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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum BWCA Food and Recipes Favorite first night "real food" meal. |
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10/23/2009 04:38AM
Almost always do steaks the first night.
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10/23/2009 11:44PM
This will be about the 3rd time Mr. Barley's pic has prompted me to grill out or visit the local steakhouse! We have also done marinated chicken breasts (in condensed mushroom soup) with mushrooms and wild rice. I think Mr. B has the ticket though.
Not to Hurry-Not to Worry
10/24/2009 03:23PM
I freeze and then keep our Ribeyes for use on the 2nd night.
For the first night's meal, at home I take the meat off of a rotisserie chicken, cut into smaller pieces and seal it in a heavy freezer bag. At our campsite I add this to lots of (5 packets) of chicken gravy, and serve it over instant mashed potatoes. Also cook up frozen sweet corn to go along with it. Serves six. Mighty tasty, and.... it's easy to prepare and easy to clean up.
Oh yeah, then Oreos or Little Debbie walnut brownies for desert. Yum!
For the first night's meal, at home I take the meat off of a rotisserie chicken, cut into smaller pieces and seal it in a heavy freezer bag. At our campsite I add this to lots of (5 packets) of chicken gravy, and serve it over instant mashed potatoes. Also cook up frozen sweet corn to go along with it. Serves six. Mighty tasty, and.... it's easy to prepare and easy to clean up.
Oh yeah, then Oreos or Little Debbie walnut brownies for desert. Yum!
12/01/2009 09:00AM
Mr. Barley has inspired us to go beyond just steaks and bring along some tasty seafood. The past trip was steaks and shrimp scampi. This year I believe we are going with rock lobster. I do not not mean the B52's song.
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12/12/2009 08:29AM
Steak, Bake potatoes and a bag of ceasars salad. We bake the potatoes for about 45-60 minutes at home depending on size so all we are really doing at camp is heating them through while the steaks are cooking and the bag salad has dressing in the bag, pretty easy meal.
12/29/2009 12:14PM
I have found that no matter what you eat, it tasted better in the BW than anywhere else. We have no first night gourmet meal on our trips anymore. We go too far and try to be too light to bring in potatoes and steaks.
Last year's first night meal was - lake trout grilled, cream style corn, and chicken flavored stove top stuffing. I know it doesn't sound like something you would order at a restaurant but they do taste awfully good around the campfire.
Last year's first night meal was - lake trout grilled, cream style corn, and chicken flavored stove top stuffing. I know it doesn't sound like something you would order at a restaurant but they do taste awfully good around the campfire.
11/30/2010 09:40PM
quote myceliaman: "We always have a back strap of venison along with some freshly caught fish. Backwoods surf and turf."
Ohhhh myyyyyy goodness.
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
11/30/2010 10:30PM
quote Jackfish: "quote myceliaman: "We always have a back strap of venison along with some freshly caught fish. Backwoods surf and turf."
Ohhhh myyyyyy goodness. "
YUM!!!!!!!! CAN I COME NEXT TIME!
Trust, but verify. The Lord will provide !!!!
12/12/2010 07:47AM
Steak yes...potatoes yes...but we made the mistake of picking broccoli as the vegetable. Unbeknownst to us, unrefrigerated broccoli really lets off an odor. Unfortunately, the first night meal didn't fit in the food pack so we stored it with a guy's clothes. While portaging the first day that pack became known as "Big Stinky". Just sitting aft of it in the canoe was enough to get the occasional whiff. Despite the odor it still tasted fine but we all agreed that broccoli will never make the trip again.
I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that. Then I realized I am somebody. Lily Tomlin
12/12/2010 08:35AM
quote Rob Johnson: "Steak yes...potatoes yes...but we made the mistake of picking broccoli as the vegetable. Unbeknownst to us, unrefrigerated broccoli really lets off an odor. Unfortunately, the first night meal didn't fit in the food pack so we stored it with a guy's clothes. While portaging the first day that pack became known as "Big Stinky". Just sitting aft of it in the canoe was enough to get the occasional whiff. Despite the odor it still tasted fine but we all agreed that broccoli will never make the trip again."
LOLOL! my friends' feet are what give him that label. No broccolli required! bwahahaa
Trust, but verify. The Lord will provide !!!!
12/25/2010 01:48PM
First night is steak.
Second night I stuff a cornish hen (sometimes stuffing, sometimes just shove some onion in there) and double-wrap in foil then cover in hot coals for about 40 minutes along with a tater. Frozen bag of cornNothing better...
Have considered freezing corn into water in some type of container to aid in keeping the hens cool inside collapsible cooler...
Second night I stuff a cornish hen (sometimes stuffing, sometimes just shove some onion in there) and double-wrap in foil then cover in hot coals for about 40 minutes along with a tater. Frozen bag of cornNothing better...
Have considered freezing corn into water in some type of container to aid in keeping the hens cool inside collapsible cooler...
06/28/2020 01:53PM
Mort: "For the first night's meal, at home I take the meat off of a rotisserie chicken, cut into smaller pieces and seal it in a heavy freezer bag."
Anyone else out there have experience vac sealing cooked chicken? Haven't been able to get a Jennie'O cooked turkey or chicken breast for years here in central Iowa. We like to have BWCA Thanksgiving the first night as a special treat for my oldest progeny. Not a fan of foil chicken.
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