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06/8/2018 at 1:06pm
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Hi all, we are off to thistledown farm for our 4th tent camping trip this year and they allow (although I'd possibly say encourage) campfires.
So, as I'd like to make use of this to cook our evening meals, does anyone have any tips for cooking on fire, or useful bits of kit I should bring with me or buy. Or even recipes I could try.
Many thanks.
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06/8/2018 at 6:30pm
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Some kind of grid to support any pans you want to use.
Heavier pans are probably better than camping style lightwight ones. Old pressure cookers make good heavy, large pans if you ahev one that you don't use anymore
Pans will get dirsty from the soot. If you want to make sure they are cleand afterwards some soap bat rubbed on before use helps with the cleaning
Cooking sausages on sticks is tedious, use a frying pan :-)
Damper on stick or of course marshmallows is a much better idea
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07/8/2018 at 1:39pm
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There's a book called the hungry camper cookbook I recommend means you won't live on beans and burgers. Isbn 978 1 84601 482 8. Bought mine for three quid
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07/8/2018 at 7:49pm
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Get your fire going early to build up a good bed of embers, and then treat as a BBQ. I.e don’t cook over big flames, cook over glowing white / ref embers.
Google campfire tripods, Campfire Grills and Altar Fires (the Scouts version) and you can see various methods.
If you have a big cast iron pot with a lid or an old Le Creuset you don’t feel too precious about this is ideal. You can put this on a grid, directly in the fire, and put in the coals with a few burning bits in top to use as an oven. Google Dutch Oven to see use and recipes. You can pop in s whole chicken, bung in some stock, spuds, onion, carrot etc and make a pot roast or stew.
I have used mine in a campfire to make pineapple upside down cake (tinned pineapple, a cake mix, served with squirty cream!)
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08/8/2018 at 1:17pm
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Thanks all for the tips.
I've ordered a tripod and hanging grill. It's good that fish and jackets are pretty staple in our household. I read somewhere else that you could do corn in it's leaves so maybe try that one too.
Not sure I'm brave enough to try bread or cakes, but maybe a quick look around youtube might be in order as it sounds interesting.
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09/8/2018 at 3:27pm
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When we were scouts we used to make up a paste of washing powder and water to smear over the base and outsides of the pots before cooking to prevent fire blackening.
At the end of camp we would chip off the crust to reveal shiny pans.
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I can remember when this was all fields.
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Quote: Originally posted by 100_mph_pennine on 08/8/2018
Thanks all for the tips.
corn in it's leaves
Brilliant way to cook sweeetcorn. Soak it in water before you put it to grill.
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