Camp Recipes (I can't cook so I'm enlisting help)

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

That must be one of the newer flavors... i didn't have much choice when they first were issued.

*would barter life away for the damn tabasco sauce*

[Mouse]

I thought some came with tabasco sauce...granted they had maybe six drops in the little bottles...seriously, no taller than my pinky, and I have short pinkies. Green and Red...as for corned beef and hash, yes, that sounds new. Then again, I believe I got and possibly majority of the people, got the MRE's that were generally distributed amongst the generals and not the other stuff that lower rank usually at...at least that's what I was told...Oh, and those "power bars" that were included are the devil. But enjoyed the M and M's and Skittles that came with them sometimes.

[tigerlilly]

Y'know, if they weren't so danged expensive, I'd just buy me some MREs and go to town.

A couple of those + alcohol = a satisfied DS...

Some of the price may be offset by convenience.  With an MRE you don't have to worry about heating it up on a stove, or having a pot to cook in.  Well, not as long as you can find a "rock or something" for the heater...





Definately not gourmet fare, but not half bad, although I've heard the omlette is inedible.

If you have access to a fire pit, you could try tin foil dinners.  I've always used a ground fire though, never a raised pit.  It might make a difference.  I make mine with hamburger, potatoes, carrots, and maybe onion (yeah, real creative, I know).  Add some garlic powder, seasoned salt, and pepper to hamburger meat.  Put a serving size lump in the middle of a piece of heavy duty tin-foil.  Put the onions on top of the meat (if too close to outside of packet they will burn), then add the carrots and potatoes.  Cut the carrots thin so they finish cooking at the same time as the meat and potatoes.  Add a couple tablespoons of water, and fold the tin foil around the food to make a packet.  Make sure you seal it up good.  You want to keep the ashes out and the steam in.  Put the packets near the edge of the fire on top of the coals, and scoop some coals and ashes over the top of the packet.  Let them cook for about 20 minutes, then fish one out and see if it's done.

Breakfast is cold cereal.  I'm not gonna waste daylight cookin' or washin' dishes. 

[Lord Dragonspyre]

bwaaaahahahahahahahaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd forgotten about that little piece of info!

[Greenman66669]

Hahahahaha!!! Thanks Tigerlilly, I needed that!  

Hummm....  ya know I do believe I CAN find a rock or something, now that you mention it.

[tigerlilly]

The "or something" just kills me, but I'm sure it was a necessary addition.  Can you just picture some poor little 18-year-old private on a field training exercise....

"I had to eat it cold, because I couldn't find a rock to prop it up on!"

[Lord Dragonspyre]

The "or something" just kills me, but I'm sure it was a necessary addition.  Can you just picture some poor little 18-year-old private on a field training exercise....

"I had to eat it cold, because I couldn't find a rock to prop it up on!"

Funny, I thought they put the "or something" there for the butterbars...

[Greenman66669]

The "or something" just kills me, but I'm sure it was a necessary addition.  Can you just picture some poor little 18-year-old private on a field training exercise....

"I had to eat it cold, because I couldn't find a rock to prop it up on!"

Funny, I thought they put the "or something" there for the butterbars...

*Shakes head and walks away*

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

I thought some came with tabasco sauce...granted they had maybe six drops in the little bottles...seriously, no taller than my pinky, and I have short pinkies. Green and Red...as for corned beef and hash, yes, that sounds new. Then again, I believe I got and possibly majority of the people, got the MRE's that were generally distributed amongst the generals and not the other stuff that lower rank usually at...at least that's what I was told...Oh, and those "power bars" that were included are the devil. But enjoyed the M and M's and Skittles that came with them sometimes.

Not the ones i got during Desert Shield/Storm. When they were first issued, you sometimes got Hormel Top Shelf becuse they couldn't keep up with the war time demand. 

*i always had spices in my kit... you can make ANYTHING taste edible with the right spices.*

[Greenman66669]

I might just take you up on that Fraser.

[bellevivre]

Gotta share:

cheap and easy faire breakfast: Trash Tacos!

VERY easy if you have a spring chopper like this: http://snipurl.com/rs9r3 (And yes, I like this one, because it butterflys open to clean as most now dont (my old Zyliss does))

anyway- chop fine:
1/4 onion
1/2 bulb garlic (5-6 cloves)
2 potatoes (red are best, good to have varied size pieces)

Chop your meat (we used spam, but you could use sausage, bacon, ham, fajita meat, whatever)

Drizzle hot pan with olive oil, set onions and garlic to cooking down first- add potatoes, then meat. Let meat cook through and potatoes  soften, then add as many eggs as you like.

Can be served with cheese on breakfast tacos, or just in a bowl.

You can really add whatever you like, make it thanksgiving sweet with apples, sweet potatoes and cranberries. Or make it meatless with mushrooms and tomatoes.

The best thing is, you can pre-chop all your ingredients at home, put it all in freezer bags, and when you wake up, dump into a skillet and go! Plus, it's just greasy and carb-y enough to be a good hangover salve.