Getting Ready For Camping Cooking
John Morris
Cooking in the great outdoors can be very different from
cooking in your kitchen at home. Its a way of exploring your
own skills that you may have unconsciously learnt from your mom
in the kitchen when you were at home. You should have a propane
stove, or if you prefer you can cook over a fire pit.
Camping in the outdoors requires that you get up early - that
way everyone else can sleep in and wake up to a hearty
breakfast. This would require you to be equipped with the
equipment and supplies, and perhaps recipes for good camping
cooking.
1. Equipment
This includes the stove, gas cylinders, ovens, fireplace,
grilling pits and so on. One of the most famous ones is the
Dutch oven, that is basically a covered pot made of heavy metal
used for cooking. This oven is mostly made of cast iron or
aluminum and varies from extremely heavy ones to relatively
light weight ones. Some come with strong metal legs to support
the oven over the heat source as well. These ovens, that use
charcoal or coals to work, have lids that tightly fit into the
bottom and have also a rim around the edge to hold the coals.
You can also try out other alternatives such as pit and brick
ovens or mobile stoves, that come with a small gas cylinder
that can last for more than 50 hours of camping cooking usage.
2. Supplies
Having a place to cook properly is not enough. You need good
food to get you moving in your other camping activities as
well. Having this in mind, you must make sure your camping
cooking food supply, either raw or canned must be sufficient.
Raw foods would include meat, vegetables, and fruits and so on.
Also, to preserve these, you need to have a small cooler
equipped with dry ice handy. Nutritious canned food is a good
and simpler alternative. Try meat available in cans that you
can just grill or fry and eat straightaway.
3. Cookbooks and Recipes
And who could forget some of the best camping recipies out
there, such as hotdog on a stick, smores, and instant noodles!
Some cookbooks have a long list of food choices available; from
a vegetarian barbeque and fried fish with baked potatoes to the
more exquisite Turkish cuisine and Bali fried foods. Just be
sure to boil all your water before you use it in any meals.
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