Debate: S'mores and Camping Food

[DuckieLady]

I disagree with the concept of s'mores.

First of all.

Roasting marshmallows = awesome
Eating marshmallows = awesome
Chocolate = awesome
Graham crackers = cereal


But all together at once is too sweet and I hate it. The best camping foods are salmonberries and fish.

I just had to get that off my chest.

 

[farouk]

I disagree with the concept of s'mores.

First of all.

Roasting marshmallows = awesome
Eating marshmallows = awesome
Chocolate = awesome
Graham crackers = cereal


But all together at once is too sweet and I hate it. The best camping foods are salmonberries and fish.

I just had to get that off my chest.

@FluffyYellowDuck I think the secret of camping and picnic foods is thoughtful preparation: what seems good on a whim might need to be modified to make the meal suitable for an outing....

 

[DuckieLady]

@FluffyYellowDuck I think the secret of camping and picnic foods is thoughtful preparation: what seems good on a whim might need to be modified to make the meal suitable for an outing....

Yes.... roasting hot dogs with spicy ketchup.

 

[Lambano]

I disagree with the concept of s'mores.

First of all.

Roasting marshmallows = awesome
Eating marshmallows = awesome
Chocolate = awesome
Graham crackers = cereal


But all together at once is too sweet and I hate it. The best camping foods are salmonberries and fish.

I just had to get that off my chest.

Never had S'more's, believe it or not. Definitely agree that looks too sweet. Yuck. I like roasting marshmallows; I don't like eating 'em.

Gosh, when was the last time I went camping? Back when my oldest stepson was in the boy scouts, I'd go camping with the troop whenever they needed responsible adults. In Florida, wherever you pitch a tent, there's invariably sand fleas. Florida has all kinds of hostile critters, from alligators to coral snakes to brown-recluse spiders to fire-ants to hallucinogenic Bufo Marinis toads. Twenty five teen-aged boys. You can't control 'em; you can only hope to contain 'em. My job was to try to see to it that nobody gets hurt, lost in the woods, or starts a forest fire, and to moderate the God-and-Country badge discussions. Our oldest made Eagle Scout. The scoutmaster got featured on the old America's Most Wanted TV show and disappeared the next day.

Best camping foods? Burgers and hot dogs. Anything that could be cooked in the troop's Dutch Oven, like Brunswick Stew. Bananas and grapes travel well. Dessert was usually Oreos, but the kids once tried making a pineapple upside-down cake in the Dutch Oven. Turned out half liquid, half solid.

Speaking of Brunswick Stew, there's a rest stop off I-95 near Brunswick, Georgia where the local Scout troop bronzed their Dutch Oven and made a monument out of it along with a plaque commemorating Brunswick, GA as the birthplace of Brunswick Stew. I'm told Brunswick, Maine makes the same claim.

 

[Brakelite]

My daughter, son-in-law, and their 6 children plus one's girlfriend, went camping at Christmas. They packed the wifi, portable big screen, bbq, surfboards, 10 person tent, 2 gazebos, and booked a site at the beach directly over the road from half dozen restaurants. Now that's the camping I like.

 

[DuckieLady]

The scoutmaster got featured on the old America's Most Wanted TV show and disappeared the next day.

Florida has all kinds of hostile critters, from alligators to coral snakes to brown-recluse spiders to fire-ants to hallucinogenic Bufo Marinis toads.

When I was thirteen and sneaking into my grandma's old AOL account to talk to her brother, I remember him telling me all about the snakes... and anywhere there is snakes, I say no thanks, because I don't like the snakes.

But I just googled midwest snakes and found out there's rattlesnakes. Not so much in ND, SO THEY SAY, but how do you know? Snakes don't care about state borders.

They packed the wifi, portable big screen, bbq, surfboards, 10 person tent, 2 gazebos, and booked a site at the beach directly over the road from half dozen restaurants.

All that and left out the kitchen sink?

 

[Lambano]

A deer crossing sign with no bullet holes in it?

We went back to Florida for Christmas one year to visit my wife's family. My brother-in-law was telling us about taking my nephew hunting up in the Catskills up in New York. He spared no expense in buying the best guns and the best gear and hiring the best guide. It turned into a miserable trip. Rained for three days straight, they both caught colds that missed turning into pneumonia only through massive doses of antibiotics. They never even saw a deer. I had to tell him that I got more deer that season with my Mazda (1) than he got with the best hunting gear money could buy (0).

 

[quietthinker]

A deer crossing sign with no bullet holes in it?

We went back to Florida for Christmas one year to visit my wife's family. My brother-in-law was telling us about taking my nephew hunting up in the Catskills up in New York. He spared no expense in buying the best guns and the best gear and hiring the best guide. It turned into a miserable trip. Rained for three days straight, they both caught colds that missed turning into pneumonia only through massive doses of antibiotics. They never even saw a deer. I had to tell him that I got more deer that season with my Mazda (1) than he got with the best hunting gear money could buy (0).

Oh dear!

 

[quietthinker]

I disagree with the concept of s'mores.

First of all.

Roasting marshmallows = awesome
Eating marshmallows = awesome
Chocolate = awesome
Graham crackers = cereal


But all together at once is too sweet and I hate it. The best camping foods are salmonberries and fish.

I just had to get that off my chest.

That's what happens when it dribbles down yer chin unchecked!

 

[Lambano]

But I just googled midwest snakes and found out there's rattlesnakes. Not so much in ND, SO THEY SAY, but how do you know? Snakes don't care about state borders.

My grandmother in Kansas (3 states south of ND) told stories about the rattlers they have out there on the Great Plains. I never saw one in Colorado. The only rattler I've seen in the wild was at my kids' high school down in Florida. It was an Eastern Diamondback (very distinct pattern) and had to be about 10 feet long and six inches thick. Some kids were trying to whack it with a 2x4. A LONG 2x4; those kids weren't going to get close to that snake. (Don't worry; Eastern Diamondbacks’ range isn’t that far west, and the Prairie rattlers don't get that big.)

Here in NC, you have to watch for copperheads. I ran across one while mowing the lawn one. Literally ran across one. With the lawn mower. Ended up with 4 copperheads. (See, Grandma isn't the only one who can tell tall tales about snakes!)

 

[Lambano]

Oh dear!

Don't you mean, "Oh deer!"?

That caused $3000 worth of damage to the front end of the Mazda. I shouldn't complain, though; the deer was totaled.

 

[Brakelite]

A deer crossing sign with no bullet holes in it?

We went back to Florida for Christmas one year to visit my wife's family. My brother-in-law was telling us about taking my nephew hunting up in the Catskills up in New York. He spared no expense in buying the best guns and the best gear and hiring the best guide. It turned into a miserable trip. Rained for three days straight, they both caught colds that missed turning into pneumonia only through massive doses of antibiotics. They never even saw a deer. I had to tell him that I got more deer that season with my Mazda (1) than he got with the best hunting gear money could buy (0).

I've had days like that.

 

[Brakelite]

Don't you mean, "Oh deer!"?

That caused $3000 worth of damage to the front end of the Mazda. I shouldn't complain, though; the deer was totalled.

I was the only sober driver one night a long time ago. Driving everyone home in a friend's van. Hit a cow. Van totaled. Cow for dinner for the week.

 

[Pearl]

I disagree with the concept of s'mores.

First of all.

Roasting marshmallows = awesome
Eating marshmallows = awesome
Chocolate = awesome
Graham crackers = cereal


But all together at once is too sweet and I hate it. The best camping foods are salmonberries and fish.

I just had to get that off my chest.

Always wondered what s'mores were when I've read about people eating them in books. so Thanks @FluffyYellowDuck , now i know.

 

[Pearl]

We used to have a camping stove with two burners and a little one burner. We took them on picnics and would make a full English breakfast and a cuppa on picnic tables. Delamere Forest in Cheshire

and in Beyws-y-coed, Wales

And one memorable evening it was late and we had stopped to make a cuppa in the park which is across the road from that hotel. It was almost dark but still warm and as we waited for our little kettle to boil we heard a Welsh Male Voice Choir start up in the courtyard of the hotel. I was beautiful and still brings goosebumps when I remember it.

 

[Lambano]

Cow for dinner for the week.

LOL!

 

[farouk]

My grandmother in Kansas (3 states south of ND) told stories about the rattlers they have out there on the Great Plains. I never saw one in Colorado. The only rattler I've seen in the wild was at my kids' high school down in Florida. It was an Eastern Diamondback (very distinct pattern) and had to be about 10 feet long and six inches thick. Some kids were trying to whack it with a 2x4. A LONG 2x4; those kids weren't going to get close to that snake. (Don't worry; Eastern Diamondbacks’ range isn’t that far west, and the Prairie rattlers don't get that big.)

Here in NC, you have to watch for copperheads. I ran across one while mowing the lawn one. Literally ran across one. With the lawn mower. Ended up with 4 copperheads. (See, Grandma isn't the only one who can tell tall tales about snakes!)

@Lambano Welll...I guess you can keep the snakes, anyway.....

 

[Lambano]

@Lambano Welll...I guess you can keep the snakes, anyway.....

You’re up in Canada, right? No snakes there?

I’ll have to get on LinkedIn, look up an old friend from Fargo, ask him if he remembers seeing many snakes in ND.

 

[farouk]

You’re up in Canada, right? No snakes there?

I’ll have to get on LinkedIn, look up an old friend from Fargo, ask him if he remembers seeing many snakes in ND.

@Lambano Not as many as with you guys, anyway....

 

[farouk]

My daughter, son-in-law, and their 6 children plus one's girlfriend, went camping at Christmas. They packed the wifi, portable big screen, bbq, surfboards, 10 person tent, 2 gazebos, and booked a site at the beach directly over the road from half dozen restaurants. Now that's the camping I like.

You guys are anyway in Bondi country, right? beach events are quite the thing, Down Under, I believe.....