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   The joy of gathering around a campfire with friends is the most relaxing thing I know. But it would not be near as much fun without the cooking. There is something to be said about a fresh meal created by traditional means using a fire and the great outdoors. My wife laughs at me because I do all my cooking outside but the laughing stops when I say dinner is ready. In fact she admits she  loves the taste of campfire food.

 Cast Iron Cooking Utensils and cast Iron Cookware

   Of course what would campfire cooking be without the Cast Iron Cookware. Cast Iron cookware is the best darn cookware ever invented in my book. Of course you need to know the techniques which we have put together pointers in our how to section. I myself use my Cast iron cookware year round. There are many manufacturers of  cast Iron cookware however we prefer Lodge. You can purchase Cast iron cookware either seasoned or unseasoned. Seasoning is not hard to do as long as you follow the instructions carefully.

A little History

Early frontier cooking was greatly influenced by place and season. Indigenous plants and animals supplied much of the food. Other provisions (flour, dried beans, coffee, sugar, etc.) were stocked at points of origin and resupplied along the way. The first pioneers in most places ate by campfires. By necessity, foods were cooked by very simple methods. Dutch ovens, frying pans, boiling pots, and roasting spits were typically employed. As settlements grew, so did the range of cuisine. Why? Improvements in housing and transportation enabled a greater variety of food to be prepared in more traditional ways.

   Times may have been much more primitive back then and the people did not have any choice on how the food was prepared but many of us including myself believe that by cooking in traditional ways you are not just adding great flavor to the food's you are preparing but your are preserving history. When you finish a meal you have prepared with cast Iron over a fire you appreciate what you have done because of the time you have put into it. Sure it is easier to put something in the microwave for 5 minutes but the experience or taste are nowhere near the same.

 

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