camp cooking

[cellio]

Dear LJ brain trust, help me figure out what to feed my camp-mates at Pennsic. :-)

We take turns cooking dinner for everybody, where "everybody" is around 25 people, give or take. Cooking facilities are propane-fueled stoves and grills; it's camping, so no electricity, and our camp doesn't build a firepit (especially this year when we'll probably be packed like sardines). We do also have a small propane oven, big enough to bake a dozen muffins, but I'm not sure what role it could play in dinner for twice that many people.

My night is late this year and I don't like to leave site once I'm there, so my usual of grilled fish (and/or grilled meat) doesn't work (I wouldn't trust either in a cooler for the better part of a week). We tend to be a meat-heavy camp, more than I'm used to eating, so I personally lean toward vegetarian (or fish, if that worked). We have a couple people in camp who are lactose-intolerant.

Dry goods (or canned) can obviously be stored for the week with no problem and there is a vegetable stand on site.

I prefer to make food that is period or plausible as opposed to modern.

Any suggestions? I'm currently thinking that something with chickpeas could provide protein, and I could have rice and grilled veggies, but can I improve on this?

Comments

[zevabe.livejournal.com]

My wife and I will be at war this year. Having been before, I now have a better idea of what to ask such that I might find you. What block are you in? With whom do you camp? I'll make a greater effort this year to make my way over to that somewhere at some point during War Week, unless we want to make more specific plans.

[cellio]

I'll be in N10 with Polyhymnia, a sub-camp of Debatable Lands. Look for the white house with the black "tile" roof. Where will you be camping?

(I'm planning to make a separate post in a few days to try to collect the "who's there when and where?" info from everyone I know.)

[zevabe.livejournal.com]

As it turns out we'll be camping in a hotel this year. Rebecca isn't yet sure that she's ready for a week of camping so the hotel was easiest. We'll be around from Sunday to Friday of War Week.