Camp Cooking

One of the great family camping traditions is the food that we cook on a camping stove or even over the campfire.

Marshmallow sticks

5 Marshmallow Sticks for Family Camping

February 25, 2010

If you are planning a family camping trip this summer, one of the activities that you are probably looking forward to is roasting marshmallows over the campfire. We consider campfire time one of our favorite family camping experiences and while we don’t always roast marshmallows, it is a great family activity that the kids really [...]

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Camping menu made with sausage

Full Day’s Camping Menu with Sausage

January 27, 2010

I love sausage, but I also love getting the most mileage out of the food I pack for camping as I can, so planning a day’s camping menu around a common theme – in this case, sausage, makes a lot of sense. We camp a lot, so even though we like to keep our meals [...]

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beer sausage simmering at the campsite

Beer Sausage: A Camping Staple

October 27, 2009

Hamburgers and hotdogs are a regular camping meal for most people, including our family. Sometimes, though, the regular meals get a bit boring and we like to spice it up with beer sausage, which is equally simple to prepare and tastes a lot better than a hotdog. The biggest problem with cooking a decent beer [...]

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Camp kitchen

Basic Camp Kitchen Gear

October 13, 2009

There are few things more traditional about camping than the camp kitchen. Whether you are baking beans over a campfire, grilling steaks, or cooking up a perfect Saturday morning breakfast in the backcountry, equipping yourself with the right camp cooking tools is an essential part of whole camping experience. These camp kitchen accessories will go [...]

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Thumbnail image for Camping Meal menu from Bon Appétit

Camping Meal menu from Bon Appétit

July 28, 2009

Barrett Baffert, the Web Editor over at Bon Appétit, gave me a heads-up on an article they are running by master chef Maria Helm Sinskey on a “Campfire Menu for 4” that is definitely worth your time to investigate.  I know that on our family camping trips, we tend to focus on hamburgers, hotdogs and [...]

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Trail mix recipe

Trail Mix

July 6, 2009

Popcorn and s’mores provide plenty of nighttime enjoyment around the campfire, but trail mix is the fuel that keeps the family going, on hikes and excursions during the day. There are as many variations of trail mix as there are stars in the sky, but the classic mix is peanuts, M&Ms, and raisins. The M&Ms [...]

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Campfire Smore recipe

Campfire S’mores

June 17, 2009

Perhaps no other camping tradition is more memorable, as a child, than melting your own marshmallow over an open fire, than squishing it between two halves of a graham cracker along with a piece of chocolate candy bar. S’mores are a huge hit with the kids, of course, but they have such a rich tradition [...]

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Propane Camp Stove

Propane Camping Stoves for Family Camping

June 10, 2009

In my last post I talked about the Coleman liquid fuel camping stoves and how that relatively simple and durable design has proven itself for several generations of family campers. Today I’ll take a look at the propane camping stoves, which have largely replaced liquid fuel stoves in popularity. Propane stoves are self-priming, which is [...]

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Coleman camp stove

Coleman Liquid Fuel Camping Stoves

June 8, 2009

Liquid fuel camping stoves are available in small, single burner backpacking configurations and large two and three burner tabletop models that are suitable for family camping. Coleman is currently the only manufacturer of liquid fuel, multi-burner, camping stoves for family camping. The advent of disposable propane canister stoves has greatly reduced the interest in these [...]

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baked potatoes on the campfire

Camp Cooking Strategy

June 3, 2009

Camp cooking is a popular topic and there are a myriad of recipes available on the Internet covering every conceivable style of outdoor cooking, from dehydrated meals requiring only hot water, to extravagant dutch oven meals made from scratch and cooked over a campfire. Camp cooking can be a lot of fun and, owing to [...]

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Popsticks campfire roasting stick

Mechanic Invents Better Campfire Roasting Fork

May 26, 2009

When Ray Westfall broke his broom, he invented a better way to roast marshmallows around the campfire. Instead of throwing the pieces away, Ray looked at the hollow aluminum broom-handle and imagined a roasting fork that could store safely inside.
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