Safe cooking method?

[GROUNDpounder]

Originally Posted by JollyRogers

You can also just boil the sausages before you go out or boil them before you roast them. This way, no matter what, they are cooked.

Ahh but my internet friend. If you boil sausage you will go to hell, sausage requires open flame and smoke to cook completely .

I kid, but I won't eat boiled sausages, I will eat sausage in krout though.

[HikingGuy]

We had krout for supper tonight. It was good with sausages and mashed potato. Not to get off topic, I worry about getting sick while camping, it makes things more complicated.

[Judy Ann]

HikingGuy, I'm with you on the idea of intestinal bugs when out camping. Don't want to go there either. As JollyRogers suggested, precooking anything pork kills off any potential parasites, tends to eliminate excess fats thus rendering sausages safer to eat and digest, plus the smoking time over a fire will add a flavor that is incredible. You can boil sausages in beer with onions and peppers and wrap in foil until ready to throw on a fire to reheat and for added flavor. Same with ribs or butt roast. Imagine not being a slave to the fire for hours, more time for fun and eating!!!

Don't forget to prewash fruits and vegetables before leaving home and filter or treat your water. Take a hand sanitizer for washing hands after touching raw meat and follow same cooking precautions as you would at home. Throw some immodium in your first aid kit and pepto bismol if your stomach has a tendency to act up.

[freedommachine]

This is a little off topic but a great way to wash your produce is with lemon juice. Lemon juice is very acidic,wont hurt the produce but will clean more stuff off than just plain water rinsed over it. A good way to do it is rinse the produce in lemon juice then rinse the lemon juice off with the water.

[HikingGuy]

Originally Posted by Judy Ann

HikingGuy, I'm with you on the idea of intestinal bugs when out camping. Don't want to go there either. As JollyRogers suggested, precooking anything pork kills off any potential parasites, tends to eliminate excess fats thus rendering sausages safer to eat and digest, plus the smoking time over a fire will add a flavor that is incredible. You can boil sausages in beer with onions and peppers and wrap in foil until ready to throw on a fire to reheat and for added flavor. Same with ribs or butt roast. Imagine not being a slave to the fire for hours, more time for fun and eating!!!

Don't forget to prewash fruits and vegetables before leaving home and filter or treat your water. Take a hand sanitizer for washing hands after touching raw meat and follow same cooking precautions as you would at home. Throw some immodium in your first aid kit and pepto bismol if your stomach has a tendency to act up.

Wow, that was a very informative post! Thanks. I always take hand sanitizer with me, I have been sick before and it is never nice. I think I will see if I can find a small bottle of pepto or immodium to throw in my pack.

[FreshAirLover]

I have to admit I haven't heard of boiling sausages... I don't think it's dangerous to cook them on a camp fire, although I prefer shiskabob and marshmallows.

[guns4570]

I have never seen so many paranoid people. I have camped since I was 12 in the Boy scouts, Deer camp and then with the military. I am 66 now and have never been sick from the food . The two products that you have to pay attention to when you are cooking are raw Poultry and raw hamburger. You can pick up salmonella from those two. I have not taken any raw sausage or sausage products with me for years. You can buy precooked sausage products. I even take pre-cooked bacon because it does not have to be refrigerateduntill after it is opened. You can buy pre cooked brats, hotdogs, and polish sausage. All you have to do is heat and eat. The biggest hazard camping is field sanitation. The best cure and it has been used for years is soap and hot watter. The biggest problem camping today is hypothermia and campers violating the first rule of first aid. "do no further harm. The third rule campers violate is never drink water from a stream or lake unless it is treater, or boiled.

[dinosaur]

I like Michael's post because he seems to be the same kind of stickler for details as I have been so often accused. But Newanderthal's is the best. Burning sugar is almost impossible to put out and it will burn deep and hot. I've seen it before. I've used it before. Thanks for the visual, Newanderthal.

[oldsarge]

Originally Posted by Footprints

I know this is a serious and dangerous scenario but the way you say it is a pretty amusing picture. I feel like I've seen this in a movie before, just can't think of which one.

Dennis the menace, he slung a flaming hot marshmellow on his neighbors head at the end of the movie...classic! LMAO

[oldsarge]

I've cooked sausage over an open flame many times, never had an issue.