Comments on: Camp Gear: Part 2

By: waesgt

waesgt — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 04:52:10 +0000

what is up in the hood??????!!!!!!!!?????????????????????

By: Stephanie Le

Stephanie Le — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:17:33 +0000

In reply to Kate. it's near arch rock in oregon :)

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:13:20 +0000

That beach is STUNNING. May I ask where that is?

By: Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:59:37 +0000

OMG you and Mike are the most stylish campers ever, this I am certain! Your stove is AMAZING. and that little yellow coffee pot is very friendly indeed! feeling inspired to camp, hehe! ^__^ (we have something that’s similar to that Coleman stove – got it at Canadian tire)… XO

By: Alisa S

Alisa S — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:17:06 +0000

My latest favorite camp food is fried rice. I cook the rice and add in the flavoring (soy/hoisin) a at home and pack in a ziplock bag. At camp, I grill a ham steak or cook chicken, scramble up the egg, and toss in the veggies. Yum! Best cooking appliance for us is the Coleman combo stove/grill. Also bought a griddle desperately that fits over the grill grate section, and I can cook almost any meal.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 01:29:46 +0000

Since you’re car camping I have to suggest a cast iron fry pan. They’re the ticket for cooking over campfires. You’ll find that many park campgrounds have fire rings or other setups and often sell firewood. There is nothing better than a wood fire on a chill morning,, except for a wood fire on a chill morning and the smell of wood smoke and frying bacon. (A little hatchet helps with splitting kindling and kindling Paul Bunyan reveries).

By: leonie

leonie — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:05:05 +0000

For the best, compact coffee maker, we’ve discovered you just can’t beat an aeropress. They make fantastic coffee, are super light and really durable. Plus, being plastic, you can throw them in your bag without having to worry about any part of it breaking. The filters are paper, so you can throw them on the fire (or in the closest compost bin) and clean-up is easy. We have one that we take with us on all our travels (not just camping) and it’s fab.

With regards to lanterns, we have one that has a magnetic back that attaches itself to the top of our tent like a limpet (if we are taking the tent). Other than that I can highly recommend you just get yourself a good head torch that has a red light setting. Great for reading in bed if your partner wants to go to sleep, or heading out to the toilet in the middle of the night (the red light particularly good for not waking you up in a “argh, my eyes!” kind of blinding way when you’re half asleep). Again, these can be used anywhere and they’re small and don’t weigh much so they are also useful when not camping.

Sounds like you’re having tons of fun with your research, I’m looking forward to your camp cooking post. We tend not to go for freeze-dried foods, even when doing multi-day tramping (hiking) trips. We’ve tried tons of them and not found many that are good. We tend to go for ready meals and remove all the outer packaging to save carrying loads of stuff. Plus, we pack turkey jerky, chocolate bars and wine in a foldable wine bottle flask (http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=34420406) for end of day treats.

By: Caroline Biggs

Caroline Biggs — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 14:26:34 +0000

For coffee I would recommend the minipresso! http://www.wacaco.com/collections/shop

We end up using it at home too since it makes great espresso!

By: lorna

lorna — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:20:32 +0000

Thanks for this. I’m very much looking forward to your recipes. Both your planning and afterwards, when you let us know what works.

thanks

By: heather (delicious not gorgeous)

heather (delicious not gorgeous) — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 18:14:34 +0000

i end up getting dragged on backpacking trips instead of just normal ones, so there’s not much cooking going on; it’s more like, boil water and dump onto your depressing (but light to carry) freeze-dried food. but my fave is ramen + freeze-dried veggies + beef jerky on the side. it tastes exactly how it should, and i don’t end up wondering why the beef stroganoff is so liquidy.