Last year we cooked backstrap on a coleman grill with a side of canned baked beans. Put some bleu cheese crumbles on top of the meat and it was awesome. Doesn't take too long and was good.
Breakfast was cowboy coffee and a couple of granola bars.
Well we prep nothing. We eat like kings when hunting. For instance last week end camping and gator hunting. we cooked a pork shoulder and a pork rib roast the next day. everything is fresh cooked when hunting. It really dosent take much time to cook.
A simple meal is steak ther easy to cook fast too and potatoes can go the grill before the hunt for slow cooking
Well, in bow season it doesn't get dark till almost 8PM. It's 25 mile drive back to camp. If you kill something and have to cook it will be midnight eating dinner. Hence the reason we do the "one pot wonders". I used to camp with some guys that would cook a full meal after the evening hunt. Cutting taters, cutting meat, frying everything....I never got a meal before 9pm. Most nights I made a sandwich and went to bed while they were still cooking
Theres your problem 25 miles from hunt area is not hunt camp. hell you running home
We're 25 miles from the lease now too. We do a bag meal 1 night a week. Takes about 25 min. Started doing the crockpot lately too. Start the crockpot at about lunch time or so and it's ready when you get back from the woods. Bought a new crockpot cookbook to change things up a bit this year. My every Saturday night meal is ribeyes, collards and mashed taters w/ gravy but with the 25 mile drive I don't think it's happening this year.
Great northern beans follow the directions on bag. Except the liquid I use for the beans I boil ham hocks, and or smoked neck bones. I always use a bunch for plenty of meat remove after an hour than boil the beans in the liquid. Do not boil to hard or you will have mush.I modify once the beans are 3/4 done I sweat down a large white onion, and a minced clove of garlic in another pan. Add to pot.Maybe a little celery, and always some carrots. I use seasoning liberally just be careful lots of pepper, and salt to taste. You can always use a smoked wild pig leg bone in place of hocks. Hard to beat with a fresh loaf of cuban bread.
when young we had plenty of time and no money and would sleep in tents and cook around a campfire. then as years went by we had less time and more money and progressed through pop up campers, airstreams, farm houses. then when time was real short, 3 day weekends it was just easier to stay in a motel and eat out. without all the camp chores, shopping, meal prep, cleaning planning and carrying all that gear, we had much more quality time and being well rested to hunt. trying to do it all when time is limited was work and we were constantly tired and falling asleep in the woods. BUT if you want to cook REAL food, not pre-cooked, ribbed cast iron will grill like a hibachi only faster. boneless pork back rib, premade mashed taters bottled gravy and a can of vegies or hoppin john will work fast. it also works well on chicken, steak, chops.
