{"id":1850,"date":"2019-09-23T20:44:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T01:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carcampingtips.com\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2023-07-31T06:09:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:09:08","slug":"how-to-make-toast-while-camping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/how-to-make-toast-while-camping\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Toast While Camping: A Fun Guide!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toast! One of the simplest breakfast meals. Yet, while camping, it’s a lot harder to get right, and you’ll find dozens of ways to make toast to choose from. Which toast-making method is best? How do you get that beautiful golden brown and not the dreaded char-toast? <\/p>\n\n\n

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Methods for making toast while camping can be broken up into three categories, over a fire, over a camp stove, or with heat from the sun. There are many tools you can use to cook your toast ranging from simple to specialized. From skillets and grills to customized camp toaster<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll go over the various ways to make toast and cover a few of the cool tools that are available out there. But, there’s one very important thing to understand before you can become a master toaster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the Best Toast While Camping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first thing to realize when making toast while you’re camping is that you are going to have to work a lot harder to create the kind of toast that you love to eat at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toast Forgiveness <\/strong>is the ability to forgive toast for not being perfect. Making toast while camping<\/strong> requires a new degree of toast forgiveness that you may not have needed before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your toaster at home has a convenient timer that will automatically shut off the toaster, popping up your delectable browned bread, ready to be buttered and jammed and finally devoured. In a way, the timer is the real hero, here. Toaster timers are the saviors of toast. Without them, we’d have a lot more charred toast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making toast while camping means that you are now fulfilling the job of the timer<\/strong>. Cooking while camping means inconsistent heat.<\/strong> It’s your job now to make sure your toast is perfectly cooked. You are the master toaster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changing your expectations of toast while camping will help you enjoy your toast. <\/strong> If your standards are low, then you have to exercise less Toast Forgiveness. That’s not to say you can’t have amazing toast, but it may take some practice to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making Toast Over a Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Making toast over the fire requires the most Toast Forgiveness than any other method. Fires have unpredictable heat, so you may have to experiment and adapt to your circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best master toasters (you) exercise patience. If your friends consider you a pro at cooking marshmallows over a campfire to that iconic and coveted golden brown, you are well equipped at being a master camping toaster<\/strong>. Too bad there isn’t a certification for these highly prized skills. (At least they are highly prized to me) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a Pie Iron for Making Toast While Camping Over a Fire <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A master toaster might choose to use a pie iron, which is essentially a (usually cast-iron) metal box attached to metal rods that you can hold over a fire without getting yourself burnt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Use:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Build a Fire (a camp stove would definitely do in a pinch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Open the pie iron and coat the pie iron with some cooking oil (don’t use olive oil or any other oil with a low smoking point), such as vegetable oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Put your pre-toast in the pie iron<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Close the pie iron (or just use one side of the pie-iron if you choose)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Suspend your pre-toast over the fire OR put the pie iron around hot coals <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Rotate your toast as needed to get the perfect browning\\<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Toast!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Pros<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n