Go Camping! (Its great survival practice! ;-) And here are some awesome recipes while camping at Mt. View Campground Camping donuts refrigerated biscuits or frozen bread (thawed) 2 cups olive or vegetable oil 1/2 cup granular sugar 1/2 cup powdered sugar 2 small lunch bags 2 kids Poke holes in the biscuits. Optionally, for fluffier donuts, set in warm place (sun) for 30 min. to 1 hour, so they can rise a little. Put the granular sugar in one bag and the powdered sugar in the other. Put enough oil in a small frying pan or Dutch oven so the donuts will float. The cooking part is like making hotcakes - it all boils down to getting the temperature right. Dark brown on the outside but doughy on the inside is too hot. Greasy is too cold. Golden brown on the outside, done on the inside is perfect. Start with medium flame to heat the oil. Carefully set a test donut in the hot oil. Use tongs or two forks to very carefully roll donut to other side. (Its usually around a minute a side.) Experiment to find the right temperature. Also youll probably have to turn the heat down a little as the process progresses. Equip one kid with the bag of granular sugar and another kid with the bag of powdered sugar. As the donuts are done alternate place donuts in each bag (while still hot) and have the kids shake them, then remove. Let cool a little then serve. Grown ups tend to like theirs plain or with a little butter while the kids will love the sugary ones. (Im a peanut butter and honey kind of guy myself.) Imagine the decadence one could add with canned cake frosting? You can also just get the rolls that have their own frosting (cinnamon, orange etc.) and fry them. Wonder how tough it would be to make a cream puff?) Foil wrapped trout Leave the skin and heads (optional) on. Stuff the trout with chopped onions ( some have been know to sneak in a little minced garlic too.) Squeeze a little lemon juice over the onions. Wrap the whole fish with bacon (Alternately you can smear on butter or olive oil instead of using bacon. ) then wrap it in tin foil. Throw it in coals and cover completely with coals. Cooks in about 12 to 15 minutes (somewhat longer for big fish.) When you can hear them sizzling and smell em cookin give them a few more minutes andthey will be done.Remove from coals and foil, peel off the skin, remove bones, serve.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:16:38 +0000