Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:12:29 -0500
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: camp stoves outside but connected
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Camping involving the van has always been an appropriate topic on the list. I hope it always is. Camping is why I have a Vanagon. mcneely
---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I like where this is going, but maybe we should save it up for Friday so we
> don't annoy the mods or make them hungry. I like the idea of the small
> pressure cooker. I can just picture you bagging small game and making up a
> real sportsman's stew. No squirrels I hope though. I have two Cabela's
> mega stores near me (what a trip those are), and I would lay in a supply of
> their game cooking spices if I ever had any game.
>
> Let's all submit on Friday in a new "Vanagon cooking" thread. I'm betting
> it will be meat heavy. I hope so anyway.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 4:22 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: camp stoves outside but connected
>
> 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.
> >>
> >> ****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >>
--
David McNeely
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