Wednesday, June 17, 2015

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                                                Outdoor cooking




Outdoor cooking is not only fun but encourages team spirit. Every one participates and lends a helping hand. I am sure you have gone on an outdoor cook out picnic at some point of your life. If not, there is hope, you can have exciting times ahead learning, if you have not yet tried cooking outdoors.Building a small fire place with bricks and stones all around, and grinning at the first signs of your food sizzling with flavour as you cook out,are all part of the thrills of  a campers culinary delight.

Cooking out in the  wilderness, jungle or riverside provides you a kitchen which is endless and open. Everything tastes better grilled,boiled and roasted over an open fire, maybe that is why kids love campfire dishes. Camping can be a great family activity and the cooking activity makes good outdoor memories.

Open environment is expansive and large,cooking outdoors puts safety as the number one priority. Therefore you need to be all the more careful.You have the gentle breeze, sometimes strong winds, sand and falling leaves surrounding your open pit fire source.Here are some tips and techniques on how you can ensure that your cooking experience outdoors in the natural surrounds makes it all the worth the while.

 Backpacking is awesome when you want to really get away from civilization and cook up something  more rustic,other than just open tin cans with baked beans and ready food items. Both Boy Scouts and girl scouts are taught to cook. Scouts are always prepared. No matter what the activity, whatever the situation, and whatever the weather, scouts are ever ready to cook. ‘Survival’ stands as the basic criteria of all scouts,which was also the case with ancient nomads.Cooking food was one of the main aspects of surviving. Thus cooking outdoors is by no means just a new recreational experience, it has evolved down the ages. Therefore, preparing food in outdoors environments needs some technique, for sure. Cooking outdoors requires utmost respect and care for the environment.

Everyday offers the potential for the unexpected to happen. It's a fact of life that we all have to deal with but there is no reason to panic or be overly concerned about cooking outdoors, especially when you have taken the time to prepare and have emergency plans in place.So enjoy, with caution.

-Choose a good cook out picnic site. Ensure that you are allowed to cook in that particular wilderness zone.Permissions are vital.

 


 

-Prepare and marinade whatever you would like to cook, way in advance to get more flavour and save on cooking time.

-Allocate different jobs to different people so that all are involved in the cook out and the work gets done easily.

-If you plan to have a date with cooking outdoors, collect all the ingredients of the favourite dishes, according to the picnic age group.Cater to the group as much as you can.

-Try your best to carry your own dry firewood or ready coal rather than breaking branches outdoors for cooking.

-These days modern ‘Solar’ cooking utensils and stoves are available. Charcoal BBQ grills and folding picnic sets also make cooking outdoors easy. These must only be used outdoors and by no means under a tent or inside a parked car. Similarly check all your cooking equipment in advance before you set out to cook outdoors.

-Once you have set up a fire, do not allow children and pets to play around the fire unsupervised.

-Look for long-handled grilling tools to give the person cooking, plenty of clearance from heat and flames when handling dishes on the flames or roasting items on the grills.

-If you are simply cooking outdoors in your garden or community cooking spot, try and choose a cooking spot already used earlier.The soil beneath will be well worn. You can easily recognise a good cooking spot which is not wet or soiled.

-Then place firewood in a low heap which is surrounded closely by bricks or stones to create an enclosure,to keep the fire intact and burning within the range.Light the fire with dry paper or leaves.

-Keep your vessels and ingredients ready for cooking your first dish.Keep all items covered and well supervised.

-Keep holding cloth napkins ready to handle dishes.

-Ensure you have a bucket of soil, sand, or water ready to douse the fire in case of an emergency. You could carry a portable fire extinguisher while cooking outdoors.

-Inform your picnic members and cook out guests about the fire spot to ensure safety.

-Keep grills and stoves away from clothes line or fences if cooking near domestic outdoor areas and keep fires away from over head branches if cooking out in the wilderness.

-Ensure you clean up and gather all garbage after your cook out event.

 

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