Simple Cooking Skillet Breads PART 1

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

here is a simple way to make biscuits in camp hope you enjoy

[@TerryC69]

The old hand as thermometer is tried and true. Like yourself, I learned about it back in the dark ages when I was a Scout. Another thing we had to learn, back then, was taking our time and being careful when cooking. Most of the troop, including me, had to learn that principle the hard way, mostly with burnt or half cooked slop. Enough of that and one starts to catch on! LOL This is good solid teaching, Blackie.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Right on once you have eaten a few burned meals you will start to pay close attention to the heat

[@justpain365]

Exactly..

[@D5quared91]

Blackie=The Greatest KZbinr!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

why thank you

[@shastaham7630]

Oh, how well I remember the instructions on the "scout" meals we had to cook on camporees. "Read instructions TWICE before beginning." Too often twice was not enough for impatient 11-13 year olds.

[@miken7629]

The only bread type food I cook are Corn Fritters. Use 1 part "Just add water" instant pancake mix, 2 parts corn meal, salt, and enough water to form a thick batter. The wheat gluten in the instant pancake mix is the binder and it self rises. Then cook like a thick pancake in the skillet with a little oil.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Sounds great!

[@wmluna381]

Sounds easy/good. What do you personally typically eat/pair them with?

[@miken7629]

@@wmluna381 Sometimes I eat it by itself as a quick snack (3 TBSP of mix). OK with bacon or a steak. I love having it with Rice & Beans and dip it in the bean gravy. Sometimes I mix the batter a little thinner and make a stack of Johnny Cakes and put butter & syrup on it.

[@wmluna381]

@@miken7629 Ooo, that all sounds good to me. Thanks for sharing the hot tip and taking the time to answer my question! ☺️

[@james_lessick892]

Awesome video, now we need sausage gravy! 👌🤠👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Oh yes!

[@70TheProfessor]

After the biscuits start to bake, you have time to brown the sausage and make the gravy on the other burner of the Coleman stove. Everything should be hot and ready to eat about the same time!

[@southernlandsolo7839]

Enjoying the learning from your cooking vidios Blackie. Thanks

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

My pleasure

[@markgibbs904]

Well done dry baking hack. Yum!

[@redsky8509]

excellent tip

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@70TheProfessor]

I am really liking your cooking series! A few tears ago, Coleman sold an oven that sat on top of one burner. The burner heated a metal plate in the bottom, which it turn heated the oven. I saw a similar oven last week at an antique shop for $25 and was tempted. Your way is cheaper and easier to take to the woods.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

That is awesome! i have used one a few time...and i have seen a metal mailbox used a few times as well they put dry sand in the bottom of the mail box to spead the heat out

[@70TheProfessor]

My wife remembered “heat diffusers” that show up at second hand stores pretty often. They are made of two layers of thin metal with a lot of holes in them. Maybe I can adapt some other piece of gear like you did to achieve the same goal. You always give me ideas to try!

[@MichaelR58]

Blackie , Good tips , thanks for sharing , God bless !

[@johnnottahcal5725]

Burnt the snot out of the 1st attempt but then scored over Sterno with parchment paper on bottom of my Pathfinder’s skillet. Will try same over single burner Coleman tommorrow. Would try tonight yet but wife is stuffed! She’s my lab expert. 😊

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

lol trick is it is better to be too low a temp than too hot

[@billyblastoff7027]

Good job Blackie

[@jeffechols5302]

Looks good Blackie 👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks 👍

[@dannyfain879]

Great video Blackie!

[@57WillysCJ]

With all the problems with power outages, storms and what not I am surprised there isn't a whole KZbin channel devoted to cooking on a Coleman stove to produce not only regular food but some nicer ones as well.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i agree i went looking and no one is focused on that so i gonna try and share some of my coleman stove cooking ideas

[@davegoodridge8352]

Butter and honey and a big cup of coffee, and your set!!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i loves a big spoon full of salted butter and bucks syrup to drag a fresh warm biscuit thru

[@justpain365]

Watching you cook is kinda serene lol And I have to agree with you when I was in scouts I was taught to make 4 course meals in the woods, it just takes time and some know how and A lot of patience ( and practice from paying attention) trial & error . Something about camping and eating good always went hand and hand back then you know.. well ty for this blackie, nice biscuits btw..

[@stevencunningham4680]

They made my mouth water as I watched you make them. Great video I can't wait to try it after I refurbish my Coleman stove. You're an inspiration Blackie ! Thanks.

[@lessage760]

GREAT VIDIO BLACKIE NOW YOU GOT ME HUNGRY I WOULD JUST GO WITH GRAVY THANKS SIR

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Hope you enjoy

[@danieljones2183]

Eggs don't taste that good cold. True that! Love them bisquets.

[@oldminer5387]

Thank you Blackie for the lesson. My Uncle made great campfire skillet biscuits and I never could figure out how.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i hope you learn to make them and pass that knowledge on

[@vasileiuga7299]

thank you

[@georgerector9252]

SS dog bowl oven is my go to.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

they work well

[@timlacy2284]

Blackie , Thanks Again for another great video on cooking, I remember that trick about holding your hand over the coals, I showed my son and rest of Boy Scout that trick. I appreciate you taking your time to teach and sharing the knowledge. Thank again. You Are The Master Woodsman And Bushcrafter. Tim L.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

my grandfather one cold dec morning when we were on a dog hunt taught me to hold my hand above to coals to see if it was ready to cook on ..i can still see him in front of that fire the old hand out over the coals telling me

[@alf3553]

I’ve been playing with that style of cooking for years. Ever since I picked up an “OutBack Oven”. If you find your pan gets a little to hot in the centre you could add the top of a can to block some of the heat were the Trangia would sit. Might have to put a few holes in the can to get the heat airflow you need. I’ve also played with Dog bowl ovens. Play lots in the backyard so when you do cook at camp you get it right 👍or you burn it 🔥

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thats it practice at home so when your in camp ya know what to do

[@glennmatthews414]

Great video, Blackie!! Preparing bread in camp is a good thing to know!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i have learned no one wants to make them...but when you got a full pan everyone is there to help ya eat

[@davidmehaffey9134]

outstanding ,

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@dblorich1]

thanks

[@adamtedder700]

Great video

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@tennesseesmoky9012]

Great demonstration. Seems like that Pathfinder skillet is working well for you. - Tennessee Smoky

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

its a good camp skillet

[@AlanSmith-v5s]

Would you a video on the K-Bar?

[@jeffrichards5106]

That's awesome Blackie, I have the Pathfinder skillet. I've only tried making biscuits in my Coleman folding oven. Great to know you can make them in the skillet and have one less thing to pack, I love biscuits and sausage gravy. I'll have to get some sort of spacer.Thanks very much for the video.👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

if you have one of the pathfinder bushpots the stove for it will do well as a spacer

[@jeffrichards5106]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS Unfortunately I don't have the bushpot. I'll have to get something. Thanks again

[@PeaceJourney...]

I wish I would have known this before I bought that propane camp oven! Oh, well, I like scratch baking, so I guess it's worth lugging it! I will try your technique also, thank you!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

hey with that propane you got lots of other tings you can make as well

[@Bucky1836]

Keep that thing for grid down! You will be glad u did 🧐

[@PeaceJourney...]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS ,the oven is kinda like having extra sacks of flour from the store, only good as long as you can buy from the store. The skillet is kinda like having wheat seeds. I like having both, so I will be practicing skillet bread, thank you kindly sir. 🤔 I wonder if you can make pizza on a skillet by putting dough on both sides...!

[@PeaceJourney...]

@@Bucky1836 That's the idea, but it will take additional propane tanks being available to last for more than a few weeks. After that it's a $300 paperweight. And my children will still be hungry for bread. So I will learn this technique to make biscuits, because a biscuit is a blessing on one's plate. The oven also won't work in a backpack situation, skillets are worth the weight. Thank you for your response and have a great day 👍🏼

[@Bill23799]

Thanks for an interesting video Blackie. I never learned that trick to determine heat over coals when I was in the Scouts. Well I only made it to Webelos level so that may have been for advanced Scouting.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

soon i will be doing a campfire cooking and will go more in depth to how to reg heat with a campfire

[@boomshanka8743]

Now I am looking for a nice Coleman 425 for the collection. Thanks Blackie! PS, I use a little stainless flame diffuser with a folding handle to tame the heat on my camp stove, they are maybe $7 from Mr. Bezos.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

sounds good

[@ParaBellum282]

Top Biscuit is Biscuit Number 1, the one to the right is Biscuit Number 2, etc... 1- Butter, while its hot mama 2&4 - Biscuit and Gravy baby 3 - Strawberry Jam 5 - Fried Ham and Scrambled Egg.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

nice !

[@centralwashingtonmodernbus9456]

I have made bannock in so many forms, from biscuits to pizza in a cast iron pan. so good! Now you need to do a video along with this one on making good southern sausage gravy! I am DIYJUNKIE on BCUSA, if yalls are ever on there.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Will do!!

[@70TheProfessor]

You gotta have gravy with the biscuits!

[@rgober60]

Blackie, could you show how to do it on coals in a cast iron skillet please. My grandson wants to know. I got him a small one and he'd like to carry it camping...Thank you for your time and help.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

I will be doing fire videos in the near future i will show cooking on coals and biscuits are one that list for sure

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Thx Blackie! How did you get that name anyway?

[@bruceallen6016]

Thumb up for the outdoor cooking lesson. Is that a multi fuel Coleman or white gas only?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

old gas stove

[@billharvell6571]

Bought a new dual fuel Coleman camp stove mainly for hurricane season.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

good choice

[@garycloud9631]

Thanks for the video Blackie. I have a trip coming up the first weekend of October and I want to try this out. Did I miss something or did you "not" grease the pan in any way?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

for these i did not i have a light season on my skillet right now and it will help keep them from sticking

[@kentfreier5705]

If you burn the top or bottom, peel it off and give it to me. I love the burned part.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i like the flavor to be honest i will peal the black off but it adds a good flavor esp with spaghetti

[@herbertoakleyjr7176]

Will that also work with cornbread

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

sure will

[@70TheProfessor]

That cornbread would go well with some ham and beans...and sorghum!

[@DocLaw172]

What? No Stewed Prunes and Rice and beans like I had when I was a Cub Scout on camp outs in the 1960"s? Sure did ensure that we had tents that stayed up without poles from all the gases passed! You have it too soft, Blackie!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

lol yep thats true enough

[@kennethwilson8633]

If you want to be lazy with the biscuits and also the gravy Walmart makes a good sausage gravy in a can too. Then just fry some eggs to throw on top and maybe a fresh tomato.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

correct i often will do the biscuits in the skillet then pull them out make the gravy and serve together

[@Bill23799]

I was surprised you did not need to grease your pan.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i did a light seasoning by cooking bacon a few times and i rinse out with water and wipe dry with a paper towel so a thin bit of grease is on the pan

[@Bill23799]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS Ahh that explains it. The many uses of Bacon. Blackie do you remember a few years ago Jack in the Box came out with a Bacon flavored Shake? Haha, it was....unusual.

[@70TheProfessor]

A little flour on your biscuits will keep them from sticking.

[@jasonjohnson6344]

20 to 25 minutes woulda given you time to get your sausage gravy done too. Dang, now I’m hungry.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

yep and the eggs ect

[@mbarr1029]

Yes, Eat all the evidence. LOL

[@stillwater62]

Damn Blackie, you should have greased that pan with shortening or bacon grease BEFORE putting those biscuits in. What's the matter with you boy?