Most favorite food to eat while camping?

[KatieMarie]

Just wondering if you have a favorite food that you always have to have when you go camping? Is it steak to grill? Hot Dogs? Hamburgers maybe? I think mine are hot dogs. I really like eating them outdoors like that and they are so easy to do. What's yours?

[CozInCowtown]

Pinto beans with a big ol' piece of salt pork.
Let her simmer and set for at least 24 hours.

[wvbreamfisherman]

Bacon! Other than that I'd go with smoked pork chops. My wife and daughter don'tcare for them, so I mostly get them when I'm camping. I like to cook some pan-fried potatoes and onions and some peas with pearl onions in them for sides.

[Judy Ann]

I camp by the beach a lot and always know where the best place is to get shrimp. I boil, roast, and steam them. Nothing like fresh shrimp on the grill.

[briansnat]

I don't have a single favorite because every trip is different. Most of the time when I'm camping I'm backpacking, so the keys are light weight, compact and quick cooking. So I have a variety of recipes based on ramen noodles, mashed potato flakes, instant rice and couscous. But if it is just an overniter then I'll precook pork ribs, wrap them in foil and freeze them. They'll thaw during the first day's hike then I just toss the foil packages in the fire to re-heat. Yum!

If we're canoe camping we can be more flexible. If there are no portages I even bring a cooler and portable grill so the sky is the limit. Marinated skirt steak is a favorite. Good knockwurst, bratwurst or kielbasi (I have the BEST Polish deli near my house) or grilled fresh chorizo or Italian sausage are always enjoyable. Oh and chicken of course. I love boneless or bone-in chicken thighs. I'll either marinate them or use a dry rub and throw them on the grill.

[dinosaur]

Bluegill omelet. Fry the bluegill first and set them aside. Cut up tomato, peppers, and onions. Shred some Cheddar cheese.

Throw the vegetables into the frying pan. When they start to cook, pour in the eggs. As they cook, add the bluegill. Take it off the fire when the eggs are cooked, add the cheese and fold over. Awesome breakfast.

[Newanderthal]

Doesn't matter what you eat, but where you eat it. Away from the bills that come too early that you pay too late, away from work and meaningless responsibilities like signing receipts and adjusting your tie, away from distractions like etiquette that only subtract from life, everything is better because life is better. That piece of SPAM harpooned by a forked stick and heated over a crackling fire tastes better than steak because those hours beside that fire are more gratifying than your timed lunch break.

[AlwaysOutdoors]

Funny thing about that is when we're away from home and camping we can eat a lot of things that we wouldn't normally at home. Vienna sausage and crackers for one. Sardines is what hubby likes to eat while camping or fishing. We do like the normal things like hot dogs and hamburgers, etc., guess we just have a different appetite out in the fresh open air.

[LindaLou]

You know I don't think we have a favorite. Most anything is good when eaten outdoors and away from home. We also have a tendency to eat a lot of things camping that we don't at home too. Most of it is easy and quick to fix. Don't like to spend a most of time cooking while camping.

[dinosaur]

Newanderthal has the heart of a poet. I love it when someone waxes philosophic about SPAM.