Baking Bread and Camp Cooking

[Drover]

What sort of idiot thought he could do any sort of baking with Gkids, its a Zoo here....aarrgghh...

 

[Crusty181]

What sort of idiot thought he could do any sort of baking with Gkids, its a Zoo here....aarrgghh...

I used to bake with my 2 older kids every weekend ... now line them up around the kitchen bench and you bloody well have a good time

 

[mfexpanda]

This mornings levained cob

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im on my way !!!!

 

[Crusty181]

im on my way !!!!

and with that new tune, youll get here before it cools down

 

[Bluey]

Not bread but last night's chicken and a cast iron 32 cm pan I picked up lodge American made there heavy and good

 

[Crusty181]

Not bread but last night's chicken and a cast iron 32 cm pan I picked up lodge American made there heavy and good

You're red hot dropping a damn chicken in the Baking Bread post .... there's not even a chicken, mayo and lettuce sandwich to be seen

 

[Bluey]

You're red hot dropping a damn chicken in the Baking Bread post .... there's not even a chicken, mayo and lettuce sandwich to be seen

If your making a chicken sandwich you need chicken ......

 

[Crusty181]

If your making a chicken sandwich you need chicken ......

Yes .... but you dont have any of the aforementioned chicken sandwiches in your reply, which wouldnt have been the connection and your ticket to Baking Bread post

 

[mikerezny]

Yes .... but you dont have any of the aforementioned chicken sandwiches in your reply, which wouldnt have been the connection and your ticket to Baking Bread post

Hi,
but hey, @Bluey is already halfway to baking bread. He has a camp oven, and with two posts has established that he is a master of using it.

We just need to encourage him to swap out the meat for flour and hey presto, he will be there.

Common @Bluey, you know you can do it!
Have you ever made a damper in the camp oven?

take care
Mike

 

[Bluey]

Righto stand back damper was the first thing I cooked at Little desert Nat Park cup weekend 2 years ago

 

[Bluey]

Few more and infa red thermo pointing at camp oven cooler at the bottom and side very hot up top nice bit of meat cooked that day

 

[Bluey]

I'm not starting a camp oven post @Crusty181 I'd be the only one in it so I will hijack here I'm hanging out to do a rabbit stew cook up in the camp oven

 

[mikerezny]

I'm not starting a camp oven post @Crusty181 I'd be the only one in it so I will hijack here I'm hanging out to do a rabbit stew cook up in the camp oven

Hi @Bluey,
hijack away, it's fine with me.

Would you be kind enough to post your damper recipe?

take care
Mike

 

[Bluey]

Hi @Bluey,
hijack away, it's fine with me.

Would you be kind enough to post your damper recipe?

take care
Mike

Easy few cups self raising flour pinch of salt ... water not alot mix with a knife
Not hands.... knife mixes air into dough it will be sticky don't want it to wet or dry you will know search for Ranger Nick we know each other well he posts a lot of stuff and has a business he shows lots of camp cooking
Also find this bloke King Brown Ronnie
Great vid on cooking damper

 

[Drover]

Camp oven cooking with a thermometer, I suppose it had to come.

 

[Bluey]

Camp oven cooking with a thermometer, I suppose it had to come.

I did it just to see how hot it gets top compared to bottom I knew top was hotter more coals but was surprised with how hot it was I haven't done it since

 

[mikerezny]

Easy few cups self raising flour pinch of salt ... water not alot mix with a knife
Not hands.... knife mixes air into dough it will be sticky don't want it to wet or dry you will know search for Ranger Nick we know each other well he posts a lot of stuff and has a business he shows lots of camp cooking
Also find this bloke King Brown Ronnie
Great vid on cooking damper

Hi @Bluey,
thanks for the recipe. I add a dash of vegetable oil which helps to keep it fresh.

We met Ranger Nick and his partner when we were camping at Dondos campground a couple of years ago.

Really good video by King Brown Ronnie.

take care
Mike

 

[Bluey]

Hi @Bluey,
thanks for the recipe. I add a dash of vegetable oil which helps to keep it fresh.

We met Ranger Nick and his partner when we were camping at Dondos campground a couple of years ago.

Really good video by King Brown Ronnie.

take care
Mike

Nice..... Ranger Nick has made lots of comments on my cooking on the camp oven cooking page he tells me I must stop in to meet him one day he invites me on his live video postings good to chat with him it surprised me to get comments from the cooking God himself ....... I've used lemonade instead of water works OK wanting to do a cheese and bacon damper can do anything realy

 

[mikerezny]

Nice..... Ranger Nick has made lots of comments on my cooking on the camp oven cooking page he tells me I must stop in to meet him one day he invites me on his live video postings good to chat with him it surprised me to get comments from the cooking God himself ....... I've used lemonade instead of water works OK wanting to do a cheese and bacon damper can do anything realy

Hi @Bluey,
yeah, damper and scones are quite similar ingredients and techniques, so I am not surprised that soda water or lemonade, often used for scones, would also work well in making damper.

Likewise, I would like to venture out and add nice things to a damper, but when we are out camping we also like eating damper with jam, honey, or syrup. So any savoury damper would be difficult.

I am more traditional with my recipes and want to use the most basic of ingredients. I relented and add some milk to my damper, but after watching the video, I am going to go back to just flour, water, and salt. My recipe is quite wet, so I am also going to make the next one more like the consistency in the video. But, I don't use a camp oven and it all is done on the chippy which is not as hot, especially at the top.

take care
Mike

 

[Bluey]

Yes @mikerezny simple is the best it is a great vid Ranger Nick has one or 2 on bread worth watching too search baking bread in camp oven should find it