Camping Cookware - Though you probably won’t find me camping any longer, I used to do it at least once a year with my husband. His band used to host a yearly festival, and we camped for the weekend leading up to the big show. They no longer do the festival, and during those years I learned to loath sleeping on the ground. I don’t mind camping so much as I mind what my back feels like in the morning. Being out with nature and spending the day around a fire with friends is great, but not being able to walk for a week is not something I want to go through again. I also learned that you have to buy special camping cookware when you go, and I learned this buy ruining most of my good pans.
It seems like common sense, but when you are packing at the last minute, as I am known to do, you don’t think about such things as camping cookware. You just suddenly think that you need to take something with you, and you look through what you have in your own home. I had seen camping cookware in the store as we were preparing to go, but I saw no reason to spend the money on it. This was especially true when we weren’t sure how the festival was going to go, and we thought that might be the only time we went camping.
When I used my home pots and pans as camping cookware I ruined quite a few things. One was my favorite boiling pot and I have not been able to replace it. This pot was something my mom gave me, and she had had it from many years before. It was something that was no longer made but it worked like a dream. Because I didn’t buy special camping cookware I had to take that with me. After just one day there were beans burned to the bottom, and I was never able to completely get the burned on stuff to come off. I had to throw it away.
I have since looked at camping cookware but have had no reason to buy any. We don’t do the festival any longer, and we don’t go camping otherwise. Perhaps in the future when our family is older and we have more time we will go camping again, but for right now it’s not looking good. I will also have to get a really great camping bed along with the camping cookware or I’m just not going. I can go for a hike if I want to without cramping up my back for weeks. Until then, I know it’s out there if I need it, I just know I won’t be needing it any time soon.
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