Camplore

In the great tradition of s’mores, thinking about camping always brings me around to food. Good food, dried food, dehydrated stuff, dense food, kept from animals food, and dirt-brushed-off-of-it food. Oh, yes, don’t forget ashes-picked-out-of-it food.

Everything does taste better when you’re camping, from plain ole hotdogs, to omelettes, to cherry pie, to steaks. Lately I’ve been exposed to a bit more of the gourmet variety of preparation, thanks to Food Network, Alton Brown and America’s Test Kitchen, but they don’t often head for the campfire/coals/campstove with a castiron dutch oven/skillet/griddle or lightweight water pot. Here are a couple of my old favorites - hiking breakfast, refrigerator-access dessert, and a casserole that’d work great over coals.
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