When fishing and camping with a group it’s difficult to time a warm/freshly cooked lunch as we all have other priorty’s. Cold sandwich’s get to be boring and something out of a can can be flat.
Coleman has come up with a crock pot that operates on propane. Now chili, sloppy joe’s, pulled bbq pork, etc. can be available so you can get a warm lunch when ever you come back to camp.
I will have one by our opening day outing to the Little Manistee comes around at the end of April and will let you all know how it works.
It could also be a nice thing to have for those unexpected power outages. Set it up in the garage off course.
I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here!
Jack,
GREAT!!..In addition to the other great food we have planned, I just found, fixed & enjoyed the BEST sloppy joe recipe I have had. Instead of ground beef, it has sweet AND hot Italian sausage, spices, etc…my wife thought it sounded too spicy, but she loved it too! What do you think, do we add that to the menu?
Mike
Every Labor day weekend for the past 20+ years a group of around 30 have camped together.
We have a huge breakfast and an even bigger dinner.
We learned long ago, for the same reason Jack mentions, to skip lunch. We still have happy hour(s) of course. So there is always some food on the table
I’m with the Hide Hunter, dutch oven cooking is the way to go. My wife sells the things, check out her web site on my profile.
I never lost a little fish
yes, I’m free to say
It always was the biggest fish
I caught that got away
…Eugene Field
I like Dutch Oven Cooking too, you can make some wonderful meals in them. The Crock Pot alows you to put something on when you head out in the am and leave untended for hours.
and the informercial version of the dutch oven is walk away cookware (totally useless as a haybox but very efficient as a pot). There is always the good old haybox, which is basically a dutch oven in a wooden box packed tightly with straw, put the oven in the middle and cover with more straw, then tie down the lid on the wooden box, will simmer for a good 12 hours. I remember these as a kid, mum would make a stew put it in the haybox in the kitchen and let it simmer all day, the original crockpot.
yeah Mikey, you were tempting me with that recipe on the phone the other night…I can only imagine how good that must have been…but I did have fresh broken GREEN BEANS…hehehehe!!!
In dutch oven or large saucepan, cook 1st 5 ingredients ‘til sausage is no longer pink. Recipe says “drain”, I say “leave the grease”…keeps your innards from dryin’ out!
Add tomato sauce & seasonings (items 6 thru 10) & bring to a boil. cover & simmer for 30 minutes. Serve on your choice of rolls with shredded mozzarella cheese. Would also make a GREAT coney sauce!
Jack…My wife got a “smooth top” stove & I can’t use my cast iron on it…I have a 7 qt C/I dutch oven & maybe some other pans you can have…say the word & I’ll bring 'em to the next Cabelas meeting!
are you sure? I have a halogen glass cooktop, cast iron, arcoroc and heavy based pans are best, light stuff and ironically cheap pots are next to useless.
Guy’s please take note of the word “NEW” in my post!! Could this let the non “Dutch Oven” cook make a nice hot meal?
I will gladly exchange Crock Pot Recipies for Dutch Oven Recipies.
lol. Well Jack I’ve cooked venison roast using John White’s “North Woods Roast Beef & Wild Rice” in the What’s Cookin’ Archives in both the Dutch oven and the crock pot. It Is A Winner!
Jack, is the oven set-up for the large propane tank or do you have to use the small green screw on type? Just wondering how much fuel one would use? Crock pots equate to long periods of cooking time and that means lots of fuel. I imagine you turn it down to a low setting or does it even have settings. My neighbor is a charcol, big black barrel cooker, I go the Weber Propane route. Yeah, I get lots of ribbing from him and my son too. Honestly, I enjoy the the end result either way. I have also noticed it takes him twice as many brewski’s to cook his ribs than mine. Yes, mine fall of the bone too. Jonezee
its all very well telling us about this new product and yes its a good idea BUT many people forget this is a site used by people is 100+ countries. Only 2 countries have access to these things. When you can mention an alternative for those who dont have the means or the opportunity to purchase one then thats a good thing. It is very easy to forget that flyfishing is an international pastime and not a soley american one.
Jonezee;
It takes the small tank. 5 hours on high 10 on low. I would adapt it to a 30 pound tank though.
Jo;
It’s available on line from several sites.
Bet your slow cooker won’t do that.