"David Wright" wrote in message

Also, if you're like I used to be when I was doing lots of field work
and camping, all that fresh air and strenuous activity just makes food
taste better. I still think back to how good some of the simplest
meals tasted when I was out of the kitchen and in camp.

Yes, most often this is the case, good, simple outdoor eating.

Do you do much dutch oven cooking? I used to be friends in Idaho with
a couple who took people on float trips on the Salmon River. The "she"
of the couple was a good and versatile cook with dutch ovens, and used
them for breakfast and dinner every day on the river.

Yes, I have a good assortment of cast iron pots, skillets and Dutch ovens.
It's heavy but it's what does the job.
We use something call a "disko", a tractor plow disk welded closed at the
bottom with a raised lip 3". This sits above the fire
on a easy to break down steel re-bar tripod for deep frying fish. A "disko"
is concave and maintains that 365 degrees while cooking a mess of fish. It
originates from the Mexican ranch workers deep frying cracklings. This
keeps the very hot oil off the beach sand or tenative jackleg rig providing
a safe, stable work area.

A Dutch oven will make everything from beans to great pineapple up-side down
cake with that great carmelized
brown sugar topping. I just let it sit a few minutes and insert a plate on
the cake before turning it over. This last about 5 minutes with four sport
fisherman. Welders gloves makes working with the Dutch ovens easy and
effective.

doc