Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

you should always bring the following:

1. frying pan
2. flashlight
3. lighter
4. tent
5. food

Is June retro month ???

We have had 3 or 4 threads resurface this month that are years old.

However I am a retro guy and love looking back. I reread this entire thread over again.

And yes Becca I am proud of my take the whole $%&^& kitchen list.

Bob

Bob, I love your kitchen list and you know it! I have used your list to remind me to take things I've forgotten. I may not take as much with me but your list is helpful...Thanks Bob.

"Real campers don't use propane or blue tarps".

Jocko

Hmmmmmmmm....After all these years I am just realizing I'm not a real camper! Well, I call bullcrap to that!

CAJUN LADY wrote:

"Real campers don't use propane or blue tarps".

Jocko

Hmmmmmmmm....After all these years I am just realizing I'm not a real camper! Well, I call bullcrap to that!

Camp as opposed to wandering off without preparation..

My list varies according to where I am going and how many people I need to prepare for.

Fire starters W/match head

Dutch oven
frying pan
pot
spatula
large spoon
very sharp knife
paper towels
eating utensils
plates, bowls (if needed) cups
food
towels
dish cleaning supplies
kitchen gloves

permanent to the tear
underbed containers for kitchen stuff and clothes
plastic tub for holding misc. and washing dishes
seasonings
sugar
coffeemate
instant coffee
Drip Coffee pot (electric)
coffee press for days without elect.
2 burner propane stove
propane tanks
Kitchen plastic tub w/stuff
Table cloths
hammer/screw drivers/screws and nails
DUCT TAPE
trashbags
porta potty
toilet paper
facial tissues
baby wipes
large tarp
small grill
Electric hot plate for inside cooking


Medical stuff
tooth paste
tooth brushes
Allergy meds
Tylenol/ibuprofen

bedding and extra sheets
bath towels
light jacket

My td is packed for quick trips and I even have an extra mattress for the middle floor in for extra visitors.

Wonder if that is all.

What a relief it is to see that other campers use kitchen checklists and aren't viewed as obsessive-compulsive geeks... or maybe they are! It always seemed logical to me that one shouldn't spend more time getting ready to go than the length of time one is gone. A packing list for gear and groceries is the only way I can spend less than a day pulling it all together.

My ideal is to have a galley pantry and supplies to be out for a week and be able to improvise meals & simple desserts (dutch oven pies, cakes) with what I have on hand. I do plan and shop for several specific meals, but many times we don't feel like cooking after a long dayhike... and any plan goes out the window. Besides, you never know when you'll catch a nice trout or drive past a ready-to-pick thicket of elderberries.

blumie wrote:What a relief it is to see that other campers use kitchen checklists and aren't viewed as obsessive-compulsive geeks... .

I learned the value of a checklist early on......

Standing there in the predawn darkness I came to grips with my first true camping failure......

Staring at the cold propane stove and the skillet I had planned to cook bacon and eggs in and the little stove top coffee pot I was planning to have a hot cup of coffee from. I let my eyes roll to the smokey joe grill and the Kingsforg charcoal and the starting fluid. The coleman lantern and even casted a backwards glance at the now stone cold campfire. How can so many vital camping items be so damn worthless for want of a SINGLE MATCH !

I have two cooking essentials: Pampered Chef Wok and Pampered Chef turner/spatula. I do ALL of my cooking on a little propane stove using said wok. I won't camp without it....ever.

Uncle Chan has a point. Stir fry tastes amazing in camp! We use a dutch oven for that, too.

bobhenry wrote:How can so many vital camping items be so damn worthless for want of a SINGLE MATCH !

Been there, done that, have the T shirt. Now i often have matches in several different areas.

Matches live in the utensil drawer of the tear galley... why bother having a trailer if you can't keep matches in it?

blumie wrote:Matches live in the utensil drawer of the tear galley... why bother having a trailer if you can't keep matches in it?

Have you ever run out of something and forgot to get more?? It happens to everyone.

Jocko would have a hard time camping in summer in the west.

Many times; camping allowed in campgrounds only; no open fires; no charcoal. Only propane or white gas allowed. Even then, you are still required to have a shovel and water bucket.

I have never cooked with CI before. It's probably because I was thinking it's a hard tecnique to learn. I do want to try a DO over a open pit fire. The problem is I don't know what the minumum amount of food they will cook. It's just me usually camping and I lean towards convienence over anything else. Electric slow cooker and electric skillet is what I've grown accustom to over the years.

Tim Think of your Dutch Oven more as a slow cooker. Pull coals away from the fire and set up in or near the pit but let the coals do the cooking. I use an old discarded fireplace shovel and use about 1 shovel full on the bottom and 2 on top. Actual coal placement varies with the technique you are trying to do. Here is a good description

ROASTING:
The heat source should come from the top and bottom equally. Coals should be placed under the
oven and on the lid at a 1 to 1 ratio.
BAKING:
Usually done with more heat from the top than from the bottom. Coals should be placed under the
oven and on the lid at a 1 to 3 ratio, having more on the lid.
FRYING, BOILING ETC:
All of the heat should come from the bottom. Coals will be placed under the oven only.
STEWING, SIMMERING:
Almost all heat will be from the bottom. Place the coals under and on the oven at a 4 to 1 ratio
with more underneath than on the lid.
THE LID:
The lid can be placed on the fire or stove upside down and used as a skillet or griddle. Using the
lid in this fashion, you can make virtually error free pancakes and eggs that don't run all over.[/img]

Here is the online cookbook where this excerpt came from. Just stock up on paper and copy it ( 50+ pages ) I think !

http://www.troop168.net/cooking/DOCookbk.pdf