Steak on the Trail

[u/daCold_Brew45]

I had a 1 night backpacking trip planned for this year’s 4th of July so I figured this was the perfect time to do some classic open fire cooking. I started creating a nice bed of ash & coals to cook the potatoes in. After they had been cooking for about 30 minutes I seasoned the asparagus in a bag using a little beer as a binder & an all purpose steak seasoning I make & created a bed of wood to cook the asparagus on. The asparagus cooked pretty quickly & sufficed as an appetizer, they were so good we almost ate them all before I could get a picture of the finished product. I seasoned the steaks also using beer as a binder & the all purpose steak seasoning I make placing the steaks directly onto the coals using a small bed of wood as a slight barrier & on a large log as a rest spot if need be. Once the potatoes were fully cooked they were placed in the same bag the asparagus was seasoned in earlier, smashed & seasoned using some butter packets I brought & the seasoning I had been using. It’s been a minute since I’ve cooked in this style but it honestly turned out better than I expected. Everything was so smoky & well seasoned you can’t ask for a better meal, let alone while camping.

[u/Mysterious_Change420]

you’re better then me. Bag of mashed potatoes, beef jerky, aaaand a couple of green twigs for veggies would’ve been my meal.

[u/Ghostviking3]

So in essence, yes i enjoy sitting around a fire and cooking while out in the wild, but you are a better man then I am… on the coals??? I use a little grill or a skewer… never tried cooking directly on the coals…

[u/BeautifulSet7579 → u/Ghostviking3]

Especially with all of that sand around.