Campfire cooking

[Kliska]

...otherwise known as things to cook on a stick :lol2. No, but really, what are some good easy things to cook over an open fire. Such as:

Hot Dogs
Marshmallows
Pudgy Pies (Ham and Cheese, Apple, Peach, etc...)
Banana Boats
S'mores

I'm looking for things to either wrap and toss in the coals, or to skewer on a stick and cook directly, or put in a small pie iron. Anyone have any other ideas? I think dutch oven recipes would be popular too (please do post any if you got 'em), but also looking to do things without pots/pans.

[Live4Jesus]

Gooey Bananas
take a banana, slice it down the center (don't peel it!) stuff with mini marshmallows, chocolate chips and coconut flakes and nuts (if desired). Wrap in tin foil and toss in the coals for 10 mins or so til hot and gooey!

Cinnamon Apples
take an apple, core it most of the way through, stuff the hole with cinnamon and brown sugar. wrap in tin foil and toss in the coals for about 15 minutes or so til apple is soft

[Cd4u_2]

http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/1997/02/40.htm <--campfire cooking

[Kliska]

Many thanks!

[HSmomto4]

Yummy!!!!!!

[Heartstorm]

Potato's !!!! we did this as kids, wrap a potato in foil, bury in the coals, wait for about 45 minutes and dig it out with a stick. the skin will be blackend but the inside is perfect and yummy!!! Also wrapping a pork chop with chopped potato's and onions and bell peppers in a foil package and placing these on a rack on the coals and you have a great meal !!!!! NO clean up required !!!

[Cd4u_2]

http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Everyday-Cooking/On-The-Go/Camping/Main.aspx here are some more

[Big Daddy]

Potato's !!!! we did this as kids, wrap a potato in foil, bury in the coals, wait for about 45 minutes and dig it out with a stick. the skin will be blackend but the inside is perfect and yummy!!! Also wrapping a pork chop with chopped potato's and onions and bell peppers in a foil package and placing these on a rack on the coals and you have a great meal !!!!! NO clean up required !!!
Corn is on the farm stands here and very sweet.

Pull off all but the last couple layers of husk, pull those back but not off.
Get the silk off, rub well with a stick of cold butter and salt (I like pepper too).

Rewrap the last husks down over ear and dip in a bucket of water. Wrap well in foil. Toss on coals and turn to cook on all sides.

The husk may char, but pull it back and wrap it in the foil for use as a handle and enjoy with you spuds and other goodies.

[pistis]

Just returned from camping in Yosemite last month, one of our camp favorites is Camp Beans. Just fry up some hamburger in a dutch oven or pot, and add a can of pork and beans. Very warm and filling. You can always wind a strip of biscuit dough around a stick and grill over the fire, canned biscuit dough is the easiest, you can even roll the raw dough in cinamon sugar for a sweet version, or dip in honey or jam afterwards.

We also wrapped just about anything in foil and threw it in the fire or on a grill over the fire. Mushrooms with a dab of butter with some salt, pepper and garlic powder were fantastic in foil pockets, zuchini, sliced potatoes, shucked corn on the cob is good in foil with butterand garlic-don't worry if it gets too much heat-it just carmelizes and becomes better, sliced or julianned carrots sprinkled with cumin and a little honey and butter, or sliced bell peppers and onions are also great cooked that way. You could even throw in some sliced chicken or tenders, sliced strips of steak or pork or even sliced ham with a pinapple slice and brown suger, and it would cook up nicely too in foil.

If you have a grill for over the fire, fajitas are easy, just use the foil for the veg and grill the meat, shish kebab is easy too. Minute rice or any boxed rice mix is good as a side dish, you could even add hmburger or some sort of protein and make it a meal. Instant mashed potatoes are easy, anything freeze dried including boxed scalloped potato mix, or packaged pasta dishes are also one pot just add water additions.

Hambuger/tuna helper is easy for one pot meals, beef stew, chicken and dumplings, and anything on a tortilla, including peanut butter or tuna fish is good for quick snack. Pasta with a one can sauce that you can dump in after you drain it or just add butter, garlic and parmesan is easy one pot cooking. There are a lot of prepared one can meals that just require reheating like canned stew, raviolli, chili, good for rain days, even irradiated complete meals are now available that need no refridgeration and just reheating.

Anything is good that doesn't have a lot of cleanup afterward, washing dishes at the campsite is the worst!

Have fun!! :pound

[HSmomto4]

This thread is so great because my daughter just told me today she wants to have a camp out/bonfire for her 14th birthday! You have to understand that these girls are ballerinas! They do not camp...I don't know why she wants to do this, but it should be fun! I wonder if the bear will come that night??