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Roasted chicken w/garnish

" LOOK WHAT I HAVE MADE...
--- FIRE!" - Tom Hanks,
--- in "Castaway".

This page is about making
fire, you might even smile,
while you cook in the rain...

ALL-WEATHER FIRE STARTING SYSTEM:

HOMEMADE STORMPROOF MATCH AND FIRESTARTER KIT:
--- "Strike Anywhere" match heads dipped in candlewax,
--- 150 grit sandpaper OR emery boards,
--- 24 "Magic" birthday candles (can't blow them out!),
--- Vaseline-soaked cotton balls, in film canisters,
--- = 5-minute burn time,
OR
STRIKE FORCE
--- Special alloy flint bar, hardened steel striker,
--- and revolutionary Wet Fire tinder.
OR
MULTI-FUEL CAMP STOVE: COLEMAN "Exponent",
--- operates on white gas, unleaded gasoline or kerosene.
--- Burns on high for 1.3 hours, 21 oz. (empty)
OR
LIGHTEST, WINDPROOF STOVE: MSR WindPro,
--- The only stove sold complete with
--- a windscreen and heat reflector.
--- Burns on high for 1.2 hours, 6.8 oz. (empty)
OR
STERNO STOVE: KWIK-COOK
--- Metal folding stove, 6" X 6" X 5",
--- Sterno fuel burns 4 hrs @ 300 degrees F., 14 oz.
OR
POCKET STOVE: Esbit, Tommy Cooker , 4" X 3" X 3/4" --- 12 oz.,
--- Fuel Bars burn for 7-minutes @ 350 degrees F, 2oz. each.

CAMPER KITCHEN KIT: MSR Alpine, "Kitchen cupboard",
--- organizer, folding utensils, spice bottles, 8oz.
CAMP COOKWARE: PEAK1 Trekkers Kit
--- Stainless Steel Cookset and windscreen, 2.1 lb.

COFFEE: --- Jittery Joe's Coffee, especially for bicyclist's.
COFFEEMAKER: LEXAN JavaPress
--- French press, 12 oz.wt., 33 oz.cap.
COFFEE BEAN GRINDER: Hand-powered , 6" X 2", 3oz.

RECIPES: 307 Campfire Food Recipes,
--- Find dutch oven recipes, ideas for cooking without
--- utensils, base camp meals, trail food, and more.

Campfire Food Recipes

* All product recommendations are based on value, pack weight/size, dual-functionality, "Best Buys" from Consumer Reports, and/or an "Editor's Choice" in their respective category of 2003 "Best Gear" reviews from: * BackPacker, * Bicyling, * Canoe & Kayak, * Computer Shopper, & * Shallow Water Angler magazines and whether waterproof or able to float.