Questions tagged [outdoor-cooking]
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Which stones heat up well?
When cooking outdoors, stones are often used around an open fire. These help contain the coals and provide surfaces for balancing food. They can also get quite hot.
Are there any rules of thumb to ...
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Correct use of a wood fire oven
I'm planning to build a small traditional wood fire oven, and I'm wondering how is the correct usage of the fuel (I'm planning to use regular firewood):
Do I have to wait, until all the wood burned ...
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Resealing canned food in Aluminum bags?
I'm a person who goes on long outdoor expeditions and there are many canned foods that I would like to bring with me but the weight of the can is just too much. I would like to be able to open a can ...
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Why do I find rocks inside bags of lump charcoal?
I frequently find golf ball-sized rocks in bags of lump charcoal. Usually after the fire has burnt out.
Is this some by-product of the charcoal manufacturing process or an under-handed attempt by the ...
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How to cook rice outside commercially?
Is there a better alternative to a propane rice cooker for cooking rice outside e.g farmers market, street food environment?
I have found very little options for actual machines in the united states, ...
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Instant Hummus Pre-cooking without Dehydrating
I would like to prepare my own instant hummus (dried, only add water) for backpacking. A commercial product is available, but I would prefer to start from scratch.
Normally, chickpea flour has to be ...
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Instant coffee melts like chocolate
After my instant coffee (with chicory mix) powder got hard due to moisture I decided to heat the hardened coffee in a pan, and it got soft stuck to the pan like chocolate, and even had strings when I ...
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Gas Grill vs. Burner for Paella
I'll soon be making paella outdoors, in a 15" stainless steel paella pan. I have two choices of how to heat this pan:
Weber Genesis II 3-burner gas grill
Iwatani 35FW portable butane stove
Which ...
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Store meat raw or cooked outside [duplicate]
In the outside world ...
Let us imagine that we have enough meat to make two stews. Is it best to split meat and cook one today and one tomorrow or cook both today and reheat tomorrow?
Either way, ...
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Beginner chef in need of advice [closed]
I have little experience and little money. I would like to know beginner recipes that are well rounded. Sorry if this is in the wrong place, still pretty new.
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Spice Mixture for a Hiking Trip [closed]
I am going on a long hiking trip soon and would like to take one container of spice mixes for outdoor cooking. I have the following spices at my disposal, all ground:
Black pepper,
Turmeric,
Red (...
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How can I cold smoke without any of the equipment?
I need to cold smoke a whole leg of lamb for a few hours. I have a barbecue and plenty of space, but none of the equipment for cold smoking.
What can I do? I'm looking for a quick, simple, one-off ...
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How do I cook food in this square stone oven?
I've recently become the owner of this outdoor stone oven.
However, I am at loss how to cook in it.
It continues up into a rather large chimney. The bottom has two furrows about a thumbs length in ...
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Is it possible to brew good tea on a mountain?
As I understand it, it is due to the relative atmospheric pressure that water boils at lower temperature further above sea level: 70C at the top of Mt Everest, for example.
Surely, then, the water ...
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Why can't I get that grilled taste from my outdoor grill?
We purchased a gas grill years ago. We have caste iron grates and high to low flames adjustment. It has this metal plate that covers the flames. I guess it's there to prevent grease from hitting the ...
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How to cook common bean in mess tin in campfire during hikers camp ? Possible?
How to cook common bean in mess tin in campfire during hikers camp? Each night would be in the other location. The challenge is to first soak the beans and then to cook them. Beans should be cooked on ...
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How to quickly prepare snails?
How to quickly prepare fresh snails?
I've heard snails must be soaked in salted water for a few hours in order to remove the mucus but a friend of mine suggested that the ones in shells can be simply ...
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Preparations for outdoor grilling
As summer has finally arrived, I am planning for a picnic involving grilling.
We have some parks around here, with the tiny grills on the ground. Can someone give me a list of things to bring in order ...
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What is the best way to bake potatoes in embers?
I have fond (and by now possibly largely inaccurate) memories of eating potatoes that had been wrapped in tin foil and baked outside in the embers of a fire.
I'd quite like to reproduce the ...
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How do I cook chicken and asparagus over an open fire?
I have some chicken breasts and some asparagus that I want to cook tomorrow whilst we're out camping for midsummer.
The fire will have a grate over it probably.
Is it better to wrap the food in ...
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What is the best way to douse a charcoal grill?
When the heat of a charcoal grill gets too hot, what is the best way to douse the fire; the objective being to lower the temperature without putting the fire out completely?
How much water should be ...
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Dutch Oven alternative for campfire?
I am going camping shortly. I have done some dutch oven cooking before, and there is one recipe that I want to make that uses one. However, I do not have a dutch oven...
I am thinking of using two ...
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Tips for cooking a whole lamb in a fire pit?
A while ago we tried to cook a whole lamb in a fire pit. Basically we dug a pit about 2-2.5 feet deep, lined it with rocks to try and retain the heat, made a large fire in it, and started to drink. ...
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