Camping food ideas anyone?!?!

I have the Colman sandwich press for the fire. I make meat and cheese sandwiches in them, and then for dessert I use cream cheese and Cherry pie filling for a turnover ... I cook sausage with them too. and a Baked potato in the fire embers, with grilled corn on the cob.
Breakfast always has Oatmeal and Flapjacks.. lol
Don't forget the SMORES! Or the jiffy pop in the aluminum popping pan.
we all love cooked beans in the can over the fire.

Nut's ... I need to go camping NOW!! lol
 
Oh, on biscuits and gravy. We would make what we called "hoecake." It's a southern thing. Made up some homemade bisquick with powdered milk at home, so all it needs is water. Mix up the biscuit dough, then put it all in a cast iron pan. Need a plate to flip it if the pan is like 10" or larger. Crusty biscuits! Stir fry some bulk sausage, throw in water and a handful of the bisquick mix, and you have sausage gravy. Yum.
 
When you say camping, not sure if you mean really roughing it, or have access to elect etc. But you mentioned not having any way to keep frozen food. You did say you would have a cooler with ice. Before we got "older" and decided we were ready to do things a little easier, we used to camp in pretty primitive style.

Here's a tip that I used to use during camping and hunting trips. If I had time I would make chili and stew, those kinds of things, at home before going. At times I would just make double batches of chili, venison, chicken soup, and have them ready for any trip we went on. Freeze it in coffee cans, use the frozen cans to help keep your cooler cold. When you are ready to use, just set the can on the edge of your campfire or grill. Stir now and then as it heats up, and eat when it gets hot. If you don't want to go to the bother of cleaning the cans you can pack them out in the trash, so less dishes to wash. Or reuse for something else. Using foam beverage cups for chili and soup cuts down even more on dish washing.

If you're going fishing, try cooking your fish the way my ancestors used to do it. (and still do) This is a treat with a trout!! Clean it well, but leave the head on, and find a nice stout, green stick that you know is a 'safe' wood. Not something bitter or nasty. Try apple, cherry, aspen. No cedar or pine!! Put the stick up into the fish as if you were threading a hot dog on it, with the stick up into the head. (I guess if the idea of having the head on really grosses you out you could do it without the head, but it helps to hold it) Rub some butter, sprinkle some salt and pepper, maybe some lemon and some hot sauce. Put the stick into the ground near the fire, with the fish kind of on an angle toward the fire so that it cooks slowly without burning. Turn occasionally. A wonderful way to cook fish, and again no pan to wash.

But if you have your crockpot with you, try this one. One stick of butter, and one package of dry Good Seasons Italian salad dressing mix. Melt the butter and blend in the dry mix. Add a pound of chicken breast that has been cut into cubes and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours. Near the end of the cooking, mix one can of cream of chicken soup with a small package of cream cheese. Blend in well with the chicken mixture and when it's good and hot serve with noodles or rice. mmmmmm.

BTW, hunting for your food is always great, just remember that there are certain seasons to hunt for various animals. You can't just run out into the woods and start shooting stuff.
 
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You beat me to it! We would butter the bread and then fill them with a bit of pizza sauce, pepperoni, cheese, onion and green pepper then cook over the fire for pizza pockets. So good!

The pies are yummy too! Did you sprinkle the buttered bread with sugar for the pies?

You can't find the same type of cast iron "irons" like 30 years ago. They are much lighter weight now.

ETA: http://www.pieiron.com/designs.htm
 
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Our burger is always deer too. DH fills the freezer every season. When we eat at someone else's house we forget they eat beef! Why does this taste funny? Oh yea, its not deer!

Speaking of deer, this works with deer steak or cheap cuts of beef. The marinate softens the toughest cheapest meat.

Steak Kabobs

I make a marinade out of equal parts of oil, water, soy sauce and hot sauce(we use Franks). Marinate at least over night but 2 or 3 days works great. Pack it in your cooler or fridge still in marinade. I also cut up the onion ahead of time, same with green peppers if you wish to add those. Bring a can of pineapple and if you wish potatoes. I use the bamboo skewers while camping. Drain your meat, chunk up your potatoes, set out your onions and green peppers and open the pineapple. Every one can make their own kabobs. Cook on the grill.

You can eat them right off of the stick or push off onto a plate. Easy, cheap and very little clean up.
 
We live off of deer too and I love it! I love camping too. We do alot of camping down the river. We pack the canoe down and get dropped off, find a pretty sandbar and set up camp, catch lots of fish and then eat 'em. We look for driftwood, arrowheads/pottery, and it is so much fun. My DH likes to make squirrel gravy in the mornings.

There are some good ideas on here. You guys should be eating good no matter which choice you choose
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Ooooooooo.... We are going camping next week, too!! I will keep an eye on this thread!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU for the websites!!!

GumpsGirl: Do you have pie irons? I just got a set after being impressed with seeing my last camping "neighbors" using them for EVERYTHING.. pieces of bread fit in them perfectly, so add pizza sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni & get "pizza sandwiches, or grilled cheese, or ham & cheese, or "breakfast sandwiches" with egg, bacon, cheese.. Whatever!!

Also made "mountain pie" desserts in them, bread with cherry or apple pie filling.. were actually quite yummy!!

They also made "banana boats" (not in the pie irons)... Leave the skins on the bananas, but hollow them out a bit lengthwise (like a canoe), stuff with mini marshmallows & chocolate chips, then wrap tightly in HEAVY DUTY foil & grill in the fire. Yummy.

OOP!! everyone beat me to the "pie iron" ideas, LOL...
 
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OOP!! everyone beat me to the "pie iron" ideas, LOL...

....great camping minds think alike...especially HUNGRY ones!
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We made Fajitas for our last camping trip.

Slice up meat (whatever's cheep)
slice up an onion or two
slice some pepper(s)
throw all of that in a ziploc bag, pour in enough Italian Dressing to marinade the other ingredients. Add a tablespoon or two oc Cumin and Chili powder (to taste)

The whole mess can be poured into a pan or dutch oven and cooked over a fire or on a camp stove.

And the leftovers are awesome with eggs for breakfast!
 
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