Cast Iron : Go here for use, care, recipes:
http://www.lodgemfg.com/Mike Irwin gives great advice ( as usual) in using hardwoods and cooking directly on coals.
Minimalist Approach:
Grapefruit or Orange
Bisquick
Water
Eggs borrowed from henhouse
Fire
Cut the Grapefruit /Orange in half, eat fruit, save rind.
Break Eggs , put into a rind , set onto coals. Yep the eggs cook, and you eat it out of the rind.
Biscuits, mix with water, shape, stick on a flat rock facing fire [perpendicular] , and yes the bicuit will "bake", just cut off the rock and eat.
Foil: You can do anything with foil.
Clean trout ( any fish) wrap in foil with a pat of butter, onion, lemon slice / juice, toss on coals. Usually about 6 min per 1" thickness of fish and done. [your coals may vary].
Baked Onions : Core, pat of butter, black pepper, wrap in foil, toss on coils, about 30 min , depending on coals, how big ...when 'soft' - done.
Baked Apples, Pears : Again Core, pat of butter, if you have brown sugar, cinnamon fine - if not that packet of sugar stolen from fast food place that has been in vehicle console for 6 months works. About 30 min...when soft- done.
Easy "Renter's Roast" : Before heading out, in tin foil ready to toss onto coals...
Hamburger pattie, slices of potatos, carrots, onion. Take out ice box one coals are ready, toss, about 30 min, done.
Pizzas! : Yep one can cook pizzas made from Bisquick and whatever meat/ game and whatever veggies.
Cast Iron Dutch ovens, Cast Iron Skillet with Foil to make a Reflector Oven - or just Aluminum Foil alone.
Cakes the Same way above.
Pies and Cobblers are best in Cast Iron Dutch Ovens.
Venison chili in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven is out of this world!
Steve