Alternative cooking...open fire roasted cornish hens

[Mistwalker]

Well, after an hour or so spent cleaning up leaves and debris in the back yard, I Gave Sarah another lesson in alternative cooking methods yesterday. We roasted a couple of Cornish hens on a forked stick over a fire in the back yard.


Gathered what I needed from the immediate area. I got both the forked stick and the prop from the broken branch of a tree buy the fire circle. then debarked the limbs of the fork with this little Bushlore knife I bought from Rick Marchand of Wildertools, great little bushcrafting knife, I really enjoy working with it.

then drive the prop stick into the ground by the circle

Spitted the hens on the forked stick and then tied the ends of the fork together, added some seasons, salt and a little peeper, started roasting the hens.

It didn’t take them long to start to brown.

And in just under two hours they were done and cooked thoroughly thru. And had a wonderful wood smoked flavor

These served with some mashed potatoes, sweet peas, and some bread made us a very nice Sunday dinner. I hope you all enjoyed yours.

 

[Bushman5]

MMMMMMMM those look so good!

 

[tacticalsteel]

Damn they look good! Food always tastes MUCH better when prepared in the great outdoors! Great pictures! Thanks!

 

[dalee100]

Hi,

Now that's what I call good eatin'! And cooking outdoors over an open fire just adds to the flavor.

dalee

 

[Mistwalker]

They WERE really good, thanks glad you enjoy the pics.

 

[KuRUpTD]

I'm HUNGRY !!!!

Man those hens look delicioso !!!

 

[Mikel_24]

...And in just under two hours they were done and cooked thoroughly thru. And had a wonderful wood smoked flavor...

This is the only thing I don't like much about this cooking method. I also feel that in a so called survival situation, fat is not something we would like to waste and roasting... does exactly that. Maybe boiling (I know, by no means is so tasty), or aluminum foil wrapping is a better way to preserve fat in the meal.

Crap... just had dinner but I feel somewhat hungry again...
Mikel

 

[PrimitiveMan]

I cook Cornish hens over the open fire all the time camping.

I get two forked sticks and a long pole and make a spit/rotisserie.

Those look great! Bon apetite!

 

[Shotgun]

You bastard! Now I gotta go start dinner. My stomach is rumbling.

 

[myright]

mmmmmmmmm I'm freakin' hungry now. Thanks for the pics

 

[Rockywolf]

I love cornish hens. What a great way to cook them. Yum

 

[razorsdescent]

looks great made me glad i was eating chikinz tonight

 

[j_d]

You gotta love those hens. We often throw 4-5 in a large dutch oven and cook them up over a fire. I have tried the spit thing with a pigeon and it turned out good too. I'll have to try it with the hens as well.
josh

 

[kgd]

Those look fantastic. I usually make soup out of them. I think I like your way better.

 

[Rick Marchand]

Hey Buddy..... Good to see you here..... I too get hungry everytime I see those pics...

And the knife..... well, what can I say?... a father's pride........... lol.

 

[mtnfolk mike]

mmmm... those look great...:thumbup: that's my kind of cooking...

welcome to the WSS forum...

 

[Mistwalker]

Hey Buddy..... Good to see you here..... I too get hungry everytime I see those pics...

And the knife..... well, what can I say?... a father's pride........... lol.

Hey Bro, what's up?

Hey...it's not as fancy as I can get in my kitchen but I love flame roasted fowl...and steak...and fish...and pretty much anything , and those hens were awesome.

That knife is freakin great! Just wait till the economy...,or at least mine, picks up a bit I'll be ordering another one.

 

[Mistwalker]

Thanks everyone for your compliments, cooments and input. I would like to go on record as saying that chicken stew is one of my favorite dishes in the entire world. This was just one of a series of "alternative cooking" lessons I've taught my daughter who says she wants to be a chef . I love playing around with cooking in different ways. Dutch Ovens are awesome and I'll do something with her with one of those when it gets a little warmer so she doesn't rebel on me. and... outside there is little chance of her burning up my kitchen

 

[vic2367]

those hens looks totally delicious

 

[theedge13]

Well, after an hour or so spent cleaning up leaves and debris in the back yard, I Gave Sarah another lesson in alternative cooking methods yesterday. We roasted a couple of Cornish hens on a forked stick over a fire in the back yard.


Gathered what I needed from the immediate area. I got both the forked stick and the prop from the broken branch of a tree buy the fire circle. then debarked the limbs of the fork with this little Bushlore knife I bought from Rick Marchand of Wildertools, great little bushcrafting knife, I really enjoy working with it.

then drive the prop stick into the ground by the circle

Spitted the hens on the forked stick and then tied the ends of the fork together, added some seasons, salt and a little peeper, started roasting the hens.

It didn’t take them long to start to brown.

And in just under two hours they were done and cooked thoroughly thru. And had a wonderful wood smoked flavor

These served with some mashed potatoes, sweet peas, and some bread made us a very nice Sunday dinner. I hope you all enjoyed yours.

Dammit! I knew not to open this thread...now I am hungry and lunch is still 3 hours away...

That looks DELICIOUS...Good job :thumbup: