Sometimes when we are cutting firewood or brush we don't want to go to the house for something to eat. So, we take our lunch with us. You might want to try this:
If you happen to be away from home and want to take a lunch with you, make some sandwiches. When ready to eat, find a forked stick, lay the sandwich on it and hold it over the fire. Toast both sides and have a nice hot and delicious sandwich.
Another wonderful tasty treat is to make some bannock. We put the ingredients in a plastic bag so that we only have to add water. Mix, paste it on a green stick and hold over the fire until it bakes. Makes some of the most delicious bread you will ever eat.
Here is the bannock recipe we use:
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tblsp butter
1/2 cup cold water
Mix the ingedients together thoroughly and add water. With the water you want just enough to make the dough will gather into a ball.
Find a green stick or sapling. We usually peel it. That way the stick won't burn and it gets rid of anything that was on the stick. It is also a good idea to thrust the stick into the fire for a bit before applying the bannock.
Wrap the bannock around the stick; wrap it around and around like a coil. Hold the stick over the fire (best done over a hot bed of coals) and turn occasionally. It will take 10-15 minutes to bake. Have some butter on hand! Peel off some bannock, spread some butter on it and eat. After you eat what you have mixed up you will immediately wonder why you did not mix up more!
Hope some of you try this.
btw, we do this also when we go deer hunting in the fall as well as over camp fires any time of the year.
You can also bake bannock on top of your wood stove. Press the bannock into a dutch oven or cast iron frying pan. The bannock should not be over an inch thick. You might want to dust the bannock with flour too. Bake for about 15 minutes. You can test it with a toothpick. Punch it in and if it comes out dry, the bannock is ready to eat.
If you happen to be away from home and want to take a lunch with you, make some sandwiches. When ready to eat, find a forked stick, lay the sandwich on it and hold it over the fire. Toast both sides and have a nice hot and delicious sandwich.
Another wonderful tasty treat is to make some bannock. We put the ingredients in a plastic bag so that we only have to add water. Mix, paste it on a green stick and hold over the fire until it bakes. Makes some of the most delicious bread you will ever eat.
Here is the bannock recipe we use:
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tblsp butter
1/2 cup cold water
Mix the ingedients together thoroughly and add water. With the water you want just enough to make the dough will gather into a ball.
Find a green stick or sapling. We usually peel it. That way the stick won't burn and it gets rid of anything that was on the stick. It is also a good idea to thrust the stick into the fire for a bit before applying the bannock.
Wrap the bannock around the stick; wrap it around and around like a coil. Hold the stick over the fire (best done over a hot bed of coals) and turn occasionally. It will take 10-15 minutes to bake. Have some butter on hand! Peel off some bannock, spread some butter on it and eat. After you eat what you have mixed up you will immediately wonder why you did not mix up more!
Hope some of you try this.
btw, we do this also when we go deer hunting in the fall as well as over camp fires any time of the year.
You can also bake bannock on top of your wood stove. Press the bannock into a dutch oven or cast iron frying pan. The bannock should not be over an inch thick. You might want to dust the bannock with flour too. Bake for about 15 minutes. You can test it with a toothpick. Punch it in and if it comes out dry, the bannock is ready to eat.
