Camping!!!?

[tripperfunster]

Ahaha! Since we have a 'new' (1979) camper, we've decided to take the kids camping. *wibbles*

Now, I haven't been camping since I was in my early twenties, and 'camping' was a euphemism for 'drinking in the woods.' Back then, we brought a sleeping bag, a ghetto blaster, a tent and a whole bunch of beer. And probably food? I honestly don't recall.

In making my list of what I need to buy/pack/bring I'm flabbergasted at all the crap one needs while 'roughing it' in the wilds of canada. (and by roughing it, I mean there will be a shit-ton of other people around, electricity, a little corner store and flushing toilets.)

Aside from hot dogs and hamburgers, any good food ideas that can be made on a bbq and/or campfire?

And to top it off, I seem to have some sort of stomach bug that likens itself to dysentery. I guess I should bring lots and lots of toilet paper! :D

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[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

marshmallows, graham crackers and big chocolate bars? most kids love smores!

(your description of "camping" when you were in your 20s made me giggle because it reminded of Trailer Park Boys which is one of my favorite shows)

[juniperus.livejournal.com]

Bacon can be easily made using skewers.

Anything sealed in a foil packet and buried in the coals is amazing (salmon, sliced sausages and thinly sliced potatoes, all manner of veg... whatever, just needs to be chunked/sliced small enough - brussels sprouts and grape/cherry tomatoes can be left whole, for size comparison). (We cook like this the last night of wood firing the kiln - metal bucket: coals from the kiln, packets, then another layer of coals)

[eldriwolf.livejournal.com]

lots of meat things,(Trout!) Corn---(Is it late enough for corn?) still in its husk-(-if you want, you can peel it back, and remove the silk, add spices, pull it up again) veggies on the grill

big pots of soup/stew (hot cocoa!) frying pans to make griddle cake/ pancakes--Scones,(even chocolate chip cookies, turned halfway through cooking)-_-popcorn in wire baskets; potatoes,apples,in ashes

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

No useful contributions from me I'm afraid. It's more years than I care to count since I camped - tin openers are useful though...!

[venturous1.livejournal.com]

NOTHING tastes better when camping than pancakes! take a little bottle of syrup (that seals really tight!) and get one of those cute egg carrier thingies (eggs keep for weeks, even in hot weather) and mix up pancake mix in a zip lock or buy a big ole box of bisquik or something.

take some good thick smoked bacon as well.

marshmallows, roast corn on the cob, potatoes in foil on the fire, foil packs of all kinds of veggies are great! not sure what you guys like to eat.

but HAVE FUN!!

[synn.livejournal.com]

the last time I was camping, I was 8.
But I'm pretty sure s'mores are a legal requirement for camping, and i've heard corn on the cob is pretty darn tasty cooked over a campfire.
Also, the foil packet thing someone else suggested.

I hope you feel better soon, stomach bugs suck.

[angelbabe_cj]

If you're looking for treats you can grab some oranges, scoop out the middles (and then eat them) and fill with chocolate cake mix (from a packet is fine, just remember to take a bowl and something to measure the liquid in) and cook on a bbq or wire mesh over a campfire, preferably when it's not too flaming. Cooking time will vary, just stick a knife or fork in to check it's cooked.

Or even easier you can slit down one side of a banana, cut the banana into chunks (make sure you don't cut all through the skin) and insert small pieces of chocolate. Wrap it up in foil and stick it in the embers of the fire for five-ten minutes and voila melty chocolaty banana goodness.

Most of the other things I know how to do are going to require cast iron pans or some sort of proper camping stove sadly. Or have already been mentioned.

[sara-the-lazy.livejournal.com]

Have a blast! I don't really know what's good to cook over a fire (we tried cooking raw meat and it took way too long) and with a bbq, it depends on what kind you have. A lot of stuff can be put on foil on a bbq and cooked on the foil (Or wrapped in the foil then cooked). Veggies and stuff work well that way for sides to the meats.

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