Cooking Eggs
You will need an egg and an orange. Cut the orange in half, and carefully carve out the fruit segments from both sides. Be careful not to pierce or cut through the orange peel skin. Next, crack an egg into each of the two halves of the orange and then carefully place them onto the bed of loose coals at the edge of the fire. Why not add some cheese and whisk to make mini omelettes?
Tin Foil Supper
This is a tried and tested way of cooking by many thousands of Scouts, Guides and Brownies all over the world. It is simple to cook and is a nice change from sausages. It is a meal, all in one!
Ingredients: Green vegetables, potatoes, cubed meat, herbs/spices, oil, and some water.
Method: Lay out a large double layer of aluminium foil, then combine cubed vegetables and potatoes evenly with your meat. Season with a small amount of herbs or spices and add a little oil and water (to help seam cook the food inside). Carefully roll the edges up tight, so that nothing can get out and then place it on the coals. The smaller that you cut the food up, the quicker it will cook through.
Twists
These are simple and quick to make and can be enjoyed either as a sweet or savoury snack.
Method: Mix flour, water, and a pinch of salt together to form a thick dough. If you would like them sweet, simply add raisins, sultanas, and some cinnamon. If you prefer savoury, why not add some grated hard cheese?
Cooking: Mould the dough into a snake-like roll, and twist this snake around a long thick green stick (with bark removed). Support it over the glowing embers of your campfire, and remember to turn them occasionally, to evenly cook them until they turn a lovely golden brown. A Scout favourite!
Instant Hot Dogs
If you do not have a grill and still love hot dogs, then this is for you. Lay sliced onion on cabbage leaves, add sausage, and then place more onions on top. Wrap up the cabbage leaf tightly around it and secure the edges with a number of small green sticks to keep it closed. Place the parcel in the fire embers for about 7-10 minutes, turning occasionally.
Cooking with Wild Leaves
For an authentic natural taste, why not try wrapping your meat, cheese or freshly caught fish in wild leaves? For example, using Cattails (Typha, found readily all over Europe and North America, which grow in marshes, swamps, and ditches) wrapped around raw food, will produce a fresh earthy taste.
The best method is to wrap your food in the leaves, overlap the leaves around the raw food and tie some wet twine around the leaves to hold it together. Carefully place the parcels of food into the warm embers of your fire and wait for the food to cook.
