Quote: Originally posted by TrickyWoo on 10/04/2005
Think we've been here before. Each to his own I reckon.
For people concerned about the fire hazard of cooking inside a tent, surely use of a kitchen or utility tent for cooking in is still cooking inside a tent?
I`m a great anti-cooking-in-tent person, and yes, for reasons of safety. However I don`t care so much if I burn the tent down...but I don`t want my kids to be inside it when it happens! I can replace my camping equipment in a morning down at the camping shop....it`s only money. My kids are irreplacable...as am I, and Hubby. That`s what I worry about.
Also with lively kids there`s always quite a strong possibility that they`ll bang into the cooker when I`m cooking and knock a pot over themselves, or the three year old might fiddle with a knife or something. And I find I`m worrying myself into the ground while trying to cook and keep an eye on them so end up burning myself.
However cooking outside away from the tent is quite often cold and windy, not to mention the rain. A utility tent will solve all my problems here, plus it will be somewhere the kids aren`t allowed in. And I can get out of it fast if it catches fire.
Makes total sense to me at the moment. I might do differently when it`s just Hubby and I camping and the kids have flown the nest. I used to cook in the TT after all, with the awning open. But that had a very solid kitchen unit, a flame resistant area for it, straight walled tent and canvas burns more slowly than nylon.
Topic: Camp kitchens - where do you keep yours?
