Packing for cooking over a fire

The full kitchen box!

This past weekend I got to go camping in South Dakota which was awesome because 1. I'd never been to South Dakota and 2. It had been way too long since the last time I went camping. We rented a cabin in a state park just over the Nebraska boarder and it was AMAZING. But again, that's for another post. Notice I'm trying not to inundate all you readers with a ton of stories at once. This post will focus on packing a kitchen to go. I'm really proud of my packing job because there was only one thing that I was like, crap, I wish I had brought that. And we used almost everything in my kitchen box!




Items for two people for a two day camping trip:
1. 6 inch fry pan
2. 4 quart pot with lid that would also fit the fry pan if needed
3. Spatula/scrapper
4. Spatula/flipper

Cold breakfast the first morning before
we got firewood.

5. Two plastic cooking spoons
6. Two pot holders
7. Three tea towels
8. Collapsible bowl with lid
10. Two distinctly shaped sponges (so we could tell them apart if need be)
11. Small tupperware of dish soap (approximately 1/4 cup)
12. 2 8-in plates
13. 2 10-in plates
14. Cutting board
15. Sharp knife

Dinner the second night cooked
over the fire.

16. Metal pinchers
17. Utensils (assorted butter knives, forks and spoons)
18. Corkscrew/bottle opener
19. Can opener
20. Scissors
21. 4 bowls
22. 4 cups
23. Paper towels
24. Assorted ziplock baggies
25. Trash bags (large glad ones and some old grocery bags)
26. Tub of antibacterial wipes

Hot breakfast cooked over the fire.

Everything fit into a collapsible crate that I had from college that measured approximately 18x12x12. We didn't use everything, but the only thing I wanted and didn't have was some duct tape (although, not sure if that counts as part of the kitchen packing or not). If I go camping more in the future or for longer periods of time, a dish bin would be nice for doing dishes (the collapsible bowl worked fairly well, it had a lid which was nice, but it wasn't very big) and a kettle for warming up water on the fire.

Donut Review! -- The Doughnut Hole --

Where: 350 Canopy St, Suite 120, Lincoln
What: Maple Bacon long john and Chocolate Oreo cake donut
When: Tuesday, October 29th 2013
Website, Twitter

It had been awhile since I had actually gotten to a new donut place and I was going through some withdrawal. What is with all these donut places closing so early in the day? Like before noon sometimes! But that's for another post.

Today's doughnuts were wonderful. I'll spell it correctly since The Doughnut Hole does. But only for them. Also, before getting my doughnuts I did a pretty awesome parallel parking job. Anyways, off topic again.

The chocolate oreo was nice and moist with good flavor. It was also quite thick for a doughnut. The maple long john was I'd say at least 8 inches long. It fit a full strip of bacon across the top. I should have measured. The bacon was a good thickness and had some maple flavoring of it's own and the frosting was my favorite type of maple frosting with more of an artificial flavoring. I'd give both doughnuts a 5/5. Definitely will be going back, just not often because the total was $4.23 for two doughnuts...so like dessert/special treat doughnuts.

I've been so busy! :-(

So my sister and I tried to get to Randy's in West Lincoln and still didn't make it. So we went to LaMar's, which I feel I've talked about enough.

Then my boyfriend and I went to South Dakota and tried to go to two different outlets of Flyboy's Donuts and both were closed, including the second one that closed 5 minutes early. We just wanted some donuts! Another failure.

Tomorrow I'm going to try to go to a new donut place in the Haymarket area of Lincoln because I have some free time in the morning.

But, I also have a special treat for the blog! I can make a post about packing for a camping trip :-)

Yeah, I need to travel more...and possibly eat more donuts. Or at least more new donuts. Because today I had a glazed from Conroy's, which is quickly becoming my favorite donut place in Lincoln. Which is pretty awesome since it was one of the first places I went to in Lincoln :-)