Favorite Camping Meals

[ccpalmer]

Nothing better than a steak cooked right over the fire. Usually with foil-wrapped potatoes and some beans on the side.

Eggs and bacon for breakfast, also cooked over the fire. I don't bring a camp stove.
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[Dan Hiebert]

Get ready to grimace...MREs. Yeah, yeah, I know. Vets are tired of them, too many calories, too "military" for some folks, no zombie apocalypse yet so we shouldn't dip into the provisions, etc., etc.... But, they're made to keep, plenty of energy, store well, prepare quickly, and ain't too bad compared to C-Rations or the earlier MREs. Coffee, snacks, electrolyte drinks, gum, TP if you get desperate, etc. One can be stretched all day (see aforementioned calorie note), so one case can last just about two weeks for one person, unless you're a chow-hound. That way, you have a stash that can be stored under the seat in case you're away from civilization, and still have room for the more homey/campy road chow.

[sodbuster]

Turkey chili and corn bread cooked in a dutch oven. I bake the corn bread the first night and save it for the chili I cook on the second night. My wife used to cook the chili on the camp stove but I tried it once in the dutch oven and it came out so much better, there was no going back.

I also like to cook any trout I catch wrapped in foil with lemon, butter and parsley flakes. 20 min on each side over the camp fire works best.

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[okartguy]

Just did our food prep for the Colorado trip last night -

1. Breakfast burritos stuffed with hashbrowns, sausage, bacon, egg, and cheese.

2. Lunch/dinner burritos stuffed with taco meat, refried beans, and cheese

3. Foil dinners with seasoned steak, potato, and onion

All of the above are foil-wrapped and frozen, and can be warmed up either in the fire or on our propane stove.

These are supplemented with cold cereal, granola bars, ramen cup-a-soup, and sandwich stuff. The goal for this trip was to not have to transport/wash cookware!
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JJ
Tulsa, OK
'79 Westfalia / 2.0 + dual DRLA 40s / 16" steelies

'75 Westfalia "Project Orange Peel" https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10164122#10164122

[Ksprague]

TDCTDI wrote:
Lots of studies are now linking aluminum contamination with alzheimers, dementia, Parkinsons, & autism.
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Seriously? You're driving around in a crash dummy's nightmare - probably the worst accident survival rate of any vehicle to ever grace the roads - day in and day out - just rolling the dice out on that highway . . . and you're worried about long term (70 year) lab rat style CONTINUAL exposure to tinfoil ?



(I mean no disrespect - Alzheimer's and the like is a serious issue, but I hope you can appreciate the inherent comedy that struck me in that - haha)
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Kevin
(1972 Campmobile "Maggie")

"The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began."
~ Bob Weir

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Robbie ...you to know that pop tarts are just rejected MRE ,don't you?
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[cliveawn]

We cook just the same as home,mostly fried eggs for breakfast,bbq for lunch or dinner,we even have made indian including poppadoms in our bus!
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[ajplmama]

We probably won't get out in our bus for the first trip til next season but we do like to eat well when we camp.

Normally we'll bring bacon and eggs for breakfast at least once. Sometimes I'll make breakfast wraps up ahead of time and muffins are good because they don't need to be kept cool.

We like to bring fish or meat to cook on the fire in foil (and it's the only time we ever use foil so I'm OK with the risk). I sometimes partially cook veggies and then wrap in foil to warm on the fire and other times we cook them completely in the woods. I brought ribs in foil once this summer and every kid out in the woods with us was begging for some of our supper!

Chili and other one dish meals made ahead of time and re-heated are great too.
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Alicia

1978 pastel white bay, westy camper being restored
1975 ugly green bay, westy camper for parts
1974 red bay window unknown interior fate TBD

[danfromsyr]

the state of California puts labels on my extension cords
that if you chew on them you'll make stupid babies..

I'm not so sure it's the cord's fault
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[sodbuster]

Just got back from a four day camping trip with the family. I'll just list the dinners.

Night 1. Turkey chili with tortillas and beer.

Night 2. BBQ bratwurst. Blanched in a bath of Newcastle brown ale and chopped onion before going on the grill. Potato salad, sliced watermelon and beer. *(once the Brats are cooked the onions from the beer bath get sauteed to go on the the Bratwurst.)*

Night 3. BBQ steak, fried potatoes with corn on the cob and beer.

[notchboy]

[The Fez]

[notchboy]

All the more reason to eat beans.
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[vwwestyman]

Drove to my grandpa's house for the eclipse. Thing is, he moved in with my aunt and uncle a few weeks ago, so the house is hot and fridge is bare. Therefore I'm camping in the driveway. I anticipate more family will show up in the mid-morning.

I couldn't leave until late tonight, so all the fast food restaurants were closed by the time I went through their small towns.

So my best bet was some pizza rolls procured from the freezer at a gas station. They actually turned out decent; better than if I'd have gone in the house and microwaved them.

Not my favorite, but "ok."
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Dave Cook

President, Wild Westerner Club

1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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