Camp Oven Cooking: The Complete Aussie Guide |
Camp Oven Cooking is a unique recipe collection collated from contributions to The Great Coronavirus Camp Oven Cookoff Facebook page.
Launched in March 2020 by photo-journalist Peter Lorimer and iconic Australian bush poet and entertainer Murray Hartin the membership grew to 12500 people from across Australia in only three months.
Each week a new theme was set and cast-iron cooking enthusiasts prepped cooked and plated their creations for the group to enjoy.
The rules were simple: post your prep pics (ingredients) photos of the camp oven on the cook and then a plated-up frame of your finished creation.
The challenge became a way to break the monotony of lockdown and share great camp oven food with likeminded folk.
The coals are still burning hot and the page is going strong.
This recipe book is for anyone who wants to have fun and get the whole family involved with cooking on a fire or gas burner.
Camp Oven Cooking | The Complete Aussie Guide
By: Murray Hartin and Jack Lorimer Peter Lorimer
Available: 12th October 2021
ISBN: 9781925927733
Number Of Pages: 176
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Camp Oven Cooking: The Complete Aussie Guide
When Peter Lorimer started camping oven cook-offs with son Jack he had no idea the cooking challenge would become a social media sensation. The challenge - to create the most spectacular meal using just a camping oven over a fire - has become an online hit in lockdown.
Mr Lorimer said it started as a way to keep him and his son entertained in lockdown one. "When the country went into pandemic lockdown in March 2020 I was on the hunt for something to break the boredom of isolation in my Newcastle apartment" he said. "After yarning to my son Jack 23 at the time in Gunnedah who was also going stir crazy we decided to launch a camp oven cook-off via videos and texts on our iPhones."
In the first cook-off the pair battled it out with lamb shanks and damper versus a red wine garlic beef stew with the results posted to Facebook and Instagram.
"A few mates contacted me during the following week asking if they could join in and the next weekend we cooked with 20 enthusiasts" Lorimer said.
"Within a few months we had more than 12000 members from all states in Australia and followers from overseas."
The followers who Peter dubs his band of sneeze-evaders cough-dodgers and larrikins rise to every challenge.
Whether it's themes like "cook something from the water" or "sweet treats" the camping cooks have come up with some wild recipes. One created a potato bake in a whole pumpkin while another used the camping oven to make apples stuffed with chocolate and caramel.
For a special cook-off Lorimer called on old mate bush poet Murray Hartin and asked him to pen a poem for the project .
It was then the idea for a book was born.
A cookbook will feature Murray's poems and Peter's photography with the recipes.
This article is by JESSICA McSWEENEY from the August 29 2021 issue of The Herald Sun Digital Edition. To subscribe visit https://www.heraldsun.com.au/.
Camp Oven Cooking | The Complete Aussie Guide
By: Murray Hartin and Jack Lorimer Peter Lorimer
Available: 12th October 2021
ISBN: 9781925927733
Number Of Pages: 176
Buy fishpond.com.au
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