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Chef in Your Backpack: Gourmet Cooking in the Great Outdoors
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We all look forward to spring and summer, when the sun returns, the blooms bud, and we feel the urge to reacquaint ourselves with the great outdoors. But camping and hiking trips, whether day treks or week-long journeys, beg an age-old question: what to bring along to eat? Chef in Your Backpack proves that camping and hiking meals dont always have to be about stale sandwiches and bagged veggies. With a little ingenuity and know-how, and a bit of advance planning, you can be dining in high style around the campfire.

Nicole Bassett is an outdoors enthusiast who has been developing and preparing outdoor meal recipes for years. She believes in the notion that a great yet easy-to-make meal is not only more satisfying, but is more nutritious and energizing for your hikes and treks. She also offers great tips for keeping your food safe from spoilage and not-so-friendly creatures, as well as nifty ideas like using film canisters to store spices, and using your camping mug as a measuring cup.

Nicole offers a wide-range of meal ideas, from power breakfasts to soul-nurturing dinners, all of which can either be prepared in their entirety outdoors or with a -little preparation at home before you go.

With this Chef in Your Backpack, camping and hiking never tasted so good!

Nicole Bassett grew up in the wilds of northern British Columbia, Canada. After moving to Vancouver to attend school, she now lives in Toronto where, among other things, she is developing a television series based on Chef in Your Backpack.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many people contributed their opinions, taste buds, love, and support to make this cookbook come to be. I want to thank:

Emily Kendy, Karen X Tulchinsky, Sachia Kron, Curt Bernardi, Cathleen and Jon Fulton, Brian Wawro, Lee Hoverd, Anthony Del Col, Greg LeClair, Caroline Birks, Ann McGowan, Sandy Walker, Claire Queree, Catherine Crucil, Rosalee Hiebert, Lisa Eng-Lodge, Judy Yeung, The McGowan family, and my family: Keith, Samara, Marley, Monty, Pashan, Agnes, Langie, Bill, and Pat.

I want to thank the people of Arsenal Pulp Press, especially Brian Lam and Blaine Kyllo, for making this book happen.

INTRODUCTION

I got the idea for this book while on a weekend hiking trip with friends in Garibaldi Park in British Columbia. One morning they announced they were going to make pancakes for breakfast. This struck me as rather ambitious; I had always thought that camping food was special for all the wrong reasons: usually dry, not particularly appetizing but high in carbohydrates. But the pancakes they made were great, as good as if they were made at home. And then it occurred to me that there was no reason why camping food had to be bad food; that with a little know-how and creativity, you could eat well while enjoying the great outdoors.

Ive always been an outdoors enthusiast. There was no way around it. I grew up on a farm outside Smithers, a small town in northern British Columbia. I spent my childhood surrounded by the beauty of nature, and my parents instilled in me a great love, respect, and appreciation for the environment. In high school, I joined an outdoor education class so that I could hang out with my friends. At the end of the year, we went on a six-day trip to the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island. During these six days spent being drenched by rain, I went from complete novice to complete wet noodle and vowed to never leave the comforts of home again. However, once we did go home, I could talk of nothing else but the adventures I had. I was hooked. As I got older, I got the bug to spend part of my vacations experiencing different natural surroundings. Ive gone hiking and biking around Ireland, Scotland, and Australia, not to mention many great trips in Canada and the U.S. Backcountry skiing, hiking, canoeing, and climbing are such great ways to see the world.

When I was younger, and not the food snob I am today, my outdoor eating experiences left a lot to be desired: Mac and cheese, granola, peanut butter, dried food, and more dried food. Meals became a chore; they were so boring and no longer appetizing. But, I thought, was I overreactingwerent camping meals supposed to be dull and uninspired? Thats part of the camping experience, after all. But now, as every other aspect of camping gear has evolved, it is time for the food to evolve as well. And it can be done with little difficulty.

Ive loved cooking ever since I was a kid; I often experimented with food ingredients, creating recipes on my own. After more than a few boring camping meals, and the pancake incident described earlier, I started putting together some of my favorite meals to take on camping trips. They were a huge success; at last, I began to look forward to meals after a long physical day. And boy, were my hiking friends were impressed. Yes, it can be finally saidcamping food has changed, for the better!

When it came to compiling recipes for this book, the biggest challenge was coming up with dishes that could be easily made on one stove element, and usually in one pot, light enough to carry but still comprise a full meal. The most important aspect is that the meals should be enjoyable. Hiking all day makes the act of eating all that much more important; the last thing you want after a hard day on the trail is a meal that doesnt taste very good. This means using the freshest ingredients possible, especially since you wont be eating right away (remembering, of course, the dangers of spoilage). It will make your mealtime experiences in the outdoors that much more pleasurable.

In writing this book I have kept in mind that hiking and camping trips can mean a hike, a day-long trek, or a weekend journey. (Again, if your trip is longer, keep in mind that spoilage can be an issue.) And nutrition also plays a role; its important that the meals you make will provide the kind of fuel you will need while hiking up that mountain or through those trails. Ultimately, its about good food that doesnt take long to make, is filling, and nutritional.

It was also important for me to keep the recipes as simple as possible and composed of relatively few ingredients that most people already keep on hand in their pantries. I also encourage you to experiment; if you dont like a certain ingredient, take it out (within reason!), or replace it with something you think might work better for you. But beware of replacing any ingredients in the recipes for baked goods; most of these ingredients are essential and the recipes wont work without them.

I believe that food feeds not only the body but the mind as well. The experience of being outdoors and witnessing nature in its absolute beauty feeds us too. The combination of being well-fed, in the company of family and friends, enjoying the sights and sounds of the wilderness, is something that I hold very dear. I hope that Chef in Your Backpack adds to your experiences in the great outdoors, and makes your trips more enjoyable and memorable.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

In the Kitchen, At Camp

Most recipes are broken down into two parts:

In the Kitchen

In this section are instructions for recipes that are best done at home, before you leave for your trip. These include such activities as cleaning fruits and vegetables, chopping and measuring ingredients, and proper packing instructions. Use zip-lock plastic bags whenever possible; it will keep your food fresher and prevent spillage. Doing these preparations at home will make your meal-making on the trails that much easier.

At Camp

In this section are instructions for once you are in the great outdoors. Hopefully, because youve already done the preliminary work in the kitchen, all thats left is the actual cooking.

While you can bring this book along with you on your trip, you could also use a felt pen and write down the directions on your plastic bags that contain your ingredients.

Gear

If you intend on hiking to your camping site (as opposed to, say, canoeing or driving), its imperative that your bags be as light as possible. If you disagree, come with me and you can carry my bag, too! Organizing your gear is very important.

Each recipe is designed with a basic cooking set in mind: one stove and two pots, each with a lid that can be used as a frying pan if so desired, and a clamp handle that allows you to pour liquids easily, which also fits inside the pots when stored. Of course, you can improvise with what you have, but just keep in mind the set I describe allows for minimal weight and fuss.

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