Best camp meal?

[gjackson]

Great topic, but how to pick out a favorite meal?! I have had so many great meals camping. The South Africans have a tradition they call the potjie which is a dutch oven. We took one through Africa and had some incredible meals from it. Baked bread, scones, pork and dumplings, steak and beer and ox-tail mmmmmmm good stuff!! Then there's borewors (sausage) and sudza (pap (corn meal)).

Oh, and my wife is a camping dessert expert, so there's pancakes with apricots, cheesecake with cherries, rice pudding. . .

So much great food, and all the better when you are in the middle of no where far from home after a long day of travelling and new experiences. I think that is what makes camp food so great.

For breakfast rusks and coffee. (My french press is stainless, so I only took one!!)

cheers

Graham
www.africaoverland.org

 

[Life_in_4Lo]

Graham, you need a to have a proper Braai for a camp meal! Some hot coals and flame licking the bottom of your steaks! :campfire: :chowtime: :beer:

 

[The BN Guy]

breakfast - warmed tortillas with scrambled eggs (maybe throw in some Baco's for texture and taste)

lunch - sandwiches or a burrito placed on the engine during the morning trailride

dinner - hamburgers (or steaks), fried potatoes, and my favorite - Ranch style beans! Gotta have the gas to keep ya warm! All cooked over a campfire of course! :campfire:

 

[gjackson]

Graham, you need a to have a proper Braai for a camp meal! Some hot coals and flame licking the bottom of your steaks!

. . .with some Castle or Windhoek!! That's the stuff. But I gotta say, potjies are more comfort food. Good for cooler weather and also when you have time to cook them! Also excellent for the chicken and goat you get in West Africa that has been chased by every person within a 100 mile raduis and is tough as boots.

Braais are so much better when you can get quality meat!! :exclaim:

cheers

Graham
www.africaoverland.org

 

[mountainpete]

I've been thinking about this for a while... because I have too many favorite camp foods!

First, nothing beats a Rib Eye steak rubbed with Montreal Steak Spice, some beans and a beer. My wife doesn't usually like the smell of the tent later that night, but man is it good.

I also love some really simple things. Quesadillas are high on my list. We pre-make them with black beans, re-fried beans, chicken breast, cheese, cilantro, salsa and sometimes a splash of tequilla. Just heat it up in a frying pan and you are good to go. Quick, easy and very little clean up.

I also love Couscous and I got to admit Kraft Dinner or Ichiban soup can be mighty nice after a long day. :chowtime:

Top it all off with a messy, but good, desert. Cut a banana in half and put a Caramilk bar in the middle. Rap in tin-foil and heat until melted. Eat with a spoon in front of a fire.

Pete

 

[Nullifier]

Have to say my best was on a 6 day river trip in wisconson in 2k2. A guy who used to work for Bell Canoes brought these kelby steak kabobs along. Man they were awesome.

On most of our trips thought we have salmon filets topped with durkie/soy sauce over rice. mmm.... good maybe with some califlower or broccoli.

Last year we led a 4 day trip on a river here is Florida. All the kayakers were stunned at how "loaded" we were but hey on the last night when everyone fired up the MRE's or dehydrated what ever, The wife and I were having surf and turf. it was an envious crowd to say the least. I think that is why I love canoe caming so much. You can pack the ammenities that a kayak just doesn't allow. thick comfy sleeping pads and a large cooler with dry ice. LOL

 

[desertgirl66]

Ahhhh---the best camp meals! Gotta' try Desertdude's fresh Spanish Seafood Paella with Sangria, sunset in the Aqua Fria National Monument :bowdown:

Breakfast---watching the sun rise over the San Francisco Peaks, camping in the cinder cones; chorizo (soy version for us vegie eaters!) with eggs and tortillas cooked like a souffle, hot green tea!! And of course a few ginger cookies to wash it all down.

Get ready for Baja!!

 

[gjackson]

I also love Couscous . . .

Connie has an AWESOME spiced couscous recipie. Takes about 10 min to make. Mmmmmm.

Graham
www.africaoverland.org

 

[flyingwil]

IF only I can figure out how to do this at a campsite with out a generator I would be set! :chowtime:

This is my Pop's BBQ set up we use for all our family gatherings. Yum Yum!

 

[The BN Guy]

IF only I can figure out how to do this at a campsite with out a generator I would be set! :chowtime:

Simple...children!

Seriously, why not hook up a car battery to an electric motor or something like that?

Boy that looks good! Never had a pig on a spit before.

 

[flyingwil]

The Piggy takes upwards of 5 hours and the battery would drain entirely too quick, however it is a great idea to use Children! I think a chicken spit would work with out drianing the Battery too bad, I'll have to give it a try. Kind of funny i overlooked the most simple of solutions!

 

[Life_in_4Lo]

Ahhhh---the best camp meals! Gotta' try Desertdude's fresh Spanish Seafood Paella

Hey! I had that in DV, Pasquale was kind enough to make it and we were kind enough to enjoy it! hehe

 

[pangaea]

Although I enjoy cooking in the camp, I have to recommend camping with Graham and his wife. Connie's meals easily take up 8 of my top ten camp meals. A few of my faves have to be curried lamb kabobs, Chicken Tikka Masala (a recipe that she and I have been throwing back and forth over the past couple of years trying to perfect it), and that desert that she makes (Graham, help me out here) Cherries with graham cracker crusts with some kind of cream filling....mmmm... :chowtime:

 

[Scott Brady]

All these favorites are excellent! :eatchicke

I am really looking forward to the Baja trip, and rotating the meal. Should make for some great stories for this thread.

 

[Desertdude]

Considering I have been on a perpetual camping trip for the past 20 years I have been able to do more with less - without sacrificing great food :chowtime:

Well... James you are in luck - for Surf n Turf 05 (Thursday) we are preparing a seafood pasta dish with hand picked fresh garden tomatoes woven into a home made puttanesca sauce - over imported Penne Rigate pasta - Served with Cab Franc by Martin Ranch Winery

(Friday) Grilled over Mesquite firewood pit - salmon steaks - spaghetti squash ( specially seasoned) - Quinoa pilaf - fresh garden tomatoe/basil/mozzerella salad - served with homemade wine sangria

(Sat) we are making one of Desertgirl's famous dishes - Prawns marinaded in lime and tequila - served in a hand made Ancho Chile sauce. This will be a "make your own Taco buffet" with all the special hand made fix-ins and tortillas - along with fresh made guacamole - margaritas on the rocks with fresh lime juice and Patrón Añejo


:sunny: your only as good as your last camp meal :sunny: