DesertRose
Safari Chick & Supporting Sponsor
When we're too busy to get out for expeditions, we like to play the "so what was your favorite camp meal" game.
Jonathan just sent me the description of the Expedition Exchange's "Iron Chef" competition, and so that got me to thinking....about what our all-time favorite camp meal was.
For us, even taking into account the fancy meals we got from a camp chef in Tanzania and some seriously over-planned meals like Thanksgiving in Seriland on the Sonoran coast of the Sea of Cortez - it always comes back to this meal:
It was 1989. We stopped at the Puerto Penasco fisherman's market on the way to camp, which was about 15 miles west of the last habitation, on a nice deserted stretch of Sea of Cortez beach. We bought still-twitching-fresh cabrilla (sea bass - I think it was $4 for a couple pounds), limes, lots of Tecate. In camp, 20 minutes brought up a hot bed of coals, we put down the grill grate we had hastily picked up off our Weber at home, and slapped on that inch-thick cabrilla steak. You can hear the sizzle. Off it comes, onto the plates, drenched in lime.....and consumed with icy cold beers in hand as the sun dropped over the sea. I have no idea if we had any side dishes or what - we just have never had such fantastic fish, or few meals to top it.
:campfire: What is YOUR all-time favorite camp meal? :chowtime:
Jonathan just sent me the description of the Expedition Exchange's "Iron Chef" competition, and so that got me to thinking....about what our all-time favorite camp meal was.
For us, even taking into account the fancy meals we got from a camp chef in Tanzania and some seriously over-planned meals like Thanksgiving in Seriland on the Sonoran coast of the Sea of Cortez - it always comes back to this meal:
It was 1989. We stopped at the Puerto Penasco fisherman's market on the way to camp, which was about 15 miles west of the last habitation, on a nice deserted stretch of Sea of Cortez beach. We bought still-twitching-fresh cabrilla (sea bass - I think it was $4 for a couple pounds), limes, lots of Tecate. In camp, 20 minutes brought up a hot bed of coals, we put down the grill grate we had hastily picked up off our Weber at home, and slapped on that inch-thick cabrilla steak. You can hear the sizzle. Off it comes, onto the plates, drenched in lime.....and consumed with icy cold beers in hand as the sun dropped over the sea. I have no idea if we had any side dishes or what - we just have never had such fantastic fish, or few meals to top it.
:campfire: What is YOUR all-time favorite camp meal? :chowtime:
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