"Camp Spaghetti"

[stevemb]

I belong to a Penn hills hunting camp. We have 12 members and 200 + acres that share two property lines with game lands. Across the Clarion River tot he north is the whole ANF, Allegheny Forest that runs all the way to NY State. Whenever a known gathering is to happen we have camp spaghetti. As a rule, I don't like pasta or Italian cooking, but our stuff is great ! A 5 gallon stock pot sits on the old gas(propane) range. Everyone brings one kinda meat to add. It may have a chicken, a stick of pepperoni,always some kinda venison, beef, pork or a type of sausage. Never less than 5 kinds of meat. Heck, we don't really even need the noodles. I sometimes re-create it here at home. Mom-n-law loves it but is in Fla for the winter. From the last batch we froze a tupperware of it. Tues. am we boxed it up and mailed to Tampa from here in NE Ohio. Pretty sure MIL was crying when she hung up the phone a while back. Steve scoring major family points here ! Whats your "camp" or large gathering one dish meal ? steve

 

[427mach1]

My boss has some property in Alabama on which he has a 6 acre pond stocked with bass, a 25 yard small-bore / pistol range, a 100 yard rifle range, and a 400 yard range. Once a year, we have a shooting/fishing/moral boosting camp out. One of the guys brings a big propane deep fryer and we bread and fry some of the bass caught that day. A load of hushpuppies and a slathering of tarter sauce and we are set!

 

[mishtub]

When in college, my roommate and I rented a house and always kept a pot of beans ready. After any meal, other than the beans, the leftovers, (meat, veggies, etc.) got put in with the beans. When the pot started to get low, more beans got soaked and cooked by themselves and added. It came in very handy when groups of folks stopped by, every bite had a little different taste.

 

[stevemb]

Ya had me at deep fryer and hush puppies. We have two deep fryers at camp. One designated for fish/seafood only, the other, no limits. After enough beer, or laps of the jug, I hide all the bait. They'll fry and eat anything at that point.

 

[gramps]

Ya had me at deep fryer and hush puppies. We have two deep fryers at camp. One designated for fish/seafood only, the other, no limits. After enough beer, or laps of the jug, I hide all the bait. They'll fry and eat anything at that point.

Hey Steve, didn't you know bait is sushi?
gramps

 

[Ruger1441]

Our normal Deer hunt meal is a Dutch oven that gets buried in the ground before we go out for the hunt. Cooks all day long and it ready when everyone comes back tired and hungry. Generally it has Venison roast for a previous hunt. Lots of dumplings and potatoes with the roast. We also deep fry a lot of chicken and potatoes for other meals. Great way to season a Dutch oven.

 

[hickoryhillbill]

Here in Louisiana its GUMBO. Followed closely by Jambalaya. Cooked a big pot of chicken and sausage gumbo at elk hunting camp in Colorado one year and made lots of friends among the local game wardens and forest rangers.

 

[stevemb]

I may be a snow belt boy, but my stomach loves outhern cookin'. HHB, that sounds good ! I like grits, greens,catfish, etc.. Gumbo n jambalaya, yum.

 

[Merle1948]

Ya had me at deep fryer and hush puppies. We have two deep fryers at camp. One designated for fish/seafood only, the other, no limits. After enough beer, or laps of the jug, I hide all the bait. They'll fry and eat anything at that point.

Hey Steve, didn't you know bait is sushi?
gramps

Bait today - sushi tomorrow..... :lol:

 

[steveodtw]

I've been bringing 12 lbs. of frozen Jambalaya (minus liquid for rice) to our deer camp for about 20 years. Jambalaya night is usually about the 3rd night of the season. I set up the 30,000 btu camp stove on the front porch and add the broth to the thawed out jambalaya and cook till the rice is done. Everyone gets all they want, plenty leftover. We have been known to fry Jambalaya patties with eggs on subsequent mornings.

Other folks bring soup, chili or stews, always some venison or other game for other nights. Breakfasts often include fresh Kielbasa grilled/smoked on maple coals, always with eggs and American fries. Deer camp, hunting, cards, great food, a few adult beverages, jokes & stories. Don't get no better. Sometimes we get deer. P.S. Jan-April is diet season for next Deer Camp.

 

[Fountain E. Conner]

Couldn't resist. Perhaps 40 years ago, outside of Jackson, Michigan, I went to shoot flintlocks (rifles & pistols) with a friend. Snow on the frozen ground, but the sun was shining.

Big pot of muskrat stew on the woodburning heater. It was soooo good, I ate 'til I hurt, went outside to shoot a bit, and came back to eat some more.

I'm sure I'll never get a chance to eat anything like that again. But I remember...

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Ya had me at deep fryer and hush puppies. We have two deep fryers at camp. One designated for fish/seafood only, the other, no limits. After enough beer, or laps of the jug, I hide all the bait. They'll fry and eat anything at that point.

Hey Steve, didn't you know bait is sushi?
gramps

Bait today - sushi tomorrow..... :lol:

I'd say it's 'tother way 'round, but of course I'm sober . . . for now.

:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

 

[gramps]

Here in Louisiana its GUMBO. Followed closely by Jambalaya. Cooked a big pot of chicken and sausage gumbo at elk hunting camp in Colorado one year and made lots of friends among the local game wardens and forest rangers.

I didn't know there was a difference in Jambalaya and Gumbo
gramps
Ps where is Hank when I need schooling?

 

[Don Lovel]

stack thick slices of Vidalia onion, marinaded ribeyes, wild rice, diced green chilies, cream of celery soup, and one bottle of good ale in the Dutch oven and put it in the smoker on 225 before I head out to the deerstand in the morning. Hunt all day, come in that evening, pull the Dutch oven out of the smoker and dinner is ready, usually first one back to camp bakes a batch of biscuits to go with it.

 

[george preston]

For big get to gathers down here it's either pulled pork, a low country boil, or an old fashioned fish fry with hush puppies, cheese grits and home made coleslaw. Just did a boil on New Years day for about 12 people. Local Mayport shrimp, creamer potatoes, sweet onions, mushrooms, Portuguese sausage, and sweet corn on the cob. Also did about a 1/2 bushel of oysters on the grill.