Camp & seasonal kitchen
Cooking over a fire or a camp stove, and simple recipes that follow the seasons.
- Campfire and camp stove safety: a practical checklist
Setting up a camp stove, choosing a fire ring, keeping a fire small, putting it out cold, carbon monoxide in tents, and what to do if oil or fuel catches fire.
- Canned biscuit campfire doughnuts: a complete camp guide
How to make doughnuts at camp from a tube of refrigerated biscuit dough: gear, oil depth and temperature, frying safely outdoors, coatings, no-fry variations and cleaning up the oil.
- Fresh mint chip ice cream, made with real mint leaves
A fresh-mint chocolate chip ice cream recipe with a cooked custard base (or an egg-free version), how to steep mint for clean flavour, chocolate shards, and churning with or without a machine.
- Growing mint and using it all season
How to grow mint without letting it take over: choosing a variety, pots versus beds, watering, cutting back, dividing, and ways to use a big harvest in drinks, food and the freezer.
