I would like to make fresh bread over a fire or coals on a backpacking
trip. The idea is to carry flour, salt, baking powder and maybe raisons
and mix it w/ mtn water and then find a suitable stick to wrap it
around. Simple enough but the implementation is tricky. At home using a
barbque, I used wire coat hangers but the dough (w/ raisons) was too
heavy. Then I used a section of pvc pipe but that began to melt. But by
having a water can nearby I doused the pipe and dough whenever it became
too hot. After a long while, the outside was crusty (and I ate it) but the
inside was still dough. I am learning slowly that thickness and amount are
factors not to mention the kind of stick or maybe 2 sticks. I would like
to hear from someone w/ experience on the trail who wouldn't mind helping a
neophyte w/ the details. Also, I tried taking a bit of my sourdough,
adding flour and making a ball and puting that in a plastic sandwich
bag. The next morning the sourdough had eaten through the ball and stuck
to the bag. Then I put flour in the bag w/ another ball and the next
morning it was okay. But I left it for 2 days and it became very clumpy
and wouldn't resond to heat. I'm thinking now that a sourdough ball will
only last one day in a pack.
Tks, Dave