------------------------------------------------------------- Web Site http://www.survivalprimer.com/ Survival http://www.survivalprimer.com/Index_Survival.htm Christian http://www.survivalprimer.com/index_spiritual.htm -------------------------------------------------------------- not original to above site-this article was gleaned from the web OUTDOOR COOKING LIST, taken from pages 41-42 of Camper's Guide to Outdoor Cooking; Everything from Fires to Fixin's; John G. Ragsdale ISBN 0-88415-603-6 DUTCH OVEN --Most versatile cooking vessel. Cast iron and / or aluminum ovens, in several sizes. REMOVABLE BOTTOM OR SPRING SIDE PAN -- A pan for baking cakes or breads in the oven. My favorite is a 9 - inch round pan with a removable bottom. Allows you to loosen the food from the edge of the pan, remove the food from the bottom, and serve it warm. SKILLETS -- Cast iron and / or cast aluminum. I prefer to have 6 - inch, 10 - inch, and 12 - inch sizes. A lid should be available to allow steaming or simmering of some dishes. BAKING DISHES-- 8- and 9 - inch Pie pans, small oven - proof dishes and aluminum dessert molds for the Dutch Ovens; 9 - inch or 8 - inch Square pans for the reflector oven. SAUCE PANS -- Several of these multi-use pans, with lids. I enjoy the heavier stainless or cast aluminum ones. There are layered - bottom pans available that provide a good constant heat. Models are available with folding or removable handles. Some aluminum camp cooking kits have assorted size pans with lids. Some kits have a removable handle to fit several of the pans. KETTLE -- A necessity. This can be the gallon tin can, an aluminum or enameled kettle. I have a lightweight aluminum one. Have used enameled ones, although you must use care not to damage the enameled surface. GRIDDLE--A cast iron or cast aluminum griddle. GRILL -- Your grill can be a piece of expanded metal that is placed on rock or log supports. Some manufactured grills have folding legs, and these are good. If food is to be placed directly on the grill, be sure that no plating or coating would contaminate the food. "See outdoor cooking grate.jpg" OTHER THINGS NEEDED Fire starters--wax and solid fuel Electric charcoal igniter Igniter bucket Heavy-duty aluminum foil Small shovel Hot-pot tongs Long-handled coal tong Wire lid lifter Hot-pan holders Long-handled spoon Short-handled spatula Short-handled pancake turner Metal tent pins Plastic pan scrubbers Hot-pot mitts Water container for cooking water Paper towels Mixing bowls Stirring spoons Measuring spoons Measuring cups Can opener Paring knives Slicing knives Biscuit cutter Dish water boiling bucket Dish washing pan Rubber scraper Note: Author cites the use of metal tent pegs to support some cook ware, or as a support for a baking pan. Put them on the base of the inside of a dutch oven, and place the baking pan on top. Stick four of them in the ground, and you can place your cooking utensil on them. See "paraffin - cardboard fire starters.jpg" OUTDOOR COOKING GRATE.JPG The "Camper's Heavy Duty Grid," from Century, Model 3320, is available at Wal-Mart for about ten dollars. The legs are permanently mounted and fold down. A good, inexpensive, and strongly built outdoor cooking grate. PARAFFIN - CARDBOARD FIRE STARTERS.JPG I remember my mother, a former Girl Scout Leader, making these. You can also place the coils of paraffin in an old tuna fish can. Pour paraffin over them, and fill the can up. Works like a Sterno Can, as a heat source for cooking. TRAPPING TIPS TOM BROWN'S WILDERNESS SURVIVAL ISBN 0-425-10572-5 Couple of good tips. Mr. Brown states that no animal will turn down Peanut Butter as a lure, or bait, in a trap. Mentions not easy to find in the wilderness, but you can store it. Also makes the example of placing any animal snares or traps on a side run. Don't place them in the center of an animal run. Let the animal think it has found it. States animal knows what is in the main run. Makes example of someone placing an apple pie, inside of a noose, in your living room. You probably would not pick it up. You might, if you found it partially eaten in a side cabinet.