We took the new Rockwood Roo 233S to Elk Neck State Park. This was our first trip out in the new camper. We had some chilly weather and it rained a little, but it was a good trip. We tried out all the systems in the new camper. I’ll start out with some pictures and throw in some commentary along the way.
We were in site 18 of the Northeast loop. This loop is full hookup, so it gave us full use of everything in the camper. Here’s a couple of shots of the site.
Curb side
I’ve been cooking with a Dutch oven for about a year now. I decided to try my hand at something that requires a little more prep and cook time. I was over on Byron’s Dutch Oven page and came across his Barbecue Beef Brisket recipe. I used that as a starting point, but changed it a bit to better fit my family’s tastes.
Ingredients
While on my constant quest for Dutch oven meals for camping, I came across Crispy Italian Chicken.
Ingredients
As readers know, I like to cook and really like cooking in my dutch ovens. But most of what we cook is fattening, but it is so good. So I went looking for some lighter dishes. I stumbled upon the Everyday Dutch Oven blog’s Shrimp and Mango Tacos and decided to give it a try.
Ingredients
I was trying to figure out something to cook in the dutch oven this weekend. I’ve never made a roast chicken, so I decided to give that a try. I didn’t really follow a recipe, so here’s what I did.
Roast chicken
Clean out the chicken. I would normally tie the legs and wings to ensure they didn’t burn, but I had problems finding the twine.
Put a trivet in the 12″ deep dutch oven. Oil it up well. Place the chicken into the dutch oven. Sprinkle the seasonings on the chicken and inside the chicken cavity. This time I used Famous Dave’s Country Roast Chicken seasoning, but use what you like.
Lid and cook at about 350F. As I’ve said many times, I use the Dinwiddie method of heat control. So I put 1 ring of coals under the oven and 1 1/2 rings of coals on the lid. After about an hour, replace the coals with another batch of fresh coals. Total cooking time is 1 1/2 hour to 2 hours.
We went camping this past weekend at Susquehanna State Park in Maryland. We consider this our home campground since it takes less than 30 minutes to get there. The trip came up quickly, so we didn’t discuss meals. My wife planned waffles and sausage. But I didn’t feel like making waffles but found that I had a recipe for German pancakes in my camping cookbook. We had all the ingredients except lemon juice, so decided to give it a try.
Very hot Dutch oven
Start the coals. This requires a very hot oven, so I completely filled the chimney with coals. With this many coals, it took almost half an hour for the coals to start. Continue reading
On the camping trip, we tried a new dish in the dutch oven. I made sausage souffle for breakfast the one morning. Actually, it took me longer to make than I expected, so it turned out to be brunch instead.
Ingredients
I think that in every marriage, each person brings some of their own family into the union. Nowhere is this more true than with food. We each bring in recipes that we have grown up with. My favorite dish that my wife brought into our marriage is scalloped potatoes and ham. She makes this so good that her mother even recognizes that my wife makes it best.
Since I have been cooking a lot in the dutch oven, she wanted me to try making it in the dutch oven. This is the first dish that I have attempted to make in the dutch oven without having a recipe specifically for the dutch oven. Continue reading
We are always looking for other meals to work into the rotation. This week, we tried Chili Cornbread Pie in the dutch oven. This takes a little longer than that quick & easy chili recipe I shared a couple of months ago, but not much longer. The cornbread is cooked on top of the chili.
Chili ingredients
I don’t know about anyone else, but my favorite type of food is what is normally thought of as breakfast food. If we go to a restaurant that serves breakfast all day, I usually order breakfast food. So it makes perfect sense that at home we often have breakfast for dinner.
Since I’ve been making a lot of stuff in the dutch oven, I wanted to try breakfast. But making breakfast in a dutch oven would mean getting up at 5 or so to start the coals. That wasn’t going to happen, so I decided to try the Mountain Man Breakfast for dinner the other night.
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