campfire food (mine is mashed potato bag)

okay well I was hoping that you guys and gals would post your fave campfire foods/recipes...
I am just going to start with my mashed potato bag:
make your instant mashed potatoes...(or real, but its more work) and as soon as you're done making them, spoon it into a regular size ziploc. then go sit by your fire/wherever you eat your dinner. Cut a small corner off on the bottom,(like when you cut a milk bag) and say "aaawww" lol no but you can squeeze the potatoes out into your mouth. it's good because:
stays warmer (i find, even though I probably imagined it)
no dishes
easy clean up
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY:
you dont get random foreign objects in your food! no ash or bugs or pieces of wood or anything!
youc an squeeze it into your mouth directly, or squeeze it onto a dinner plate, or whatever in the hell you want.

 

That is a pretty spiffy idea. I am going to try that. I actually like thos damn instant mashed potatoes.

 

Im a big fan of one pot cooking. Just take any of that type of food and mix it all together. Add some potatos, carrots, peas, soup mix, pasta, what ever. It almost always comes out good and is nice for backpacking since you don't have to lug around as many pots.

 

I should try that, it's a good idea. For camping, we normally eat rice, nuts and stuff. I'd eat the dried fruit if I could though, I'm alergic.

 

if you get the oven cooking bags that you use to cook like turkeys and stuff then you can just put that inside the pot and boil the water in it and throw in like the potatoes or pasta or corn or w/e and then either eat out of that or your own cup or bowl. the good thing is that you dont have to clean the pot, just pack out the oven bags.

 

My kids always used to bring Ramen Noodles, some type of trail mix, and packets of hot chocolate mix.

 

once upon a time when i was a girl scout....we learned how to make banana boats.....here's how....you don't even have to get dressed up like a girl scout to make them....you will need 2 ripe bananas, 1 milk chocolate bar, and some mini marshmallows

With the stem of the banana facing up, cut a slit in each banana leaving about 1/2 inch on each end uncut. Place a layer of chocolate in the slit and then a layer of marshmallows on top of that. Wrap in aluminum foil and heat on grill over a hot bed of coals until marshmallows and chocolate are melted. Unwrap them and enjoy.

 

steak and veggies wrapped in tin foil on the fire.

 

Oooo.....corn on the cob is amazing on the grill. simply peel back husks from corn and remove corn silk. leave a few layers of husk on the corn. spread butter over each ear and sprinkle with desired seasonings. fold the husks back over the corn and wrap in foil. place on a grill for about 25 minutes, turning occasionally. unwrap the foil, peel back the husks, and there you have it...grilled corn on the cob....

 

i confess, i'm a victim of the crime of food that is veggie dogs. so bad, but soooo good. mmmm....
oh, if only there were vegan marshmallows. i'd be truly happy then.

 

ya know, there are vegan marshmellows, I've seen them before in a health food store. I love corn on the cob. That mashpotatoe thing sounds really good to.

 

*gasp* you wouldn't lie to me, would you?!

aaaaaaaahhh!!! *runs to health food store*

 

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I don't know if you have such things in the US, but here in the UK we can buy disposable bbq's - 3 for £5.00 about $8.00. They light up with a single match & there's no cleaning up to do afterwards, you just throw it away.
I've done all sorts of things on these, check out http://www,thebarefootchef.co.uk
Even the roadkill pheasant has to be better than a bag of instant mashed potato!

 

hang some fresh salmon filets (skin on) , and smoke it for few hours. after words remove the skin and flower the felet. put som bacon lard in frying pan and get it hot, then fry the salmon in it. serve wiht lemon and cracked pepper. the smoky flavor dose wonders.



you can use other vegetble oils, but the fat from cured bacon is the best tasting frying oil you can use. seeing as i have bacan and eggs most days for breakfast there always plenty of lard around

I normally use maple cured bacon

 

When I camped out in a field with some friends we had 'shmores' - they're not very big in England - and everyone seemed to like them. But they're not really a campfire food, so another time we had beans, spaghetti and herbal tea T'chea of course and apple and cinnimon tea. We also made banana's with peanut butter in the middle. If you peel the banana but leave some skin on it, and then wrap it in tin foil, put it in the fire for 5 - 10 minutes, take it out unwrap the foil and then make a cut in the middle of it and smear as much peanut butter as you can in it, or any other filling you want. You could do the same thing with potatoes but Im not sure how long you're ment to cook them for.

 

Exactly what i do.

 

a couple of my favorites are taters sliced n throw in some onion, garlic, salt n pepper then wrap in foil n cook in coals of fire til tender,,,, also like a stew type thing i whip up with ground beef or what ever type of meat or meatlike product you enjoy, toss a can or two of veggie soup in a extra can of veggies and a packet of brown gravy mix,,, the most time it takes is to brown the meat up then all ya gotta do is heat up,, over the years i have managed to make just bout everything over a campfire n many a time stuff comes out better than iffin ya cooked it home on a stove or oven,,,

 

Hehe that's all you need to know!

 

I do that too and everyone thinks I am crazy for mixing everything together haha but whatever i always thinks it taste good