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Campfire Cooking
By Roger Hardieway

Cooking is one of my specialties. While in the US Army Reserves I learned about Cooking. Indoor, outdoor and campfire cooking was fun and easy with cast iron cookware. I remember the outdoors and the smell of campfire cooking, accompanied by the chorus of the squirrels, crickets and birds, during bivouacs.

The most ordinary form of outdoor cooking is campfire cooking. For families it is particularly well fitting, it is an activity which presents an opportunity for pleasant evenings and outings.

It has its own taste and fancy. Skill and knowledge is required, but both are easily acquired. Campfire cooking is a tradition in itself and some cooks have years of experience both on safaris and at home. It is one of my favorite things in life. It is great; however, most campfire cooking is done in campgrounds. Credit to improvements in camping cooking gear and a horde of easy-prep and in-store ingredients, it need not be limited to burgers, dogs and smokes. Another unique way of campfire cooking is to cook some food items inside of other foods.

Another unusual campfire cooking method is cooking in paper.

An unfussy and simple way of campfire cooking is to set a large coffee can on the coals. The days of utilitarian campfire cooking of yesteryear are gone. Try out a few odd techniques the next time you're out camping.

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Search for some prime cooking on the web or books on tips and tricks for Dutch oven campfire cooking. Buy books which are specifically written for the camper who wants to make campfire cooking easier, safer, revealing how to make campfire cooking grilling and RVing easy and fun in camping. I learned years ago from a relative that most pans will do well for campfire cooking.

If you've never done any campfire cooking or camp cooking before, one of the things to be aware of is that you'll need to monitor food closely from start to finish because it can burn quickly. Placing a marshmallow or hotdog on the end of a good stick and holding the food at just the right distance from the heat.

One of the disadvantages to campfire cooking is that cookware gets much dirtier than it does when cooking with a stove. So most likely campfire cooking will require more clean-up. Although campfire cooking can take a little more time than simply firing up the stove, it is more rewarding.

If on the other hand you're in the mood to take your time and enjoy the experience, campfire cooking can be relaxing in a way that a stove can't begin to match.

Here are some items that you will need to have to be prepared for campfire cooking: Camping Cookbooks containing all the unique and fun camping recipes to make campfire cooking enjoyable. A large barbeque grill or rack will let you enjoy the full flavor and aroma of campfire cooking, using either wood or charcoal briquettes. On a Campfire a simple and easy way of campfire cooking is to set a large coffee can on the coals.

Campfire cooking is the most common form of outdoor cooking. There is definitely more to campfire cooking than just scorching marshmallows and making smokes. Have an outdoor party. Guest or spectators may soon become participants as the host or hosts divide their guests into teams and turn them loose for an afternoon of supervised campfire cooking Spurred on, in part, as they are getting hungry. Campfire cooking is gaining in popularity and or bringing friends and family together at the same time.

Attend a campfire cooking class. There are conducted nationwide tours of campfire cooking clinics held every year at different campgrounds across the country.

While some view campfire cooking as a survival skill, most people do it for other reasons. Campfire cooking is a way to bring groups together. It is a method in which to lure kids away from their video games or as a way for divorced dads to entertain kids on weekends, campfire cooking is an ideal way for families to reconnect. Everything tastes better roasted over an open fire maybe that is why kids campfire cooking is so popular. When you are done with your kid's campfire cooking, make sure the fire is totally out.

How about Breakfast Muffins, fried or poached eggs, Chopped Ham, Shredded cheese, Diced potatoes, for example. Try cooking in a black skillet or even a 12 hole muffin pan. Salt and pepper half of muffin tin placing 6 eggs in 6 holes with 6 muffin mix muffins in the remaining 6 holes.

Campfire popcorn can be popped in foil: Popcorn Kernels and oil or butter with salt for seasoning. Tear off an 18 inch square of tin foil. The first lesson to be learned about campfire cooking is that you do not cook over an open flame.

Try to have all the latest and greatest campfire cooking gear on hand. Purchase only cast iron products. Browse products of campfire cooking gear to find those goods that will work the best for you. Dutch oven Campfire Cooking is almost an ancient form of making food and very prevalent today.

Select the relaxed comfort of your living room fireplace; staring into the embers as your banquet cooks, or watching the flickering flames dance and play while toasting your choice dessert; campfire cooking is a great way to generate memories with your family.

Whether camping with the family, hunting with friends or merely achieving that wood-grilled flavor at home, campfire cooking is delicious and easier than you might think. Dutch oven campfire cooking is one of the best ways to make meals on camping trips.

The secret of any campfire cooking is to try and maintain steadily glowing coals, but once you have your fire in this state, you can gauge its approximate temperature by using your hand. The single most indispensable piece of gear for campfire cooking is the cast iron skillet.

Cooking Campfire cooking is something of a science, much like cooking on the stove at home. In the days of automatic coffee makers and microwave ovens, campfire cookingis somewhat of a step back.

If a departure from campfire cooking is your desire, There are some area restaurants which offer a wide range; from fast food right up to Traditional campfire cooking.

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Roger Hardieway is a retired Engineer and Amateur Radio Operator https://www.onlineshopelectronics.com and https://www.buyerelectronicmart.com

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