Bread on a rock

[rocketsocks]

Have any of you ever cooked bread on a rock?How is it done,and when is it done?Is it worth the trouble?I would like to try this.

[ChinMusic]

I've seen biscuits cooked that way.

[Mountain Mike]

Try looking in a Boy Scout fieldbook. They used to also have a section on making a bread cup on a stick. Not sure if it's in the current ones.

[rocketsocks]

I've seen biscuits cooked that way.I love biscuits,with white flour gravy and some dehydrated gravel.Gonna try that this year.SOS

[rocketsocks]

Try looking in a Boy Scout fieldbook. They used to also have a section on making a bread cup on a stick. Not sure if it's in the current ones.Cool,I'll check that out.Gonna try steaming some bread in a pot this year too.I love bread,but then who doesn't right.

[Kookork]

I have done it before in my hunting trips. It is a 2 hour job and the first few times you may not make it work. Need a flat Rock that is less porous and the heat does not come from the fire but coal. It is great for he time you are partying around the shelters and have time to kill.

[rocketsocks]

I have done it before in my hunting trips. It is a 2 hour job and the first few times you may not make it work. Need a flat Rock that is less porous and the heat does not come from the fire but coal. It is great for he time you are partying around the shelters and have time to kill.Oh,I thought it was just the heat from the sun kinda thing.

[Mountain Mike]

From "Roughing it Easy" circa 1974 Bread on a stick. Mix a stiff buisquick batter. Oil a 2" stick with oil or shortning. Mold dough ove end of stick & bake over coals until done. Slide off & fill with stew.

Another option is cake in an orange. Slice an orange 1/3 from top. Scoop out orange from lower 2/3. Fill halfway up with prepared cake mix. Replace lid & Wrap in foil & bake in coals 10 - 15 minutes.

[kayak karl]

never tried
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uahy8Dp78UA

this one works (i used aluminum foil to make cups)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS3A8etI-9U&feature=related

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[ChinMusic]

Two hours??? No way

The guys/gals that I have seen cook biscuits use something like this: 15551

[rocketsocks]

All great suggestions thanks,I like Tinnys derby very fitting today!

[Spokes]

You da man if you can bake bushcraft bread.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J28XTv28_ys&feature=youtube_gdata_player


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J28XTv28_ys&feature=youtube_gdata_player

We don't need no stinkin' tin foil.......

[rocketsocks]

Oh heck yeah,I gotta try that!

[atraildreamer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9foQvGgFBq4

[rocketsocks]

Now that's what I call......Flame Broiled!

[Creek Dancer]

I just cook muffins in my cook pot. I use the "just add water" muffin mix. Comes in lots of different flavors, like chocolate chip, blueberry, etc. To make the muffins, first coat the bottom and sides of your cook pot well with oil. (I carry olive oil or sometimes vegtable oil.) Mix up the muffin mix in a baggie, bowl or whatever you have on hand. Heat up your pot for a minute or so and then add the muffin mixture. (Don't add the mufffin mix to a cold pot because the muffin will stick somethin' awful. Believe me on this!) Cover your cook pot and cook over very low heat. If there is a fire going, I just place the cook pot near, but not in, the fire. Takes maybe 10 minutes or so for one good sized muffin. Yummers!

[Creek Dancer]

Now that's what I call......Flame Broiled!

Hey, snotty! Are you thru hiking this year?

[rocketsocks]

Hey, snotty! Are you thru hiking this year?Hey babe,No can do,but I am gonna try that dirty bread recipe.

[Creek Dancer]

Hey babe,No can do,but I am gonna try that dirty bread recipe.

Me neither. But I will do some long section hikes like I do every year. The next one is planned for the end of April. I am on the 30 year plan. :)

[rocketsocks]

Me neither. But I will do some long section hikes like I do every year. The next one is planned for the end of April. I am on the 30 year plan. :)I'm on the if I don't die first plan.When I was 20 didn't think I'd make 30,when I was 40 knew there's no way in heck I'll make it to 70,It would be my dumb luck,and a real sick joke if I did,So here's to wishful thinking and long term goals!:sun

[oldbear]

Hmmm
The baker in me is intrigued by your question
Traditionally breads were baked on rocks Granted the rock in question was on the bottom of a rock bread oven But there are tradition breads that were baked directly on rocks or metal w/ the heat coming from underneath
I would start w/ a lean yeast dough ( flour , water , salt , sugar , yeast ) or a lean chemically leavened dough ( flour , water , salt , baking powder )
Make the dough
Form into small balls
Stretch thin like your hand tossing a pizza
Directly onto the pre -heated rock
Were I doing this I would worry about the rock exploding so I would only use metamorphic or igneous rock w/o any planes of cleavage in it
good luck

[rocketsocks]

Hmmm
The baker in me is intrigued by your question
Traditionally breads were baked on rocks Granted the rock in question was on the bottom of a rock bread oven But there are tradition breads that were baked directly on rocks or metal w/ the heat coming from underneath
I would start w/ a lean yeast dough ( flour , water , salt , sugar , yeast ) or a lean chemically leavened dough ( flour , water , salt , baking powder )
Make the dough
Form into small balls
Stretch thin like your hand tossing a pizza
Directly onto the pre -heated rock
Were I doing this I would worry about the rock exploding so I would only use metamorphic or igneous rock w/o any planes of cleavage in it
good luckYeah,I hear ya .Brunswick Sales are greasy,and would cleave,some of the blue stones would spall off,yes a granite or ultramafic would work good,hopefully without any nepheline syenites.;)I'm no baker,but I dig rocks...well use to anyway.HeHe

[squeezebox]

Instead of a mug I'm gonna bring a 0.5 L pot, easier to put on the stove if desired, same wt. It fits nicely inside the larger pot. So I'm thinking a bit of gravel in the larger pot to keep the smaller pot off the the bottom where it would burn. Should turn into a mini oven. biscuits, muffins etc.

[rocketsocks]

Instead of a mug I'm gonna bring a 0.5 L pot, easier to put on the stove if desired, same wt. It fits nicely inside the larger pot. So I'm thinking a bit of gravel in the larger pot to keep the smaller pot off the the bottom where it would burn. Should turn into a mini oven. biscuits, muffins etc.
I'm currently using a silicon muffin liner for baking/steaming in my cook pot, works great, nice and moist.

...got em from my local cooking store, similar to this.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFPF9RY?psc=1

[Another Kevin]

I don't usually dry bake. Steam baking is easy, and much less likely to burn the product.

I carry a little rig that amounts to about 15 grams - a disc of heavy tinfoil (cut from a dollar store cookie sheet) that has holes punched all over it (using an office paper punch), and a strip of the same material that I can bend into a circle. Those two items make a little platform to hold stuff off the bottom of the pot.

I use 'just add water' baking mixes - my favorite is 'triple berry scones' from Trader Joe's - and put the batter in foil muffin cups.

Directions in the photo captions at https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/sets/72157644331682423/ .

[1azarus]

sorry. i can't resist. i have seen etsocks on a rock, but never bread on a rock. oh. and hello everyone. i apparently just needed a little break here.

[TheOneGuy]

If you're down to pack in canned biscuits, go for a stick biscuit. I've seen walking sticks used for this, but it seems like they'd become more susceptible to rodents, etc and wear out a lot faster.

Take a smooth stick with the circumference of a broomstick, make sure it's clean and bark-free, and grease the end with some olive oil. Stretch out a canned biscuit and wrap it around the last 7 or 8 inches of the stick. Overlap the end and seal it up, making a hollowed-out sock shape. Toast it well and -BAM!-stick biscuits. They keep for a few days once cooked and can be filled with anything...mountain house omelets, PB & J, etc. Really only practical with a fire pit though. Lots of fuel would be wasted otherwise.

[Bronk]

I've taken a can of biscuit dough or croissant dough and wrapped it around a hot dog and roasted it on the fire. I've also tried making the bushcraft bread...wouldn't recommend that unless you are in a life/death situation...not very good stuff. I have recently been experimenting with baking in a dutch oven, but that is really only good for car or canoe camping...though I have to say you'd be really surprised what you can bake in a dutch oven...so far I've made garlic bread, dinner rolls and deep dish pizza. The main challenge of bread on the trail is allowing time for the bread to rise. If you're going to mix your own dough on the trail, I'd suggest doing it in a ziplock bag to avoid the mess.

[BirdBrain]

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/110772-Bisquick-Bannock?highlight=bannock

[SouthMark]

I use to teach utensiless cooking at Boy Scout Camporee; bread on a stick, bread on a rock, bread in and orange peal, meat on a rock, meat on a large green leaf, meat in an onion half, and so on.