cooking while camping on the bike was too much hassle.

I got a jet boil and have used it to make Coffee with the press they sell and that works great. And of course hot coco is easy too.

I've cooked the typical stuff that just needs hot water, ramin noodles etc. The jet boil also works well to heat anything like Soup, stew etc.

I'm hoping to ad the Jet Boil pot to expand my cooking options.......

A friend I travel with likes to haul a small gridle to cook with over the fire and it's nice to do bacon etc. on but a bit bulky.

I've stock piles some small packets of Mrs. Dash and Red hot! Sould spice things up a bit.

Other suggestions appreciated. What about these freeze dried food options? What brands are good and where do you buy them?

jason

[DarrylRi]

I put on a campout for the vintage folks in September each year, and I've found that french toast is an easy breakfast to make if you have a grate, a bowl and a couple eggs. Brush the grate off before using, then you can put slices of bread that are soaked in beaten egg (add cinnimon and sugar if you have it) directly on the grate; cooks in about 5 minutes over hot coals.

For dinner, there's a variety of easy veggies you can cook with just some foil. You can cook potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams by wrapping them in foil (a couple wraps) and then putting them in the coals for about 15 minutes. You can do corn the same way, but of course, it cooks faster.

Slice red or yellow bell peppers into biggish pieces with a bit of olive (or vegitable) oil in a foil "pan". If you see a big porcini mushroom at the store, you can put some oil on it and a bit of teriyaki sauce and cook it on the grate, takes about 3 or 4 minutes.

If you like a salad, the bagged mixes are a great way to go, just buy a tomato or cucumber to throw in with it, and a little oil and vinegar for dressing.

The nice thing about these kinds of veggies is that you can buy them during the day at your convenience and they don't need to be refrigerated before use.

Of course, sausage and bigger cuts of meat or chicken are pretty easy to cook on a grate.

[mrich12000]

I use a small sturno cooker, and I raid the foodland for small eggs and sausages.with peperets for the long rides with a pop hanlebar holder or another raid to Tim Hortons.:wave :ca :beer

[BradfordBenn]

Have cellphone with GPS and Google Maps...

The key is beer and friends with grills.

[Gilly]

Liquid bread:drink

I call 'em hydraulic sammitches:p

Seriously, beer is the key, then some cheese and crackers (I like havarti cheese for this if you can find it), then some sorta meat product, ohhh, summer sausage, bologna, ham, whatever, heck even SPAM if you can keep it down), maybe some tins of some sort of smoked fish, or some good smoked fish (not canned if you can get it where you are), mmmmm----mmmmmmm, campfire smorg-ass-board

Gilly

[snoone]

:drink The extra super secret special Margarita recipe of the now infamous :bow Turbo Fluffies. :bow

[jcridge]

I'm starting to include cooking with my camping trips. In the past I always thought that cooking while camping on the bike was too much hassle.

I got a jet boil and have used it to make Coffee with the press they sell and that works great. And of course hot coco is easy too.

I've cooked the typical stuff that just needs hot water, ramin noodles etc. The jet boil also works well to heat anything like Soup, stew etc.

I'm hoping to ad the Jet Boil pot to expand my cooking options.......

A friend I travel with likes to haul a small gridle to cook with over the fire and it's nice to do bacon etc. on but a bit bulky.

I've stock piles some small packets of Mrs. Dash and Red hot! Sould spice things up a bit.

Other suggestions appreciated. What about these freeze dried food options? What brands are good and where do you buy them?

jason


Jason,

Mountain House makes great freeze dried meals. We purchase them from campmor.com I use a Jetboil stove which can boil the water in 2 minutes. You dump the water in the Mountain House foil package( after removing silica packet) shake and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Open and eat. They have a wide range of options.:eat

[SNC1923]

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[KGT1200]

Pancakes made with fresh fruit AND the best part...fresh Wyoming Brooke trout rolled in cornmeal, then fried in bacon grease, onions.

All you need to remember is the pancake mix, onion, an orange or apple, bacon and fishing pole!, Along with the all important pan!

aliitleluck and you have a meal yum!

[mrich12000]

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Foodland raid.Excellent choice...:bow :bow

[kbasa]

Buy fresh local corn. Soak in water for about an hour and roast directly on a grill in the husk. Wonderful.

I have to say that some of the freeze dried backpack foods are pretty good these days. I usually have a couple stashed in my cooking gear in case of emergency. You just heat water, add it to the bag and eat right out of the bag a couple minutes later. No muss, no fuss.

[FatChance]

J
Mountain House makes great freeze dried meals. We purchase them from campmor.com I use a Jetboil stove which can boil the water in 2 minutes. You dump the water in the Mountain House foil package( after removing silica packet) shake and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Open and eat. They have a wide range of options.:eat
I never used to like the dehydrated "camping" foods, but I tried some Mountain House meals last summer and have totally changed my mind. They are as simple to prepare as can be with a JetBoil and have a wide variety of options. I now buy about a dozen at a time so I always have some around "just in case". They keep forever.

[kbasa]

I never used to like the dehydrated "camping" foods, but I tried some Mountain House meals last summer and have totally changed my mind. They are as simple to prepare as can be with a JetBoil and have a wide variety of options. I now buy about a dozen at a time so I always have some around "just in case". They keep forever.

:nod

We keep a bunch in the garage in case of an earthquake.

[Mongo]

My fav is sweet potato wrapped in foil and put in the coals. After an hour, take it out, slit it and add cinnamon and sour cream if you have it. Mmmmm, great if your like me and have a killer sweet tooth.

[KGT1200]

three cans of beans pinto, kidney and chili. one small little can of tomatoe paste. one packet of taco seasoning. 1 lb of fresh hamburger (freeze it ahead of time at it will stay cold for a full day). one small onion.


Brown your hamburger with chopped onions, dump in everything else with about 8 0z of water. turn your jet boil to low, low low, drink 2 beers, stirring your pot all the time.

Get ready for some PRIMO chili! Season to how much hair you have on your chest with tabasco or related hot sauce.

yummm!

[amiles]

Seems as tho the most popular freeze dried foods tend towards carb heavy foods pasta, taters etc. Are there any that are less carb intensive and more towards the protein persuasion for those of us with dietary peculiarities?