Campfire Cooking
Tuesday March 18, 2008
Outdoor Cooking Tip - The term "campfire cooking" should not be taken literally. It is not advisable to cook over open flames. Cooking over flames will turn your pots black. Avoiding direct flames will help prevent this. Build a small campfire for cooking and wait until some of the wood has burned down to glowing coals. Then scrape some of these coals to the side of the flames. Now do your cooking on a grate over the glowing coals rather than the flames. To make cleanup easier, coat the outside and bottom of your pots with a thin film of liquid detergent. Place a pot of water on the fire to heat while you eat, and dish water will be ready when you are finished. Also, you can use a piece of wadded up aluminum foil for a pot scrubber and just discard it when you're done.
Comments
Very helpful, to the point, and easy. Thank you!
RE: Campfire cooking, I’ve cooked “campfire cooking” useing a cast iron “dutch oven” which you cook by puting hot coals on the bottom and the lid. You can cook just about anything this way. The only time I cook over an open flame is when I want to simmer. And then I’ll keep the pot a distance from the flames, this to control the heat.