I need some camping cooking help.?

Question

each year we go camping and each of us are assigned food, this year i really want to wow our friends. Any suggestions on dinner and dessert ideas/recipes that can be done camping?

Answer 1

Here you go!!!! Type in on yahoo search (camp cooking) and you will have resources to wow'em. Many recipes and idea's to choose from. Check some of the Boy Scouts site that are there those kids know how to eat. Good luck with your outting. And dinner is at where and what time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

The dutch oven person is right on. Get yourself one or two cast iron dutch ovens and you will eat like a king, especially when the next campsite is eating fried spam or 'smores.

All you need is a good dutch oven cookbook, though the recipes above look good they may be a little complex for a first timer. But dutch ovens are easy, fun and great food.

A bag of charcoal and some hot pads. At Boy Scout camp this summer, on the last night, we made homemade ice cream and a raspberry(fresh picked) cobbler for our troop and the camp staff. We were the most popular campsite that week.

Answer 3

Every one wants to be fancy when camping. buy 20lbs of sausage different types Italian etc. use the marshmallow roasting sticks make sure you have enough for every one. also get the sandwich type get some key lime pie filling,lemon,cherry etc put between gram crackers cook over fire. Keep it simple Have fun. remember if you want to wash dishes stay home. OK so I am a little rustic OK so I camp wilderness style. Not all the time. I also own a 32ft Trailer

Answer 4

Pie irons or cooking irons are a neat way to cook. All you need is 2 slices of bread, and a favorite filling and a camp fire down to coals. Dinner fillings can be lunch-meat with cheese, taco meat with garnishes, thick spaghetti sauce. Desert can be a favorite pie filling or pudding

Answer 5

light a fire bring a can of mushroom soup and some boneless chicken fry it up all together and mushroom chickin wit some bangin mushroom sause

for dessert brown sugar and apple slices fried up easy and yummy and there is no specific measurement to the recipes
put in as much brown sugar as you want!

for chicken take it out of the package and rinse off first

Answer 6

You need to be more spacific. are you in a camper? Open Fire? Dutch ovens? What will you be cooking with?

Little hint....it wont matter if its in an open fire, inside a dutch oven, and just tossed together. Folks always love dutch oven.

Answer 7

Get a cast iron dutch oven and a dutch oven cookbook. You can do everything in it, even bake a cake or a pie.

Answer 8

Slice up some canned corned beef and fry them in a pan. Even my kids (who live practically on sugar and air) eat it up!

Answer 9

I have written 2 cook books all about Camp Dutch oven cooking. If you want to wow your friends learn to cook in camp Dutch ovens. You can cook and bake anything in them that you can do at home. I bake breads, cakes, pies, and even cheesecakes in my ovens while camping all the time. Then there are cassarole type dishes and of course soups, stews, and chili. But Go with something other than the stews or chili. Here are a few recipes for you to try from my books and several links to Dutch oven manufacturers. Good Luck!

Cream Cheese Apple Petal Tart
David Herzog

Crust:

1 ½ c. (about 40 cookies) vanilla wafer cookie crumbs
2 Tbs. sugar
2 Tbs. butter, melted
1 Tbs. water

Warm a 12”, deep Dutch oven to 375o. Spray a 9” spring
form pan with food release. In a medium bowl, combine cookie crumbs, sugar, butter, and water. Mix well. Press into the bottom and up the sides of prepared pan. Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

Tart:

2 8 oz. pkg. light cream cheese, softened
2/3 c. sugar divided
2 egg whites
2 Tbs. pure vanilla
3 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and sliced into 16 slices each
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ c. apple pie liquor, aged minimum 6 months
½ c. sugar free orange marmalade, melted and strained

In a a large bowl, beat cream cheese, ½ c. sugar, egg
whites, and vanilla until smooth and fluffy. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, carefully place sliced apples in bottom, not breaking slices. Sprinkle cinnamon, remaining sugar, and liquor over apple slices and very gently toss to coat.
Pour cream cheese mixture into crust and smooth with a
spatula. Starting from outside edge, working toward the center, arrange the apple slices lengthwise, in concentric circles until
reaching the center.
Place spring form pan on a cake rack inside the Dutch oven. Bake until apples are tender, about 1 hour at 375o. Remove from oven, transfer to a baking rack and cool completely. Just before serving, spoon or brush melted marmalade over the top of the tart. Serves 8 to 12


Jalapeno Beer Bread

3 c. all purpose flour
3 tsp. baking soda
3 Tbs. sugar
1 ½ tsp. salt
1 ½ c. your favorite dark Belgian or German ale
½ c. sharp cheddar cheese
2 Tbs. jalapeno pepper, diced

In a large bowl, mix well, flour, baking powder, sugar, and
salt. Add beer, cheese, and pepper. Pour batter into a greased 10” Dutch oven. Cover and bake at about 350o for 1 hour, or until you can smell it. Butter the top of the loaf while it is still warm, and
serve warm.

You Pick the Meat Pot Pie
David Herzog

1 lb. any meat you want in the pie, turkey, chicken, beef, etc.
2 qt water
1 medium onion, chopped
1 c. celery, chopped
8 oz. frozen vegetables, any style
1 c. frozen peas
1 Tbs. granulated garlic
1 tsp. celery seed
1/8 tsp. black pepper
2 Tbs. bouillon in the flavor of the meat you are using
1 c. milk
3 Tbs. flour
4 Tbs. butter, melted
2 c. Bisquick
½ c. water

Combine the first 10 ingredients in a 12” Dutch oven and
bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Remove lid and add milk, stir well. Combine melted butter and flour to make a roux. Stir roux into the pie mixture to thicken, simmer 15 to 20 minutes more.

While the pie is simmering, mix together Bisquick and just enough water to make a soft dough. Turn the dough out on a floured board and roll to a circle to fit inside the Dutch oven. Carefully place the dough on top the pie mixture. Bake in Dutch oven at 350o for 20 to 30 minutes longer. Serve
Serves 6 to 8

Braised Cabbage and Turkey Sausage
David Herzog

2 c. 1” diced celery
2 c. 1” diced red onion
8 to 10 c. chunked cabbage, cored
8 links turkey sausage
Salt and pepper to taste

In a 12” Dutch oven, cook the turkey sausage over medium heat with 1 Tbs. olive oil. Remove sausage and set aside.
Add 1 Tbs. olive oil and sauté celery and onion for 8 to 10 minutes until slightly browned. Add cabbage chunks and ½ c. water or chicken broth. Cook cabbage 8 to 10 minutes, until slightly wilted.
While the cabbage is cooking, slice the sausage into bite sized pieces, then add to cabbage, stir. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook 8 to 10 minutes more to heat sausage. Serve with garlic mashed potatoes.
Serves 8 to 10

Upside-down Chocolate Cherry Surprise
David Herzog

1 15 oz. can Bing cherries
1 box devils food cake mix
½ c. pecans, chopped
1 tsp. almond extract
½ c. cherry flavored cola

Open the can of cherries and carefully stir in the almond
extract. In a well oiled, preheated 10” Dutch oven, pour the cherry almond mixture. Sprinkle the cherries evenly with the pecans.
Sprinkle the cake mix over the cherries and pecans, then
pour the cola over the cake mix as evenly as possible. Bake 35 minutes or until you can smell it. Turn out onto a 12” Dutch oven lid on a lid trivet. Serve hot.
Serves 6 well fed campers


Contact me if you need more recipes or info about Dutch oven cooking. Good Luck!

Answer 10

simple enough SMORE'S who doesn't love them