Camp Kitchens

[Snapdad]

I love the outdoors and have fun cooking and eating outside up in the woods.
We have a yearly 'Burning Pram' where a bunch of us fly fishers get together and be a bit paganistic and share things like food, music, fire jumping, dog races on a candle-lit track, and the burning of the pram, of course.

A couple of us have a camp kitchen that is made of some sort of urethane or something with two fold-out doors and room for a griddle, coffee press, spices, paper towels, cups and plates and a utensil drawer. The two burner coleman sits neatly on top. Others have crafted their own with their own hands, made out of wood and elegant while chocked full of almost anything imaginable.

Herein, we shall compose a list of camp cooking necessities and niceties, if you're so inclined.

For backpacking, or minimalist car-camping, I like to have a couple handy things. I keep a backpacking cookware kit, that has a few different sized cooking pans that all fit within each other. I have two sets of fork/knife/spoon that slot into one another and stay together that way. I love my Orikaso fold flat plate, bowl and cup/mug (with built in measuring!). And if you remember to bring that frying pan, do NOT forget to bring that spatula.

If you have any helpful or useful tips or items to share, please do tell!

[ForceTen]

Excellent topic! I still have my cooking kit from when I was in the Boy Scouts and did a lot of camping in my youth. It's mostly a canteen, aluminum cook ware (skillet, bowl, etc), sierra cup and silverware. Although, I've since lost the knife as I use it in my cooler when I take leftovers to work. I also have a small white fuel tablet cook stove that does okay in a pinch.

Haven't used them all in years. But, now that I have a van that I use for hauling motorcycles to various tracks, I will be camping there a little more often and will need something to cook with. I also picked up a small Weber grill to haul around with me.

[Brutus]

All sorts of those mini collapsable grills available now that are easy to stow in your boot. But I like the idea of a small Weber. And don't forget that petrol-powered blender I mentioned in "Boy Toys, Girl Toys", HA! Seriously though, you couldn't beat a nice Margarita after "The Burning of the Pram"! And did anyone recognize the fact I am bilingual?

[RN-PRN]

We have a Weber Smokey Joe that we use and love...of course it is charcoal!

[ForceTen]

Bring the blender, I'll supply the margarita fixin's Brutus!

BTW, so I'm out of it a bit. What the heck is "Burning the Pram"? A pram is a baby carriage or a flat bottomed boat. But, me being the computer techie I am, my first thought was "Why the heck are they trying to burn parameter RAM?!"

[Snapdad]

Here ya go! <-- Click on those words!

I made the 2nd and 6th films that comes up. This will be our 8th year, and i'm proud to have gone to all of them. I'm a founding participant, after all. It's a take on Burning Man, which takes place out on the Playa every year. 'Cept this one is about a small group of fly fishers. It takes place every October in the Yakima River canyon and although it's grown (about 9 people for BP1 to about 60+ now for BP VII), it's still a wonderful time.

[Malazan-Bubba]

I'm a "Kitchen sink" camper. I have to much to list, I'm going on my annual 10 day trip in June. I will put up some pic's on a host site. I can tell you I love my collapsible 4 burner grill. it has seen a few parking lots for seeing the boys in concert and has always drawn some nice comments.

[ForceTen]

(04-26-2010 08:31 PM)Snapdad Wrote:  Here ya go! <-- Click on those words!

I made the 2nd and 6th films that comes up. This will be our 8th year, and i'm proud to have gone to all of them. I'm a founding participant, after all. It's a take on Burning Man, which takes place out on the Playa every year. 'Cept this one is about a small group of fly fishers. It takes place every October in the Yakima River canyon and although it's grown (about 9 people for BP1 to about 60+ now for BP VII), it's still a wonderful time.

Looks like a good time!

[tangy]

when it comes to cooking in the woods a bakepacker is your best friend. not only does it allow for excellent cooking it also makes clean up very easy.

http://www.bakepacker.com/

[wasabi cymbal]

Hibachi-small style for veggies and fruit.....while the Weber is grilling boudin and crab legs.....all humming merrily along with the R2D2 H2O mini smoker smoking ribs and taters (red, brown and sweet) and eggplants and pineapples and mango slices. Sleeping bags. Trees and a lake. Camp kitchen.