Cooking

Outdoor kitchen Keep it simple. Preparing fussy food isn’t easy in a well-equipped kitchen, let alone at a campsite. Keep it clean - Wash your hands before handling food, clean and put away your pots, pans and crockery and have a clean food preparation area. ‘Cut down on the pots and pans’. As well as being tasty, one-pot meals such as stews will leave your assistants with less washing-up to grumble about!

Storing Food Storing food is an important health aspect of camping. E.coli 0157 is a potential health hazard for all people camping on land that may have had livestock on it. Wash all fruit and vegetables before eating. Wash your hands with warm soapy water after using the toilet and before handling food.

Food like cheese and milk can be stored in a cool box. Use the box in which you transported the pot and pans to camp as a storage box for thing like jam, sugar, coffee, bread, cereals.

TIPS

Put your pots and pans away clean after each meal. While you are eating have a pot of water on the fire heating up to do the dishes afterwards.

To kill E.coli 0157 all meat must be cooked thoroughly. Mince meat and burgers should be cooked until all the pink has gone from the interior and the juices run clear. Refrigerate meat and consume on the day of purchase. Prevent cross contamination by ensuring that raw meat or its juices do not come in contact with other food stuffs.