Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kitchen know-how
One of the great pleasures of camping is good food
made and consumed outdoors. There's something
about eating in the open air that puts your taste
buds in high gear. The “kitchen” quickly becomes the
focus for camp living. So where should you put it? If
the weather's fine, it's easy, you can cook outside.
But if it's raining then you need shelter. Never, ever
cook inside a tent. A well-ventilated vestibule area is
fine and offers enough shelter. You can also use your
tarp to shelter an outdoor cooking area. Here are
some more ideas:
• If you're car camping, then putting all your kitchen
stuff in a plastic box is convenient. Later, the box
can be upturned and used as a preparation area too.
• Keeping food cool is not so easy without a fridge.
If you're backpacking, you can dunk whatever you
need in a stream. Car campers can use a cooler and
some sites will have a freezer so you can refreeze
your ice packs. (See p132 for more tips on keeping
food cool.)
• Folding tables and chairs are not obligatory and
they have to be set up and kept clean. so you could
do without them, sit on the ground around the
campfire, and eat just as happily.
Sealed bottles can be kept
chilled naturally in cool
rivers or streams
