The Nuts 'N' Bolts Guide to Cooking for Campers and Backpackers (Nuts 'N' Bolts - Menasha Ridge) [Paperback]

Victoria Logue (Author), Frank Logue (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nuts 'N' Bolts - Menasha Ridge | Publication Date: February 1, 1995

Cooking in the backcountry has come a long way in recent years. A wide variety of light, easy to prepare foods that weren't on the market 10 years ago are now available for campers and backpackers. This book offers information on how to eat well when camping or backpacking.

Backcountry cooking is almost always done on a single burner stove with a limited fuel supply, so this book abounds with one-pot meals that take no more than 20 minutes to cook. The general advice and more than two dozen recipes will broaden your selections and give some options that you might not have thought about. The trail-tested recipes are simple to make, yet tasty enough to use on trip after trip.

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Cooking in the backcountry has come a long way in recent years. A wide variety of light, easy to prepare foods that weren't on the market 10 years ago are now available for campers and backpackers. This book offers information on how to eat well when camping or backpacking. Backcountry cooking is almost always done on a single burner stove with a limited fuel supply, so this book abounds with one-pot meals that take no more than 20 minutes to cook. The general advice and more than two dozen recipes will broaden your selections and give some options that you might not have thought about. The trail-tested recipes are simple to make, yet tasty enough to use on trip after trip. (6 x 9, 32 pages, illustrations)

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1st edition (February 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897321758
• ISBN-13: 978-0897321754
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #863,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great book for a backpacker, July 16, 2001

By A Customer

The only reason that I gave this book only 3 stars is because it didn't meet my specific needs as well as I hoped. However I am not a "roughing it" kind of gal. We camp in a motorhome. For the person who is an avid hiker or backpacker-type camper, this book is marvelous. There aren't a lot of pages, so it is easy and lightweight to pack along and it offers many helpful suggestions on both food and drink. It could be a definite boon to the backpacker, so I would recommend it for this use. There are about 25 recipes (two or more per page) and several pages of suggested "easy to prepare" foods that can be purchased in the supermarket and are economical to carry. There is a section on drinking water safety and information about cookstoves, how to prepare coffee, etc. This is a book very well suited for a primitive camper, not necessarily an rv-er. An rv-er may find the few recipes helpful, though, if they enjoy cooking over the campfire.