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Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Aug 18th, 2011
The new line of FBC Cozies are here finally and now for sale – 5 new prints. We will be adding a couple more prints to the line in the coming months, but for now welcome these awesome designs! Trail Map: Mud: Flames: Mod Butterfly: Compass: Find the new cozies for sale at TrailCooking! ~Sarah
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Aug 8th, 2011
Some of you (OK, way too many of you!) have noticed the dwindling FBC Cozy selection in our store. There was a reason behind it though – I have been letting the current stock sell out. I am working on a new line of the cozies, coming very, very soon – well even faster than [...]
Posted in Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Aug 8th, 2011
Over the years I have tried a number of utensil kits – namely spatulas – in trail cooking. And found that overall most of the tools are not well thought out.There are a number of things that can go wrong with camping tools – often they are made of substandard plastic and can easily melt [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Jun 27th, 2011
This past weekend I came across a line of reusable fabric bags sewn here in Washington State. They come in two sizes, snack bag and sandwich bag size. The bags are made by Mama Luvs. They have two options, Velcro closure and drawstring. Both work great but I found that the Velcro one would be [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Jun 26th, 2011
This spring JetBoil brought out a new stove system, the JetBoil SOL Advanced Cooking System. The JetBoil systems (of which there are a number of) are either rabidly loved or hated on. Just depends on which camp you are in. What they do well is boil water quickly and efficiently. The downside of the JetBoil [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Jun 22nd, 2011
When I got home this morning I had the surprise of a new box of gear waiting for me – from one of my favorite companies, Primus. When it comes to cooking pots and stoves, there are only a few companies I truly enjoy using – Primus, MSR, GSI Outdoors and Snowpeak are those brands [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Jun 16th, 2011
We recently were given the chance to review the Stainless Steel ‘Trekker’ Kelly Kettle, an elegant version of the “Volcano” style of kettle. While it isn’t UL by any means it is well built, durable and works well. The only learning curve is mastering the art of a small fire – something that if you [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Jun 9th, 2011
I was thinking last night on just how many FBC cozies (Freezer Bag Cooking) I have made over the years (and I honestly have no idea, unless I ran the sales for them. All I know is I have sewn every single one of them and there has been many….). It has gotten harder to [...]
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