Cooking Techniques For Camping
Camping can
be a joyful experience, shared with friends and families alike. Being in the
great outdoors brings people together, especially without the distractions of
day-to-day affairs like work, cell phones, and the internet. Without these
disturbances, families and friends can bond over hiking, swimming, games, and
especially, food! The meal, the breaking of bread, is a time to come together
and talk, to interact with each other in a way that our busy lives so often
keep us from experiencing.
Family meals
are important experiences to share. Magic can happen around the campfire when
you’re cooking and sharing great meals and stories together. Since none of
these methods are regularly used at home, the many variations of camp cooking
make the experience all the more unique. BBQ over a campfire, using coals, foil
packet cooking, and more are all included in this cookbook!
lets learn Cooking techniques ..
Foil Packets
Cooking
techniques while camping are unique. Aluminum foil packets are one of the most
common methods included in the recipes. It consists of placing the food on an
aluminum foil sheet and folding it tightly. The trick to foil packets is to
keep the center seam at the top. This allows easy checking on the progress of
the food, but also makes eating out of the pouch itself an easy possibility.
They provide easy clean-up, with the fact that it is cook pot and serving dish
all in one. Also, when cooking with foil packets you should not place the foil
packets directly into the fire. Place them on a grill over the fire or on the
coals once the fire dies down.
Open flames versus grilling
Certain
recipes work well for cooking directly over the fire. S’Mores, foods that
require boiling, and recipes that need charring do best over direct flame.
However, most foods will cook best either on the grill (at a safe distance from
direct flames) or on coals. Foil packets, for example, cook very well on hot
coals. If you do cook directly on the grill, make sure the grill has been both
cleaned and oiled.
Smokers and garbage can cooking
Another
option for cooking is “garbage can cooking.” This method requires a CLEAN metal
can, and turns into a camping smoker. This works so well because it cooks foods
very quickly at very high temperature. This keeps the juices in the meats and
vegetables you are cooking and gives it a natural smoky taste that you can’t
get anywhere else. Large pieces of meat like turkey, pork roast, roast beef,
and firm vegetables like potatoes are all great options when using this cooking
technique. The complete method is detailed within the recipe and will certainly
be the highlight of your trip. It is certainly has been for our family! It’s
also a great activity to do when feeding a large number of people since you can
literally cook some 20-30 pounds of meat in a 20-gallon garbage can.
