The Campers Guide to Outdoor Cooking: Everything a campsite cook needs to know!

by Max Power

Cold tins of beans, burnt sausages, mud in your food, and charcoal flavoured everything is not how outdoor cooking should be!

This campers guide to outdoor cooking will ensure that your camping experiences go hand in hand with great gourmet meals.

How many times have you looked forward to your camping holiday or weekend away in the great outdoors, only to be let down by the food that you eat whilst in your camp?

Poorly heated tinned food or burnt meats are commonplace in the average camp. In addition to the badly cooked food you often find youll be sharing your plate with bits of mud or grass added into the mix!

It does not need to be like this!

With a little preparation you should be eating as well, if not better, than you do at home. Look in any campers guide to outdoor cooking and they will start by telling you that preparation is essential to get the most from your campsite kitchen.

Even before your journey starts, your preparation will ensure that your outdoor cooking is well on the way to becoming a success. You must prepare your equipment and your menus before you leave.

Aside from you other camping essentials, on your outdoor cooking checklist for campers before you leave are;

1) Cooking stove (or decide if youll be campfire cooking) 2) Cooking pans and utensils 3) Basic food (fruit, vegetables and tins) 4) Pre-made delicacies/ treats to take with you 5) Washing facilities 6) Food storage (plastic containers etc) 7) Camp fire starting equipment (matches, flints, tinder etc) 8) Some kind of recipe guide suited to cooking in the great outdoors

The next considerations in the campers guide to outdoor cooking are when you arrive at your destination;

1) Location of your kitchen/ cooking area 2) Campsite hygiene 3) Creating a safe working area 4) Storing food away from the wildlife

Now if youve followed the above basics in the campers guide to outdoor cooking youll be raring to go and get your first meal ready.

But first, the next problems youll need to overcome are ensuring your camp fire/ stove is at the correct temperature and actually coming up with the ideas on what to cook.

This is where you need a decent recipe guide book especially targeted for camping and outdoor cooking. Once you have this, you are completely set up to enjoy your camping holiday to the full.

For a full campers guide to outdoor cooking, including over 500 campfire recipes visit http://outdoorcooking.247info.us now!

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