Tag Archives: Camp Cooking

Cast iron is one of the most time tested ways of cooking outdoors. It’s basically indestructible, and with some practice it can handle everything from frying bacon to baking cakes. That versatility is what makes it so popular with campers. ...

“Why don’t you give us more vegetarian recipes?” is one of the most common questions from 50 Campfires curious culinary crowd.  Our answer is, “We do!” But we have to admit that they get spread out in the magazine and ...

The traditional Door County Fish Boil is a tourist spectacle that turns out some mighty good eating. Many restaurants there have fish boils weekly and some every night. The cooking is done outside in a huge caldron. Water is brought ...

Roll into your campsite. Open the hatch on your vehicle. Take out the Blackstone 17 inch Table Top Griddle – you wisely packed last to retrieve first – and place it on the end of the picnic table. Hook up ...

The Fynx Campfire Cone Fork can handle appetizers, main course, and dessert. We’ve been carving sticks and roasting things over the fire for as long as we’ve had fires. Roasting sticks are nostalgic, but they’re also limited to hotdogs and ...

Cook a meal with a handful of twigs on the EcoZoom Dura. Rocket stoves are efficient by design but tend to run hot. They are in fact so hot that they can be unsafe. The EcoZoom Dura solves this issue ...

VICTORINOX SWISS ARMY 8” FIBROX PRO CHEF KNIFE $44.95   If you only have one cooking knife in your camp box … or even your home kitchen … this is the one to have. The design and 8-inch blade are ...

There are times when you don’t need the biggest, longest lasting, rotomolded cooler ever made. Sometimes you’re just headed over to a friend’s house for a BBQ, or to the beach for a few hours. We’ve been toting around the ...

This loaf of bread takes some time, but it’s well worth it … especially when it’s warm, right out of the oven with a good rasher of soft butter spread from crust to crust. The first thing to do when ...

When we head out on 50 Campfires Field Trips, the mission is always to experience the area we’re visiting as fully as possible. That means meeting the people, visiting the sites, and especially sampling foods of the region. However, we ...