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From: echrzanowski@watmath.UUCP (Edward Chrzanowski)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: camping recipes wanted
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Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 08:07:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 13 08:07:22 1985
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> 
> For a Boy Scout requirement, my son has to cook a meal over a 
> campfire WITHOUT USING ANY UTENSILS! Do any of you net.chefs
> have any good ideas? He'd like something a little more original
> that hot-dogs skewered on a stick. (My suggestion of the Olde English
> recipe of a hedgehog baked in clay, was met with less than enthusiasm!)
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob Spray
> rob.ct@csnet-relay
> ...convex!ctvax!rob

For a bit of amusement at the campfire.  Your son could make a very tasty
breakfast of bacon and eggs and all he needs is a paper bag.

The process is simple. 

First build your fire.  You should have some rocks around the fire
(or also as a base).  Every Boy Scout should now this.  

For Bacon all he has to do is choose a hot rock (one that is close to the
fire) and lay his bacon it. To turn it over he could use a pointed stick
or make a wooden fork out of a stick.

For the eggs.  Place two eggs in a paper bag. Fold the top over and attach
to a support over the fire (this can be done using 2 sticks and a rock i.e.
inverted script letter "y").  You can also add salt and pepper if you want.
The eggs provide enough moisture in the bag to prevent the bottom from 
burning.  You can also boil water this way.  You can also make toast and
other meals. I think there was an article in a recent Scientific American
(science section in back) that describes these techniques and the physics
behind them.

You can also broil a chicken (or groundhog, or whatever) by putting hot
rocks or charcoal in the centre of the chicken (etc.) and wrapping it
with leaves or bark and burrying it near the fire (so you know where it is) and
waiting.

You can also go natural and make a meal out of the berries and tubers.  But
you have to make sure you know what you are looking for.
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