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Subject Topic: Good Camp Cooking Tips!
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PersonMagnoliab1965
02/8/2014 at 7:21pm
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Temp of the fires mostly plus ideas off Pinterest..... Looks nothing like the pictures of their cooking they put up lol


Personkate w
02/8/2014 at 8:04pm
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I just chuck tinned potatoes whole onto the cadac near the end of cooking the meat, they fry in the juices a bit, gives them extra flavour. They only need reheating anyway.

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Personminardifans
02/8/2014 at 8:50pm
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The best tip I've used for cooking over coals on a bbq is to use your hand as a guide.

If you can hover your hand just above the cooking grate of your charcoal BBQ and hold it there for 5 seconds then it's ok to go. If you have to pull your hand away before you get to 5 then it's too hot and not ready. This way you won't burn your food.


PersonRockyandEllen
02/8/2014 at 9:31pm
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Funnily enough, I was camping with my sister, her husband and her little boy last weekend and they told me the same tip....oh wait, that was you!


Personjelboy53
03/8/2014 at 9:01am
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Just like a BBQ cooking on an open fire is best done over the embers(Nearly out but still glowing and generating heat) Or failing that....Raking some half burnt wood to the edge of the fire away from the main heat source....

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PersonFay Fife
03/8/2014 at 9:55am
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Agree it needs to be down to embers, and before you even light it, make sure there is a good thick log or stone set up, on which you can reliably balance a pan or a rack to cook on.
Use long tongs too.


PersonFreeminer
04/8/2014 at 2:11pm
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Personbridgeywidge
05/8/2014 at 12:53pm
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Going back to the original post, kind of, I have found that the plastic lids from 'barista-style' instant coffee tins (only purchased when on offer ) are a perfect fit for putting on half-used tin cans of food: pet or human. I use them at home in the fridge but also good for the icebox when camping - but another tip here, keep the tin upright...

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Personsarahlr
05/8/2014 at 1:35pm
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Lol with five of us we never have a half used tin! I know what you mean though, we have some of the ones for pet food cans.

When I put my hand into the bottom of my three way fridge the last trip, it was all sqidgy - choc cake crumbs, mixed with condensation!

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Personbridgeywidge
05/8/2014 at 5:47pm
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Yeeeeuuccch: washing baked bean juice off cheese/ice blocks/wine bottle wasn't much fun either

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PersonGemling
07/8/2014 at 3:28pm
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Good tip with the lids, bridgeywidge for those of us who are only a couple or solo-camping.

Will have to save the lids from things like cocoa and see if they will work, as my hubby now likes to use a coffee pod machine for coffee at home so no longer use any kind of instant style or barrista coffees and the like. Finally found something he really likes.


Personbridgeywidge
07/8/2014 at 8:55pm
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Oh, surely you could sneakily purchase a tine of 'dirty coffee' just for the lid????

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