The Practical Camp Cook by Fred Bouwman

 The Practical Camp Cook by Fred Bouwman

Practical Camp Cook by Fred Bouwman is a reference book for any camp cook. You won’t find any fancy recipes in The Practical Camp Cook but you will find some great practical knowledge on how to cook in the outdoors. Author Fred Bouwman is an experienced Outdoorsman, an Outdoor writer, a Photographer, and a former Professional Chef. By looking at the recipes you can recognize his many outdoor skills.

The Practical Camp Cook is a soft-covered book and is a full 220 pages of outdoor cooking tips. It is full of dozens of black and white photos showing you the “how”, the “what”, the “who”, and the “when to do it” of camp cooking.

There’s a whole chapter about meat. You can take a look at cleaning wild meat, skinning small birds and animals, venison, dealing with deer, and making jerky. Another chapters deal with recipes and cooking tips for sea foods, wild veggies and fruits and much more.

The Practical Camp Cook book not only covers heartwarming recipes but also includes great tips on gathering, hunting, cooking and preparation techniques for meat, fish, vegetables and fruits. There is even one chapter for camp baking that will surely help you create exciting and delicious camp desserts. And not only that, “must know” basic info about camping has also been dealt with in a whole chapter covering areas such as campfire safety, the basic trench fire-lay design, selecting wood for your campfire, the advantages of camp stoves, how to build a fire, caring for your stove, and the ever popular tin cans hobo stoves.