Whether on the move, or in an established base camp, your cooking skills can make the difference in just eating,
or enjoying a tasty, satisfying
camp meal. Base camp meal recipes are prepared on a cooking fire, and call for a larger volume ingredients and
require a larger cooking kit; while
the trail meal recipes can be prepared easier while on the move using a smaller cooking kit and a backpacking
stove or "stick stove".
All of the recipes provided can be scaled for one person, or group of individuals. Most require some prior
preparation or assembly of ingredients,
some even call for specific ingredients; but none of the ingredients are excessive in cost, and are easily
available at most local supermarkets and large retail stores.
Fieldcraft
Academy Recipes
Downloadable recipes for some of the camp meal favorites of the Fieldcraft Academy
From the Base Camp Cook Kit to the Individual Cook Kit and the "On The Move" Kit, the components of each are
detailed with a downloadable Cook Kit
checklist.
The different component parts of each kit are what allow for different levels of complexity in preparing and
cooking meals, and the stove options
allow for different methods of preparing meals. The gear featured in the Camp Cook Extra section highlight
methods to transport and store
ingredients requiring cold storage prior to being prepared in meals.
When out in the field, this kit will allow you to prepare simple meals, and even disinfect water by boiling.
It should be carried in you field
pack whenever you are out on a quick scout about or day hike.
This kit is multifunctional, and intended for individual use, and with a Personal Cook Kit, it can be used
to prepare larger meals meals.
With this kit, you can prepare simple individual meals, and it should be carried on every field
outing. This kit is intended for individual
use, but when paired with an "On The Move" Kit, it can be used to prepare multiple component meals.
The Base Camp Cook Kit contains equipment needed to prepare meals for multiple group members on field
outings.
With this kit, you can prepare more complex and robust meals. It contains multiple components, and allows
for the preparation multiple items of
a meal.
From isobutane to Esbit tabs to sticks and twigs, the camp stove is how you make it all happen when
cooking a meal.
Check out some of the most basic options for the preparation of camp meals.
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