2020 - Campfire Chatter - Camping Recipes
Share your best camping recipes here - whether you're cooking right over an open fire, or in your RV or cottage, let us know what foods you love to cook when you are camping.
Do you have a gourmet s'mores recipe or a tried-and-true method for campfire chili? Let's hear it!
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I'm all about foil packets for the first night of camping, since you can prep them at home and throw them in the coals or on a grill. I usually do a Southwest inspired one, along the lines of https://www.thekitchn.com/southwest-veggie-packets-recipe-23041719 and have with either tortillas or tortilla chips.
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We always do chili. It's a 1:1:1:1 method (1 can of tomatoes, 1 can of tomato sauce, 1 can of beans, 1 lb of ground meat or other protein) with some onion and chili seasoning. Super easy, super reliable, and always delish with some corn chips for scooping. It's also great on some grilled hot dogs the next day. 😉
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I used to do living history (army laundress for the frontier army at Ft Laramie, Wyoming Territory). We camped in tents in Suds Row and cooked over open fires. We would make pies - all sorts- and cooked them in dutch ovens in the coals of the fire. Make up your favorite pie in a metal pie tin (not that flimsy metal that pies come in now but a real metal pie tin). In the dutch oven, invert an empty pie tin so the bottom is facing up. Add about 1/4 cup of water to the bottom of the dutch oven (make sure your dutch oven has a bail or handle over the top so you can lift it from the coals). Place your pie on the inverted pie tin and cover you pie with the lid to the dutch oven. Make sure all air vents are closed or you'll have ash in your pie! Shovel a few coals out of your fire pit and place the dutch oven in the fire, resting level on the coals. Place the few coals you shoveled out on the the lid of the dutch oven. Now wait 10 - 15 minutes then remove the coals from the lid and carefully lift the lid and check your pie. If it is golden brown remove the dutch oven from the fire pit, lift the pie from the dutch oven -BE CAREFUL - this is very hot and it is easy to get burned! Let your pie cool and enjoy!
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My family used to camp each summer, trailer travels. I have fond, and vivid, memories of using pie irons on the camp fire. Two slices of bread, pie filling (cherry rules!), toast over the fire, then finish by dropping in a bag of powdered sugar for a sweet coating. I'm hungry now just thinking about it.
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We used to make orange cakes at the end of campfire feasts. You cut a "lid" in an orange, hollow out the fruit, then fill the peel with yellow cake batter (we always used a box mix from the dollar store). Put the peel lid back on, wrap the whole thing in foil, and bake in the coals for 20 - 30 minutes. Yum.
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"Walking tacos" - an easy first-night meal with minimal cooking & cleanup. Cheese and veggie toppings can be shredded/chopped ahead of time. Only cooking required is heating up your favorite canned chili. Cut an individual-sized bag of Frito's down one long side to open. Top with chili then add your choice of toppings (cheese, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, whatever!). Eat straight out of the bag. Fancy it up with homemade chili if you'd like!
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Did anyone happen to get the S'more recipes from the website before it changed to post camp? I didn't think about it and now I'm craving s'mores!
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I found them!!! Here is the link for anyone else who needs them https://buzz.springshare.com/springycamp/camp2020-prep/recipes
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