Outdoor Stuff

Camping is an activity that’s best enjoyed as a communal experience. It’s especially satisfying to sit around the campfire with your family, telling stories and preparing an evening repast. Quality camp cuisine is made through the creative use of simple ingredients. You can use the following recipe to cook a mouth-watering beef stew that’s comparable to the one mother used to make in a real oven.

Ingredients:
1 pound beef stew meat
1 white onion
1 large potato
2 carrots
2 stalks celery
1 15-ounce can beef broth
1 bay leaf
garlic (several cloves)
salt and pepper
flour
water
oil

Directions:
1. Heat a large pot of water over a Brunton stove. Slather the meat with flour, salt and pepper before dropping it into the oiled pot. Shift meat around until it’s browned. Add onion (sliced), broth and bay leaf.
2. Cover the pot and turn heat down to low. Simmer for an hour and a half, stirring occasionally. Meat should be slightly covered with water, so replenish as necessary.
3. Peel potato and cut into cubes. Slice carrots and celery, then dump all vegetables into pot and cover for 30 more minutes. Mix flour with cold water to create thin paste. Add this gravy into the stew, stirring occasionally.