Food Tastes Better In The Wild.

It’s funny how we complain about slaving over a hot stove when we are stuck at home, but as soon as we

get outdoors and start cooking over a grill, suddenly the idea of food preparation doesn’t seem quite so

mundane. There is just something about outdoor cooking that seems to take us back to our early days,

before electricity was invented and we were forced to hunt and prepare our own animals for food. Of

course when it comes to hitting the grill at the campground, we usually just settle for hot dog and

hamburgers, rather than an entire pig that we snagged by strapping on our military gear and setting

traps.

Outdoor cooking really is one of the most fun parts about the whole camping experience, and getting

the whole family to sit around the outdoor tables and talk is something that we really don’t do often

enough at home. Maybe if we took our dining room set and placed it out in the backyard, the family

would then come and gather round when dinner was ready.

If there is one drawback to preparing food while camping it’s the bugs. Unless you have your little

kitchen area set up inside a mosquito proof tent, the bugs are going to come a calling. One way to get

around that is to put a citronella candle inside your camping lantern, as this can help keep them at bay

somewhat, but that won’t help if you live in an area that has bears as part of the nature background. If

that’s’ the case, then it might be time to put the military gear back on and post guards at every corner of

your camping area, perhaps flipping over the outdoor tables and using them as a makeshift barricade.

I joke about the hunting, but it is really cool when you go fishing for the day, and catch a nice big fish that

you can toss on the grill that night. Food somehow tastes better when you know that you caught and

prepared it yourself; it’s just not a feeling you get from throwing fish stick into the stove at home. If you

want to get the most out of your cooking experience when out camping, then make sure you have all the

tools you’ll need to do it right. Any good outdoor store, and even some of the big chain supermarkets,

should carry a decent selection of camping cookware and outdoor grills. It might also be a good idea to

pick up a lantern as it can get dark real quick out in the woods, especially if you don’t start cooking till

later in the day.