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I will be honest with you right from the start. I enjoy luxury. Why cook over an open fire as the cave men did, well, cave people. It may be a million years ago when they finally figured out how to make fire. Then one evening a few thousand years ago after cooking a meal of leftover muskoxen stew over a hot rock, the lady of the cave discovered one of the rocks had melted and all she had left was a chunk of iron. Before we knew it some smart woman took some of these chunks, piled them into a box shape and there it was. Our first stove. Held the heat for days with only a few little sticks to keep the heat going. Since then of course we all know what has happened. Mrs. Edison told her husband how to make a light for the oven and Mrs. Tesla explained that her stove would work better if she had electricity and the whole thing came together and now we have electric stoves. So why are we still cooking like the cavewoman did? When I go camping I want the biggest, most fully equipped RV that a woman can make. Forty feet of bright shiny steel and aluminum with every electric gadget that women can make. Granite countertops instead of boulders to cook on. Bone china dishes, big tables and as much room as four slide outs can give. That is what I call roughing it. Now I take a nice plump pot roast, place it in the crock pot on the beautiful granite counter top, drop in a little water, turn the knob thingy to high, place the cover on top, set the timer for six hours and that is it. Now I check that the men opened their beer and are looking after the children who are playing a game of some sort before we girls head off for a hard day of shopping at the malls. After we return I check out the roast, take a look to see that my man cut up a few carrots, potatoes, turnip and in no time our nice supper is ready to be served. I call my husband to set up the table using the linen napkins and the Royal Doulton china of course. Now, you may be one of those women who find some kind of sick enjoyment out of burning meat on a stick over a smoky campfire but for me, this is the proper way to cook a delicious supper for the whole family with my lily white hands. Joe and Irma MacMillan have spent many years backpacking, skiing, and simply enjoying life in the mountains of British Columbia. Their website Whistler Outdoors is full of tips on snowboarding, camping, kayaking, rafting, camp cooking and fishing. They met on a blind date in 1957 and are still married. Take a look at their story here About us
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