Ahh, the joy of cooking in the great outdoors. Food smells waft all over camp grounds, an odoral cornucopia for the nose. Burgers and hot dogs over there, bratwursts over here, more elaborate camp gourmet stuff going in pockets all over.
It would be really interesting to peek into everyone's coolers to see what they bring camping. What makes it a camping trip for them. S'mores? Yeah, those go down on the all time list of camping foods. Hot dogs (or sausages for those that just aren't into the snout and tails of a typical hot dog).
Monday, June 9, 2003
Friday, June 6, 2003
Camp Cooking
This weekend ought to be an interesting and fun one. We're packing up and rolling south to Big Sur for the weekend with a few friends and a dog.
The hardest part about going on a trip like this is not knowing how much food to bring, what spices must go and all the other myriad food based questions that can arise.
Clothes and camping gear are pretty straight forward but food's subjective and more subtle. You never want to run out of food while camping but you also don't want to haul your entire pantry into the wilderness.
And then, car camping is a very different animal than hiking into the back country where every ounce you bring is another ounce on your shoulders and hips. Car camping is a more indulgent form of camping that allows the chance to bring alot more equipment than is necessary.
But that's half the fun, isn't it? Not having to worry about having enough to eat. Just enjoying the wilderness area. We'll see how the meals go, should be interesting if nothing else. I'll see about adding pics later.
The hardest part about going on a trip like this is not knowing how much food to bring, what spices must go and all the other myriad food based questions that can arise.
Clothes and camping gear are pretty straight forward but food's subjective and more subtle. You never want to run out of food while camping but you also don't want to haul your entire pantry into the wilderness.
And then, car camping is a very different animal than hiking into the back country where every ounce you bring is another ounce on your shoulders and hips. Car camping is a more indulgent form of camping that allows the chance to bring alot more equipment than is necessary.
But that's half the fun, isn't it? Not having to worry about having enough to eat. Just enjoying the wilderness area. We'll see how the meals go, should be interesting if nothing else. I'll see about adding pics later.
Sunday, June 1, 2003
New Month? Let's Start a New Blog
I've been ruminating about starting a new blog for a little while and June 1 seemed like the best day to initiate the concept.
This is a blog dedicated to the culinary side of our days. Recipes that my fiance and I invent, migrate, adjust, update and Californian-ize. This can be something as basic as adding some lemongrass to a marinade to specialized handmade sushi parties.
Since we're just getting started, things may take a few evolutions to get to where we're happy with them. And then we may still change our minds a few weeks later.
I've been ruminating about starting a new blog for a little while and June 1 seemed like the best day to initiate the concept.
This is a blog dedicated to the culinary side of our days. Recipes that my fiance and I invent, migrate, adjust, update and Californian-ize. This can be something as basic as adding some lemongrass to a marinade to specialized handmade sushi parties.
Since we're just getting started, things may take a few evolutions to get to where we're happy with them. And then we may still change our minds a few weeks later.
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