Camping Recipes

I was checking my pictures but I didn't find any (yet). But what I do is to use a bit of wire mesh - I
precut it so it easily wraps around the chicken, it's hooked to the tripod chain. I'm able to raise or lower it accordingly. Sometimes I have a piece of flat board at the top so the wind will catch it and make the chicken revolve - above the open fire. Some people will use twine - you can see that on the net.

I use wood poles when in the interior or a metal one if I'm in base camp. It takes a few tries to cook the chicken well. It's one of those leisurely tasks one does when one wants to lounge around the camp site. It takes a few times to gain the experience to cook the chicken well. I find that when the outer skin is a deeper brown as apposed a golden brown it's done. I also use a thermometer to the check as well.

You can use a tripod for your Dutch oven and coffee pot. Mine comes with a hanging grill that enables you to cook other things like steak, corn on the cob etc. You can also use the tripod to hand things on like pry pans and utensils. I've used it as a drying rack for clothing after a storm - just add a cross bar at the base and you have a wood cloths line.





I found this photo in one of my journals. The tripod is made of wood lashed at the top - you can see the coffee pot.

 

I do that too - a key fire, the larger one for the camp and the smaller one for cooking. If you have lots of time you play with all this stuff - I call it camping. And yes, I use downed trees to find my poles - which is easy to do.