Campfire Cooking

Cooking over a campfire is one of those things in life that you just can't explain to someone that's never done it. Everyone knows of the toasted, melted, burned, dropped in ash and wiped off marshamallow treat loved by kids of all ages. But, even better is the smell of bacon or cobbler or beans mixed with the smoke from burning oak or pine. You can't bottle that smell!

And, the taste! Dude, hang on while I wipe the drool off my chin. You've got to try real campfire food to appreciate it. Stuff that you'd dump in the trash at home is a delicacy in the wild.

OK, so I've convinced you that you've got to go start a fire and cook something. How do you do it? Well, here's the more common ways to cook on a campfire. Each method has its place and anyone you ask will tell you their favorite. Try them all and broaden your culinary delights.

On a Stick

Pros:

• simple
• no tools
• easy to regulate cooking by changing position of food

• only a few foods can be cooked this way
• people tend to destroy environment collecting green sticks
• often lots of wasted food due to dropping and burning
• all those hot, pointed sticks and flaming marshmallows can be dangerous

• Marshmallows - DUH!
• Hotdogs
• Pig on a Stick
• Bannock - bread dough wrapped on stick

On a Grill

Pros:

• cook any barbeque food
• simple to use
• easy to see how cooking is going

• heavy, dirty grill to pack

• Hamburgers, hotdogs, steak, the usuals
• Shish-kabobs

In Foil

Pros:

• cook pretty much anything
• simple
• individuals get just what they want
• lightweight

• easy to mix up who's is who's
• challenge to remove meals
• hard to tell when food is done
• tend to have burned waste
• dirty foil to pack out

• Hobo Dinner
• Chicken Dinner
• Pocket Pizza
• Banana Boats
• Dessert Burritos

In Coals

Pros:

• fun...