Campfire recipes/ideas

[Lardydah]

Alright guys,

This weekend myself and some pals are 'being one with nature' and camping in a mates field. Trying to be as independent from the house as possible, so wondering the PH collective could help me with some ideas for grub?

Apart from the standard jacket potato in the coals, what other tasty things could I cook on the open flame?

I'll have a couple of army style mess tins/pans and that's about it.

Any ideas would be welcomed!

[Mobile Chicane]

You could boil stuff in pans, but what? I'd far rather BBQ.

I'd get a disposable BBQ and throw a few sausages and burgers on it, tbh.

If you're determined to do it the hard way, you'll need a wire rack of some sort, stones / bricks to rest this on, plus an inordinate amount of dry firewood.

Break / cut small branches into a uniform size so they all reach the ember stage at the same time. Oak or beech in preference for the heat output and flavour.

[Truckosaurus]

When I was in Africa recently visiting my brother, one of his mates cooked up some beer bread at a bbq/fire.

The recipe seemed to just be a bag of SR Flour and a bottle of beer plus various herbs/spices/seasonings and
then putting the saucepan on the edges of the fire for a slow cook.

eg: http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/2008/08/campfi...

[Sushi]

Truckosaurus said:

When I was in Africa recently visiting my brother, one of his mates cooked up some beer bread at a bbq/fire.

The recipe seemed to just be a bag of SR Flour and a bottle of beer plus various herbs/spices/seasonings and
then putting the saucepan on the edges of the fire for a slow cook.

eg: http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/2008/08/campfi...

That is an awesome blog.

[spikeyhead]

Get a fire to teh embers stage.

Wrap a portion of chicken in some bacon, stuff into a green pepper and add some mushrooms and onions.

Wrap in several layers of foil and bury in the fire for a while.

[Alter Bridge]

Sushi said:

Truckosaurus said:

When I was in Africa recently visiting my brother, one of his mates cooked up some beer bread at a bbq/fire.

The recipe seemed to just be a bag of SR Flour and a bottle of beer plus various herbs/spices/seasonings and
then putting the saucepan on the edges of the fire for a slow cook.

eg: http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/2008/08/campfi...

That is an awesome blog.

Jesus she is good yehaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Bill]

You can cook pretty much anything on a campfire from spit roast chicken to focaccia, particularly if you have a heavy saucepan. Ideally a cast one so it doesn't matter how grubby it gets. A potje is the ideal.

[spikeyhead]

Bill said:

... A potje is the ideal.

is that similar to a potphor?

[Pferdestarke]

My word, Cowgirl's Country Life blog is amazing. I have just subscribed.

[Bill]

spikeyhead said:

Bill said:

... A potje is the ideal.

is that similar to a potphor?

No idea, there aren't any google hits for potphor that make sense I did miss an i out though, so it should be potjie (pronounced "poikey")



I have a more modern one like this:

[SVX]

Bill said:

You can cook pretty much anything on a campfire from spit roast chicken to focaccia, particularly if you have a heavy saucepan. Ideally a cast one so it doesn't matter how grubby it gets. A potje is the ideal.

I was also going to suggest a potjiekos - knocking up a Durban curry is a great way to use one, this isn't a bad site for recipes:

http://www.potjiekosworld.com/

[Engineer1]

A tasty one that sounds wrong is take a largish potato cut the top off hollow it out and crack an egg into it, wipe some of the white onto the cut top and put it back on wrap in foil and bury in the embers. It tastes quite good if you cook the egg long enough.

[PaulHogan]

Lardydah said:

Apart from the standard jacket potato in the coals, what other tasty things could I cook on the open flame?

Instead of the standard jp, make a foil parcel with a drizzle of oil and then a few new pots, shallots and garlic cloves in them.

[RosscoPCole]

Make a foil bag. Add strawberries, molasses sugar, port and balsamic vinegar. Close the bag, put on the coals, cook for about 15-20 mins or until the strawberries go mushy. Sounds horrible, tastes amazing.

[captainzep]

Pack an old roasting tin with a few packs of decent sausages, 3-4 tins of tomatoes, a couple of stock cubes, couple of tins of mixed beans.

Bung on embers of the fire, chuck in a splash of cider/wine and boil down until thick -probably less than 20-30 mins.

Stuff into rolls/pitta.

Fecking ace.