Pat Sloan's Let's Go Camping Sew Along block for June is Stir the Pot - and all about camping food...
There is just something about camping food. I don't know if it is the fresh air or the cooking over a camp stove or open fire... but food just tastes better when you are camping. Or maybe it is the fact you are usually more active with the hikes and outdoor activities that cause you to burn more calories and you are just plain hungry! Yeah, I think that is it!
I have mentioned camping as a child many times... and one of the places that we would go is now just 45 minutes away in a canyon located West of Trinidad. My Uncle has some property there and we would all congregate at "the property" for holiday weekends. There is a large meadow that has a beautiful view of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range and we kids would play ball for hours in that meadow...
or hike up the hill that was across the road where there was a unique rock formation that we referred to as "the castle"...
Oh, and the hours of playing cards and Uno in the tent!
My aunt was a Girl Scout leader and was all about cooking over an open fire. My Mom however preferred to prepare our meals in the truck camper with the stove top and small oven...
I was a picky eater as a kid and don't really recall much about meals while camping other than breakfast! Again, I am a morning person... reference my recent It's A Wild Life post...
Breakfast with bacon, eggs and toast. Oh man! There is nothing better...
And at the end of the day... S'mores... who doesn't love S'mores??? But of course, with my current dietary restrictions I am a limited to what I can have...
A few weeks ago Dave and I made a "trial run" of camping at Pueblo Lake State Park. Both of our daughters live in Pueblo so we had invited both families to visit for an evening of a campfire and S'mores. I had purchased some marshmallows that I could have... YAY! I took along some of my Enjoy Life chocolate chunks for me so that I could have chocolate stuffed marshmallows while everyone else enjoyed the traditional s'mores. Mmmmmm.....
As for dinners while camping hamburgers and brats or hot dogs are always easy go-to meals. And "campfire stews" or the foil-packet meals are good too. You can "customize" them for each person. Mine has sweet potatoes and Dave's has the russet potatoes. both have chicken. This makes for easy clean up as well!
My sister-in-law and brother-in-law taught us one of their campfire favorites... doughboys. You carefully stretch and wrap a canned biscuit on the end of a bark-bare stick (we use dowel rods) and slowly cook it over the coals of a campfire. When cooked properly you can gently twist it off of the stick. You then fill the vessel with your favorite jam or jelly... or pudding. Or you can stuff it with a breakfast sausage or hotdog... or scrambled eggs... or anything you want really. How about a some pepperoni wrapped around a cheese stick and dipped in pizza sauce???
And, while this block name is Stir The Pot, it really reminds me of how everyone would sit around the campfire at my Uncle's property...
What are some of your favorite things to cook while camping?
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