Campfire Food

[carsonshepherd]

I'm going on a 3-day canoe trip with my boyfriend and his family in two weeks. I haven't been on a canoe trip since I was very little. Snakes, ice-cold water, poison ivy and sunburn don't scare me - what worries me is being hungry.

We'll have a charcoal grill and a camp stove to cook on. Anyone have any good camping recipes? Things I can prepare and bring, or take the ingredients and cook there? What about to bring along in my canoe in case I get hungry along the way?

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I'm going on a 3-day canoe trip with my boyfriend and his family in two weeks. I haven't been on a canoe trip since I was very little. Snakes, ice-cold water, poison ivy and sunburn don't scare me - what worries me is being hungry.

We'll have a charcoal grill and a camp stove to cook on. Anyone have any good camping recipes? Things I can prepare and bring, or take the ingredients and cook there? What about to bring along in my canoe in case I get hungry along the way?

If you need a cast iron skillet, I got an extra.

you know me, I take every damn thing and buy groceries on the way.
wear cargo pants, so you can take granola bars and cheese sticks.

 

[TxRad]

Can't is the canoe trip expert... if memory serves.... He had some pictures up last year from a family canoe camping trip.....

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Can't is the canoe trip expert... if memory serves.... He had some pictures up last year from a family canoe camping trip.....

Oh yeah, Cant can probably make a buffet out of leaves and sticks, aske him.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

Mountain Man Breakfast aka Heart Attack in a Pot

Also known as the Pounda...

1lb bacon
1lb sausage
1lb diced potatoes
1lb grated cheese
1 doz eggs
1 lg onion
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You will need a dutch oven, about a 6 quart size.

Cut the bacon into fairly small pieces, and chop the onion up. After frying and draining, place in dutch oven.

Cook the sausage, and drain and add to dutch oven.

You can either use frozen hash browns, or bake about a lb's worth of potatoes the night before and dice. Add to the dutch oven.

Beat the eggs and add to the dutch oven. Stir thoroughly. Cook at medium heat, 8 coals on the bottom, and 16 coals on the lid. Stir occasionally.

When the egg gets a "dry" appearrance add the cheese to the top. Replace lid and cook until the cheese has melted.

Serve with salsa....

It's a great camping breakfast, and sticks with you for most of the day. The recipe can be cut down or doubled depending on how many need to be fed.

Good luck on the canoe trip...

 

[carsonshepherd]

Also known as the Pounda...

It's a great camping breakfast, and sticks with you for most of the day. The recipe can be cut down or doubled depending on how many need to be fed.

Good luck on the canoe trip...

that does sound good. My BF worried me when he said he usually doesn't do breakfast on these trips - I'm always starving in the morning and I get really unpleasant when I'm hungry and people won't let me eat. I better take my own emergency food.

 

[Dar~]

I'm going on a 3-day canoe trip with my boyfriend and his family in two weeks. I haven't been on a canoe trip since I was very little. Snakes, ice-cold water, poison ivy and sunburn don't scare me - what worries me is being hungry.

We'll have a charcoal grill and a camp stove to cook on. Anyone have any good camping recipes? Things I can prepare and bring, or take the ingredients and cook there? What about to bring along in my canoe in case I get hungry along the way?

Ooo! My mom used to make stew pockets. Chop potatos, baby carrots, some beef or chicken meat, mushrooms if you like them, onion, and a teensy bit of cream of mush or any soup you like (one can makes a lot). put a little of each into a largish piece of foil wrap tightly and sit in the coals...SOOOOO good!

 

[tickledkitty]

How about apples, peanut butter, and granola? This is one of my daughter's favorite breakfasts. I cut the apple in wedges, and then she dips them in peanut butter and then the granola. I think that would stick with you and give you a lot of energy. It's also something you can make easily for yourself if the others aren't interested in breakfast.

 

[cloudy]

frybread.

 

[FatDino]

Don't forget the beer.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

Ooo! My mom used to make stew pockets. Chop potatos, baby carrots, some beef or chicken meat, mushrooms if you like them, onion, and a teensy bit of cream of mush or any soup you like (one can makes a lot). put a little of each into a largish piece of foil wrap tightly and sit in the coals...SOOOOO good!

Those are excellent, round here it's called a Hobo Supper....

 

[drksideofthemoon]

frybread.

Frybread is awesome. I was at the Northern Games one year, and one of the contests was bannock making. The women would have to start a fire and then cook their bannock. There were two awards, the quickest, and the best.

There was an old woman from Fort Norman who almost deep fried hers, she must have been about 80. It tasted almost like a doughnut. God, it was good. She came no where near the quickest, but she won hands down for the best.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

that does sound good. My BF worried me when he said he usually doesn't do breakfast on these trips - I'm always starving in the morning and I get really unpleasant when I'm hungry and people won't let me eat. I better take my own emergency food.

Breakfast is the most important meal, especially when camping and canoeing.

 

[cloudy]

Frybread is awesome. I was at the Northern Games one year, and one of the contests was bannock making. The women would have to start a fire and then cook their bannock. There were two awards, the quickest, and the best.

There was an old woman from Fort Norman who almost deep fried hers, she must have been about 80. It tasted almost like a doughnut. God, it was good. She came no where near the quickest, but she won hands down for the best.

The chip wagons around the rez sell it all day long.

 

[Dar~]

I make fry bread once a week.. If you use olive oil it tastes soooo good. I like it a lot with cinnamon but it tastes equally good with savory toppings and the best plain right from the oil.

 

[cloudy]

The great thing about frybread is that it's good for breakfast with butter and honey, great for lunch with whatever toppings you want (cheese, etc.), and good to eat with stew or whatever for supper.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

Potato packets~

onions
butter
potatoes
seasoning
foil

Dice potatoes and onions and cut nice 8x8 inch squares of foil for however many people you have. In each foil packet put some of each of the ingredients and season. Seal the foil packet up with seam on top. Wrap that packet with seam same side up in more foil. Put in the edges of the fire or on bbq and let cook 20-30 minutes depending on how hot the fire and coals are.

(You can also add in some canned meat and make this an all in one meal.)

Chocolate baked bananas~

Bananas
chocolate bar
foil

Run a slit down the banana (skin on) length wise. Break up chocolate and stuff in slit. Wrap in foil seam/slit side up. Place edge of fire or on bbq when finished cooking and cook for 15-30 minutes depending on how hot. Eat hot!

 

[Picodiribibi]

It's important to know if you'll be portaging on your trip. If that's the case, pack light: avoid hydrated foods and never, never, ever bring canned food--you'll be very sorry if you do (keep in mind you'll be carrying all that extra packaging weight out with you as well; do yourself a favor and stick with paper or plastic). If you think hunger is bad, try humping a canoe and three days of canned food on your back through a quarter mile of bad terrain. I did it (minus the canoe) on a 3-day romp in the Sierras once--once!--and by the 6th mile of switchbacks I was cursing every extra, useless ounce.

As long as you or anyone you care about doesn't have to carry it, feel free to bring along cast-iron cookware, charcoal grills, etc. I hear a nice, heavy cast-iron skillet makes a good anchor in a pinch.

For personal sustenance, you can't go wrong with trail mix. Nuts, dried fruits, candy-coated chocolate bits--all dense, high energy foods. Bring a pound or two in a resealable plastic bag and you'll be a happy camper.

And don't forget to drink plenty of water. Don't only drink when you're thirsty. If you're not urinating regularly and if your urine is not clear, you need to be drinking more. And, if possible, stay away from alcohol. Dehydration is not fun, especially in the middle of nowhere.

Have fun!

 

[Dar~]

It's important to know if you'll be portaging on your trip. If that's the case, pack light: avoid hydrated foods and never, never, ever bring canned food--you'll be very sorry if you do (keep in mind you'll be carrying all that extra packaging weight out with you as well; do yourself a favor and stick with paper or plastic). If you think hunger is bad, try humping a canoe and three days of canned food on your back through a quarter mile of bad terrain. I did it (minus the canoe) on a 3-day romp in the Sierras once--once!--and by the 6th mile of switchbacks I was cursing every extra, useless ounce.

As long as you or anyone you care about doesn't have to carry it, feel free to bring along cast-iron cookware, charcoal grills, etc. I hear a nice, heavy cast-iron skillet makes a good anchor in a pinch.

For personal sustenance, you can't go wrong with trail mix. Nuts, dried fruits, candy-coated chocolate bits--all dense, high energy foods. Bring a pound or two in a resealable plastic bag and you'll be a happy camper.

And don't forget to drink plenty of water. Don't only drink when you're thirsty. If you're not urinating regularly and if your urine is not clear, you need to be drinking more. And, if possible, stay away from alcohol. Dehydration is not fun, especially in the middle of nowhere.

Have fun!

Are you always so snarky? Yes, advise was asked for but was your condescending tone required? BTW Carson isn't stupid, he's been in the medical field for a while..he' knows about urinating. I think we all do.

 

[Picodiribibi]

Are you always so snarky? Yes, advise was asked for but was your condescending tone required? BTW Carson isn't stupid, he's been in the medical field for a while..he' knows about urinating. I think we all do.

I think I'm in love.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

As long as you or anyone you care about doesn't have to carry it, feel free to bring along cast-iron cookware, charcoal grills, etc. I hear a nice, heavy cast-iron skillet makes a good anchor in a pinch.

Have fun!

He asked for a recipe and I gave him one. I don't recall seeing anything in Carson's post that mentioned backpacking, hiking, or portaging.

Take your sarcasm and shove it up your granola munching ass...

 

[cloudy]

can anyone imagine living on trail mix for three days or so?

Right. Neither can I.

 

[Dar~]

can anyone imagine living on trail mix for three days or so?

Right. Neither can I.

I love me some Cloudy...and Dark horse, you can come sit right here beside me


Edited to Add:

We'll have a charcoal grill and a camp stove to cook on. Anyone have any good camping recipes? Things I can prepare and bring, or take the ingredients and cook there? What about to bring along in my canoe in case I get hungry along the way?

Hello, read the OP?

 

[English Lady]

Hello Pico, thanks for chipping in.

I'm quite sue you didn't mean to stir up so much with that post, it looked pretty innocent to me -like you were trying to hand out advice.

As you now know Carson knows a bit about what he's doing, so your advice mightn't all be relevent -but being new, I can get how you'd not know that in the first place so thanks for stepping in and giving information you thought might be useful. (side note, ssome kinds of humour just don't translate to the written world well -ask Gauchecritic )

Please forgive the snappiness of the locals -if they think someone is attacking one of them they get kinda protective, it's one of the good things about this place (The Authors Hangout) there's some really loyal people here


So yeah, welcome.


And Chantily those bananas sound gorgeous!

 

[cloudy]

Hello Pico, thanks for chipping in.

I'm quite sue you didn't mean to stir up so much with that post, it looked pretty innocent to me -like you were trying to hand out advice.

As you now know Carson knows a bit about what he's doing, so your advice mightn't all be relevent -but being new, I can get how you'd not know that in the first place so thanks for stepping in and giving information you thought might be useful. (side note, ssome kinds of humour just don't translate to the written world well -ask Gauchecritic )

Please forgive the snappiness of the locals -if they think someone is attacking one of them they get kinda protective, it's one of the good things about this place (The Authors Hangout) there's some really loyal people here


So yeah, welcome.


And Chantily those bananas sound gorgeous!

I appreciate your good intentions, EL, but s/he so obviously didn't even bother to read Carson's OP that it was ridiculous. We weren't getting snappy, we were impatient with stupidity - there IS a difference.

Besides, advocating living on trail mix for days is just plain dumb.