In the days when I started camping, we went camping for camping's sake and keeping a fire going, while pottering about around the camp site, was relatively straight forward.
Today, camping is likely to be mixed with other activities and while we still cook over fires for special occasions, stoves have really become our standard method of cooking.
I would like to use a fire more often, but while I can get a hot and fast fire going relatively quickly (though sometimes I fail miserably), getting a good bed of embers for cooking is trickier and takes longer to sort out. It also needs looking after. Which is fine, when it suits the mood of the day, but at other times is a bit impracticable. I also need to be prepared for ending up on a camp site that doesn't allow fires.
As I am musing about how to mix and match stoves and fire, I wondered how other people cope with this.
Do you stick with a fires, do you just use a stove when camping and leave fire for more bushcrafty activities, or do you have a mix and match approach.
Not looking at cooking anything fancy, but stews, boiled potatoes, rice, pasta, bannocks etc are common fare.
Graham
Today, camping is likely to be mixed with other activities and while we still cook over fires for special occasions, stoves have really become our standard method of cooking.
I would like to use a fire more often, but while I can get a hot and fast fire going relatively quickly (though sometimes I fail miserably), getting a good bed of embers for cooking is trickier and takes longer to sort out. It also needs looking after. Which is fine, when it suits the mood of the day, but at other times is a bit impracticable. I also need to be prepared for ending up on a camp site that doesn't allow fires.
As I am musing about how to mix and match stoves and fire, I wondered how other people cope with this.
Do you stick with a fires, do you just use a stove when camping and leave fire for more bushcrafty activities, or do you have a mix and match approach.
Not looking at cooking anything fancy, but stews, boiled potatoes, rice, pasta, bannocks etc are common fare.
Graham