Group Camping Food Planning Question

[the_e-man]

Hi All,

We love to camp with another family. Many years we do Thanksgiving in the Woods together. To help make it easy for us to share in the cooking for the rest of the weekend, we usually come up with a few dinner themes. It can be as simple as Mexican or Italian which helps us bring our own recipes that will likely work well together.

Wondering what other people do to plan camp cooking with 2 or more families for a weekend. I would love your thoughts and ideas.

Thanks.

[guidry]

I make a big batch of chicken and sausage gumbo at home, freeze it then warm it at the campsite.

[maysaaenables2]

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[magnusfide]

ppine wrote:
I really like cooking with Dutch Ovens on a fire for a group. It is a focal point of camp, and an interesting process. Sometimes the neighbors want to stop by and learn about it. It is possible to cook anything in a Dutch Oven. No power needed.

Oorah!

[ppine]

I really like cooking with Dutch Ovens on a fire for a group. It is a focal point of camp, and an interesting process. Sometimes the neighbors want to stop by and learn about it. It is possible to cook anything in a Dutch Oven. No power needed.

[JasseJackson]

You can make pasta all the time...
I like mushrooms avocado pasta...
One of my favourite recipe

[doxiemom11]

The couple we camp with does not like to cook breakfast and he loves to smoke and grill, so we cook breakfast/brunch and they always do dinner. I'm not that fond of cooking breakfast either, but it's nice to be served dinner every evening. If one of us is out of something, forgot something, the other usually has it.

[magnusfide]

For our family reunions we do themes and everyone brings a potluck dish that matches the theme. The favorite though is Bacon. Dishes prepared with bacon, topped with bacon or bacon served on the side.

We also celebrate Burns' Night and take turns ordering American haggis from Scottish Gourmet USA. Neeps (rutabagas), tatties, Black Bun and a dram of whisky.

[PCronin68]

Crockpot cooking...that way you can spend more time for things you enjoy and less time cooking

[gkainz]

We group camp a lot. Our routine for years has been:
- breakfast - everyone bring some of: eggs, bacon or sausage (predetermined), hash browns and 2 of us cook
- lunch - everyone on their own
- dinner - everyone brings their own meat and a side or dessert to share

Has worked well for us.

[JRscooby]

Sometimes we decide which family will feed which day. Other times we do a pot luck. (Once the pot luck was leftovers from the other days)
We do Thanksgiving in a campground. Tell friends/family where, and they let us know if they will join. And while I'm cooking, I'm looking around the CG. Once I'm sure the bird will not be bad, anybody that appears to be by themselves, or couples that are not showing signs of major cooking are invited to join us.
A few times somebody has shown a interest in my DO, or how I was cooking something, and next thing we have merged our meal.

[ppine]

We usually have 4-6 people on river trips. On a week long trip a different person makes dinner each night. Some people cook twice. The last night is usually the extravaganza where everyone pitches in.

For breakfast and lunch we are on our own usually traveling or getting ready to travel. We will have two people make a big breakfast on two lay over days when we do not move camp.

[DarkSkySeeker]

Typically what happens for us is this. The women can't agree, so they all bring all kinds of food and it winds up being a gluton-fest with all of us contributing to each meal.

Midwestern thinking. "I have to bring something since that is the way I was raised".

[hokeypokey]

We were invited to “Thanksgiving in July” and that’s exactly what it was. 3 families made turkey & all the trimmings & had several Dutch Ovens going. (we were guests- woo hoo )

[romore]

I go out with two couples. The women plan the meals weeks in advance and one insists on doing most of the cooking but they work together. I bring bacon or sausages for breakfast and usually desserts for dinner. There is always too much.