Old fashioned camping cooking

[Swing]

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/forums/camp-cooking.36/

I came across this while looking at the muzzleloading guns and the reenactment clothing. The recipes look like fun and yummy to try.

 

[Cascadian]

I have been saying I am going to try and master or get good at Dutch oven cooking. I may have to get my own? My wife gets mad at just the thought of me touching the one she never uses.

 

[dademoss]

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/forums/camp-cooking.36/

I came across this while looking at the muzzleloading guns and the reenactment clothing. The recipes look like fun and yummy to try.

One of the many forums I can still log into, but never visit

Would it be better to drop my Dutch oven recipes here, or in the library?

 

[Swing]

I think in the recipe forum would be the best place for the recipes. We'd love to have them.

 

[Jen]

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/forums/camp-cooking.36/

I came across this while looking at the muzzleloading guns and the reenactment clothing. The recipes look like fun and yummy to try.

Ohhh...now the real me comes to light. I just can't do that. I know about Dutch ovens over the fire. I've had to cook on a wood stove. I love a good wood stove and enjoy building a fire.

But I just can't do that cooking anymore. If someone else does the work I will eat the rewards.

 

[Hardcalibres]

The number one thing to know about campfire cooking is..........that flames are almost useless for cooking.

>95% of campfire cooking tasks are best done over actively smouldering coals.

The wood you burn will start out producing flames and then progress to being coals suitable for cooking.

Short cooking jobs like grilling some meat can be done by lighting a fire, burning it down to coals and then doing the cooking.

Longer cooking jobs (like a roast in a DO), require you to create two fires (which may be side by side).......one to produce coals and the other to use the coals for cooking (until they need to be rotated back to the active fire, replaced or re-invigorated prior to re-use).

The number two thing to know, is how to assess and control the temperature you are applying to your food.......over time.

 

[dademoss]

I think in the recipe forum would be the best place for the recipes. We'd love to have them.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/dutch-oven-recipes.39050/post-1062561

 

[Tim Horton]

Yes.. Yes... If anyone has ...outdoor, campfire, bonfire, hobo stove... recipes PLEASE share..

MODERATORS... Maybe a prefix, category for this type recipe is in order...
Hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink, wink...

 

[dademoss]

Yes.. Yes... If anyone has ...outdoor, campfire, bonfire, hobo stove... recipes PLEASE share..

MODERATORS... Maybe a prefix, category for this type recipe is in order...
Hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink, wink...

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/dutch-oven-recipes.39050/post-1062561

 

[Cabin Fever]

I've done a lot of outdoor cooking, especially using dutch ovens. I never needed a special recipe. I've always made the same recipes that I would when cooking with our gas range/oven. I don't get why you need special recipes.

 

[angie_nrs]

If cooking over an open fire, you should make sure to burn maple, cherry or some other satisfactory wood. I would not recommend oak, unless you are using a pan or dutch oven where the smoke won't affect your food. We cook homemade brats in the summer all the time over a hard maple fire. They are soooooo much better than cooking them on a gas or charcoal grill. I don't even really like brats, but over the fire they are delicious.

If you are cooking with a pan or dutch oven, the type of wood probably wouldn't matter too much. I have a friend that cooks in a dutch oven but buries it in a hole and it cooks like a slow cooker.

 

[Cabin Fever]

I never cook with an open flame...never, never, never. I always cook with campfire coals whether I am grilling or using a DO. I always use oak. Why? Because oak coals last a long time. And, coals don't produce smoke.

 

[TexasCharm]

Goodness, we've been doing this forever.. of course we camp. But throw stuff in some foil, wrapped up tight and toss it on the coals... coffee on hot coals .. cast iron skillet over coals, I mostly use my DO for bread making. Considering a coated one ... maybe for other things..

 

[angie_nrs]

I never cook with an open flame...never, never, never. I always cook with campfire coals whether I am grilling or using a DO. I always use oak. Why? Because oak coals last a long time. And, coals don't produce smoke.

Yeah......gotta have hot coals or what's the point? However, when you get a gust of wind or something, then you will get some smoke. We've just found that we don't like oak for cooking and we have plenty of hard maple, so that's our preferred wood.