My new outdoor cooking blog, ash on the fire

[atross]

Next installment is up, thai green curry on my skillet

http://ashonthefire.typepad.com/ash-on-the-fire/2011/05/curry-on-the-coals.html

 

[atross]

Great blog fella
When are you moving it to blogger?

Whats blogger? I still have a lot to learn about all this!

 

[zeBarOOn]

Another great post. Like you say, it's familiarising your self with regulating the temperature that's key - smaller batons etc. The skillet is great too, optimised for bush cooking. The Cadac BBQs 'Skottel' is a similar pan, use it with gas though
I wouldn't mind trying a teriyaki or szechuan dish on one of those skillets. I think it would work well as you don't need to keep moving the food like a stir fry.

Cheers for sharing, look forward to your next post!

 

[Tank]

Great post. Just got a large fire pit off freecycle so may have to invest in one of the skillet.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[JAG009]

Good blog atross and some nice grub too ,but keep an eye on that dog !!!


Jason

 

[atross]

Hi

I have put up a quick post on how I like to do my coffee whilst out and about.

http://www.ashonthefire.typepad.com

Heading for the Rockies tomorrow and hope to have a few US themed posts on my return.

Ash

 

[Tank]

That's a great bit of kit for a good coffee, never seen it before. Looks easy to make ur own.

 

[atross]

It is a good bit of kit, tried many things and a year on I am still using it!

 

[zeBarOOn]

That's a great idea!

I've given up with a good coffee and just gone with Twinnings Assam tea without milk.

Does anybody use these? They seem to be a bit pricey for having coffee!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handpresso-HPWILD-Wild-Espresso-Maker/dp/B0013UEFHA

Joel

 

[suburban bushwacker]

hey make awesome coffe but a proper prone to clogging, and customer service is terrible. Great idea but flawed delivery

 

[atross]

Just posted up a new post on a different way of cake baking! Was a steep learning curve but I am happy with the end result.

Would love to know your thoughts

Bitter chocolate spice cake

Using soley lumpwood charcoal made me have to work hard!

Ash.

 

[JohnC]

I like that, I've not had much luck with cakes, but it would be good to add to the menu at camp....

 

[atross]

John

I was finding I was burning the tops/bottoms of a lot of stuff, this approach overcame that. It does however give a slightly heavier cake. If you do try it out I would love to know how you got on.

Ash

 

[rik_uk3]

Good post if you use an android phone

Dutch oven calculator

http://www.appbrain.com/app/dutch-oven-calculator/com.mwls.oven sizes are quarts so pretty much litres.

 

[JohnC]

With "regular" items I was burning things, but I had the charcoal too close/touching the base, and too much on the lid. I also wasnt as good at rotating the oven base and lid as I should have. I will give cake a go though!

 

[ged]

Just posted up a new post on a different way of cake baking! ... Would love to know your thoughts ...

Brown sugar! Now you're talking my language.

Just curious and ignorant (I'm no chef, nor even a cook), why unsalted butter if you're going to add the salt? I know it isn't ordinary salt but is there all that much salt in salted butter?

 

[zeBarOOn]

Good to see you back on the blog Ash!

I booked marked it since your first post and pop in now and again. Good work on the cake, if only we could have a taste!

All the best

 

[udamiano]

Niiiiiccee I really like the skillet hmmmm thia green curry yum yum good job

 

[atross]

Cheers for the positive comments. T^he lack of internet was frustrating!

With regards to the salt I think they use unsalted butter so that they can adjust the salt content to the reciepe.