I picked up a copy of Woodall’s Campsite Cookbook. If you’ve ever wanted a really good resource for camp friendly recipes, this is it. You can open this cookbook to any page and find yourself salivating. The recipes are a collection of traditional down-home favourites, ingeniously tweaked to be accessible at camp.
Woodall’s Campsite Cookbook gets into all sorts of interesting cooking techniques using everything from the usual pots, pans and camp grill; to Dutch ovens, reflector ovens, and aluminum foil cooking.
I’m excited to try a number of recipes from this book. The first one I pulled out was Foil Peaches. I started with this one because it seemed easy and was sure to be delicious.
I didn’t follow the recipe to the letter, but what I did turned out just fine. Here’s the rundown.
In the centre of a generous piece of foil place, sliced peaches (fresh or canned), a nice healthy spoonful of margarine or butter and two to three big spoonfuls of brown sugar. Wrap the foil to form a packet. Do your best to eliminate leaks. Place the packet in the fire for a few minutes. You will hear the contents start to sizzle when it’s hot. Use tongs to pull the packet out of the fire. Carefully pour the contents of the packet into a bowl. Keep in mind that hot sugar can burn you very badly so use caution! This is not a job for kids.
Our Foil Peaches were delicious. You know how you can taste something and flash-back to your childhood? This treat did it. It’s like you’re getting all the deliciousness of a peach upside-down cake, without the tediousness of the cake. Next time I’d like to try adding pecan pieces. That sounds like a winning addition to me.
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