Cast iron cooking utensils can be restored to full use by seasoning the pan.
Food seems to taste better when cooked over a campfire, and the great outdoors seems to increase our appetites. Since the two go hand-in-hand, it's good to know cook on an open fire. Once the fire is started and the food is in place, relax and wait for your tasty meal to finish. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
1. Build a fire pit encircled with stacked bricks or stone. The fire will be contained within the bricks, and the ledge can be used to hold a cooking grate.
2. Use charcoal briquettes to get uniform heat. The briquettes are hot enough to cook on when they turn gray.
3. Place an iron grate over the fire, using the bricks to hold the grate. cook in a cast-iron skillet on top of the grate.
4. Use a cast iron campfire tripod to hold a cast iron Dutch oven over the fire pit. Campfire tripods have three or four legs and are designed to straddle the fire. A hook is attached at the top where the legs join together. Secure the handle of the Dutch oven onto the hook.
5. Use utensils with long handles to lift pots from the fire, stir, or flip food.
6. Protect your hands with long oven mitts. Oven mitts must be flame-retardant and be long enough to protect the lower forearm.
Tags: Dutch oven, over fire, with long
