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Camping/Survival Tips (With Recipe)
MaxOHMS
Member Posts: 14,715
Did you know you can start a fire w/ only about a pint of Charcoal Starter?
Camp Hamburgers:
. take a big handful of hamburger meat out of container, shape, form, press,
mash, knead into patties. (Be sure that each one has about the same amount
of gnats, and mixed throughout the pattie)
. when cooking over an open fire of whatever wood your children gathered
(deadwood, vines, God only knows what kind), be certain to get several pcs
of ash on each side, and some dirt, to mask the crunchy gnats.
.........Although it is typical that we leave our cell phones, watches, puters, and all other electronic equipment behind when we go camping, if you attempt to cook biscuits
in a dutch oven on the open fire, it would be a good idea to pay close attention to the amount of time they are in there.
after hiking w/ your family for a while and pointing out all the different native plants that can be eaten (or drank), all of you will be hungry for a snack when you get back to camp. Be sure to take plenty of oatmeal creme pies, star crunches, and, my favorite, nutty bars.
Some day soon, our very survival may cause to resort to some very uncomfortable choices.
Meanwhile, I will enjoy my nutty bars.
----
Please share any C/S tips that come to mind.
Anyone have a good recipe for possum?
squirrel?
Armadillo?
Seriously, what have you learned about survival on a campout?
Camp Hamburgers:
. take a big handful of hamburger meat out of container, shape, form, press,
mash, knead into patties. (Be sure that each one has about the same amount
of gnats, and mixed throughout the pattie)
. when cooking over an open fire of whatever wood your children gathered
(deadwood, vines, God only knows what kind), be certain to get several pcs
of ash on each side, and some dirt, to mask the crunchy gnats.
.........Although it is typical that we leave our cell phones, watches, puters, and all other electronic equipment behind when we go camping, if you attempt to cook biscuits
in a dutch oven on the open fire, it would be a good idea to pay close attention to the amount of time they are in there.
after hiking w/ your family for a while and pointing out all the different native plants that can be eaten (or drank), all of you will be hungry for a snack when you get back to camp. Be sure to take plenty of oatmeal creme pies, star crunches, and, my favorite, nutty bars.
Some day soon, our very survival may cause to resort to some very uncomfortable choices.
Meanwhile, I will enjoy my nutty bars.
----
Please share any C/S tips that come to mind.
Anyone have a good recipe for possum?
squirrel?
Armadillo?
Seriously, what have you learned about survival on a campout?
Comments
NO food inside your tent.
Hang your cooler or food sack from a jin pole.
Ron
don't smoke craclk!
I've heard that craclk is some nasty new stuff...I would never take it camping....you could never bring enuf munchies
dig a 2-3 foot deep pit. line it with stones. you can cook or smoke meat with this cooking method.
place stout sticks into the walls about mid way after you have stoked the bottom with wood.
place a flat stone on top with open slits on either side
let the fire burn down to coals and restoke it,
place the meat "firmly" attached to a spit on onto the frame. Dont let legs hang down.
Close off the top except for drawing holes on either side with the rock again.
When you look down into it it should look like this(I) The top and botom arms of the I being the frame, the vetical line being the spit.
If you like you can dig a shallow pit to one side and run the stick trough it turn it into a rotisory. getting the meat can be tricky when its done cooking tho. Also a few short ties of wire or string keeps the animal carcas attacked to the spit better.
Works many times and reduces the risk of fires.
I like to rub down the meat with red pepper.
I like to cook meat 1 hour per pound.
Yea I have one. Do not relay on people such as Les Stroud (Survivorman) to get information. Forced myself to watch three of his shows one after the other and it hit me as to why he only does 7 days "in the wild". The stupid stuff he does to attempt to get food, build a shelter and his boy scout fire building ability would have his crew carrying out a corpse on day eight.
quote:Did you know you can start a fire w/ only about a pint of Charcoal Starter?
Why do you need a pint of charcoal lighter fluid to start a fire?
Take a small cake pan about the size of a charcoal lighter fluid can. Pack it with lint from the dryer. Melt and pour candle wax over it. Let it harden. Break off a piece and you have a good fire starter.
Better yet. Find an old Magnesium Suzuki motorcycle or VW engine block. Shave some off. Place in a plastic bag. Take a propane flint striker and build a good hot fire in just about any weather.
Saying around here for meat. "If it can move under it's own power. It's edible."
Plants. Locally thousands are edible. From Cattail roots to Stinging Needle. You just got to know how to prepare them.
Wrap bacon around water chesnuts and cook over fire yum
When more comes I will post..
Our youngsters always liked anything in the way of baked goods- corn bread, muffins, biscuits. Amazing what you can bake with some aluminum foil, an empty beef stew can, and 4 charcoal bricquets. But practice in the backyard so screwing up does not equal going hungry.
I think I will buy me a camo tarp next time.
A big blue tarp saved my last rainy camping trip. Jury rigged it next to the tent for a rain shelter. Sat out in the rain watching frogs drinking a couple nights.
I think I will buy me a camo tarp next time.
+1 on the tarp, one of those huge ones, like roofers use, or the ones people use to cover their RV's with. Ideally, the tent can go under the tarp as well.
I also lay an old shower curtain under the tent. The bottom of the tent is supposed to be water-proof, but in really rainy weather, I find seldom is.
quote:Originally posted by drobs
A big blue tarp saved my last rainy camping trip. Jury rigged it next to the tent for a rain shelter. Sat out in the rain watching frogs drinking a couple nights.
I think I will buy me a camo tarp next time.
+1 on the tarp, one of those huge ones, like roofers use, or the ones people use to cover their RV's with. Ideally, the tent can go under the tarp as well.
I also lay an old shower curtain under the tent. The bottom of the tent is supposed to be water-proof, but in really rainy weather, I find seldom is.
When we tented I uses "salvaged" tent poles and a big blue tarp to put up a rain fly, saved more than 1 trip with it..
Don
If you happen to be surviving with these along they are great additions to the fish.
salt, pepper, 2 lemons, garlic powder, butter
Essentials: tarp and Crown Royal.
Doug
TOILET PAPER!!!![:D]
you guys are forgetting THE essential needed for camping and/or survival..
TOILET PAPER!!!![:D]
You ever heard of moss?[:)]