SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #251

[L Herr-Gelatt and J R Gelatt]

>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:10:17 -0500
>From: JANINE BRANNON <janineb at smtpgw.mis.ssh.edu>
>Subject: SC - Camping Feast
>
>I am planning a (mundane) camping trip over the labor day
>weekend, but want my turn at dinner to be a period feast.  I
>was thinking of making Icelandic chicken for ~15 people.  My
>questions for the group are:
>
>- --Is this practical?  I want to cook it in the campfire.

I have no idea what "Icelandic Chicken" is, but if you can cook it on a
stove, or in an oven, you can cook it over the fire.
>- --Since I want to cook it in the campfire, I can't make in
>  a "coffin" of bread, can I?  I was thinking of wrapping it in
>  in alum foil.

Sure you can cook it over the fire. Take bread dough, any variety. Put it on
a circle of parchment or heavy duty foil big enough to slip easily inside a
cast-iron dutch oven (I've use aluminum modern ones on a pinch) that has
been pre-heated by sitting it in the coals. Put something on the bottom of
the pot to prevent direct contact with the dough/foil: trivet, rocks, metal
tent stakes, etc. Put dough in dutch oven. Put on lid. Put a good shovelful
of coal on the lid (upside-down lid of you must). let sit 5 minutes. Check.
If cooking nicely, transfer to coals for a few minutes and then take back
off again, just to maintain heat. Check again. use traditional bread
'doneness" tests (thump the bottom to see if it sounds hollow).

>--What type of chicken - boneless breasts or whole legs?

Either are good. Freeze them before transporting.

>- --Would it be better to cook it at home and transport to  
>reheat there?  (I'm a bit worried about spoilage).

Safer, yes, but not necessarily tastier.

>
>Any other advice is appreciated!

I suggest you cook the whole stew (I assume) ahead of time. The flavors will
meld better.
>
>~~Magdelane
>
>Aoife
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