Firepit Cooking!

Camp Cookin!!!

This weekend we returned back to basics of family camping in the cooking arena.

For dinner, my oldest son started a roaring fire and about 1/2 hour later we placed some pre-prepared idaho russett potatoes (poked and thoroughly wrapped in aliminum foil) on our campfire grill. About another 1/2 hour later we added corn on the cob again wrapped loosely up in aluminum foil.

Well the potatoes came out flawlessly (we have done this many times before with proven success). About 1 hour on the fire pit (while turning constantly) and then poke the potato to see check on whether it is done. However this was our first try with the corn and I can honestly say that it did not come out as expected. Most of it was burnt or undercooked. Lesson learned, it was an experiment and next time I will check the internet for recipes.

Later on we had Jiffy Pop. My oldest son and I shook this over the fire pit. Boy did this get hot (even with the pot holder) but we managed to get just about every kernel to pop! The popcorn itself was not the best I ever had but was very satisfying especially knowing that we worked or rather shaked hard for it. We all partook and enjoyed! Of course we had smores as well.

The next night we cooked hotdogs over the firepit.

What other firepit recipes do you have?