We made eggplant parm sandwiches last time we went camping... we actually did it over a grill, but I think you could do the stick thing too.

Just cut up the eggplant into slices and press them between some paper towels to remove some of the bitter juice stuff. Then spray it with olive oil (or pam) and spinkle on some salt, pepper, and granulated garlic (best camping spice ever) and grill. Then throw it on a sub bun with some mozerella cheese slices and dip it in jarred spaghetti sauce. We found its better to put the sauce on the side, the sub bun tended to get soggy pretty quickly.

Seriously the best camping meal ever.

Aluminum foil is your friend, just put some cut up pork chops in some foil with some potatoes and corn, then smother that with BBQ sauce then fold up the foil packet and put in on some hot coals, not directly in the flame, it only takes about 10 or 15 minutes to cook. They're pretty tasty.

Both of these ideas sound pretty great. I have printed them for future use. Now if someone could just come up with a recipe involving mosquitoes, we could really make camping easier.

A bottle of whisky

when I was a kid my parents actually had these metal contraptions that you could make a little grilled cheese sandwich in, they were awesome.

they were these little metal "trays" connected to two poles, and you could make your sandwich, then clamp these these two trays together, and cook it over the fire. You could also put fruit pie filling in the sandwich instead and make little turnovers.

When you're five there is nothing cooler than that!

I found out they area actually called Pie Irons, and they have a cookbook for these and everything. Radical

http://www.firepies.com/irons.html

I agree that they're awesome. We called them hobo-pie makers though.

I'm probably camping again in another month or so. I may have to look into the Pie Iron thing. And, erob54, believe me, whiskey was well-represented. Drunk people tending the fire. There's nothing quite like it.

I spent many years in the Boy Scouts and definitely agree with the Aluminum Foil - you can cook lots of different things that way. Did a search on bn.com and it came back w/ 6 hits. The first one looks right up your alley - It's called 3 Books in 1: Grilling/ Foil/ Beer Cookbook. Another general tip - if you can find block ice for your cooler, it will last a lot longer than cubes. We used to freeze gallon bottles of water, and once they finally melt, you can use the water.

we called the pie irons "pudgy pie makers" we'd fill them with pizza fillings or with pie filling.

also, hobo meals. these also included foil. throw in some burger, carrots, corn, a potato or whatever veggies you want and toss the whole thing into the flames! i've even done this at home in the oven... i agree with everyone above, they are pretty good!

oh! and don't forget the s'mores!!!