Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 This is extremely helful and I will pass it along to my camping friends. You posted a large amount of useful recipes and I'm going to make a little mini camping cookbook with them and make sure I gather ingredients before we head out next time. Thanks so much for the time you spent sending all of them in, Bonnie , " Kim " <kim wrote: > > Something my mom used to do for the scouts was to make her own mixes > and store them in empty coffee cans. > > One was for her bean soup. One combination included black eyed peas, > orange and green lentils, black beans, split peas and pintos. She just > threw in whatever she had in whatever combo. On the outside of the can > would be a label that might say something like this: > > Pea-Bean Soup > Soak 1 cup beans for several hours, discard water. Add 4 cups water > and simmer for 3 hours. Add 1/2 cup chopped onion, salt and pepper to > taste. Add water to cover beans by 2 " . Simmer an additional hour. Add > 1/2 cup rice and water to cover by 2 " . Simmer until tender. > > If there is any mixture that will be used over and over, that would go > in a can with instructions. Let's say you are going to make cinnamon > rolls one day and coffee cake another, and they use the same dry > ingredients, she combines them. > > The label: > > Cinnamon Rolls > Combine 2 cups mix with.....and bake....etc. > > Coffee Cake > To 1 cup mix, add.....and bake....etc. > > She used bouillon cubes, but I find them too high in salt and too low > in taste. I prefer to use Better than Bouillon, a paste that comes in > a jar. It comes in several flavors, including vegetable. A few > spoonfuls added to a pot of soup or stew adds lots of flavor with > little effort. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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