the cooking area can and will grow, we need to organize it into catagories of our favorites...

Camp meatloaf

adjust amounts to serving size...

1Lb good lean hamberger, 5-10 saltine crackers, 1 egg, 1 med. potato,veggies and spice to taste to include tomato paste to taste

chop potato to .25 squares, add meat, crackers, egg, tomato sauce/patse, spices and veggies.

mix all at home, get your hands in there and make sure all is mixed well
lay open aluminanum foil, place inside and triple wrap.

keep on ice, when ready cover in coals for an hour, remove and there ya have it.

Cornish game hens and stuffing...

have 1-2 cornish hens defrosted, washed and cleaned...

1 small can of cut or hole button mushrooms, 1 onion, stock of celery...

cut small the celery, onion and open mushroom can...mix well

Stuff the hens, and rub down with butter, salt/pepper to taste

triple wrap in alum. foil...

cover in te coals and cook for an hour...

pull out, carefully unwrap and eat a great meal...

simple and hearty camp Nacho's...

buy tortila chips, 1 onion, shredded cheese of your choice, hamburger or ground suasage or both, 1 tomato, sour cream and what ever you love with you Nachos.

best to prepare onion, tomato ect at home, bag and seal....

at home or in the field cook and season hamburger/sausage...cool and bag or set aside in the field....

take you favorite cast iron pan and layer chips, cheese, meat and what ever you like in the pan....Tent a layer or two of alum foil over the nachos and set in the coals for 10-15 minutes till cheese is melted...add veggies and serv with cool sour cream for a complete hit of a meal...

Dont forget a good cold beer....

clean up is a breeze....add water to pan and boil, clean out and re-pack pan clean for use later....

Pork chops and apple sauce with noodles

at the store buy some nice thick pork chops, canned apple sauce, and a pack of your favorite add water noodles and sauce...

At the same time cook the porkchops (season) and boil water for noodles...

turn the porkchops (re-season) and add per instructions the noodles....

dollup apple sauce on porkchops and serv with the noodles....

Just that simple....plate and enjoy

apple sauce can be finished as a dessert...

Kicked up garlic shrimp and noodles....

at store buy good sized shrimp, jar of minced garlic, egg noodles

at home devien, deshell shrimp, add garlic to taste in a plastic bag and keep cool...

at camp boil water for noodles, when boiling add noodles

at the same time heat shrimp and garlic in a good amount of butter....

plate the noodles and pour the shrimp, garlic and butter over the noodles...

hmmmm good stuff...

Shrimp Newberg and rice.....

at store get baby shrimp, pack of newberg sauce, and minute rice.

at camp boil water for rice per instructions, add rice and cook

in pan heat shrimp in butter and prepare sauce in the same pan...

Plate rice, pour shrimp and newberg sauce over rice...

Thats it, enjoy

add mushrooms, onion, shallots ect

Stuffed bake potatos....

at store buy the biggest Idaho potatos you can, chives, shredded cheese, onion, sour cream... what ever you like ...

at home bake the potatos, and then let them cool...slice in half the long way and spoon out the meat of the potatos into a mixing bowl...

add all the ingredients and mix well, then spoon back into the potato shells and triple wrap in alum. foil...

At camp pull out the packs of potatos and set in coals for 20 minutes...

open carefully and enjoy

add fresh cold sour cream and chives to kick it even more...

best thing....no clean up in camp.....

Sausage and sourkrout

at the store buy good quality sausage and a jar of sourkroat(sp)+ good mustard

at home you can cut up the sausage and add to sourkroat in bag for a meal...or keep sepperate for cooking...

at camp you can skewre the sausage and cook over fire, or pan fry the sausage

add the sourkrout the the pan fry or boil aside and add the sausage...

serv togather with a good quality mustard and there you have a great meal...

cold beer of your choosing is a bonus.....

be warned that some get horrible smelling gas, make sure your tent is well ventilated ;)

Camp Tacos....

At store, buy 1LB hamburger, 1 can mexican tomatos, 1 onion, 1 pack taco mix, mexican cheese shreddeded blend, 1 pack of big taco shelles or flour tortilas, and any fresh veggies you like, if you like hot sauce buy it now....

At home cook the meat, mix, tomatos ,and onion...cool and bag, also chop and mix fresh veggies and bag sepperately.

at camp reheat the meat mix. fill the shells and add cheese + added veggies and hot sauce...

enjoy

Dont forget the corn....

Corn comes on special, buy a few ears

At home pull and clean the husks from the corn, boil till done. keep whole or break in half, triple wrap in alum foil with lots of butter, salt and pepper.

Reheat in coals for great corn on the cob, beware the heat while unwraping.

enjoy....

Dang Steven, get DOWN with your Culinary-Camp self :-)

I wonder if you could just cook the corn straight in the fire, similar to cooking them on the grill...hmmm.

A

Andy, that would eventually lead to burnt pop corn....

:(

Raviolis and suace...

at store, buy frozen raviolis (cheese, meat or both), can or jar of favorite pasta sauce..and any and all veggies that you like...

best bet is to cook every thing at home, cool, and bag....

In camp reheat or boil water for raviolis...at the same time cook up the sauce, when the sauce is ready add raviolis to water and cook (15mins)...add Raviolis to sauce and there is a great meal.....

enjoy

Chicken breast and rice....

At store by a box of chicken flovored rice and 1-2 nice chicken breasts

In cast iron pot add rice, flavoring and hot water per instructions and mix well...and chicken breasts(1-2)cover and put pot in coals to cook...

cook for an hour and remove, plate and enjoy...Do not over cook...

Bacon wraped venison

Deer(venison) does not have much if any fat, but is very very tasty...If you are lucky enough to get some here is a great meal....

Buy at the store good quality smoked thick cut bacon and wooden tooth picks

At home slice the venison into strips 1"x 1"x say 3-6 inches long.

wrap the bacon around the strips and tooth pick at either end at home and bag for the trip...keep cool

In camp fry up the bacon wraped strips till done, fighting off the others who brought canned chilli.

Plate up with a fav veggi and you are eating now....

works with any wild meat and even buffalo which you can find in safeway....

Pork Chops, Potatos, and Mushroom Gravey

One hellva filling meal great for the end of a very hard day...

At store, buy some very thick cut pork chops, 1 can of white potatos, 1 can of classic mushroom soup, and the veggies you like mushrooms, onion, ect.

At home spice up and bag the porkchops, add wanted veggies, pack the can of potatos and mushroom soup

in camp melt butter and cook the porkchops and veggies, turn the chops and add the can of drained potatos, and then add the mushroom soup (gravey) and heat all through...

If this dose not satisfy you, you are friggen dead....plate up and enjoy

Bonus is for the dog, good tasty plate and pork bones for the night....

Did this the other night camping:

At the store buy Brats, 1 can potatos, 1 onion, button mushrooms, good mustard

Make sure you have good alum. foil on hand.

Rip off 3 sheets alum foil, add the brats(5), half of onion, cut potatos, and mushrooms and wrap them in the triple wrap...

Set in the coals and cover for 20 mins.

I use tongs, but however pull the package out of the coals and plate it up.

Add the mustard of choice and you have a meal and left overs for later...

Dont forget your cold beer of choice