Favorite Camping Recipes & Meal Ideas

[gonzo]

Here is the Sausage Maker web site spice page.

http://www.sausagemaker.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=17

[BLACKDOG]

Back to a recipe! 

Aluminum foil
hamburger
diced potatoes
diced carrots or package of baby carrots
diced onion
diced green pepper
mushrooms
anything else you want

Take a large piece of foil and lay it out, on half of it put handful of hambuger, potatoes, and whatever else you want on it.  Season it, mix it up, I put a splash worcestershire sauce on mine.  Fold the other half over the top and fold the sides up tight.  Place over a fire for about 30 minutes.  And open it up and eat up!  We do this out camping or even at home in the oven!  Like a stew in foil!!  It's really simple, especially if you have everything all prepared in zip lock bags!! 

Another little trick we used to do when I was a kid, was take a box of bisquick, mix up some dough and put a small ball (the smaller the better, too big still raw in middle) on a hot dog stick and put it near the hot coals!  Bisquit on a stick!! 

We do the aluminum foil trick too, call them bear claws

Also, as kinda a side note to the biscuit thing, for dessert we make something very similar to go along with our s'mores

pop can of ready to cook buscuits
stick
sugar and cinammon
spraybutter

pop the can (duh )  and give each person one of the premade biscuits dough things.  Roll the dough patty into a "snake" and wrap it around the stick, going down, kinda like a spring   hold it over the fre, turning it until the outside is browned.  Put the cinammon and sugar together on a paper plate, then spray the cooked biscuit with the butter, and roll it in the cinammon and sugar.  let it cool, or dont, up to you, and enjoy

[Hyena]

I like heating up spugetios(sp?) when i go wheeling.  And also chili and hotdogs.  Those are my main meals while camping.

[gonzo]

I like heating up spugetios(sp?) when i go wheeling. And also chili and hotdogs. Those are my main meals while camping.

Chili and hotdogs are always good!  Some times I will have a can of corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast.  It's all good.

[OffRoadGal]

Chili and hotdogs are always good! Some times I will have a can of corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. It's all good.

oh dang straight! I love corned beef hash and eggs! I might just have to pick up a can to have for breakfast this weekend now.

[gonzo]

This one is a different kind'a dish.  My Grandparents owned a dairy farm and they always "put in a garden" every year.  My Grandmother would pick fresh sweet corn and  cut the kernels off the cobs (about three).  She would put the kernels in a sauce pan add a stick of butter, some black pepper and add whole milk until the corn was covered by about 1/2 inch.  She would heat it until the edges of the milk started to bubble (small bubbles), then she would serve it with dinner.  The combination of the corn, butter and milk was delicious.

You can use canned whole kernel corn and pasteurized milk instead of the fresh stuff.  It will still have a good taste.  Try it you'll like it.

[Volcom]

Back to a recipe! 

Aluminum foil
hamburger
diced potatoes
diced carrots or package of baby carrots
diced onion
diced green pepper
mushrooms
anything else you want

Take a large piece of foil and lay it out, on half of it put handful of hambuger, potatoes, and whatever else you want on it.  Season it, mix it up, I put a splash worcestershire sauce on mine.  Fold the other half over the top and fold the sides up tight.  Place over a fire for about 30 minutes.  And open it up and eat up!  We do this out camping or even at home in the oven!  Like a stew in foil!!  It's really simple, especially if you have everything all prepared in zip lock bags!! 

Another little trick we used to do when I was a kid, was take a box of bisquick, mix up some dough and put a small ball (the smaller the better, too big still raw in middle) on a hot dog stick and put it near the hot coals!  Bisquit on a stick!! 

Cheese beat me to it.  We call them HOBO PACKETS      One word of advice, don't poke holes in the packets while over the fire, you will lose all the good juices that cook everything together.

Another big camping secret is I use Montreal Seasoning on all my hamburgers, everybody loves them

[BLACKDOG]

Cheese beat me to it.  We call them HOBO PACKETS      One word of advice, don't poke holes in the packets while over the fire, you will lose all the good juices that cook everything together.

Another big camping secret is I use Montreal Seasoning on all my hamburgers, everybody loves them

I use that on EVERYTHING  If you can only pick one spice, go with that

[gonzo]

Cheese beat me to it. We call them HOBO PACKETS One word of advice, don't poke holes in the packets while over the fire, you will lose all the good juices that cook everything together.

Another big camping secret is I use Montreal Seasoning on all my hamburgers, everybody loves them

Hey Volcom   What is Montreal Seasoning?  Is there a pinch of French in it?  Seriously what is Montreal Seasoning?

[BLACKDOG]

Hey Volcom   What is Montreal Seasoning?  Is there a pinch of French in it?  Seriously what is Montreal Seasoning?

You can buy it at any supermarket.  Its in the spice isle, probably the same area as mrs. dash, or other meat seasonings

[Cheesemaker]

Montreal Steak seasoning

Is made by McCormick, it's their Grill Mates seasoning.
ingredients:
coarse salt
black pepper
red pepper
garlic
partially hydrogenated soybean oil
natural flavor
extractives of paprika

It is the best seasoning in the world!!
I get the BIG bottle at costco for around $6  its a 29 oz bottle.  The little bottle 14.5 oz sells at the local grocery for $7.

The next best seasoning is the classic Johnny Salt.  

[BLACKDOG]

spicy mrs. dash is purty good as well

[OffRoadGal]

Montreal Steak seasoning

Is made by McCormick, it's their Grill Mates seasoning.
ingredients:
coarse salt
black pepper
red pepper
garlic
partially hydrogenated soybean oil
natural flavor
extractives of paprika

It is the best seasoning in the world!!
I get the BIG bottle at costco for around $6 its a 29 oz bottle. The little bottle 14.5 oz sells at the local grocery for $7.

The next best seasoning is the classic Johnny Salt.

I love that seasoning! I like to put it on potatoes, too. Johnny salt??!! Sounds like something you put in the crapper.

[gonzo]

I love that seasoning! I like to put it on potatoes, too. Johnny salt??!! Sounds like something you put in the crapper.

No...that's salt peter.....

[gonzo]

Montreal Steak seasoning

Is made by McCormick, it's their Grill Mates seasoning.
ingredients:
coarse salt
black pepper
red pepper
garlic
partially hydrogenated soybean oil
natural flavor
extractives of paprika

It is the best seasoning in the world!!
I get the BIG bottle at costco for around $6 its a 29 oz bottle. The little bottle 14.5 oz sells at the local grocery for $7.

The next best seasoning is the classic Johnny Salt.

[OffRoadGal]

I like the Montreal Chicken too. 

Oh, and another excellent campout food we are forgetting...BRATS!  

I pre-boil them but I use Hornsby's Hard Draft Cider instead of beer, add a couple bay leaves and some onions. Once they are cooked I put it all in a rubbermaid container in the fridge to cool overnight. I remove any congealed fat from the top and pour all the rest into a Food Saver, seal it up and freeze it.

Nothing better then grilled brats!!     

[BUBBA]

One of my all time favorites is Pork Steak.I would rather have a pork steak than a beef steak anyday.
When preparing mine
First I coat them in seasoned meat tenderizer (i use it on just about everything meat wise)
let set for a few min
then smother them in barbeque sauce and let them sit in the fridge to marinate
when I'm ready I just throw them on the grill and let em cook
For camping trips I'll fix em up the night before we leave and put them in individual ziplock bags to take with us.

[OffRoadGal]

One of my all time favorites is Pork Steak.I would rather have a pork steak than a beef steak anyday.
When preparing mine
First I coat them in seasoned meat tenderizer (i use it on just about everything meat wise)
let set for a few min
then smother them in barbeque sauce and let them sit in the fridge to marinate
when I'm ready I just throw them on the grill and let em cook
For camping trips I'll fix em up the night before we leave and put them in individual ziplock bags to take with us.

I love doing slow cooked boneless pork ribs in BBQ sauce. I put it in a pan on the grill and let it simmer till the pork is falling apart. I love pork, but there is NOTHING like a nice t-bone or rib eye on the grill.

[BUBBA]

but there is NOTHING like a nice t-bone or rib eye on the grill.

well the only way I'll take a t-bone or rib eye over pork is if it comes from one of our feilds. And I know for a fact I'm not gettin some old cow that got slaughtered cause she couldn't walk anymore.

[gonzo]

I like the Montreal Chicken too.  

Oh, and another excellent campout food we are forgetting...BRATS!  

I pre-boil them but I use Hornsby's Hard Draft Cider instead of beer, add a couple bay leaves and some onions. Once they are cooked I put it all in a rubbermaid container in the fridge to cool overnight. I remove any congealed fat from the top and pour all the rest into a Food Saver, seal it up and freeze it.

Nothing better then grilled brats!!    

Yup....... I like Italian sausage cooked on the grill. (I do the boiling thing first, to cook them all the way through) I have never tried the beer or Hornsby's boil though, I be doin' that next time.....

[OffRoadGal]

OK, well I don't actually see it from that point of view rocktoy, thanks so much for sharing!  
   JK, I ain't skeert. Parts is parts. I ain't never had a steak I didn't like.     In fact, when we went to that Willys renunion about a month ago, the meat they had on the grill was from one couples farm. I couldn't have told the difference in a blind taste test. 

Yup....... I like Italian sausage cooked on the grill. (I do the boiling thing first, to cook them all the way through) I have never tried the beer or Hornsby's boil though, I be doin' that next time.....

If you use beer use a good beer, not some light water crap.    I liked to use something along the lines of a Killian's.

[gonzo]

I like the Montreal Chicken too.  

I got some Montreal Chicken this weekend I have not tried it yet.  I actually tried my Montreal Steak on chicken this weekend.  I know that's kinda' bass ackwards, but it tasted great.  Just cause they say its for steak doesn't mean you can't use it on somethin' else. 

[BUBBA]

    It is hard to tell the difference in taste,it's mostly the prep. before cooking that gives the taste,I just prefer to eat beef that's been raised here at home as opposed to buying it in the store for a cpl reasons 1.I know what's in the meat (what it's been fed it's whole life). 2. it's alot cheaper to have one slaughtered than to buy individual pieces in the store.

[gonzo]

I couldn't have told the difference in a blind taste test.

You would eat a steak from a blind cow   Shame on me I couldn't help it
I will definitely use a "good" beer when I do the Brats. (Brauts ?)

[OffRoadGal]

I got some Montreal Chicken this weekend I have not tried it yet.  I actually tried my Montreal Steak on chicken this weekend.  I know that's kinda' bass ackwards, but it tasted great.  Just cause they say its for steak doesn't mean you can't use it on somethin' else.

I like to put the montreal chicken on potatoes. I'll cut the taters into big cubes, nuke them first till they're almost done, them put them in a big frying pan with onions, and margerine (I like to use the squeeze margerine for that, it doesn't burn), sprinkle it all with the seasoning and cook it on a high heat till it's all nice and brown and the onions are done.  

  It is hard to tell the difference in taste,it's mostly the prep. before cooking that gives the taste,I just prefer to eat beef that's been raised here at home as opposed to buying it in the store for a cpl reasons 1.I know what's in the meat (what it's been fed it's whole life). 2. it's alot cheaper to have one slaughtered than to buy individual pieces in the store.

I would way prefer "real" meat over what we buy in the store, but to tell you the truth, if I was raising the cows myself, I really doubt they would ever make it to slaughter. I don't think I could bring myself to that. I know where that package of steak came from, but at least I didn't have to see it moving around the fields first. (just like I can't pick a lobster out of a tank but I'll eat a lobster tail    )  

[OffRoadGal]

You would eat a steak from a blind cow    Shame on me I couldn't help it
I will definitely use a "good" beer when I do the Brats. (Brauts ?)

It's brats - bratwurst  http://www.bratwurstpages.com/

[gonzo]

  It is hard to tell the difference in taste,it's mostly the prep. before cooking that gives the taste,I just prefer to eat beef that's been raised here at home as opposed to buying it in the store for a cpl reasons 1.I know what's in the meat (what it's been fed it's whole life). 2. it's alot cheaper to have one slaughtered than to buy individual pieces in the store.

 

Yup...prep has a lot to do with taste.  I have marinated a sword fish steak in my steak prep and other than texture you couldn't tell the difference.  Well....ok there was a little difference but not much.

[gonzo]

Dang...OffRoadGal I didn't think about sprinkling the Montreal on potatoes.

[OffRoadGal]

it's to die for Gonzo! Gotta try it. The steak seasoning is good too but a little too overpowering for my taste.
And of course the leftovers, if there are any, are EXCELLENT mixed in eggs the next morning, especially if you have any steak and mushrooms left over too.

[gonzo]

I'm sure everyone has tried lipton onion soup mix (dry) in their hambergers.  Mix it in before you make the patties.  Damn goooood....