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