| Cooking in the great outdoors can be very different | | | | brick ovens or mobile stoves, that come with a small |
| from cooking in your kitchen at home. Its a way of | | | | gas cylinder that can last for more than 50 hours of |
| exploring your own skills that you may have | | | | camping cooking usage. |
| unconsciously learnt from your mom in the kitchen | | | | 2. Supplies |
| when you were at home. You should have a propane | | | | Having a place to cook properly is not enough. You |
| stove, or if you prefer you can cook over a fire pit. | | | | need good food to get you moving in your other |
| Camping in the outdoors requires that you get up early | | | | camping activities as well. Having this in mind, you must |
| - that way everyone else can sleep in and wake up to | | | | make sure your camping cooking food supply, either |
| a hearty breakfast. This would require you to be | | | | raw or canned must be sufficient. Raw foods would |
| equipped with the equipment and supplies, and perhaps | | | | include meat, vegetables, and fruits and so on. Also, to |
| recipes for good camping cooking. | | | | preserve these, you need to have a small cooler |
| 1. Equipment | | | | equipped with dry ice handy. Nutritious canned food is |
| This includes the stove, gas cylinders, ovens, fireplace, | | | | a good and simpler alternative. Try meat available in |
| grilling pits and so on. One of the most famous ones is | | | | cans that you can just grill or fry and eat straightaway. |
| the Dutch oven, that is basically a covered pot made | | | | 3. Cookbooks and Recipes |
| of heavy metal used for cooking. This oven is mostly | | | | And who could forget some of the best camping |
| made of cast iron or aluminum and varies from | | | | recipies out there, such as hotdog on a stick, smores, |
| extremely heavy ones to relatively light weight ones. | | | | and instant noodles! Some cookbooks have a long list |
| Some come with strong metal legs to support the | | | | of food choices available; from a vegetarian barbeque |
| oven over the heat source as well. These ovens, that | | | | and fried fish with baked potatoes to the more |
| use charcoal or coals to work, have lids that tightly fit | | | | exquisite Turkish cuisine and Bali fried foods. Just be |
| into the bottom and have also a rim around the edge | | | | sure to boil all your water before you use it in any |
| to hold the coals. | | | | meals. |
| You can also try out other alternatives such as pit and | | | | |