Camping food ideas anyone?!?!

[briana1975]

We always make hobo dinner. Take a heavy duty large piece of aluminum foil, butter it, than put some cut up potatoes, carrots, and polish sauage with a little salt and pepper add one ice cube for steam and wrap up into the foil. Put onto a hot fire and cook till done. You don't even need a plate if you make one meal pouch per person. You can add other veggies too if you like. The whole family likes it.

 

[gumpsgirl]

Hobo dinners or "trail burgers" used to be the norm here, but everyone got tired of them on camping trips.

I still like them though!

 

[Boyd]

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biscuits and gravy, chicken and dumplings..... and thats just to start.... Eggs for whenever... some turkey/chicken/hamburger patty breast etc... an ice chest full of beer and ...... Um... soda!

 

[Whirlwind]

I was gonna say buscuits and gravy too. My DH and DS favorite breakfast when camping.

 

[thechickenchick]

My SIL has a big family and this is one of her favorite camping meals.

Hobo stew

The amounts depend on the size of pouch. Prepare ingredients and give everyone a piece of foil. They pick what they want in their pouch. These can be thrown on the fire or cooked on the grill.

Burger
carrots
potatoes
mushrooms
green peppers
onions

Then top each one with a generous amount of cream of mushroom soup and salt and pepper. Can also be bone with small chicken chunks and cream of chicken soup.

Have fun camping! We are going camping tomorrow.

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

I havn't read the others but when we go camping I usually bring my slowcooker ...because I am on vacation also.....I have done a roast in it (marinated in a plastic bag first)and a fast spaghetti (cook the sauce first and then add the macaroni half way through the day)....and a ham......I usually get everything prepared at home and put them in plastic bags in the cooler ....sometimes frozen ....sometimes not....and put it in the slowcooker in the morning ...then I have it cooked by supper........TA DA!!

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

I am kinda surprised that people don't hunt/fish for their own food. That is one of the best parts of camping to me to find your own food and then clean it and cook it. But we are really, really, really woodsy type folks too....

I like the hobo idea. Those are really good to make....except we use deer

 

[Judy]

We used to camp 3 or 4 weeks a year. Suppers were often one of the box mixes like chicken or hamburger helper, or a noodle side dish mix, with a can of tuna or some chunks of chicken tenders, or even canned chicken. Lunches were locally bought bakery bread, locally bought cheese, some fresh apples, and a pocket knife (often on a hiking trail.) Breakfast was instant oatmeal or cheese grits on getaway mornings, and pancakes or eggs on longer ones.

One of our favorite meals was hamburger, beans and corn. Those were the only ingredients. Brown the hamburger, dump in a can or two of corn and some canned beans, whatever you like, I like navy or great northern. Amazing how good that tasted outdoors.

For a 3 day trip you can freeze cooked chicken pieces or raw hamburger and put it in the ice chest. It will not stay frozen but will be good for 3 days with plenty of ice.

 

[Judy]

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Agreed, if it was a fishing trip, that always made a great supper. My son and his family still do that. So glad we took him camping and fishing so much. My DIL prefers wild meat, will eat animals I haven't even tried!

 

[Boyd]

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Actually I love foraging for food, but most folks now a days aren't looking for that sort of answer

I remember summer camp as a kid and we'd go hunting for bullfrogs on hotdog nights because we got sick of hotdogs. Imagine the look of our counselors faces when all of us showed up with a few frogs apiece a couple hours before mealtime! We ate like kings!!!! Fiddleheads are also a favorite!