For me, eating well when I camp is fundamental. I cook at home, and I like to cook in camp. Sure, some days, when I'm playing tourist, I don't have as much time to cook, so the meals have to be simpler. But, there are days when my main activity in camp is cooking.
So, how do you REALLY feel about cooking in camp?
I enjoy cooking while camping. I can spend time getting the coals right to cook a steak, have baked potatoe that was not done in the microwave. At home it is always "do I have time to cook this?" While camping I have as much time as I need.
I went camping for my bachelor party. It was not crazy, just my bro and bro-in-laws staying in a cabin (pre popup) There were 3 or 4 families camping together that cooked their dinner all day Saturday. They started their smokers after breakfast, marinated various meats, making Salads, shucking corn, all day long. The kids were riding bikes, playing, having a great time while the adults sat around 1 communal site and drank all afternoon while cooking.
My bro has a dream of going to one of the BBQ festivals that you see in Texas or Kansas where it is basically a tailgate party only without a sporting event. I told him once my son gets a little older and I get a HTT we'll go.
Matt O 2006 Skyline Nomad 27' travel trailer. Previously owned 1986 Coleman Columbia / 1992 Coleman Senecca / 1989 Born Free Class C RV.
To me like everyone else camping and cooking go hand in hand. I will cook on the stove, make foil packs over the fire, use the grill or bring the smoker along. This is all part of the camping experience. Cooking can be as simple as roasting hot dogs on stick over the fire, grilling burgers or stakes, using the DO, or smoking chickens, brisket, or ribs all day. To me it's all part of the exerience. The only sad thing is after preparing something all day it is gone in 15 minutes. But I guess that means it was a good thing. :chef:
For us the challenge is how can we create some of the great things we create at home while camping...... being guys that throw lots of dinner parties, we view camping as dinner parties in the woods....
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Hi all, this post prompted me to de-lurk :). The last camp-out this past summer, I made a full pork loin stuffed with a bread stuffing with dried cranberries on the charcoal grill. I used a grill pan to saute a mix of summer squash, zucchini, and eggplant drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with fresh cracked pepper, sea salt and thyme. I started my baked potatoes in the coals from breakfast and they were perfectly done by dinner time. We used the leftover bacon from breakfast (rescued before my husband could finish it off lol) crumbled over top of sour cream and shred cheddar for stuffed bakers....for us, camping is all about the cooking ;D
Thanks for the welcome Eagle, I tied it into a ring and tented it with foil (forgot to mention that part), it worked like an oven and it came out really well. I totally surprised myself LOL. I figured the worst that would happen is we'd chuck the pork and have beanie-weinies for dinner ;D
Thanks for the welcome Steve. We usually do a full dinner each night (we only do 4 day camp-outs). I was introduced to camping by my sisters in-laws, they are a scouting family and will do a full Turkey dinner with all the fixings, dump-cake in winebox oven, and chocolate cake in a coffee can...compared to them, my pork loin was amateur hour LOL.
I'd like to add, the best tool I've found for cooking at camp or home is a heat proof meat thermometer. Stick it in the thickest part of the meat before you put it on the grill and just keep your eye on the internal temp. I recommend getting one of the larger faced models with the temp markings for each cut of meat. I've never gone wrong with it and would be lost without it ;D
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