Camping Out -What to Cook Up

When we went camping with a group of friends we brought the typical foods you eat, or at least we thought you eat. We packed up hotdogs and buns with chips and condiments. We also brought along quick cooking noodles from one of those instant bags for lunch. We boiled them and served them out of a plastic cup and ate the gooey goop with a plastic spoon. . We brought fruit for snacks and some crackers and cheese.

That's camp food right?

After this delicious meal I wandered along to my friend's campsite. There were about 35 of us including children. My friends have lots of children. One family has 9 while the other has 6 and the other 5 and then they go down in numbers to your typical 3 or 2 kids or even 1. We personally brought 4.

As I followed my nose to my friend's site I stared for a moment as I watched her preparing her meal. Was I seeing things? Was I really still at Eisenhower State Park Camping ground? She was preparing all kinds of cut of vegetables and wrapping them in foil with butter. Next to this was at least a dozen buttered, fire roasted potatoes carefully wrapped in foil. Further down the table was a Dutch oven with layers of butter and then layers of peaches and then a cake mix carefully tossed on top. This Peach Cobbler would be cooked over an open fire for at least an hour for a delicious, mouth watering desert. The main meal was a big pot full of different basted meats that were rich in taste and smell and slowly grilling over an open fire.

As I wandered down the road I stopped at my other friend's site. They had a big pot of homemade stew over the fire with big delicious rolls.

Finally I found a site that was simply grilling up burgers but they also had a pot of freshly chopped vegetables sautéed richly in onions, garlic and butter.