Living life outdoors means great food cooked over a fire
Preparing a roast dinner for friends is always something special. It’s great to gather a group together in the woods, all sitting around the campfire with plates full of roasted meat and vegetables. Here, David, explains how to cook a roast dinner in a ground oven or oven hangi, along with cooking tips and guidance to make it a tasty success! Continue reading “How to roast dinner in a Hangi / Ground Oven”
David will be running bread baking workshops at The Bushcraft Show. They’ll be bannock cooked over a campfire, loaves of bread baked in a Dutch oven, dough twists cooked on a stick and bread baking using improvise ovens. Continue reading “Bread baking at The Bushcraft Show”
A day of learning to bake, steam, roast and cook on campfires. Starting with bread making, we made an unleavened dough, baking the bread around the campfire. The campfire oven, a fire pit with hot rocks had been slowly cooking our joint of lamb and now it was time to dig it out, carefully uncovering our roast lunch! Continue reading “A day of backcountry cooking at Black Park”
Scout Leaders never tire of learning new practical skills. Blessed with a sunny day, it was out with the parabolic mirror to create an ember – success! We had fun with fire-by-friction, flint and steel and create magical firework displays with wire-wool and batteries. Continue reading “More practical skills for Scout Leaders”
The day began with a nature walk through local Woodlands, plant identification and foraging for items to accompany our lunch. Cleavers, nettles, ramsons, jack by the hedge in the risotto and more ransoms, hairy bittercress, primrose and dog violet in the salad, all washed down with a mug of ale hoof tea! Oh and some wonderful pan fried Water Buffalo heart from Flexmore Farm. Continue reading “Foraging, wild foods and woodland crafts”