Other than fresh meat and veggies the first night or fresh fish, what is the meal that you make that is the "favorite" of your group? Something mid week that people talk about for months to come...? Share your specialty.

Jello Strawberry Cheesecake. Often heard after the trip "We even had cheesecake."

Sterngirl,
Venison steak on last night of 5 day trip!
Venison steak is always the best!

The best we had and still talk about from last summers trip WAS, not in the BWCAW. Dairy Queen and Krispy Creme donuts in ELY after our 5 day trip. That was the first food we ate after our fantastic trip.

Mr Barley and I did Lobster tails once-it was a beautiful thing- we even took pics of our plates! I really thought claim to fame refered to Mr Barley's infamous Backwoods Sauerkraut recipe!!!

Plums, that was lobster tail, ribeye and fresh asparagus if I remember correctly. It was a thing of beauty considering despite the fact it was so cold the steak fat was coagulating on my plate.

Steaks first night. Bacon next two mornings. Other than that we eat freeze dried food. We pre taste that stuff to make sure it dosen't taste like s@*!.

Pecan sticky rolls for breakfast day 5. Baked in the dutch oven. With the smell waking every one up. I can still taste them!

HOLY COW GB. You bring a dutch oven! How much weight does that add?

We carry a hard-anodized aluminum oven that weighs 6-lbs 10 oz. Or should I say my 6'1" 205 lbs 23-year-old son carries it!
When the wife and I go we carry the smaller one which 3-lbs 10 oz.
We don't leave home without them. We use it as our large pot, fry fish in them etc.
They are made by GSI. The aluminum ovens heat quicker than cast iron so if you decide to use one you need to tend them a bit more. One good thing about the hard anodized ones is that nothing and I mean nothing sticks to them. The also don't carry the taste of one meal to the next. No fishy tasting rolls. We eat better in the BWCA than at home! Soup bean with county ham and corn bread are another of our meals that we love (try some Anasazi beans sometimes they cook much faster than pintos).
Here is the web address for the dutch ovens:
http://www.gsioutdoors.com/Products/Cookware/HardAnodized/50410.html

Blueberry pie!

Georgiaboy, you're my new hero for telling everybody you haul something most people wouldn't just because it makes your trip better!

Mark,
It only hurts on the portages! Besides people like me that have no brain feel no pain.:)

Freeze dried raspberries from Honeyville Grains
Rehydrate with water and sugar. Take bisquick make a wet batter (pancake batter consistency) put in the bottom of the dutch oven pour raspberries over the top.
Cook 30-40 minutes. The dough rises up through the berry mixture.
MMMM.... the best cobbler you ever have eaten. This one is usually about day three with hopefully the walleye dinner. I cook better than I fish.

Hey Georgiaboy,

I would love to have beans and cornbread for dinner one night (the gas may scare away the bears!) How do you cook the beans long enough? I mean, if you go out fishin and site seeing, do you leave a fire burning with the beans cookin over em? You could pre-soak them but they still require a few hours of cookin time. I would hate to leave a fire burning while I'm away from camp.

My wife does not fish she likes to stay in camp and read books. She tends the fire. The anaszi beans cook much faster in about two or three hours so sometimes we put them on as soon as we get to a new campsite. We start them on the stove while we set up camp and gather wood. Once we get a fire started we move the bean to the fire, make the corn bread and desert and eat. By that time it is evening fishing time. Soaking them overnight also cuts down on cooking time.
I agree about leaving a fire. I couldn't even think of doing that.

We don't pack light and always bring a regular aluminum Dutch Oven and I'm ashamed to say we also pack in charcoal briquettes. We decided that you need the charcoal for uniform heat source. The recipe for baking in our 9" square Dutch oven is 9 coals under and 12 coals on top for an even 375 degrees. So if you see us on portages in canoe country we are the ones with the 300 pound packs. But the advantage is we have cakes and pastry at ever meal.

So what's my favorite meal? German Chocolate Cake, brownies, or even fresh baked bread. We work hard and in cold weather and I'm sure we burn thousands of calories a day and and I've gone on trips and actually gained weight.