Camp cooking

19 years ago

Hi all, We are going on our 1st camping trip next weekend. My folks gave us their old (mint condition) Coleman 3 burner stove & we will be tent camping.

I read some other posts about what foods are good to take, my question is the best way to cook the food. Should I take along shortening if I fry in as opposed to oil?

I'm not sure if the campground has water available, when we camped as kids in the mountains we brought our own. What would be the best way to bring water if we need it. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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tplife
19 years ago
Hello wannaflower, sounds like you're going to have a great time. Don't forget the camera!! I like to carry oil in small Nalgene wide-mouth screw top poly containers, of course if you want you can drag along the shortening. We picked up a couple of 5-gallon water containers, square poly with 55-gallon style screw tops that you screw a valve into. The collapsible ones don't hold up, but if you don't plan more journeys they'll work. Of course, you can always just take along several 1-gallon water containers. You can call the ranger station that the campground falls in the jurisdiction of; they can tell you if the campground has "potable water". We have a weber rectangular gas bbq that we grill on, but if wood is plentiful you can burn down some logs and throw a rack over the coals and cook meat on them. There are small disposable all-in-one use-and-lose charcoal affairs, they'll work too to minimize your investment. Buy equipment as time goes by, so you don't wind up with things you don't use or don't fit your "camping lifestyle". And DON'T FORGET THAT CAMERA! :-)
wannaflower
Original Author
19 years ago
Thank you for the advice. I'm looking forward to getting into camping. I have wonderful memories of camping when we were kids. Especially when it was raining & we had to eat spagettio's out of the can!
Good advice about gradually buying what we need as we get more into camping.
I will definitely put camera 1st & last on my list so I don't forget it!
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jersey_ponder
19 years ago
Hi wannaflower,
Have fun and I second the camera suggestion. I have been taking a lot of good pictures of deer, blue heron right in front of us on our lake every day fishing(what fun to watch) we also have a family of very small red tail squirrels that look like chipmunks (so tiny) they have been almost coming to me to get food and I have gotten some great shots. We also see a lot of turkeys that are very big if you haven't ever seen one. I just love seeing all the wild life.
We make the foil dinners a lot on the wood or charcoal fire, so easy, no clean up and you can really vary the contents to keep it yummy!! Have fun and don't forget the BUG SPRAY.....we have been using a lot of cutter family wipes this yr along with skin so soft, I hate the spray stuff. Most of all...........HAVE FUN!!!
jbcamps
18 years ago
I just read your question and it looks like there were some good answers. I just created a website to answer a lot of beginner camping questions. If you plan on going again, check out the website. There are camping tips, a packing checklist, some simple recipes, and some information on camping gear. Let your friends know as well. The site is www.youcancamp.com

Thanks

Here is a link that might be useful: YouCanCamp