… Beans, Greens & Chilli Yoghurt
When I started this project I didn’t think that I’d be cooking a 15 minute meal while camping. This is partly because I thought I would have long since finished the project by the summer but also because cooking food like this on camp is a bit of a mad thing to do!
So I’m at Newday. This is a Christian camp for about 7,000 teenagers. I have been to this 4 times in the last five years and have a great time every time I come. I’m doing the cooking for my church, or rather the church I was part of before I moved. I’ve come up early, with my friend Steve, to set the camp up and make sure the kids have something to eat when they get here. I looked through the book and given the limitations of cooking on camp (mainly not having electricity to run a food processor) and the relatively few meals I have left to cook from the book I give Steve a choice of 2. He chooses this one.
Despite being on camp, this goes really quite smoothly and I’m on target to finish this in about 16 minutes. Then disaster strikes. My boiled eggs haven’t cooked properly, when I go to de-shell them they are still pretty raw. I put the, now partly de-shelled, eggs back in the pan and cook them for a few more minutes. The eggs are cooked in a frying pan that the smoked fish is also cooked in, I assume this is to avoid using yet another pan. I use my deepest fraying pan, but the water still doesn’t quite cover the eggs in their entirety. I’m not sure if the problem with the method (using a frying pan) or the cooker (the hob isn’t as fierce as a normal cooker). Ultimately it was a slightly disappointing time but a lovely lunch for two and breakfast for some people the next morning. I forgot how lovely a bit of smoked fish can be. This is well worth a go. After lunch there was a chilli to finish off and then a week of having a great time and cooking. Below are a few pictures of some of the food I cooked on camp this year.
Who with: Steve
How Long: Twenty one Minutes and Twenty five seconds
