Campfire cooking

[tutterbear35]

1 Large Vidalia Onion
1 Package Pancake Add Water Batter
Butter Flavored Crisco Stick
Cooking instructions:
Peel then Slice Onion into desired ring sizes;
Mix Batter with water thinner than what you'd use for pancakes;
Heat Crisco over camp stove;
Coat rings with batter;
Fry to golden brown.
Dry on Paper towels.

Best when eaten as a snack while cooking fish for dinner.

Variations/Hints:
Can add salt or pepper to batter mix, as pancake batter is sweet, particularly with Vidalia onions. Can also use Seasoned Salt, Essence of Emeril, Lemon or Cayenne Pepper to Red or White Bermuda onions for spicier rings.

[tutterbear35]

Recipe Ingredients:

hamburgers
your choice of vegetables
Cooking instructions:
place one hamburger in a foil, place your favorite vegetables on top of the hamburger. Then wrap it all up and have it cook on top of hot coals on the fire. Once they're done, grab your food with thongs. Enjoy!

Variations/Hints:
Do not put "runny" vegetables in the foil!

[tutterbear35]

Recipe Ingredients:

Pita bread (2/person, the thin kind work better)
Pizza sauce (tomato paste works fine as well)
Margarine
Mushroom
Cheese
Onion
Green Pepper
Any other topping you like
Cooking instructions:
-Cover pita with sauce.
-Apply desired toppings to half of pita, add copious amounts of cheese.
-Slowly fold in half so the pita does not break and spread margarine over one side. Place that side down onto the grill and cook slowly over coals. Spread margarine over the opposite side and flip when the pita is golden brown.

Variations/Hints:
If your like me you'll end up putting to many toppings on your pizza. If your loosing containment, place a small twig in the end of the pita to help keep it together. Ass the cheese melts you can take the twig out. Margarine or butter doesn't have to be used, although it adds significant favor and texture.

[tutterbear35]

Recipe Ingredients:

Chocolate covered Shortbread cookie
(We liked Keebler Fudge Shoppe)
Peanut Butter
Marshmallows
Cooking instructions:
Take two cookies,spread peanut butter on the inside of one or both cookies. Set aside. Toast one marshmallow until golden brown. Place marshmallow in between prepared cookies & enjoy.
Yummy

[tutterbear35]

Recipe Ingredients:
a knife
an orange
an egg
a fork
Cooking instructions:
Step 1: Cut the orange in half and eat it with a spoon.
Step 2: Pull out all the membranes to form a perfect orange-rind coddling cup.
Step 3: Crack the egg into the orange peel cup.
Step 4: Use sticks to place the cup into the fire and cook for about 5 minutes.
Step 5: Eat the egg right from the cup.

Variations/Hints:
Try to keep the cup balanced while cooking. Mixing oranges, eggs and coals probably won't taste too good

[tutterbear35]

Campfire Chili
Feeds 10 people


4 lbs. Ground Meat
1 small onion
2 packets chili mix
1 can kidney beans
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce


Dice up small onion. In dutch oven, brown ground meat and
onion. When well browned, add in spaghetti sauce, chili mix
and kidney beans. Mix well. Simmer until thickened to the
consistency you like. Salt and pepper to taste.

[tutterbear35]

1 package frozen hash browns
18 eggs
2 small packs Brown 'n Serve sausages
Shredded cheddar cheese (as much as you like)
4 Tbsp Butter

Smear dutch oven with butter. Put a layer of hash browns on the bottom, place half the sausages on top of it. Sprinkle with as much cheese as you like. Place another layer of hash browns over it. Put remaining sausages on top of it. Sprinkle with more cheese. Mix up all of the eggs in a bowl. Pour over entire mixture. Place over fire and cook until eggs are done, hash browns are cooked and cheese is melted. Serve hot. Salt and Pepper to taste. We have also substituted the sausage for diced ham, bacon or ground meat if you would like the dish as a dinner.

[tutterbear35]

Fruit Pies


Bread
Butter or Margarine
Can of favorite pie filling ~Note: Thank You brand pie filling is not only tasty, but they give you a plastic lid in case you don't use all of your filling at once.

Butter your cooking surface, place your bread, spoon in and spread your pie filling. Close your pie maker and then place in coals, turning occasionally.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

These are awesome recipes! I cannot wait until it gets wet in the mountains so we can have a campfire and try some of your recipes!

[cat lover]

Indian Fried Bread

5 cups all purpose flour
10 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups water
1/2 tsp salt

Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. In separate bowl, combine vegetable oil, eggs and water. Make a well in center of flour, stir in liquid and mix well. Put clean towel over bowl and let stand 3 1/2 hours. Then knead douigh 3 minutes. Turn out onto a floured surface and roll out to 4" thickness. Cut into triangles, then fry in hot fat in Dutch oven till golden brown.

[cat lover]

Frank-A-Bobs

Cut in 4 or 5 pieces, 2 hot dogs per person. Open and drain 1 can sliced or chunk pineapple. Thread hot dogs onto stick. Then add pineapple. Alternate this process till entire hot dog is on stick. Cook over hot coals for 5 - 10 minutes.

Variations: tomatoes, onions, green peppers, canned potatoes, cherry tomatoes

[cat lover]

Fish-In-Foil

fish fillets, 1 per person
2 tbsp chopped carrots (per person)
1 thin slice lemon ( per person)
1 tbsp dried parsley ( per person)

Using a sheet of foil place a fillet of fish on foil with other ingredients on fillets. Bring foil sides together and seal foil edges by folding twice. Make a separate foil packet for each person. Bake foil packs in a dutch oven OR over coals about 20 minutes or till fish flakes easily.

[cat lover]

Can Opener Combo



1 can (16 oz) French style green beans, drained
1 can ( 10 1/2 oz) condensed cream of mushroom soup
2 cans ( 5 1/2-6 1/2 oz each) boned chicken
1/2 tsp sage
Chow Mein Noodles

Heat green beans, soup, chicken and sage, stirring occasionally. Serve on noodles. 4 servings

[cat lover]

Hobo Supper

If you don't want any cleanup this is the recipe! You cook this in cans!

2 pounds ground beef
3 tbsp all purpose flour
1 tsp leaf thyme, crumbled
1/4 tsp pepper
6 medium carrots
6 medium potatoes
2 cups tomato juice


Collect and wash six 1 pound metal cans. Shape ground beef into 6 patties the size of the cans; coat with a mixture of flour, thyme and pepper and place in bottom of cans. Slice carrots and potatoes into cans over meat; add 1/3 cup tomato juice to each can. Cover top of cans with heavy duty foil. Cook on grill 4" from heat about 1 hour or till vegetables are tender.

[cat lover]

2 cans tomato soup
1 2/3 cups pre cooked rice
2 pounds hot dogs
2 17 oz cans peas

Cut foil into 8 pieces, each 36 inches long. Fold each in half to make pieces 12 x 18". Pour 1/4 can of soup into each. Pour 1/3 cup of precooked rice on top of soup in each . Put two sliced hot dogs on top of rice in each. Add about 1/4 can of peas without juice to each. Seal the foil by doing a Drugstore wrap being careful not to tear foil. Put sealed packs diretly on hot coals. Check in 10 minutes. If rice is soft, remove packs from coals. If rice is not, reseal and put back on coals for 5 minutes. Eat right form the foil packet (off a picnic table of course)

[DeBora4BobbyL]

We made the same things in Girl Scouts and since while camping exept we used hamburger patties for the meat dish. I also make dump cake (http://www.momsmenu.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1215#post1215)while we are camping. If are making a campfire, you can put the ingredients in a dutch oven.

[cat lover]

DeBora, I have lots of campfire Dutch Oven recipes. If you would like some of them just let me know and I'll post some. I suppose I could post "how to" on putting the hot coals on top and under the Dutch Oven for someone that maybe hasn't cooked that way before.:)

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Cat lover, I think that would be an excellant idea! I am one of those who did not grow up on cast iron. I learned after I got married. The dutch oven is the best!

[cat lover]

Okay! I'll get my "gear" together and start with "how to". I'll try to start on that later today!:)

[cat lover]

Okay here goes. I'm going to try and explain how to cook in a Dutch Oven over a campfire. It takes a little practice, but it well worth it. Once you have mastered it you can even bake cakes over an open fire! We used to do Pineapple Upside Down Cake!


FIrst you want a Dutch Oven designed for cooking outside. The indoor type with a domed lid will not work. It should have a raised lip around the rim and the top is actually recessed so coals can be placed on the lid to increae the heat. The size depends on how many you want to feed. I prefer a larger one and then you are covered. Cast iron is also important. You can get cast aluminum, but you want cast iron. So you see this won't be backpacking cook wear! With your cast iron Dutch Oven set over coals and with coals on the lid the temperature in the oven can be varied by increasing or decreasing the number of coals. Make sure you have a seasoned Dutch oven. If it is new it has to be broken in first. Then you need to cover the inside with a coating of shortening; and the inside of the lid also. You put it over a low heat and allow the shortening to melt. You need to do this several times before cooking in it the first time. After you have it seasoned you drain out any surplus shortening. Now it is ready to cook in.

Some people never wash theirs in soap, but I prefer to, but then I need to recondition it immediately after washing.

When you first start remember that it is better to use too few coals than too many and have burned food.

Your main source of heat is going to be from the bottom if you are using the Dutch Oven as an oven with the food being cooked in a spearate pan and with the pan set on a rack in the dutch oven. Hot air will circulate around the pan just like it does in your home oven.

Your main source of heat will be from the top if you are using the Dutch Oven as a cooking pot or simmering something.

It is important in most cases to preheat the Dutch Oven by placing it over a layer of hot coals. Additional coals may be placed on the lid and it will be thoroughly preheated this way.

If you set the oven over 27 to 30 charcoal briquets and the same number on the lid the temperature in a #12 oven will be at 450 degrees or higher within 12 - 15 minutes. This can be kept as this temperature for 30 minutes or more with the briquets under the oven reduced to 12 and the number on the lid redeuced to 9.

Tongs are good for adding and removing hot coals. And a professional Dutch Oven pot lifter or a LARGE pair of slanted pliers will work.

If you have a #10 oven the same temp will take about 18 briquets under the oven adn the same on the lid. It will maintain about 30 minutes also. It is important to have a small air space between the coals a d the bottom of the oven; as little a 1/4 " is good.

Once you have your food in the oven put the lid on. If you are cooking something in liquid you may not need coals on the lid. If you are cooking anyhting with dough you will need some coals on the lid.

Once you become experienced at this you will learn to use firewood. Charocoal briquets are good till you have it all down; it will give you more satisfaction that you can control the heat.

All the talk of briquets or firewood is HOT briquets or ash gray including using firewood. So this is not a quick way to cook, but nothing better than smelling that food cooking over an open fire and know you did it!


I'll try to start posting some recipes later on doing Dutch Oven cooking. If you have any questions on the procedure please ask!

Good luck and have fun!:)

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Do you have suggestions for dutch oven cooking in high altitudes? Almost all our camping is done in the mountains. It is so difficult to cook there when I am used to cooking down in the desert.

[cat lover]

I'm sure I do, but I'll have to pull out my camping cookbook fro mScouts years ago and see; I'll post it here as soon as I find it!:D

[DeBora4BobbyL]

The lowest altitude we camp is 7,000 feet and the highest is 9,000 or so.

[ewriggs]

The lowest altitude we camp is 7,000 feet and the highest is 9,000 or so.

The main thing to remember is that at altitude water boils at a lower temp than at sea level. The lower boiling point of water in foods requires lowering the temperature of fat when frying to prevent food from over browning on the outside while being under-cooked on the inside. The decrease varies according to the food fried, but a rough guide is to lower the frying temperature about 3 degrees F for every increase of 1,000 feet in elevation. When camping, you have to simply experiment until you have the right "feel" for it.

Since water boils at a LOWER temperature at higher altitudes, it means you have to cook longer once you hit boiling (and the time it takes you to prepare your recipe). For example, the water's not as hot in Denver CO as it is in Savannah GA, even when boiling. This is the reason, when cooking in the mountains, your coffee and hot chocolate can be merely tepid, even though the water was boiling.

If you bake while camping, remember that high altitude has its most pronounced effect on the rising time of bread. At high altitudes, the rising period is shortened. Since the development of a good flavor in bread partially depends on the length of the rising period, it is well to maintain that period. Punching the dough down twice gives time for the flavor to develop. In addition, flours tend to be drier and thus able to absorb more liquid in high, dry climates. Therefore, less flour may be needed to make the dough the proper consistency. Biscuits come to mind . . . a bitter or alkaline flavor may result from inadequate neutralization of baking soda or powder when cooking them at higher altitudes. if this occurs, reduce the baking soda or powder slightly the next time. This will usually improve results.

Food is often underdone because the moisture in the food itself and the water in which it is being cooked boils at a lower temperature. Because of the rapid rate of evaporation, food can easily cook dry. So be prepared to add more liquid and to cook food longer.

Changes in altitude do not affect oven temperatures, so if you are doing dutch oven cooking, you will be in good shape (except for baking biscuits, cakes, etc).

Hope this helps some!!

Cheerio!
Elizabeth

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Thank you so much Elizabeth. This information came in the right time for us to go camping tomorrow. I usually have trouble. Maybe I won't this time. Tahnks!

[cat lover]

This can be made over an open fire or on a camp stove! It is good also just cooked at home on your regular kitchen stove.

1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 can (15 oz) mixed vegetables, drained
1 can ( 10 3/4 oz) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
1 can (10 1/2 oz) condensed vegetable beef soup, undiluted
1/4 cup water
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper

In a large pan over medium heat, brown beef and drain any fat there is. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Bring to a boil, reduce eheat; cover and simmer 8-10 minutes or till heated through. 4 servings

[mouse]

cat lover I have to tell you I just love your saying at the bottom of your post. Cats are like potato chips.......you can't have just one. That is just so cute. We feel the same way, we have 4.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

cat lover I have to tell you I just love your saying at the bottom of your post. Cats are like potato chips.......you can't have just one. That is just so cute. We feel the same way, we have 4.

I cannot help but find the humor in this since your handle says, "Mouse!"

[mouse]

DeBora that is funny now that I think about it. See it all started about 8 or 9 years ago. My kids were really into hamsters and we had about 5 hamster cages with HAMSTERS in them cause see they don't take long to multiply. We would play with them and when they were friendly and old enough we would sale them back to the pet store. Well then when we were in Texas my kids saw fancy mice and wanted those. I hated mice, mouse, rats whatever you wanted to call them but finally agree. They turned out to be more fun than the hamsters and we could actually get them to follow the mazes and such in some of the hamster toys. So I ended up really liking mice and started collecting all kinds of mouse figurines. Then when I needed a name for computer sites I was using and couldn't think of anything I was looking at my computer and there sat two stuffed beanie baby like mice, one named mouse and one named byte on top of my computer. Sooooo I stared calling myself mousebyte and when I started chatting on family corner everyone on the GA post started calling me mouse for short. So didn't I make that story long enough??? Thanks for the laugh.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

What part of Texas? I am originally from Texas.

[mouse]

We grew up about 45 miles NE of Dallas in a little town called Greenville and my husband grew up in Mesquite Texas in the metroplex of Dallas then his family moved to Caddo Mills Texas when he was about 14. We lived in Tyler Texas when we first got married, then transfered to Dallas after a year. Then about 15 years ago we got transfered to Atlanta and have been in Georgia ever since. But when he retires we are headed back to Texas.

What part of Texas are you from?

mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I'm from a tiny town called Iraan in West Texas. It's about 86 miles south of Midland/Odessa.I really miss Texas. We still have family there, including 2 children, and we go visit there every chance we get. Of course, we LOVE the NASCAR races in the Fort Worth/Dallas area. My kids live in Midland and in Fort Worth.

[cat lover]

cat lover I have to tell you I just love your saying at the bottom of your post. Cats are like potato chips.......you can't have just one. That is just so cute. We feel the same way, we have 4.
mouse


I saw that saying somewhere long ago and yes it just fits! LOL We have 5; three indoor, and two outdoor with more on the way any day. And since MM is all about food and my name being cat lover it just seemed to fit perfectly!:p

[mouse]

That's kinda what we are afraid of is our kids have been in Georgia for so long now that when we go back to Texas they may not come. My oldest is 19 and in love with a Georgia girl that he plans on marrying once he finishes college. He and the girl say they are moving to Texas when we do but who knows for sure when it actually comes down to moving and she has to say good bye to her family. My other two 17 and 14 will probably be in love with Georgia folks by the time we leave in 8 years. We usually go back twice a year to see my folks and DH folks plus brothers and sisters on both sides and other family. Do ya'll ever go to Daytona or Talledaga? Where are you living now?

mouse

[dallasalice1]

We did foil dinners with hamburger patties, potatoes thinly sliced, carrots thinly sliced & onions. I would add shrooms to mine cuz I love em. Put these down in the coals & cook.

[sweetnell3]

Howdy mouse! My name is Nell I live close to Paris Texas, I was raised in a small country town called Arthur City. I too love cats we have three right now,we also have one dog. I have one ds 23 and one dd 14. been married 30 years. Welcome!

[mouse]

Hey Nell, nice to meet ya. Paris Texas isn't very far from Greenville, just on the other side of Commerce. My daughter is the 14 year old, the 17 year old is my middle son. Is your 14 year old dd got a 14 year old attitude (I know everything), boy mine does. The boys sorta skipped that so it is a learning experience with dd. I want a small dog that I can keep in the house but we just bought a brand new house and I haven't sold hubby on the idea yet. He is thinking of having to potty train the puppy to go outside. We will be married 24 years this September.

Question about camping. We have cub scout camped in the past I was a Webelos leader but it has been a few years since we have been tent camping. I was looking at some camping sites around GA and TN and it seems like most only allow one tent per campsite. We have 3 tents we want to put up, one for the boys, one for the girls (daughter and son's girlfriend) and one for Jerry and I. Will they let you put up more than one tent if you pay extra?

mouse

[cat lover]

Question about camping. We have cub scout camped in the past I was a Webelos leader but it has been a few years since we have been tent camping. I was looking at some camping sites around GA and TN and it seems like most only allow one tent per campsite. We have 3 tents we want to put up, one for the boys, one for the girls (daughter and son's girlfriend) and one for Jerry and I. Will they let you put up more than one tent if you pay extra?

mouse

Boy, I bet you have some good camping recipes to share! We were in Boy Scouts years ago, I was a asst. scoutmaster and so was DH. We loved to cook over the open fire! In fact we built two fire pits here on our property so I can do Dutch Oven cooking whenever I get the "feel"! Looking forward to seeing some of yours~:)

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Does anyone know anything about tent camping in GA and TN for Mouse? Have you thought about checking to see if they have a Web site so that you can get their email and ask them?

[mouse]

Here's a few

Mineshaft Pig
1 potato
1 sausage link
aluminum foil
Core a tunnel in a potato with an apple corer, then stuff the tunnel with a sausage link. Wrap in foil and bake on coals, or in oven for about 45 min.

Breakfast Cake Bisquick
8 oz. blueberries or other fruit
2 cups Bisquick Mix
1/4 cup powdered milk
2 tbs. sugar
dash of cinnamon
water
Heat fruit in large pan. Mix dry ingredients with enough water to make a thick batter. Drop large spoonfuls of batter onto fruit. If you pour, the batter will push the fruit to the sides. Cover and cook until batter becomes a cake.

Ranch House Potatoes
1/2 bag small potatoes,
1 dozen eggs,
1 pound sausage or bacon
On the afternoon before leaving, wash potatoes with water, piercing skins with knife. Microwave until almost cooked. Place in refrigerator/ice chest until ready to make recipe.
(Flat non-stick griddle)
Fry sausage/bacon, then drain well. Break bacon or any large sausage pieces into bits.
(Large non-stick skillet)
Slice potatoes thin (less than 1/4 inch). Use left over grease from meat to fry potatoes in. Turn potatoes to brown well. Add meat.
Break eggs on top of potato/meat mixture, and stir to cook eggs. Serve immediately to 8 hungry persons.

Will fine my cub scout cooking book as we unpack and will post some more later.

mouse

[mouse]

That's a good idea DeBora, a lot of them do have e-mail addys I was just being lazy and thinking if anyone that tent camped already knew the answer that would be good but I will e-mail them once we decide for sure where we are going.

cat lover I think that is so cool that you have two fire pits on your property and can cook outdoors whenever you want, the best we can do in this neighborhood is to cook on the grill. When we lived on the mountain we kept talking about putting a fire pit on the side of the house but never got it done.

mouse

[sweetnell3]

Hi mouse! Yes dd does think she knows everything ,dh and her are always gripping at each other.lol. Ds skipped that stage thank goodness. When is your dd birthday ,mine will be 15 on Oct. 17.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Mouse, how high of an altitude did you live in the mountains?

[mouse]

Debora we were 1,500 feet up and our house was at the top so it took about 10 or 15 min. to get down the winding road a little longer if you did the 15 mph speed limit, but no one ever really did.

Nell my dd's birthday is April 15th so she just turned 14 but she has though she was 18 for the past few years. My grandmother wanted us to name her Ira since she was born on April 15th, I didn't want my child growing up and shooting me so we named her Lacy, my mom's maiden name. And she is very tiny so it fits. She is about 5'1" and weights 85 lbs. but she eats like a horse.

mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Your DD sounds like my DD. She is about the same height and same weight. However, she will be 24 in a month. It runs in the family.

The reason I asked about the altitude is I always have trouble adjusting to the altitude change when we go camping. One of these days we are moving to the mountains and I will have to get used to it. Plus, I live in the desert not, so it is a big change when we go camping.

[mouse]

Wow your daughter is small. I was 99 lbs when I got married 23 years ago and stayed right around there until I was about 35 and started taking antidepresents and then I just put on the weight. I am 5'3" and now weigh 165 and hate it, I wish I was about 120 but I guess at 46 my matabolism has slowed down and I like food to much. Does your daughter have kids and are they small also?
When we first moved to the mountains 5 years ago it took us a couple of months of living there and getting used to it before our ears would quit popping on the way up. Once we got to our house our ears never popped but going up they would, after a few months that stopped. From the desert to the mountains is going to be a BIG change in more ways than height, the weather will also be very different I would think. I would love to see the desert, I've never seen one. Not sure I would want to live there but I would love to visit. Kinda like the beach, I love to go there on vacation but not so sure I would want to live there with the sand all the time.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Yes, my DD has 2 children. They still have baby fat, so it is difficult to know how they will turn out. One is almost 1 and the other will be 3 in mid-August. I too weighed in the upper 80s when I got married. It wasn't until I had health problems a few years ago that I started having weight problems. Oh do I wish I could go back to when people accused me of having an eating disorder! LOL

If I can remember, I will try to post some pictures of the desert for you. When I am not in school, I am 30 minutes away from Carlsbad Caverns and a little over an hour away from Roswell. That town has really made money over that one incident! LOL When I am in school, I am an hours drive away from White Sands. Many people don't like the desert because it is always hot and dry. But, we are 2 hours away from the mountains and that is a nice thing.

[mouse]

My middle child (Matt) has wanted to go to Roswell since he was in about 3rd grade and he will be a senior next school year, he is convinced there are aliens out there in the skys. My hubby leans more towards believing in aliens, me I gotta see one first. I would love to go to the Carlsbad Caverns, we use to see the signs for Carlsbad when we would go to San Antonio or Austin Texas.
I think that was jealous people that would accuse you of having an eating disorder. It was none of their business if you did or didn't no more than it would be right for someone to walk up to a really heavy person and tell them they had an eating disorder.

mouse

[cat lover]

cat lover I think that is so cool that you have two fire pits on your property and can cook outdoors whenever you want, the best we can do in this neighborhood is to cook on the grill. When we lived on the mountain we kept talking about putting a fire pit on the side of the house but never got it done.

mouse
We live on 30 acres in the middle of the Hoosier National Forest so we feel like we are vacationing every day! No one around as our driveway is 1/2 mile long uphill. We overlook cliffs from the deck off our bedroom. We built a log home 3 years ago so the firepits just seemed natural! LOL Since we are in the middle of nowhere we can cook outside without all the regulations we would have back in the city where we moved from. It is real nice to cook out there and when you lose power it isn't a big deal because you can still cook!

We have camped in TN years ago with our boy scout troop and even back then we had to have only one tent per site. Your best bet would be to email or call the places you are going to stay to find out ahead of time. Plus you will probably be safer reserving your sites ahead of time. We always did that because we never knew when we would be delayed for one reason or another and we knew that out sites would be waiting no matter what time we got there. Nothing worse than to get to a campsite and not have a site to pitch the tent! Let us know how it works out for you!:)

[DeBora4BobbyL]

When I go back to Cruces, I am going to have to send you some Roswell pictures as well. Their streetlights are shaped like alien heads! LOL The MacDonalds play area is shaped like a UFO! LOL I am like you in that I would have to see it to believe it. I have noticed that most sightings are near air force bases. jmo

As for people accusing me of having an eating disorder, it really upsets my DD when someone comes up to her and tells her that she needs to eat and gain weight! I told her that it would be rude for her to tell them that they need to stop eating and lose weight. I tell her that she should tell these people that she considers it rude and that she would never tell them that they need to lose weight.

I'll be back in Las Cruces next week.

[cat lover]

4 medium tart apples, cored
4 tsp brown sugar
1/4 cup red hot candies

Put each apple in the center of a piece of foil (12" square heavy duty). Spoon 1 tsp sugar and 1 tbsp red hots into the center of each apple. Fold foil around apple and seal tightly. Grill, covered over medium hot heat for 30 minutes or till apples are tender.

[mouse]

Debora, Matt thinks that is totally cool about the street lights and now he really wants to go to Roswell. Can't wait to see the pictures. I taught my kids when they were small that a person has no control over how tall, short, big or little they are or over how they look but they do over how they act and that is what they should judge people on is how they act and not their looks. Some people never learned that lesson and feel they can say anything to other people. I think it is very rude to comment on someone's size. I think your daughter needs to tell them to mind their own dang business and try not to let it bother her but I know that is hard cause my daughter looks more like 11 than 14 cause she hasn't really developed much yet especially compared to the other girls in her class at school and she got picked on so bad this last school year that we just pulled her out and started home-schooling her. She will be in a different school district next year since we moved and hopefully it will be better for her.

cat lover your home sounds wonderful. That is some good advice about contacting the people and making reservations. I'm not sure when we are going yet, are thinking about maybe taking a weekend before son gets out of spring quarter at college and then taking a week after him and girlfriend get out. But I will let ya'll know how it worked. When we went Cub Scout camping they always let us put all our tents in a circle but we were in the undeveloped part of the campgrounds also. I think they should let you pay extra and put up how many tents you want but it isn't my decision.

Ya'll have a good weekend.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I agree about my DD. She says she is opinionated, but only at times. LOL

As far as the pcitures go, would you either PM me or remind me here about the pictures tomorrow night or after? I will be back in Las Cruces since school starts Tuesday. That is where my scanner is located. If you PM me, I could also email you the pictures. My GKs may be in them, but I am not sure. LOL I may even have a picture of the MacDonald's play area when they were building it. It looks like a UFO. Matt will be totally gaga over the pictures.

I think you are wise to raise your kids the way you are. They will thank you for it someday. There is justice! LOL

[mouse]

I will PM you this evening. Matt won't even care if your grandkids are in the pictures. How many grandkids do you have? I can't wait until I have a grandchild to play with and love, it will be 4 or 5 more years though cause oldest son wants to finish college first and then be married to Christy for a couple of years before they start having kids.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I have 2 GKs. The oldest will be 3 in mid-August and the other will be 1 in a month. I could not find the MacDonald's picture. I do have the street lights with Santa Clause hats on them! It was Christmas when we went as I had a doctor's appointment then. I also have several pictures of stores with UFOs on them. I also have 1 picture of the sign of the Trinity site where the first nuclear bomb went off if he wants to see that. However, there is a big glare or boo-boo on the film. But, you can still see what it is and read the sign.

We would have already left for Cruces, but DH is engrossed in the news so it will be awhile. LOL I decided to start my pinto beans.

[mouse]

Yes I am sure he would love to see all of those pictures. I will pm you with my e-mail addy in just a few minutes. As I was waiting for moms menu to come up hubby walked in and said he lost his glasses outside and can't find them, it is getting dark here. He wears them on his shirt instead of his face, what does he expect. LOL. So I will go help him find them.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

LOL My DH is always laying his glasses around and then wonders why he cannot find them. I got your addy. I will be sending those pictures soon.

[mouse]

Well he didn't lose them in the yard like he thought, he sat them down on the work bench in the garage when he was taking the lawn mower out. Men what would they do without us???
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Men what would they do without us???

I say that we should never let them find out! Also, we should remind them that they cannot do without us every chance we get! ;)

[mouse]

"I say that we should never let them find out! Also, we should remind them that they cannot do without us every chance we get!"

I love it.:D and I do remind Jerry, all the time.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

ROTFL! Too funny!

[cat lover]

Cookout Stew


4 carrots, quartered
1 1/2 cups chopped potatoes
2 medium onions, quartered
1 (16 oz) can peas, drained
1/2 pound hot dogs, sliced diagonally
1 10 3/4 oz can condensed cream of celery soup
1 8oz jar Cheez Whiz

Place carrots, potatoes and onions in a pan; cover with water. Cover, and cook 10 minutes. Add peas and hot dogs. Continue cooking an additional 5 minutes; drain. Stir in soup and cheez whiz and heat. 4 to 6 servings

[cat lover]

Upside Down Cake

1/4 cup margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
several slices pineapple
maraschino cherries
yellow cake mix & ingredients to prepare it

Melt margarine in Dutch Oven and add brown sugar. Put pineapple slices on bottom of pan and add cherries into circle of pineapple slices. Remove from heat. Prepare cake mix according to box directions. Pour batter over fruit and brown sugar. Cook on LOW MEDIUM fire with coals on top of Dutch Oven lid for about 40 minutes. (Be very careful and take it easy as this can burn very easy.) Test with a toothpick and when done, remove from heat and turn over onto a big plate.

Instructions for dutch oven cooking are in an earlier thread in this forum; I think #20.

[cat lover]

This is an easy skillet meal cooked over a campfire, a camp stove or even home!


Campfire Scrambled Eggs

1/4 cup margarine
1 cup cubed turkey polish sausage
1/2 cup onion, chopped
12 eggs
2/3 cup water
1/4 tsp pepper
In large skillet ovr medium heat melt margarine. Add cubed meat and onions and saute till onions are lightly browned. Combine eggs, water and seasonings and blend well. Pour egg mixture over cubed meat and onions in skillet. As mixture begins to set, gently draw pancake turner across bottom; forming large soft curds. Continue till eggs are thickened but don't stir constantly; cook till eggs are thickened but still moist.

[mouse]

Those sound really good catlover. Especially the egg one. When we are camping out breakfast is my favorite meal. Of course I liked it better when I was a kid and would wake up to my dad cooking breakfast on the campfire and the smells would make you so hungry. Now it is me that wakes up first and gets the breakfast going. Oh well, it still smells good.
mouse

[cat lover]

Oh I know ! Nothing better than waking up in the woods and smell the breakfast cooking! Do you have some campfire recipes you are willing to share here, would love to see them!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

You can't forget about the smell of coffee brewing!

I just wanted to share how I make fire started for when we go camping.

Gulf wax
lint from the dryer (I save it during the year to make starters later)
wax paper or foil
Cardboard egg containers (Don't use the styrofoam)

Fill each egg holder of the container with lint. On a double boiler or low heat, melt the wax. Put the foil or wax paper under theegg container. Slowly pour the wax in to each lint filled holder. When each it saturated with wax, let cool and put away.

When you go camping and you need to start a fire, rip off one egg holder. Light it with a match. PLace it in the fire that you want to light.

I look forward to your recipes Mouse! Here I am in the middle of a cat and mouse again! :D LOL

[cat lover]

Here's a great supper; you can prepare most of it at home if you want. This makes a nice "first night" camp supper so you don't have to much work involved for supper


4 thick rib or loin pork chops
2 large sweet potatoes, parboiled
1 medium onion
2 large tart apples
1/2 tsp leaf sage, crumbled
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup pancake syrup

Trim excess fat from chops. Brown on both sides and place each in a heavy duty foil square that will be big enough to make a packet out of. Peel and dice potatoes and place over chops. Peel and slice onion and place over potatoes. Quarter and core apples. Cut into thin wedges and arrange over onion slices. Combine sage and pepper in a small cup and sprinkle over apples and drizzle with pancake syrup. Wrap and seal packets and pack into a ice chest. Once you have a medium fire built grill the packets 4" from the heat, turning several times 1 hour or till pork is cooked.

[mouse]

Hey ladies how ya doin? They taught us how to do firestarters like that in Scout camp DeBora. The way we usually do it thought is get a newspaper, tear it in strips, roll each strip up like a cigar well smaller, more like a cigarette in length. Tie a string around it. Melt some wax or even melted crayons will work (we will use old broken crayons) and then dip the rolled paper down in the wax holding it by the string. Once it is covered good with wax you have a firestarter.

One thing we fix a lot when we go camping doesn't have a name but we will call them

No Name Dogs
take 1 or 2 hot dogs per person
open a can of either pork and beans or chili (we do both)
shape a double layer of foil into a little canoe like shape (one for each person)
lay the hot dogs down in the canoe and then pour the beans or chili on top of the hot dogs. Either set over the coals on a wire rack or lay close to the coals in the fire pit for about 15 minutes. Let cool for a couple of minutes and then you can eat out of the foil packet if you made your canoe strong enough.

mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Great ideas Mouse! I hope next time we go camping we can cook out.

I've seen fire starters at tourest places. They are fancy looking and expensive. At least with the way we make it, we are only paying for the wax, which is cheap.

[cat lover]

One thing we fix a lot when we go camping doesn't have a name but we will call them

No Name Dogs
take 1 or 2 hot dogs per person
open a can of either pork and beans or chili (we do both)
shape a double layer of foil into a little canoe like shape (one for each person)
lay the hot dogs down in the canoe and then pour the beans or chili on top of the hot dogs. Either set over the coals on a wire rack or lay close to the coals in the fire pit for about 15 minutes. Let cool for a couple of minutes and then you can eat out of the foil packet if you made your canoe strong enough.

mouse

I like the no clean up way of cooking; especially when camping! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[mouse]

I do to cat lover. If we use pots and pans for anything hubby and I always end up doing most of the cooking and cleaning up but if we use the foil packets of any kind the kids even like helping put them together and then everyone throws their own mess away.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Mouse, I use a lot of foil when I camp for the same reason--easy clean up. Since we are slurging on camping, I also use a lot of paper plates and plastic ware.

[cat lover]

When I do Dutch Oven cooking I even line it with foil, usually just a wipe and the pan is clean!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Cat, do you line a cast iron dutch oven? If so, no problems?

[cat lover]

Yes, cast iron that we cook over an open fire with. Always have done it, in fact learned to do it in the Boy Scouts when I was taking training to become an assistant scoutmaster

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Wow! It's good to know I can do that.

[cat lover]

It is really wonderful when I make a pineapple upside down cake in a Dutch oven, that is one of the times I'm so grateful for the foil! LOL

[mouse]

I never thought about lining the cast iron with foil, when we would use ours we would just pour water in it and set it over the fire for awhile to clean it, usually works but the foil sounds so easy. Gee the Scouts didn't show us to use foil in training they showed us the water. Now they did show us how to cook a bunch of different stuff in foil but never saw them line the pans. There should be a book with all the Scout tips in it from different parts of the country.

mouse

[cat lover]

The training usually depends a lot on the people doing the training. You have your basic everything and then the tips from the seasoned old timers; we got lucky and got some that gave some really good tips!

The foil works on about everything excpet soups and stews!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Mouse, I clean mine like you do yours. I can understand how foil would work for pineapple upside down cake. However, I use mine to make dump cake (http://www.momsmenu.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1958) for dessert. We'd probably shred the foil making that.

[cat lover]

Barbecued Zucchini Creole

Slice zucchini crosswise into 1/4" slices. Place individual portions on double thickness of foil. Add cubed fresh tomato, sliced celery, salt, pepper, a dash of sugar and a pat of margarine. Wrap the foil packet and heat on coals 14 to 16 minutes; turning once.

[cat lover]

A quick breakfast is to have one person scrambling the eggs and everyone else can get their meat and bread ready like this:

Make sausage on a stick by spearing cooked smoked sausage link style on a long fork or skewer or a green twig and coil one breadstick dough around the sausage and pinch the ends. Slowly turn it over the campfire till the dough has browned.

[cat lover]

A little different version of an old favorite!


Caramel Smores

8 large marshmallows
2 tsp chocolate syrup
8 graham crackers ( 2 1/2" squares)
2 tsp caramel ice cream topping

Roast the marshmallows in your regular fashion and when done drizzle chocolate syrup over four graham crackers and top each with two roasted marshmallows. Drizzle with caramel topping and cover with remaining graham crackers. 4 servings

[ewriggs]

A little different version of an old favorite!

Caramel Smores

8 large marshmallows
2 tsp chocolate syrup
8 graham crackers ( 2 1/2" squares)
2 tsp caramel ice cream topping

Roast the marshmallows in your regular fashion and when done drizzle chocolate syrup over four graham crackers and top each with two roasted marshmallows. Drizzle with caramel topping and cover with remaining graham crackers. 4 servings

ACK!! Sacrilege!! ARGH!! :eek:

Chocolate SYRUP??!!?? Nononononononononono! :eek: You gotta use plain Hershey bars - the small ones! ;)

2 marshmallows
2 squares graham crackers
1/2 hershey bar

Toast/roast marshmallows
put on graham cracker square
put 1/2 Hershey bar on top of marshmallows
top with other graham cracker square!!

If you want some caramel <ack!>, add some caramel chips.

No, really, your recipe looks good! :) I'm just being a wussy purist!

Cheerio!
Elizabeth

[cat lover]

LOL No problem ! There have been times though we didn't do any cooler take alongs on campouts and in the hot summer those darling hershey bars don't make it! LOL

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I'm a purist like Ewiggs, gotta have the Hershey bar! lol

[cat lover]

Dutch Oven Biscuits

1 can Grands biscuits(5)

Prepare a 12-inch Dutch oven for baking at 350 degrees. Place a round metal rack in the bottom and allow the oven to warm up. In the meanwhile, un-package biscuits and place into a 9-inch round cake pan. You can use any refrigerated biscuits, but the Pillsbury Grands work well because a package of 5 fits perfectly in the 9-inch pan. Place your biscuits in the Dutch oven and bake until the tops are brown.It takes about 15 minutes to bake biscuits this way. I use 12 briquettes under the Dutch oven and 16 over.

Servings: 5

[cat lover]

Camper's Pizza Skillet Delight



1 pound ground beef
1 can (4 oz.) sliced mushrooms
water
1 can (8 oz.) pizza sauce
3 cup Uncle Ben's Quick Brand Rice
1 large green pepper, chopped
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp oregano
1/4 c grated Parmesan cheese
6 thin slices Mozzarella cheese

Brown meat in a 10" skilletand drain. Drain mushrooms, reserving juice. Add water to juice to make 2 cups liquid. Add liquid, pizza sauce, rice,mushrooms, green pepper, salt and oregano to beef; stir. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until liquid is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle Parmesan and arrange Mozzarella on top of beef-rice mixture. Cover skillet and heat for 2-3 minutes, or until cheese softens.

[cat lover]

This is a great no clean up way to cook steak; something easy, but most people just don't think of cooking steak this way!


Steak-On-A-Stick

strip steak
favorite seasoning

You can use sharpened sticks or long-handled double prong skewers. Thread strip steak onto stick or skewer and lightly season, roast over coals until preferred doneness. This is also good served on a hoagie bun with cheese and veggies for a great steak sandwich.

[cat lover]

From Campfire Cafe Cookbook



Bean & Cornbread Casserole

1 onion,chopped
1 green pepper,chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 can red kidney beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp prepared mustard
1 tsp hot sauce
1 c self-rising cornmeal
1 1/4 c milk
1 can cream style corn
1 large egg
3 tbsp vegetable oil
3 tbsp butter


Pour oil into 14" Dutch oven and heat and saute onion, bell pepper and garlic till tender. Add undrained kidney beans and pinto beans. Add diced tomatoes and juice, tomato sauce and seasonings. Cover and cook for 30 minutes. In mixing bowl, combine cornmeal, corn, milk, egg and butter. Spoon evenly over cooked bean mixture. Cover and cook over medium heat on medium hook for 35 minutes. Add top coals and continue to bake for approx. 25 minutes until cornbread is done. Makes 10 servings


This can be cooked at home in the oven at 350 degrees for about 1 hour.

[cat lover]

Orange Shell Muffins

6 oranges
1 7 oz. package corn muffin mix
2 tbsp butter


Cut off top 1/4 of each orange. Remove and discard the pulp to make hollow shells. Prepare muffin mix according to pkg directions. Butter inside of orange shells lightly but do not butter lid. Pour enough muffin batter into shells to fill 1/2 full. Cover with orange lids. Wrap in foil. Bake on hot coals for 20-30 min. Remove foil. Eat with spoon.

[cat lover]

This recipe is from a KOA site; makes a simple grilled chicken special; good with rice and a veggie

Crazy KOA Chicken


2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 large french salad dressing
1 package dry onion soup mix
1 can crushed cranberries

Put the chicken breasts on the BBQ and mix the ingredients together in a large bowl. Continuously brush the sauce all over the chicken breasts, (remember to be generous with the sauce).

[mouse]

Ok I know what cha all said about the Smores recipes but here is another one and it really sounds good. I know some of you are purist but can you really pass this one up without trying it?

Peanut Butter S'Mores
Serving 4

2 packages Reese's peanut butter cups
8 graham cracker squares
4 large marshmallows

Place 1 peanut butter cup on each of 4 crackers. Spear marshmallows on
long fork or clean stick; toast over campfire coals or over grill on low
heat. Place one toasted marshmallow on top of each peanut butter cup;
top each with cracker. Press together and hold for a few seconds to
melt chocolate.

Take care,
mouse

[cat lover]

Oh sounds good to me! Peanut Butter an chocolate is always good together. Heck, I've even been caught dipping hershey bars into peanut butter! LOL

[cat lover]

Campfire Blooming Onions

4 large Vidalia onions
1/4 cup butter
4 cloves of garlic
salt and pepper, to taste

Peel onions and cut each one into quarters, keeping onions together. Place 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 clove of garlic in the middle of each onion. Double wrap each onion in foil and place on hot coals. Cook for 30 to 40 minutes. Carefully remove from coals and unwrap. Season with salt and pepper, then eat. You can also serve with a Ranch dip or hot sauce. Serves 4

[mouse]

The blooming onion sounds good. I get a knife and spread peanut butter all over my Hershey's also, they are good that way.
mouse

[cat lover]

LOL, I had to laugh at the peanut butter thing; we all always ate so much peanut butter that when my DS's were small everybody had their own jar with their name on it; that way everybody had peanut butter and could let me know when they were getting low!

[mouse]

We share jars, Matt and I eat the creamy, Jerry and Lacy eat the crunchy and Michael mostly eats bologna. Growing up though my dad always had his own jar cause he would get real upset if he wanted peanut butter and the jar was empty so my mom always bought him a seperate jar.

mouse

[cat lover]

The creamy is the one everybody always had to have their own jar of, the crunchy shared well as long as I had a large jar and a spare. My youngsr DS would melt peanut butter and chocolate chips together in the microwave!~LOL

[cat lover]

Baggy Omlets

2 large eggs
sausage, bacon, or ham
any of your favorite omlet veggies
shredded cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Crack eggs in a ziplock bag. Add shredded cheese. Add meat and vegies salt and pepper to taste. Put baggy in a pot of boiling water for about 5 to 10 min. Then just cut bag off and eat!

[cat lover]

Cast Iron Skillet Apple Crisp

From Batali Revs Up the Grill


2 cups fine fresh bread crumbs
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
3 medium McIntosh apples, peeled, cored and sliced 3/4" thick
3 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced 3/4" thick
3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
Pinch of ground cloves
1 1/2 cups plain yogurt
1 cup confectioners' sugar


Light a grill. When the coals are hot, push them to one side of the grill. Put the bread crumbs in a large cast iron skillet. Set the skillet on the grill opposite the coals; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the bread crumbs are nicely toasted, about 5 minutes. Transfer the bread crumbs to a large bowl and stir in the light brown sugar and half of the melted butter.
In a large bowl, toss the apple slices with the lemon juice and zest. Add the dark brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and toss well. Set the skillet back on the grill opposite the coals and scatter half of the bread crumb mixture over the bottom. Spread the apple slices in the skillet in an even layer. Top with the remaining bread crumbs and drizzle with the remaining melted butter. Cover the grill and cook until the apples are tender and bubbling and the crisp is browned, about 45 minutes. Remove the skillet from the grill and let rest for at least 10 minutes. In a medium bowl, mix the yogurt with the confectioners' sugar. Serve the apple crisp, warm or at room temperature, with the sweetened yogurt. Serves 8

[cat lover]

Easy Breakfast Nachos

8 eggs
1 lb ground pork sausage
12 strips bacon
1/2 onion, chopped
3 fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 lb. cheese, shredded (to taste)
Large bag nacho chips


Using the lid of a camping Dutch Oven, scramble eggs on med/low heat. Set eggs aside. Increase heat to medium, brown pork sausage, cook bacon strips, and sauté mushrooms and onions. Break bacon strips into small chunks. Discard remaining grease from meat.In the Dutch oven base, build layers of nacho chips, egg, sausage chunks, bacon bits, chopped onion, mushrooms and cheese. Heat Dutch oven lid over medium heat and let heat up for 2-3 min. Once heated place lid on Dutch oven to allow cheese to melt. Cook for approximately 5 minutes, or until cheese is melted. If needed you may re-heat the lid if cheese is not melted. Serve and eat. (Feeds about 8 people).

Variations: add your favorite nacho flavors: peppers, green onions or olives. Dip your nachos into your favorite salsa for a great morning flavor burst.

[cat lover]

Camp Bread

1 16oz pkg. hot roll mix
1 tbsp snipped fresh rosemary or basil or 1 tsp dried rosemary or basil,crushed
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Cornmeal


Prepare hot roll mix in a 10" cast iron Dutch oven according to package directions, adding the rosemary and 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese to the dry ingredients (omit kneading step). Remove dough. Grease the Dutch oven and sprinkle with cornmeal. Place dough in Dutch oven. Using greased hands, gently press dough evenly into the bottom of Dutch oven. Use a small knife to make sixteen 2-inch cuts perpendicular to the outside edge of the dough. Cut a 3" X in the center of the bread. Cut a 4" square around the X with no corners meeting. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Cover and let rise in a warm place until dough nearly doubles (30 to 40 minutes).
Cover Dutch oven and arrange 8 to 10 hot coals around the edge of the Dutch oven and 10 to 12 hot coals on the lid. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden, rotating the Dutch oven a half-turn halfway through cooking. Makes 12 rolls.

[cat lover]

Pumpkin Pudding Cake

1 16 oz can easy pumpkin
1 pkg spice cake mix
3 eggs
1 can evaporated milk
3/4 cup chopped pecans


Pour pumpkin into greased 12" cast iron Dutch oven. Mix eggs and milk. Lightly stir dry cake mix into milk mixture. Pour over pumpkin and sprinkle with nuts. Bake at 350 degees for 40 to 50 minutes or till done*. Serve with ice cream or whipped topping.

*Note: As a general rule, you can get any Dutch oven to 350 degrees if you take the size of the oven, double it and use that many briquettes. For example, with a 12 inch oven, you would use 24 briquettes. Now because we are baking in this recipe, you would want to put 8 on the bottom and 16 on the top. The number of briquettes on top and bottom of the Dutch oven changes with the type of cooking you are doing.

[cat lover]

Campfire Eclairs


1 can crescent roll dough
1 pkg instant vanilla pudding
1 tub chocolate frosting
Milk
Cooking spray
Foil

Cover the end of a stick with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray.Wrap a crescent roll around the foil and squeeze the end shut. Cook over the campfire until done. Slide the crescent off of the stick, and fill with instant pudding. Spread frosting on top and eat. 8 servings

[Rbeccers]

Wow all these recipes look so good. I can't wait to try them out. DS, DD and I have our first family Cub Scout camp out next month (June). DH will most likely be out of town that weekend, but if he is in town he will be going as well.

Something I learned from a friend when living in NY was to make s'mores with flour tortillas because she didn't like graham crackers.

Supplies needed:
1 square heavy-duty tinfoil
1 flour tortilla
chocolate chips (enough to cover half the tortilla)
marshmallows (also enough to cover half the tortilla)

Place tortilla on tinfoil and spread chocolate chips and marshmallows over half of the tortilla. Fold tortilla in half and wrap in tinfoil, folding top over twice and the sides enough so that nothing will leak out. Cook over coals until heated through. Marshmallows and chocolate chips should be melted a bit to hold it all together. Usually takes about 6 to 8 minutes depending on how much filling was put on. Remove from coals and cool for 2 minutes and then enjoy. :)

[cat lover]

Baked Potato in a Can


1 medium size potato
butter
salt
pepper
heavy duty aluminum foil
tin can (from veggies or beans)

Clean the potato. Butter the outside of the potato really well, and season to taste. Put potato into the tin can and cover top of can with foil. Place the tin can next to a fire pit of coals and let it set for 25 minutes, then turn can 90° and cook for another 20 minutes (do not peek at potato). After 45 minutes you will have a perfect baked potato.

[cat lover]

Frank and Bean Skillet

1 envelope sour cream sauce mix
3/4 cup milk (measure out at home enough dry milk to make required amount and out into a zip loc bag- add 3/4 cuo water at campsite when using)
few drops hot pepper sauce
1 - 22 oz jar baked beans
5 frankfurters, sliced into coins
1 3 1/2 oz can french fried onions

In a skillet blend sauce mix, milk, and pepper sauce. Stir in beans and franks. Cook over medium coals stirring occasionally till mixture is heated through. Before serving stir in 3/4 of the onions. Sprinkle remaining onions over the top of each serving. Serves 4