The Backcountry Kitchen
Campfire cooking, expedition meals, traditional recipes, culinary heritage, and the people gathered to share a meal.
Graveyard Crunch: Halloween Cocoa and Sunset on the Dunedin Causeway
A family Halloween evening on the Dunedin Causeway, with Mexican hot cocoa, Jiffy Pop, lantern light, and a dark chocolate candy recipe with tart cherries.
Real Meal Plans for Travel Beyond the Grocery Store
A five day menu built around dependable provisions, safe food storage, clean water, and the responsibility of feeding companions in Florida conditions.
A Reuben in Camp: Familiar Food, Farther from Home
A substantial sandwich, familiar flavors, and the care behind feeding people outdoors. A FloridaOATS reflection with the practical recipe at Liquid Rhythm Kayaking.
🍗Florida Fried Chicken
To make fried chicken for dinner in a Dutch Oven while camping your prep time begins just after you have eaten lunch start the process to brine the chicken in buttermilk ¼…
🥗Bean Salad
Here is a yummy 😋 and filling backcountry dish. A bean salad drizzled with a brown mustard & olive oil dressing goes will with a hot 🐷ham & 🧀cheese 🍔sandwich made in…
🍩Dutch Oven Apple Fritters
A Sweet Tradition Around the Campfire Apple fritters have a way of bringing everyone closer to the fire. The sound of dough meeting hot oil, the scent of cinnamon, and the anticipation…
🍗Dutch oven Chicken Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas are a tasty and fun item to cook around the fire with a part of your Dutch Oven. Most Lodge Dutch Oven lids have a Concave means “hollowed out or…
🍪Peanut butter Smore Cookie
In the evening around the campfire many of us start to crave a sweet treat. Lately I have enjoyed experimenting with a stove top hot sandwich cooker (mountain/campfire pie iron, Pudgie pie).…
A Stove for Every Generation: The Gift My Son Chose
An old camp stove, a birthday gift, and the difference between passing on equipment and making room for a child’s own adventures.
Fresh Hot Sandwiches: An Old Camp Pleasure in a Japanese Cooker
Scouting pie irons, Japanese sandwich cookers, and the familiar pleasure of making something hot for the people gathered with us.
