Date:         Tue, 3 Sep 2013 16:21:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: camp stoves outside but connected
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Well, if others are chatting about cooking, then I might as well.

In cold weather I tend to favor stews, broths, soups. For those I use a
small pressure cooker, inside. Sometimes I put it on top of my kerosene
heater, which I use outside, if I want the cooker to run at just below
"lunch whistle in Scranton PA" level. Breakfasts will be cooked inside,
I tend to favor eggs and bacons and similar.

In hot weather I cook outdoors, using a variety of methods: a small
charcoal smoker ("Old Smokey"), or a charcoal grill. When fires are
restricted I grumble and use a propane barbecue which can be dialed down
low enough for smoking, too. I cook breakfasts outdoors on a small
butane stove -- the kind that uses butane cans about the size of a large
can of spray paint.

Morning coffee and midday hot teas (in cold weather) are normally done
indoors year 'round and require nothing more than water heated in a
small kettle.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 09/03/2013 12:18 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> Sounds like good eatin' to me. My choice of grill is the cobb (
> http://www.cobbamerica.com/), very versatile and uses very little charcoal.
> I cook outside mostly to keep the heat out of the cabin, but grilled food
> of course has its own merits.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> With the family trips of 7 a pound of bacon, a pound of sausage, and then
>> either eggs, hash browns, French toast, or pancakes (not every morning
>> though).  So yes, I am rendering lard! The curtains, canvass, upholstery,
>> and fuzz on the top will absorb a lot of vaporized and splattered grease.
>> And I hate cleaning the van.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> For dinner I grill the protein and vegetables on my Campfire Grill using
>> charcoal, not a campfire.  I have both the 18” with the optional charcoal
>> pan and the Rebel, and they are great.  http://campfiregrill.com/  We eat
>> a lot of seafood broken with the occasional rib eye, and sometimes my son
>> in law actually catches dinner!  Usually Dungeness crab and salmon.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> We always camp along the west coast, and our favorite spot has moorage so
>> my son in law and daughter can sail up to join us.  We are never far from a
>> decent store!****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Stuart****
>>
>> *From:* Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 03, 2013 10:56 AM
>> *To:* Stuart MacMillan
>> *Cc:* Vanagon mailing list
>> *Subject:* Re: camp stoves outside but connected****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> This is a phenomenon I have not noticed in my 230+ Westy camping trips
>> while cooking full meals inside for often five people and sometimes six.
>> Are you rendering lard in there or something?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> : )****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> JIm****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>   Frying just coats the inside of the van
>> with grease.
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>