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Camp Cooking: 100 Years

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I highly reccommend this charming book produced by the folks at the National Forest Service non-profit museum in Montana, and chock full of recipes from forest ranger districts all over the country, celebrating 100 years of service. So it is filled with historic stories and photos of early ranger camps and cooks. Some of these vintage recipes have been around for awhile, and are very nostalgic. Most recipes list the contributing ranger, and their district. Spiral binding makes it easy to cook with, as you can keep the book open and flat on the page you need. All cookbooks should be made like that.

Most of these dishes are for cooking on a cabin stove or fire. The recipes rely on heavier fresh, dry, or canned ingredients similar to what you have at home. So any of these recipes can be made in your own kitchen, but are also good for RV and car camping. Starts with dutch oven cooking basics. Has chapters on breads, breakfasts, veggies, main dishes, and desert. Has an index. This book was released in 2004. It is 192 pages in length.

For a look at modern Ranger cooking see "Wilderness Ranger Cookbook", which is a modern ultra-light backpacking recipes cookbook from backcountry Forest Service Wilderness Rangers all across America. It is available at Amazon.

This delightful book presents a mixture of terrific recipes, historic camp photos and wonderful tales of early days in the Forest Service. The emphasis is on Dutch oven and camp-fire cooking. Inside you will find dozens of interesting recipes: Bean Hole Beans, One-Eyed Buffaloes, Pistol Rock Chicken and Creamy Pumpkin Pie to name just a few.

Far more than just another cookbook, "Camp Cooking: 100 Years" is a real treasure of Forest Service lore. This is one book that always finds its way into our 5th wheel when we hit the road and yet quickly migrates back into the house as soon as we return to our place of sticks and bricks. If there is a better camp cooking book for the money, we don't know what it is.

Absolutely the best camp cookbook I have had yet. Recipes are simple and easy to understand. Ingredients can all be found at any supermarket, even small ones. The breakfast section alone is worth the price of the book.(These cooks really liked a big breakfast) The book is durable and there are enough recipes to last the average camper years before having to repeat a meal. Most meals will feed 4 to 6 easily and the additional stories, tips and photos are a great bonus!

I ordered 4 different camp cook books and this one I like the best. Recipes seem easy enough for camping from the Campers Omelette to Enchilada Pie, and lots of desserts. Even a recipe for backpacking bars in the back of the book that look like they would be a hit. A little history through out the book interesting pictures. Great Camp Book. Wish I had bought this one first.

Not what I was expecting. There are some great recipes, but the real appeal of this book is the history. The photos and stories alone make it worth the price. Warning! If you aren't cooking for a large group you'll have to scale down a lot of the recipes.

This book offers some interesting background and stories plus lots of great recipes - mainly for dutch ovens but also for skillet cooking.

This is a great book. Not only does it have lots of recipes but there are fantastic pictures and history added in too. I bought this because my family goes camping at least once a year and I was tired of eating hot dogs and hamburgers. I had no idea how to cook while camping. Most of the recipes in this book are made in a dutch oven. So if you decide to buy this book make sure that you have one. The recipes range from very simple (2 or 3 ingredients) to a little elaborate (10 or more ingredients for some). The recipes are classic and although not always very nutritious, all the ones that I have tried were very declicious. When camping, the food is a big part of the whole experience so this book has been a big help for me. I know how to cook while camping now!

If you like cooking & love history this book is for you. Great recipes that can be cooked inside or out in cast iron. Great stories about the forest sevice, I just loved it. Especially the photographs.

This is a great Book. I can not say CookBook because it is so much more. It contains stories of hardtimes and greattimes, of good food and friends. The recipes are good too ! And best of all it's at a great price so you can see why I think it's a GREAT Book !!!

A lot of easy to follow instructions. Can be used with a regular oven.

I am using it with my wood stove.