Chuckwagon cooking

A Country Chuckwagon Dinner doesn't have to be authentic--out in the pasture cooked over an open fire. Just throw out a red checkered tablecloth, brew up some tea (or coffee), grab your cast iron skillet and guitar, and invite your friends! #countrychuckwagondinner #chuckwagondinner #cowboydinner #chuckwagonfood #countryatheartrecipes https://countryatheartrecipes.com/2017/09/country-chuckwagon-dinner/

Recently, I received an amazing cook book titled "Cow Camp Cookery", written by Dave McDowell. It is far more than just a collection of recipes. The content covers the customs, conventions and chow of the campfire crusader that will grip the interest of any reader. The pages are lined with stories, quick quotes, and pictures that kept me intrigued as I turned each page. This is the best put together cookbook that has come along in a long time that earns my highest recommendation and is a…

The most important man on a trail drive was the chuckwagon cook. That’s why next to the boss he was the highest paid hand. He was usually older and most

This is a recipe from sister Tammie, she always says she is challenged by cooking. She is an amazing teacher, and has so many other talents she doesn’t need to be a good cook. These are great beans! Ingredients 1/2 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled 3 pounds hamburger onion, chopped 1/2 cup celery, chopped 2 beef bouillon cubes 2/3 cups boiling water 2 cloves garlic, diced 1 1/2 cup ketchup 3 tablespoons yellow mustard 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 (29 ounce) cans B & M baked beans…

Using cast-iron pots over campfires beside his vintage chuck wagon, Lexie Dean bakes old-fashioned fruit pies, cornbread, and biscuits. by Bakery Boy Lexie Dean bakes like it’s the 1860s. He bakes …

FIRE BOX Chuck Wagon Cowboy Camp Cooking There are many ways to build your own cowboy camp firebox. Above, the photo shows one of the Chuck Wagon fire boxes with spit during the Troy, Texas Chuck wagon cook off. While, most chuck wagons dug a narrow trench in the ground, stabbed the spit hangers into the soil and hung the spit bar across, they cooked right over the dug out hole. Although, some might have used small cast iron camp stoves or other resources though ground cooking was the normal…

A recipe for light and fluffy sourdough biscuits from chuck wagon cooks Kent and Shannon Rollins.

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (February 2012) – With names such as Grumpy’s Grub and Skillet and Spurs, six teams of competitive cowboy cooks will showcase their campfire skills on Feb. 25 during Saddle Up, …