Going camping, y'all.What should I cook?
Do you like to cook over fires?
Do you carry on your parents' cooking traditions from your childhood camping trips?
Do you feel more authentic when you cook over a wood fire than when you cook on a stove/gas grill/microwave?
Do you eat cereal in the morning when you camp?
Do you like to drink coffee when you camp?
Do you feel that it's a pleasure or a hassle to have to build a fire in order to eat cooked food?
Have you ever made up elaborate lies about your method of cooking trout over the fire to avoid admitting that you've never really caught a trout large enough to cook/eat?
Have you ever made s'mores with peanut butter cups?
Love to camp.
Camping is one of those things that makes me feel wonderful, so I try to make certain things exactly the same every time I go. Not just having hash and eggs for dinner, also the smell of the Ivory detergent my mom uses to wash the dishes and playing charades after making s'mores. Of course, new traditions like peanut butter cup s'mores are also welcome in my book.
ReplyDeleteOne time when I was camping someone made a truly scrumptious dessert by slicing a banana lengthwise and stuffing like, brown sugar and chocolate chips (I think) inside it, then wrapping it in tinfoil and sticking it in the fire. It was so so delicious! And quite adaptable as well. What if you used butterscotch chips instead of chocolate? Maybe there was peanut butter in it. Certainly worth a try...
What did you end up cooking, Noah?
banana boats! we made them at the berk last summer. they are probably one of my favorite desserts.
ReplyDeleteThe first time I went camping by myself in the Smokies for a week, I discovered almost immediately that my brand-new Coleman stove didn't work! So I was forced to cook over a wood fire. Nearby campers noticed my predicament, and when they left, they gave me a huge pile of split wood. I was set for the week, and I guess I did feel more "authentic." Plus, nothing beats staring into a fire as night falls, when you're too tired from hiking all day to do anything else.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the sentiment about fires, maybemama. How stressful, though, in addition to being in the smokies all alone.
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