My driver is a huge fan of bacon. I like it but try to approach it with moderation. All the same, we tend to find ourselves sneaking bacon into all sorts of dishes. Bacon is no longer just a breakfast food. It can be ground into sauces or garnish drinks. But sometimes, we like to return to the classics. Such is the case with the Camper's Club Sandwich.
I post a lot about cooking, but that may bely the amount of times we go out to eat. Somehow, this reliance on others to cook us food most often translates into hamburgers. It seems like many more remote eateries…
So, we got a grilling basket and like the proverbial hammer finding nothing but nails, I now see all cooking challenges as sandwiches. Now I walk down the grocery store aisles and consider: how could I use this in a sandwich? So, when I came across a pretzel roll, I thought, "this I can work with." And so, I present to you: Hiker's Cheesy Ham Pretzel Roll.
Sometimes, it is uncertain if two desperate groups can cohabitant. We look on with hope and fear. Savory can be so dominating, can it really allow room for Sweet? Sweet is very particular, could it derail Savory? But we all breath a sigh of relief when we take our first bite of the Glamper's Bacon Brie Apricot Toasted Sandwich and know that finally, these two opposing forces have come together in harmony.
When I want the luxury of fine ingredients in a simple recipe, I bring together two of my best friends: prosciutto and mozzarella. I call this pairing the Class in the Campground Prosciutto Mozzarella Sandwich.
Some things travel well. Canned tuna travels very well. That can can sit in the back of your van for a year and all will be well. But the mayonnaise you stored with it will not come out so well. All the same, I am not one to allow mayonnaise to come between me and my undiagnosed need for a tuna melt. Instead, I present an alternative: the new and improved Road Tripper's Tuna Melt.
So, back in the Tetons, I learned that I am not good at cooking fried eggs over the fire. Honestly, I'm just not good at frying eggs. It comes down to a matter of getting the heat and temperature right so that the egg whites are cooked through but the egg yolk hasn't congealed into some chalky mess. So, I am continually searching for breakfast recipes that introduce some buffer between eggs and pan.
Green beans have often been a cornerstone of my cooking. I love them fresh and crisp with a little bit of citrus. But only now am I transitioning my frying pan recipe to tinfoil packets.
BTSP (Before Tinfoil Scalloped Potatoes) I was of the mind set that scalloped potatoes are too fancy for camping. Camping calls for hearty meals, plaid lumberjack shirts, harmonicas, and neckerchiefs. Ideally, conversations should revolve around close encounters with bears or fish and be punctuated by spitting into the fire. Scalloped potatoes would be too "frilly" for such an ambiance.
After traveling through Kentucky, I got on a bit of a bourbon kick. So, along with a few other bourbon-y experiments, I thought it only appropriate to try out a recipe meant for a kitchen with power plugs and food processors. My results were the Campfire Bacon Bourbon BBQ Chicken Kebabs.