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What is Wrong with Arizona?
Posted On: Feb 09, 2012
Submitted By: Montanalonewolf
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When is Pickle Gulch next year?
Posted On: Feb 09, 2012
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Does Leave No Trace not apply or what?
Posted: Jul 29, 2011 Whats wrong with you people?
We hauled 9 navels and a cake mix into the deepest darkest reaches of the Emigrant wilderness. The veteran backpackers scrambled like kids to empty their oranges (a fine dessert by itself), with 5 theories each about how much fruit to leave. The many variables--heat, liquid, time--made each orange its own experiment. Most survived well enough to go around again, especially as the angel food cake we used didn't require long cooking times. Next time, I'll go for the cranberry muffin with only orange pulp left on the lid. Thanks for the inspiration and outstanding video!
Posted: Jul 16, 2011 CDrummo
so much for leave no trace backpacking....it is a great idea though. has anyone tried it on a stove just on simmer?
Posted: Jan 24, 2011 Anonymous
We did this with the Boy Scouts and Webelos alot of the Boys were on their first campout I was trying to teach them to be creative.You don't have to starve or eat bland food just because your off the beaten path. I also used the pizza on a campstove idea.Some of the other groups brought hotdogs and sandwiches.We had a lot of people staring at our dinner haha.
Posted: Dec 12, 2010 Andrew Seamans
I'll be doing this with Pack/Troop 237!
Posted: Dec 11, 2010 Scout Master
Not a new idea, have been doing these for years. In Girl Scouts! I like the cranberry muffin mix in it, the kids prefer bluberry. Yum!!
Posted: Aug 27, 2010 Heather
Hey there, "Trail Chef". Will you marry me?
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 Jaime-Hatchet
Tried this before and it works great but I didn't care for the orange peel flavor. Much prefer my Bank's Fry/Bake :) Yea, defeats the no dish deal but I can make cinnamon rolls complete with frosting on the fire miles from nowhere.
Posted: May 05, 2010 SirVive
also try cooking an egg in the orange, just place the orange in hot coal. It also works using an onion
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 Michael Haughey
My family and I tried this out today, and it worked great! It was so much fun and the cake really did bake inside the orange. For anyone out there who is thinking about trying this, I recommend using an average size orange and filling it only about 3/4 of the way full (you want to give the cake room to rise). Another great idea is to try this same recipe, but use lemons and fill them with lemon cake batter. Enjoy and have fun!
Posted: Feb 21, 2010 April
yum. this is going on my facebook!
Posted: Jan 21, 2010 backwoods
Try dripping some of the juice and innards from the orange into the batter, especially if it is chocolate batter - yummm!
Posted: Jan 21, 2010 Grinch
With an egg or two in same orange container and placed on coals (no aluminum foil) it's a nice tangy flavor, but NO pans to wash.
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 Dave Larrabee
this was alot of fun to make!
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 john
This recipe looks like fun!
Posted: Jan 02, 2010 Anonymous
liked it
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 johnny partain
can't wait to try that
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 kyler
i wonder how brownie mix would do
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 Chris Harley
I think we should make this at the farm!
Yum......
Posted: Dec 15, 2009 lisa martines
Looks Yummy. I'm packin oranges next trip!
Posted: Dec 13, 2009 Chaz Spencer
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