Cook-out: Fire-building skills, stone cooking techniques

Date: April 20, 2013
Time: 11am to 3pm

We will attempt the following Cooking Techniques:
 
• Bannock making using a stick
 
• Water Boiling with hot rocks
 
• Egg Frying with flat stones 


You are more than welcome to try the food, but don’t rely on it for sustenance. Still bring a snack or lunch and water. We will make some conifer tea with the boiling water, so bring a mug and some utensils for sampling.
Pick something from the following list to bring:

• a dozen eggs 

• firewood – 2 or 3 bags 

• 1 jar of jam 

• 1 small jar of honey

• large old wooden bowl

• bottles of water

• roasting sticks 


The finished product, YUM!

Please e-mail me with the item of your choice, and I will let you know if we have it covered or not, and what the gaps are. 

Dress warm, it may still be cold or even snowy. Bring a few bucks for the campsite. 



Bannock Recipe 
Serves 3 or 4

2 1/2 cup flour
2 t             baking powder
1/2 t         salt
1 T            brown sugar
1/4 cup    butter or fat

Combine ingredients in a large ziploc bag.  
On trail, slowly at water 1 Tbsp at a time, kneading the dough inside the bag, until it reaches desired consistancy. Roll dough into a long tub, then wrap into a spiral around a long green roasting stick.  Cook till golden brown, add jam or honey, and enjoy!

Variations: add cinnamon and raisins and/or crasins and nuts
                     add thyme, rosemary and sage (or any desired combination of savory herbs)