Family Camping Today (iPods Allowed)
A family camping menu should be:
1st Night: Lloyds BBQ Ribs, corn, coleslaw and potato salad
Wrap ribs in heavy-duty foil, heat, open a can of corn and serve with ready-made coleslaw and potato salad. First night is celebration night. You've put up the tent, you've build a campfire, [Read more...]
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The first time I saw a Dutch-oven was in Martha Stewart’s show. So when another camping family told me the #1 most essential cookware was their Dutch-oven, I was surprised. Until I met the hardier cast-iron cousin to Martha Stewart’s bright fashion-colored variety.
The cast-iron Dutch-oven is, indeed, an indestructible kitchen ironman (unless you commit those 5 no-nos below) . You can bake pineapple upside down cake, make mountain man breakfasts, [Read more...]
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When camping, good food has the power to make breathtaking sunsets more beautiful, rainy days less of a drag and good friends even more fun to be around.
#1. Not Keeping Hot Foods Hot
If you like your meats at the borderline USDA approved internal temperatures, don't forget to bring your meat thermometer. It doesn't take a lot of room:
#2. Not Keeping Cold Foods Cold
Your camping cooler is your best friend, if you treat him right. For example, it baffles me how [Read more...]
Technorati Tags: camping recipes, camp cooking, camping kitchen
For camp cooking, sometimes, even 3 steps is one too many. After a day of hiking, fishing or even just relaxing by the creek, you want a quick meal, not play Julia Child. The 2-step meal suggestions in the video may be the ticket.
The secret to shortcut camp cooking is careful preparation at home.
The cooler is your best friend.
I want to go camping, start a campfire, just to make these scrumptious melty, gooey, marshmallowy desserts… There's definitely more to campfire desserts than s'mores.
Here are the camping recipes for the four desserts in the video.
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Although s'mores probably came into being not long after the commercial marshmallow was developed in the 1880s, the first published recipe appears in the 1940 Girl Scout Handbook. Today, it has been adapted into many interesting variations.
Good Old S’mores
Place half of a Hershey's® Milk Chocolate bar onto a graham cracker half. Carefully toast a marshmallow over a grill or campfire. After the marshmallow is toasted a nice golden brown, place it on top of the chocolate bar half. Sandwich it with a second cracker half and gently press it together.
Comments: Use Nestle’ crunch chocolate bar for nut lovers.
Melty S’mores
Reason #9. You can't remember the last time you gazed at the stars. It's time to see the Big Dipper beyond the printed page.
Reason # 8. The only bird chirping you have ever woken up to is the cuckoo clock in the living room.
Reason # 7. Ten years from now, when your kids lament to their therapists that you were absent in their lives, you can show videos and pictures of your [tag]family camping[/tag] experience.
Reason # 6. Food tastes better outdoors. I'll tell you about the Baby Weber Grill at another time.
Reason # 5. Its affordable. You can buy very nice camping gear with the equivalent of a couple nights hotel stay. And you get to keep the gear. (Its like owning your own home instead of renting).
Reason # 4. Enjoy the inheritance that was saved for you. In 1916, your grandparents and mine made a commitment to preserve, protect and share the natural beauty of this land through the National Park Service. When was the last time your eyes feasted on the natural beauty of our [tag/]national parks[/tag]?
Reason # 3. Camping is so easy today. Down-filled sleeping bags, 10-minute-set-up tents, instant fire starters, and yes, that Baby Weber Grill. Today's camping equipment is easy enough for the beginner campers.
Reason # 2. There are many ways to camp, so you can choose what suits you best. There's rustic cabin camping, car camping, [tag]luxury camping[/tag] such as at the Adirondacks, RV camping and backpacking. Start with something you are comfortable with. Chances are, you'll explore other more adventurous camping with time.
Reason # 1. You have never gone camping before. Well, then you absolutely have to go camping this year. Do it before you are set in your ways. Do it before you take yourselves too seriously. Do it before the kids leave the nest. Do it before you can't do it. In other words, just do it.
