Grox
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coldsolderjoint said:That banana and chocolate thing sounds good., so you just put little slits in the skin and put like baking pieces in there? Eat it with a fork?
Ive thought about something like garlic bread too, kinda more as a snack, but like youve said, more fun cooking then anything..
The "main course" is going to be hotdogs and smores as she expects.. but nothing says I cant pack a few extra's to make it fun. Ive got an army shovel and those gloves, so I can always rearrange the fire once it gets going really, to make a small section of coals for cooking the extras while we are still enjoying the flame parts.
I agree with you on some of the most fun is cooking. Thats why I was always the quartermaster in our scout troop. Lol
The campsite has a picnic table and a fire ring, so I can just set the lantern on the table if we had to eat and the bugs seem to be starting to go away as it gets alittle chillier. Plus, I have some fold up chairs if we wanted to chill closer to the fire.
Sounds awesome!
The way we did these banana things is kind of hard to explain but fun to eat! You don't need to cut the banana. All you do is grab your banana, wash it (if you want to :laughing, and push the chocolate buttons through the skin into the banana. I find that putting them in a line from the stalk to the tail works very well. Wrap them in foil and then put them in the coals. You can either eat it when the chocolate has just melted, or when the banana is getting mushy and the chocolate has become truly melty goodness. The second way is my preferred way! You could eat it with a fork, but a spoon would be more practical since everything becomes gooey. Having a plate is convenient too.
If you want to extend the next day a bit, I always found it was nice to put some potatoes in the coals overnight and let them roast. By morning they ought to be cooked and you can have them for lunch the next day! That's what my girlfriend and I do sometimes, anyhow. If you're going to be cooking pancakes you could put some roast potatos/veggies on for lunch at the same time, maybe.
If you can find time, a day walk or a half day walk would be a might be a gentle way to introduce her to hiking and perhaps pique her interest in more outdoorsy type activities.
I love camping!
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