I love having the option to cook inside or outside, as circumstances indicate. I want to cook on the campfire as often as possible for supper, as the grilled meat over a campfire tastes so wonderful. But in the morning when I'm doing bacon and eggs and hashbrowns, I like the convenience of having all my equipment handy, controllable propane burners, and no bugs.
Heck, I just love to camp cook!
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I cook according to the meal I have planned and I plan the meals according to what we want, crave, or need, and what we have on hand. I, too, can cook almost anything either in or out, but why force the issue? Some things are easier done one place or the other. A pasta dish will usually be done inside because the water is easier to boil there. If something needs baking I will always opt for my convection/micro because I have never really gotten into the cast iron thing. Burgers and steaks I prefer outside but the french fries I do inside. I am basically a "comfort" type of cooker. If I am going to be uncomfortable cooking outside ie. rain, cold, sleet, snow, bugs, heat, humidity, wind, etc. I will cook inside where it is a perfect 72 degrees!
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hitchup wrote: So I always grill inside with a Flavorwave Oven...
How does the flavorware do with steaks? Microwave is horrid. Are they as nice as grilled, tender?
DH thinks my steaks are better than any Steakhouse he's ever been in. Part of it is cut of meat, then the right seasoning. Because all the fat drips off, it's healthier. Even better than the way I used to Broil them in sticksNbricks.
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mockturtle wrote: I hate cooking in the rain. The sausages get soggy.
Good point. Hey where is that town in Wash you live? We love Wash wish it were closer. I would move to Pt Townsend today, wife won't leave grandson.
I like to Salmon fish also, Chelis River.
Moved here to Centralia a few years ago. I cross the Chehalis River every time I go into town. Have lived in WA all of my life except for wintering in AZ for ten years. But we lived in the NE corner of WA for quite a few years after moving from Seattle. (More sunshine over there and lots of snow). Frankly, the winters over here are very depressing, gray, wet, gloomy. Port Townsend is nice, though gloomy. My parents used to have a place on Discovery Bay and they got less rain but it never got very warm there.
Ohio from Oct to June is mostly overcast, last few years have been warmer and more sun. Precipitation is almost identical to "Seattle, but Seattle wins for you don't have to shovel rain.
I think the guide I hire is from Centralia, Waters West.
mockturtle wrote: I hate cooking in the rain. The sausages get soggy.
Good point. Hey where is that town in Wash you live? We love Wash wish it were closer. I would move to Pt Townsend today, wife won't leave grandson.
I like to Salmon fish also, Chelis River.
Moved here to Centralia a few years ago. I cross the Chehalis River every time I go into town. Have lived in WA all of my life except for wintering in AZ for ten years. But we lived in the NE corner of WA for quite a few years after moving from Seattle. (More sunshine over there and lots of snow). Frankly, the winters over here are very depressing, gray, wet, gloomy. Port Townsend is nice, though gloomy. My parents used to have a place on Discovery Bay and they got less rain but it never got very warm there.
Ohio from Oct to June is mostly overcast, last few years have been warmer and more sun. Precipitation is almost identical to "Seattle, but Seattle wins for you don't have to shovel rain.
I think the guide I hire is from Centralia, Waters West.
Centralia and Olympia get a lot more rain than Seattle.
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We are weekend campers and I'd much rather be outside cooking. I now have an electric skillet so I can cook breakfast and lunch outside and dinner is mostly done on the grill.
I do a lot of cooking outside, we have a pull down cooktop, with a table at a right angle to the trailer. My husband does dishes and usually does them outside. Cold weather cooking gets done inside as do the dishes.
If you saw how easy seasoned iron was to clean up you'd be using a skillet instead of the grill.
Clean up consists of pouring some water in it from the kettle and a couple of scrubs with a nylon brush and I'm done after a rinse under the faucet. It's easier to clean than the grill.
Dakzuki wrote: If you saw how easy seasoned iron was to clean up you'd be using a skillet instead of the grill.
Clean up consists of pouring some water in it from the kettle and a couple of scrubs with a nylon brush and I'm done after a rinse under the faucet. It's easier to clean than the grill.
I use a CI skillet to cook with on the grill, Coleman stove or firepit but clean it with kosher salt and wipe it out in general. Sometimes water hits it and steel wool but not too frequently.
I've been thinking about this thread as I prep to get outta here (Hurry up end of June!!!!!) and realised that although I mostly grill out of doors during my vac, I'm also dependent on my Coleman white gas stove which resides w/i a large screen house and particularly comes in handy during inclement weather. It's locale and use makes me better understand many RVers love of indoor kitchens. I still think should I ever move to an RV I won't cook inside it much (the lingering cooking smells.....YUCK!)yet understand how nice it is to have the option.
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