Like the title says…whats the best you've eaten in the field. The only rule is that it can't have been cooked on a stove…lots of people have cabins with a normal kitchen but that doesn't count for this evolution.
It can be a prepackaged deal, it can be something you whipped up on your own. I'll start.
Best overall was a venison tenderloin cooked on a big wood burning heater we had in the barn/shop at the hunting camp. A buddy of mine was with me, he was an armorer in the Marine Corps so it never crossed my mind that he might be able to cook. In fact I'd have lost a bet on that if the question had ever come up. He can shoot, he can fix guns, and he can pick up some really heavy stuff…but cooking wasn't even on the radar.
Mid day we were all sitting around trying not to freeze and he breaks out a bag with the tenderloin from the day before. I suggested we could cook it in a pan on the heater and he created a dynamite dish from it. I have no idea what he did but it was magic. The three of us sat around stabbing at perfectly seasoned and cooked bits of tenderloin with our knives. It was nice to get a little hot chow in us before the afternoon hunt.
Second best was a dehydrated Pad Thai meal that i had on a solo fishing trip. After 15 minutes in some hot water I was eating Pad Thai by my campfire. Pretty neat…way better than any MRE I ever had.
I got to thinking about this today because I'm thinking of "upping my game" so to speak on this years outings. I have hours to kill after the sun goes down and nothing to do but tend the campfire…might as well pass the time by preparing a top notch meal.
It can be a prepackaged deal, it can be something you whipped up on your own. I'll start.
Best overall was a venison tenderloin cooked on a big wood burning heater we had in the barn/shop at the hunting camp. A buddy of mine was with me, he was an armorer in the Marine Corps so it never crossed my mind that he might be able to cook. In fact I'd have lost a bet on that if the question had ever come up. He can shoot, he can fix guns, and he can pick up some really heavy stuff…but cooking wasn't even on the radar.
Mid day we were all sitting around trying not to freeze and he breaks out a bag with the tenderloin from the day before. I suggested we could cook it in a pan on the heater and he created a dynamite dish from it. I have no idea what he did but it was magic. The three of us sat around stabbing at perfectly seasoned and cooked bits of tenderloin with our knives. It was nice to get a little hot chow in us before the afternoon hunt.
Second best was a dehydrated Pad Thai meal that i had on a solo fishing trip. After 15 minutes in some hot water I was eating Pad Thai by my campfire. Pretty neat…way better than any MRE I ever had.
I got to thinking about this today because I'm thinking of "upping my game" so to speak on this years outings. I have hours to kill after the sun goes down and nothing to do but tend the campfire…might as well pass the time by preparing a top notch meal.