Despite their popularity, pancakes have serious disadvantages as a camping breakfast. Image from Flickr.
Whether you’ve been camping for years or are using Memorial Day as an excuse for camping the first time, camp cooking can be one of the best — or worst — parts of the trip. With a little bit of planning and thought, camp cooking can be not only easy, but fun.
Strategy for camp cooking breakfast
Usually, a camp-cooking breakfast has a few criteria to make it awesome. First, it shouldn’t take much brain power. Second, it should be filling and incredibly tasty. Third, it should be something that is done all at once – things like pancakes leave people wanting more and waiting on the cook. The real secret to a good camp cooking breakfast – just like finding the best payday loans – is to make it in two stages. As soon as you get up for the morning, use a camp stove or a single-use burner to get hot water going. Use that hot water to make coffee, tea, hot cocoa – whatever your morning drink of choice is.
A breakfast scramble – camp cooking at its best
Once you’ve been fueled with warm drinks, you can get going on your real camp breakfast. A scramble is one of the best camp breakfasts, because it gives you a chance to use up all the ingredients you might have sitting in your cooler. First, dice up onions, potatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms – just about any vegetable you have sitting around – and bacon or sausage. If you would like, you can dice them all at home and just dump them into the pot while you’re still half-asleep. Cook them all in a pan until they’re done, then mix in eggs and cheese. Scramble until it’s all mixed together, throw some cheese on top, and breakfast is done. Great eaten hot, cold with condiments, or by itself. Instead of bacon or sausage, a scramble is also a great place to use that fish you may have caught the night before.
Gravy up your camp breakfast recipe
One of the quickest, easiest and most flexible camp breakfast recipes is gravy. It may sound simple, but give it a try. Start with bacon, sausage, or just about any other type of meat. Cook it in your pan, maybe with some butter or oil. Once it’s done, stir it up with some flour, then add milk or broth with pepper, salt, and spices. Let the gravy thicken and bubble on your stove or campfire while you cook up potatoes or toast. Or just throw pre-cooked rice directly into the gravy. If you want to get all fancy, pull out some dry baking-powder biscuits you made at home. Gravy on top of just about anything makes the perfect camp breakfast.
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I just came across your site while reading the latest on Technorati. I have to say that I love your gravy idea. My family loves to camp. Breakfast has got to be my favorite camping meal. The smell of bacon and eggs at the campfire is a great way to start the day. That said, I never thought of making gravy from the drippings.
In fact, I usually cook the bacon right on the portable BBQ, so I usually don't have drippings. On the next trip, I'll bust out the frying pan and give the gravy a try.
I'll be sure to mention this article on my blog to let my readers know about this wonderful idea. Thanks!
Where I come from that is called pan gravy. You can use anytype of meat for that. I wouldnt use all the fat from the bacon. The ratio is 1 tsp to tsp. Also I have cooked my bacon or sausage thru out my grease and used a lower fat subsitute. Cuts the calories. Also have you ever heard of pancake on a stick? I wrap them up in heavy duty foil and reheat (thawed state) Those camping stoves are so small!