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Very good subject! Food!!

I've been working on bread, but [propane] oven time is much to
wasteful. So, some
alternatives below;

1] Currently, I'm working on Sopapillas [soap-a-pee-ya's]
Kind of a frybread puffed up into a big hollow ball, into which you
pour honey, ummm
2] Also, this is pretty much the recipe for tortilla's also, only just
use a few drops of
frying oil per tortilla [side] in a slightly cooler pan [if inflations
result in a pop, pan is to hot]

There are several other recipes on internet, but this [pasted below] is
closest to
how I've 'perfected' it so far [milk instead of water, butter instead
of shortening when in port, after 'let stand' add "roll to just thicker
than a tortilla", and change 'squares'
to 'triangles', I use a pan of oil 1-1.5 inch deep which must be hotter
- cause it doesn't
take 30 secs]

Also, if you run out of honey, fill a frying pan one inch high with raw
sugar, fairly low
heat. it melts right into syrup,
CAUTION : Hot oil and high seas, don't mix!! Heave to, it's desert
time!

=-==below is stolen from cooks.com=-==
SOPAPILLAS

2 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. shortening
Oil for deep frying

Sift dry ingredients together in bowl. Cut in shortening until crumbly.
Add 1/2 cup warm water gradually, stirring with fork. Dough will be
crumbly. Turn onto lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth. Divide
in half. Let stand for 10 minutes. Cut into 3" squares. Fry, several at
a time, in deep fat at 400 degrees for 30 seconds on each side. Yield:
40 sopapillas.

Shaun Van Poecke wrote:
Im looking for any and all recipes out there that keep you going! Best of
all are single burner recipes that use ingredients which dont require
refrigeration, have the least amount of preparation required, are fast to
cook and have enough nutritional value to be considered as a daily meal~

Most 'camp recipes' i come across seam to be smores based or similar ie. a
nice treat to have on a weekend campout, but not what youd really call food.
What im really hoping for is as many recipes as possible of things you
actually cook while cruising, especially things you'd cook on longer
cruises, like more than 2 weeks for example.

Recipes that require two burners are still great, as are recipes that
require fish, or some that require meat that can be refrigerated,m but the
best recipes of all are the ones that you can still have when at sea for an
extended period of time.....

Im also hunting through cookbooks of everyone i know and searching the net
for recipes (any links greatly appreciated!). The results will be published
as a free website that will hopefully be a good resource for us in future.

Thanks,
Shaun