Camp Cooking

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Camp Food: How To Make Ash Cake, Pone, Corn Dodgers, Flapjacks, Johnny-Cake, Biscuits And Doughgod - Making Dutch Ovens - Venison - Banquets In The Open - How To Cook Beaver Tail, Porcupines And Mdskrats - Camp Stews, Brunswick Stews And Burgoos. Excerpt from the "Book of Camp-Lore & Woodcraft" By Dan Beard Chapter VI, 1920

Using the Reflecting Baker: In considerable experience with campers it is surprising to find how few employ that ingenious device known as the Reflecting Baker, and yet were its uses known it would occupy a high place as one of the needed items.

Camp Housekeeping: Building fires. Fires without matches. Woods and their properties. Useful plants and trees. Camp cookery. Camp furnishings. Making beds. Handy hints to campers. Excerpt from the: "Book of Camping" By A. Hyatt Verrill, 1917; Chapter Three

How To Lay A Good Cooking Fire: A Personal Experience On Short Rations - The Most Primitive Of Cooking Outfits - Camp Pot-Hooks, The Gallow-Crook, The Pot-Claw, The Hake, The Gib, The Spetgelia And The Saster - Telegraph Wire Cooking Implements, Wire Grid-Iron, Skeleton Camp Stove - Cooking Fires, Fire-Dogs, Roasting Fire-Lay, Camp-Fire Lay, Belmore Lay, Frying Fire Lay, Baking Fire Lay - The Aures Crane. Excerpt from the "Book of Camp-Lore & Woodcraft" By Dan Beard Chapter IV, 1920

Cooking On An Open Fire First and foremost, the right equipment. When you are cooking over a fire, there are a few things to remember. When you are able to think about these things as a system for cooking, you will automatically know what sort of pans and equipment will work on the fire.

Camp Kitchens: Camp Pit-Fires, Bean Holes - Cow-Boy Fire-Hole - Chinook Cooking Fire-Hole - Barbecue-Pits - The Gold Digger's Oven - The Ferguson Camp Stove - The Adobe Oven - The Altar Campfire Place - Camp Kitchen For Hikers, Scouts, Explorers, Surveyors And Hunters - How To Cook Meat, Fish And Bread Without Pots, Pans Or Stoves - Dressing Small Animals - How To Barbecue Large Animals. Excerpt from the "Book of Camp-Lore & Woodcraft" By Dan Beard Chapter IV, 1920

Camp/Primitive Cooking In recent times the popularity of compact camping stoves has brought outdoor cooking within the reach of many who would never have attempted it previously. The stoves are very convenient and when on you're on the trail and want something quick to eat or drink they are hard to beat. However, nothing will ever taste the same as food cooked on an open fire of your own making. Apart from purely aesthetic considerations a cooking fire is also more practical in many situations and allows a wider variety of cooking opportunities. As well as roasting and toasting over the flames or just boiling something up in your billy there are many other possible cooking methods, none of which require recourse to store bought equipment, here are a few ideas.

IMU: Hawaiian Underground Oven by Dino Labiste Anyone who has experienced a contemporary Hawaiian lu’au (feast) will find kalua pig a main part of the menu. Traditionally, the pig was cooked in an underground pit and served in plaited baskets made of coconut fronds or on large banana leaves. The shredded pork was just as tender and moist as pork roasted in an electric or gas oven. The word kalua refers to the process of cooking in an earth oven (ka, the; lua, hole). [Link recovered 6/8/11]

APACHE COOKING: Rabbits & pheasants cooking Apache style. Also available HERE

Camp Recipes: Here are some recipes you might like to try while exploring the outdoors. Many meals can be done by advance preparation and cooking at home to help make camp meals an adventure, not a chore...

Stove Care & Feeding Tips to improve performance. See also: Butane Fuel & Stoves & Fuel

The Woodsmen's Kitchen In recent times the popularity of compact camping stoves has brought outdoor cooking within the reach of many who would never have attempted it previously. The stoves are very convenient and when on you're on the trail and want something quick to eat or drink they are hard to beat. However, nothing will ever taste the same as food cooked on an open fire of your own making. Apart from purely aesthetic considerations a cooking fire is also more practical in many situations and allows a wider variety of cooking opportunities. As well as roasting and toasting over the flames or just boiling something up in your billy there are many other possible cooking methods, none of which require recourse to store bought equipment, here are a few ideas.

Camp Coffee Morning simply isn't morning without a cup of coffee, but not just any cup will do. I want mine freshly brewed with clean cold water and served in a ceramic mug of substance -- not a plastic cup and, please, not one of Styrofoam -- and I want it black and strong enough to kick-start me into wakefulness.

Some pioneer recipes Great for kids! When I was a little girl, I used to visit my grandfather’s home town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He filled my head with tales of how things were done when he was a boy. One of my favorites was his story of the making of Brunswick stew. As I nestled into the musty back seat of my aunt’s huge black Packard car, he would begin the tale. We would rove through the miles and miles of dusty tobacco fields, the tall yellowing plants surging up on either side of the road, and he would drone on. The more he talked, the hungrier I got...

Cooking On An Open Fire Short, but interesting article.

Australian Damper Bread Recipe! Damper is very similar to Irish Soda Bread, and probably developed from recipes brought over by Irish immigrants/convicts. If you are cooking on an open fire you could try wrapping the dough in aluminum foil before you place it in the coals, or even try wrapping the dough around a stick and cooking suspended over the flames.

MAKE YOUR OWN LIGHTWEIGHT PLUMBER'S STOVE Contributed by: Robert Crowley, 1999. Long before the thermos bottle was invented, most working folks brought their hot drinks to work in glass milk bottles wrapped in wool blankets to keep them warm for drinking later that day. The plumber was an inventive chap, and since he had use of alcohol torches ( before gas torches ) for soldering copper and lead pipe, he had a ready fuel for heating, so it wasn't long before a plumber ( so the story goes ) rigged up a tiny stove to make coffee and heat up his lunch meal.

MAKE YOUR OWN ALCOHOL BURNING BACKPACKING STOVE Contributed by: Shane Graber, 6/98 If you are like me and you don't have a whole lot of money to shell out on gear and/or you like to make your own gear, then this page might be for you. All in all, this backpacking stove didn't cost me a red cent to make (other than having to buy the tomato paste cans and pop can -- which we already had) and when completed it only weighs 1 oz (not including the fuel or the pot stand).

MAKE YOUR OWN ALCOHOL STOVE Contributed by: Thomas Tveit Rosenlund, 1999. Here is my recipe for a backpacking alcohol burning stove that cooks 1/2 litre of water in less that five minutes. The cost is a mere 15 kroner/2$. That is including the food from the cans.

MAKE YOUR OWN ALCOHOL STOVE Contributed by: Perry Michael Koussiafes, 8/8/00. This is a spin on the coke can alcohol stove after a fair amount of trial and error. For whatever reason, we are unable to find the link from which the original instructions for this stove were obtained. I do have my printed copy and credit is given to LaMar Kirby – Utah Lake District, Orem Ut. ([email protected]) for providing construction directions.

MAKE YOUR OWN SOLID FUELSTOVE Contributed by: Perry Michael Koussiafes, 1/26/02. My stove consists of a small storage tin, about 5-6 inches in diameter and maybe 3-4 inches tall. I have tried different tins of different heights and find that taller isn’t necessarily better. The design is inspired by military canteen cup stoves used by the US Army and also the Swiss "torpedo style" canteen and stove.

THE RON & DON CAT FOOD CAN STOVE Contributed by: Donald Stier, 1/10/02 The stove we have made is still in the process of development and testing. It primarily burns alcohol but can also burn solid fuel. We have successfully boiled (to differing levels) several quarts of water on it without any adverse results to the stove. For our pots, we are using a Wal-Mart Grease Saver and a pot out of Mom's old Girl Scout mess kit. Our windscreens are made of roof flashing and oven liners. We carry white tipped matches (as our Troop has a rule about lighters) for ignition.

THE KIWI STOVE Contributed by: Jim Rogers, 1/08/02. Here's a new stove design that burns just like the Photon/Pepsi can stove, but is as easy to make as the Cat stove. I call it the "Kiwi Stove." I do not have a web site, so I'm just posting the instructions here. It's so simple, however, that no pictures are needed if you are at all familiar with the Photon stove.

BUILD a BETTER WINDSCREEN Contributed by: SGT Rock, 4/1/02. Whether you're building a soda can stove, Cat stove, Turbo V8 or Esbit stove, the windscreen is an important part of the stove. Simple changes in the windscreen can drastically effect stove performance. On my Turbo V8 stove I made two screens. #1 was as tall as the pot and had a 1/8" gap around, and #2 barely came to under the handles but had a 1/4" gap all the way around. Normally you would expect the taller and tighter #1 screen to help transfer heat to the pot, but the truth was opposite. I boiled faster and with less fuel using the #2 shorter screen that had better air flow.

SGT ROCK's SIMMERING SODA STOVE Contributed by: SGT Rock, 4/2/02. Big flame burner.

SGT ROCK's TURBO V8 STOVE Contributed by: SGT Rock, 4/2/02. This model is recommended for pots smaller than 1L. If you need to use a larger pot, I recommend super gluing a soup can lid to the bottom, make sure you dull any sharp edges.

Convex top Coke stove This stove is very similar to other soda can stoves, except that the fire ring has a smaller radius than most. The edge on top is also very durable; it doesn't bend easily (but if it does you may be in trouble). The unit's performance will vary depending on your choice of can, the size and layout of your pinholes, what kind of insulation you use (or none), the height of the sides, and so forth. I have not tested this design with a view to providing an optimal configuration (even for myself). I'm hoping others will do that (sparing me the effort ;-) and will email their results to me.

The use of a kettle over an open fire. An article of interest from "Running a household in the Viking era" by Trine Theut. Gives some primitive pointers. [Link recovered 6/8/11]

Wings THE HOME-MADE STOVE ARCHIVES Playing with fire is dangerous, everywhere. Don't get hurt or burn your house down. Don't start forest fires.

Hobo Stove & Volcano Kettle These things are unbelievably effective, dirt-cheap and fun to make. You can easily make one on the fly with a Swiss Army knife and a tin you pick up. You will probably find yourself making lots of different designs just for the hell of it!! They are also useful in that you can burn up your camp rubbish to cook your next meal!

The West Mark 1 grew from a desire to have a stove that could use both natural "found" fuels and commercial fuels. Having something that would not cost the earth was also a bit of a consideration. The following text describes the basic West Mk1, though I've taken the liberty to add a few new ideas that I would incorporate if I ever have to build another.

Woodsman’s Cooking. Excellent article on cooking on rocks, in mud, etc., but a bit hard to read as the page isn’t formatted for all viewers (had to scroll left-right to read the thing). Save the page and open it in Write ™, Word ™, or Word Perfect™.

Reflector Baking We like to do reflector baking in our troop. Reflector baking is a fun way to bake our favorite goodies - pizza, breads, cookies, pies, etc. - by campfire. We like reflector baking mainly for two reasons. First, when we reflector-bake we can build our campfire high, with lots of flames. This is great on a cold night or when we want to have campfire ceremonies. Also, we like reflector baking because we can see the food while it bakes. This makes it easy for us to adjust the cooking time and temperature as needed.

Dual Purpose Reflector Cooker. This isn't really a backpacking stove, but a fun thing to have if motor-camping, sailing or just in the garden. This particular cooker was inspired by a type of Solar cooker called the "Sausage Sizzler" shown on the BBC program "Science Shack". This is a very simple parabolic cooker since the parabola is only curved in one direction because it is designed to cook long thin foods, such as (surprise!) sausages.

Young Backpackers Food Hints and Recipes by Claude Freaner -- Lots of good information and recipes for those new to backpacking. Several of us in Troop 885 think of ourselves as gourmet cooks on our backpack outings. We also realize that a new Scout going on his first hike, probably for the first time in his life, is "leaving civilization and Mom." We would like to suggest food for these inexperienced cooks that usually is nutritious, is always something he will eat, and is easy to fix, particularly when he is tired. [Link recovered 6/8/11]

The Possum Cookbook Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it! Also includes a section on collecting the critter that doesn’t involve scrapping it off the road. See also: Possum Recipes

DOWNLOADABLE COOKBOOKS FROM THE SCOUTS

1999 Dutch Oven Cookbook . pdf 86k -27 pages Text Version of the Dutch Oven Cooking (c)1990 by Mike Audleman -:For FREE Duplication, sent out on email just before Y2K. The reason for this book is to provide reference material for an individual who is planning or cooking a meal for six to ten people. For larger groups, most of the recipes can be easily doubled or tripled and two or more Dutch ovens may be needed. Most of the information has been targeted toward the first time Dutch oven user, although, the more experienced cook may find a tidbit or two here and there. I hope this book will entice... Cooking, Dutch Oven, 2002.pdf 113k -53 pages Longer version of the cookbook shown above

Cooking, Dutch Oven, Camping - Ol Buffalo .pdf 260k -36pages This publication concentrates on easy-to-prepare meals for the outdoors. It is written with a group of 6-8 youth in mind and provides a variety of tasty, nutritious dishes for the beginning camper as well as for the old-timer. Many employ the Dutch oven. Although written with outdoor-cooking in mind, most recipes are also easily adapted to indoor cooking. Likewise, many home-cooked recipes are easily adapted to Dutch oven cooking.

Troop 928 Cookbook .pdf 326k -119pages Troop 928 has families from all over. They bring knowledge and experiences from all over the world. And along the way, a few good recipes. Friends and relatives agree that you may have these secret recipes only on one condition. That you add your own and pass on the total to others. See also: Philmont Country Cookbook .pdf 208k -44pages

The Geezer Cookbook , by Dwayne Pritchett, with an introduction by Mark Michalski. See also: The Geezer Cookbook .pdf 186k -83pages [Link recovered 6/8/11]

Chili Recipes -- outrageously diverse and hot, hot, hot! [Link recovered 6/8/11]

Foil Cooking Recipes -- Also called Hobo Dinners and Pocket Meals. [Link recovered 6/8/11]

Box Oven Cooking -- yes, you really can bake in a box! A cardboard box will make an oven -- and it works just as well as your oven at home! There are different ways to make a cardboard box oven.

COLLAPSIBLE WINE BOX OVEN--use with briquets With this oven, you can bake virtually anything on a camping trip that you can bake at home -- pies, cookies, cakes, muffins, biscuits, lasagna, ziti, pizza, you name it! The only limitation is the size you make the oven and possibly the weight of what you want to bake.

GORP--Lots of ideas here!

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