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Tips for Delicious Camping Cuisine on African Safaris
Tips for Delicious Camping Cuisine on African Safaris.
So you’re going on safari and you’ll be sleeping under the stars, cooking your food with just a fire? Or perhaps you too own a little gas stove? This does not imply that you must eat canned food that has been heated during your safari vacation.
Here are a few of our favorite dinners and snacks to enjoy by the fire. A few of these are practically gourmet!
Before You Leave: Storage & Packing
Storage and space are the two main determinants of your camping food. The majority of safari locations are quite hot, making it extremely difficult to maintain fresh food. However, we have some tips that will help you avoid contracting scurvy and relying solely on canned, preserved, or dried food.
Make a plan for each meal to avoid taking unnecessary items, but also avoid running out of food in the middle of nowhere!
Water, water, and more water, particularly if you’re traveling to far-flung locations. It’s hot and dry in Africa.
Consider fruits and vegetables like sweet potatoes, butternuts, squash, onions, apples, oranges, and granadillas that don’t need to be refrigerated.
Meat should be carefully packed in airtight plastic, then wrapped in newspaper layers and securely placed in a cooler box. Sort your fish or meat from top to bottom in the order you plan to utilize it.
By doing this, the cooler box will be exposed to the heat for a shorter period of time. Use newspaper to fill in any gaps in the cooler box.
At the very least, have two cooler boxes: one for chilled beverages and another for frozen foods. This will reduce how often you have to open your “freezer” box.
Anything that starts to thaw should be eaten right away. Food poisoning is the last thing you want in the bush!
To maintain the coldness of your cooler boxes, use dry ice or blocks of ice (in sealed plastic bags).
Tin foil. Don’t forget to bring a roll of sturdy aluminum foil. When it comes to cooking over a fire, it’s invaluable.
Breakfast: Spanish-style leftover frittata or omelette
Who said you could only prepare oatmeal over a fire? And for breakfast, who doesn’t enjoy an omelette? No one.
In addition to being a terrific way to use up any leftovers from last night’s dinner, making a leftover omelette is the ideal way to start the day and ensure that there is no waste. To be prepared for this delicious meal, be sure to prepare a few extra potatoes and sausages.
It’s easy. Add a little oil, heat a pot over the stove, and cook an onion. Add anything leftover to this, such as chopped potatoes, meat or sausage, vegetables, etc., and let these cook a little as well. Cover with the long-life milk mixture and egg, then let it simmer through. Remember to season with salt and pepper.
And voila! A hearty breakfast prepared in a single pot. Additionally, there will be nothing left to pack up before heading to the next campsite.
Jaffles for lunch
Camp-style toasted sandwiches. Since bread doesn’t keep well, tortillas make a good (freezable) substitute. Jaffles can contain a variety of delectable items, depending on how long you’ve been in the bush and how your fresh supplies are looking.
You’re winning if you have fresh cheese and tomatoes and are still early in the journey. The medal is yours if you add some bananas. Make tuna mayo jaffles if you’re already a week into your trip and the cheese is done. There are countless combinations.
Dinner will be Sadza and Braaied Meat.
You must braai (barbecue) because you are in Africa and have a fire. Cooking meat over a fire is not only a common meal type but also a celebration across Africa and its many populations and cultures. Family and friends reminisce about their days here, by the fire.
Wood, matches, and a grid are all you need. While you cook your chops on the grid above, wrap some potatoes, sweet potatoes, onion, and butternut in tin foil and nestle them in the embers. Delectable.
Another African staple, stiff mielie meal, which is known by several names in different languages, including sadza, pap, nshima, and ugali, should be prepared in a large pot. A king-sized dinner can be prepared by smothering this with tomato and onion mix, which is convenient to carry along because it is canned.
Bananas Filled with Chocolate
Break up blocks of dark chocolate and slide them inside a banana that has been cut down one side. Light a fire (in the coals, wrapped in foil, or on the grid).
They are ready when the chocolate has melted. Use a spoon to eat directly off the skin. Delectable beyond description. And because it contains fruit, it’s also somewhat healthful!
The marshmallow
They are tasty when cooked over a fire, lightweight, and easy to fit in a bag’s corner.
Put a couple on a skewer, hold them over the fire, and carefully turn them. In a matter of minutes, you will have a very sticky pudding with a crispy outside. Not quite fondant, but close.
Snacks! Snacks!
You need munchies because you’re on vacation. Even while biltong, chips, and almonds are delicious, cooking some “fresher” goodies over the fire is a lot of fun.
Popcorn for a Campfire
Put two tablespoons of popcorn kernels, a teaspoon of oil, and a little salt in a tin foil pouch. Before tying a piece of string to one corner and shaking the pouch over the fire, make sure it is securely closed. As you sit and watch the sunset over the African bush, you’ll have freshly popped popcorn to pair with your chilled beer after a few minutes.
Cooked Muffins in Orange Halves
Did you believe that muffins needed kitchens and baking trays? Rethink your thought. Instant mixes are one of the pleasures of life in the twenty-first century. For a tasty teatime snack, pack a box of instant muffin mix (we prefer the chocolate variety).
Mix the mixture (simply put it in a ziplock bag and leave the box at home to conserve space). Choose mixes that simply require water to be added, if at all possible. Cut some oranges in half, then remove the orange (and consume it) just by scooping out the skins.
Fill orange “shells” with the mixture, then place them over a fire to cook. Consume.