FOOD: What is your favorite, fun item to bring to share?

[EmilyD]

We plan to cook a large ham, slice it and freeze most of it in 2 lb bags. So many things to do with it,,,, or simply eat it as-is! Almost as good as bacon. I said ALMOST!

GREAT idea...no grease to deal with. Adding this to my list, thanks!

[Elorrum]

Dorothy Parker said, "Eternity is two people and a ham"

[EmilyD]

Dorothy Parker said, "Eternity is two people and a ham"

D.P. Was one smart dame! ;-) I would add gin and olives.

[winebuff]

There was a small Hispanic sort of grocery in Roseville, CA that carried pre-made lumpia, but last time I went in they has stopped selling it. Winebuff, you might want to try Googling it and see if any place in your general area carries it. I can assure you Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro will have a deep fryer specifically set aside to cook up lumpia. And the sauce (in the spoon on the picture you posted) is heavenly. I will most assuredly be bringing that in hopes that the playa will provide lumpia.

I can get frozen lumpia.....

I feel like the pusherman.

I can provide the wine Doc and AntiM

[winebuff]

One of our friends brought a chocolate mint thing that had vodka in the minty filling. They went so fast, she gave them all out in a single swoop of people grabbing for them. They were excellent!

Phil, that is right up my alley. Did she make them or buy them??? yummy

[winebuff]

I'll be bringing a few bottles of Almond Champagne it's a date !
BTW Happy Birthday !

Jella, almond creek? I rep that Wine distributor here.....

[winebuff]

Last year I made filet mignon and lobster tails on Thursday night. Only two of my friends remembered to come back to camp (such is the plight of playa-memory), so I ended up finding people wandering through the streets to feed steak & lobster.

I have champagne

[jella]

Winebuff,
Wilson Creek actually they are in Temecula

[Elorrum]

trader joe's had some canned little shrimp when I was perusing yesterday. I'll put a couple of cans and a jar of shrimp cocktail sauce in the cooler, and see when the appropriate time comes. I like that I don't have to scare anyone with pre-made shrimp cocktail. if they are nervous about it (I would be) I can open the cans as they watch.

[MoonSplash]

Chilled cans of Thai iced tea..... so so good to cool down with. Sweet yet a good kick to it. I'm bringing a bunch with me this time (last time I brought only two cans and I was craving them).

[Boijoy]

I make & jar my own salsa & dolmathes. They are alwasy a hit !

[MoonSplash]

Can someone tell me, to keep foods colder in your cooler, do you line the INSIDE of the cooler with reflective materials or OUTSIDE the cooler? If inside the cooler, does the shiny part face inside (towards the food)?

[Boijoy]

reflect the outside. keep cooler off the ground & under shade. I'm not sure you would need refective material if it's under the shade. Also, don't open the cooler much. I have two. One for drinks & one for food.
Ice is sold there, so there is no real need for panic.

[TomServo]

reflect the outside. keep cooler off the ground & under shade. I'm not sure you would need refective material if it's under the shade. Also, don't open the cooler much. I have two. One for drinks & one for food.
Ice is sold there, so there is no real need for panic.

Ditto...put it on bricks or Mason bricks. Try and use dry ice, but don't try to lick it!

[Sham]

[Bounce530]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAlZ3ktFC8g&feature=related[/youtube]

(repeat, but works here)

[Elorrum]

thanks Bounce!!! good for me.

[Ugly Dougly]

We plan to cook a large ham, slice it and freeze most of it in 2 lb bags. So many things to do with it,,,, or simply eat it as-is! Almost as good as bacon. I said ALMOST!

Ham... and mead?

Next year, Camp Valhalla!

[Dr Helix]

Otter pops. I have a freezer I bring and that's mostly what's in it.

[misfit]

roadkill jerky,,, salted............

[Lucian]

Burners tuned me on to a few canned dishes that would seem to go great with wine

1. tins of smoked oysters !!! Serve on crackers
2. canned Dolmas
3. Canned suffed Peppers, cabbage, tomatoes

No dishes !!!

[dust devil]

Smoked salmon.

[C187]

(or cheaper product from GMC that's just like it)

Really, that's all I need for the week. Just got to keep them out of direct sunlight. Like under the sleeping bag and comforter in the tent during the day.

[Sail Man]

Sometimes I go to an ethnic market, either Asian or hispanic, and buy cans or bags of whatever I don't recognize.

Now I know why you liked the rocky mountain oysters so much last year

[Sham]

bump for newbie!

[shroom]

That bacon video cracked me up!


And reminded me that I need bacon!

[Ugly Dougly]

Yummy.

[micalith]

Fresh fruit! Fill your cooler with them!

[bs bob]

salt water taffy buy in bulk keep in cooler and shortbread cookies they dont melt!!

[Elorrum]

gonna try an experiment this evening. Roman Rusk. simple recipe... 1/2 flour, 1/2 honey. bake at 350.

This is a good backpacking food, waybread even if you like.

So the twist is I'm going to try something I saw at TJ's and have never used. peanut flour. for my gluten free visitors.

could be a mess, but I'm dying to try it out. It's a hard sticky cookie sort of thing with regular flour. good, (necessary) for dunking in a hot beverage.