Camp food

sandeeAR wrote:
We love corn on the cob. However, I've never fixed it on the grill, simply because I don't know how. Somebody, please tell me how to do it?

Just pull down the leaves enough to de-silk, but fold the husk back where they were and grill them like that. Usually I will soak the ears ... to wash them, but also the water soaks into the cob and steams the corn to keep the kernels juicy. Or that's my theory.

Ray

We love corn on the cob. However, I've never fixed it on the grill, simply because I don't know how. Somebody, please tell me how to do it?

We`re going to try BBQ chicken this weekend. Have to get a grill first.

My wifes cousin and I used to like the barbeque chicken I would grill. Had one of those grills with a turning spit so I would spear the chicken and tie the legs down and let it grill until done and then baste it with BBQ sauce. Took me awhile to figure out that you have to cook the chicken before you baste it or it will never get done. Had to start cooking a chicken for each of us cause they were so good. Making myself hungry. Tom

StaceyE wrote:
I do cheat when I'm just too tired to bother with a fire, or the kids are too hungry to wait.

Well, DH was worse than the kids when it came to waiting for food! LOL

We like to cook our own gullosh. I cook and chop about 2lbs. of hamburger up real fine. Before I drain the grease off the cooked hamburger she throws in the chopped onion to let it simmer awhile. I drain and mop up grease out of the hamburger and she pours in the gravy. Then she pours in the drained veggies and let them heat up. She makes instant potatoes and we eat our gullosh and potatoes- salt as needed. We save the left over gullosh and make more potatoes for left overs. Pretty simple with a pot and a frying pan. Hope this helps. Tom

PyrateSilly wrote:
Smoked ham over a wood fire with either oak, apple wood. Mmmmm people that don't like ham love this one. In the drip pan under the ham put 1/2 Spiced Rum and 1/2 water mix with cinamin sticks, cloves and nutmeg. Let it slowly cook for a few hours.
We've also smoked turkeys and chickens this way, again mmmmmmm good. Oh and when you are about done with the cooking of most things then take a cookie sheet with tator tots and smoke those for a few mins - oh wow so good.
No propane or gas grills allowed at my house. If I wanted to cook things over a stove I would cook it in the house in my opinon. But then everyone has their own opinions on how to cook things ....

Do you cook the ham on with a grate over a fire, and do you use a smoker? This sounds REALLY good and I'd love to try it.

We also do the basics from home (steak, chicken,ribs, hot dogs, hamburgers brats)most of our cooking is done on the open fire, love the flavor. One of our favorite meals is italian beef sandwiches. Start it early in the am and let it cook all day in the slow cooker. After a day at the beach or an excursion and you get back to camp and it's ready to go. I have had other fellow campers come to our campsite to find out what smells so good.

Smoked ham over a wood fire with either oak, apple wood. Mmmmm people that don't like ham love this one. In the drip pan under the ham put 1/2 Spiced Rum and 1/2 water mix with cinamin sticks, cloves and nutmeg. Let it slowly cook for a few hours.
We've also smoked turkeys and chickens this way, again mmmmmmm good. Oh and when you are about done with the cooking of most things then take a cookie sheet with tator tots and smoke those for a few mins - oh wow so good.
No propane or gas grills allowed at my house. If I wanted to cook things over a stove I would cook it in the house in my opinon. But then everyone has their own opinions on how to cook things ....

Utahtea wrote:

StaceyE wrote:
We do quite a bit of cooking on the tripod grill over a burned down wood fire.

LOL...DH never had the patients to wait for the wood fire to burn down. Ever had chicken cooked over a flaming fire? It's burnt black on the outside and pink in the inside...it's not a pretty picture!

In the summer you might not want to have a fire, or you might be camping somewhere they don't allow open fires or you just might not have the time for one.

Cooking on the tripod took a few years before anything really good other than corn came off it. Now I've got it down pretty well, and can make juicy tender chicken breasts with a perfect smokey flavor. The first year resulted in some pretty dried up or burnt on the outside pink on the inside meat.

I love to cook while camping or I wouldn't go to all the trouble of cooking over fires. Electric or propane appliances are easier, but the challenge of putting a great meal on the table only using fire or coals is one I enjoy. I do cheat when I'm just too tired to bother with a fire, or the kids are too hungry to wait.