Outfield cooking!
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Seeing how so many people contributed their receipes for outfield cooking in the "killing animals" thread, I thought it would be a good idea to start one, dedicated for this purpose.
Contribute anything that you've eaten before, how you've cooked it and how it turned out.
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I'll go first. Heehee
Receipe: Fernsoup.
Ran out of combat rations? Still feel hungry? No fear, fernsoup is here!
Pick young tender ferns (those small newly grown ones). Don't use old ferns as they are hard and terrible to bit into. If you can find wild yam, even better. But remember to clean it thoroughly and peel off its skin before cooking.
Start a fire and put everything into your mess tin. Add water and salt, boil till cooked.
Not very nutrious but at least it's filling...
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I've never killed any animals outfield.
But I can still remember my most memorable meal of all - two packets of Maggi Curry Flavour with one whole can of Ayam Brand Chilli Tuna thrown into the mess tin.
Heavenly bliss. For best results cook at the end of a super-siong and super-rainy topo exercise in Temburong Jungle, Brunei. -
Curry Quail with Grasshoppers Stuffings...
during my 54/03 Charlie JCC
Get the Quail and smother it with Maggi Curry Powder which i manage to smuggle from the sides of my socks Get as many grasshoppers/crickets and stuff it in... cook..wait..relish 
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You serious about the grasshoppers? How to catch?Originally posted by Master -_-:Curry Quail with Grasshoppers Stuffings...
during my 54/03 Charlie JCC
Get the Quail and smother it with Maggi Curry Powder which i manage to smuggle from the sides of my socks Get as many grasshoppers/crickets and stuff it in... cook..wait..relish -
where i was, grasshoppers were more than the grass i thinkOriginally posted by kaister:You serious about the grasshoppers? How to catch? -
Nice tasting a not?Originally posted by Master -_-:where i was, grasshoppers were more than the grass i think -
crunchy and taste like cashew nuts..really
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As with most bugs, they leave their exo-skeleton residue stuck in ur teeth... which is quite sick.
Simple but energy boosting meal. Fish (prepared n gutted after u catch it), boil it in coconut juice and water (Top up if it gets a bit dry). Throw in whatever edible leaf u can find. Potato leaves are not bad. =D
Roasted coconut juice... Roast the coconut over the fire, then stab the eye, n pour out to drink.
Mud Chicken. As mentioned, encase chicken in mud (after gutting). Throw the chicken into the fire n wait. After that, take out, crack n peel mud away to enjoy. Sprinkle some maggi seasoning (remaining from wadever maggi noodles u had) for flavor. EAT ONLY THE FLESH, dun try to eat skin... -
Where to find chicken in the jungle?Originally posted by Shotgun:As with most bugs, they leave their exo-skeleton residue stuck in ur teeth... which is quite sick.
Simple but energy boosting meal. Fish (prepared n gutted after u catch it), boil it in coconut juice and water (Top up if it gets a bit dry). Throw in whatever edible leaf u can find. Potato leaves are not bad. =D
Roasted coconut juice... Roast the coconut over the fire, then stab the eye, n pour out to drink.
Mud Chicken. As mentioned, encase chicken in mud (after gutting). Throw the chicken into the fire n wait. After that, take out, crack n peel mud away to enjoy. Sprinkle some maggi seasoning (remaining from wadever maggi noodles u had) for flavor. EAT ONLY THE FLESH, dun try to eat skin... -
hahaha, well, we're just posting the recipes we know mar.
besides, if u a feel daring, can always try to "borrow" a chicken from a chicken coop or smth. -
Hmmm, for me is to walk the ground with commander before heading out to a tentage to have a hot meal from the cookhouse.
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I have none to contribute save for my BMTC days with curry maggi mee and squashed MREs.Originally posted by mhcampboy:Hmmm, for me is to walk the ground with commander before heading out to a tentage to have a hot meal from the cookhouse. 
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Maggi mee in super instant cereal. Kidding, just kidding.
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maggi noodles and campbell soup
POWER
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a hot cup of super 3 in 1 coffee mix. heavenly.
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In Tekong... used to take those small wild pineapples and eat them with salt. They are too sour and sharp to eat on their own.
In Taiwan... found wild sweet potato. Boiled them with sugar. Some lao-jiao told me before the Taiwan trip to bring some sugar and salt , so I was properly equipped !
Was also shown to make some kind of herbal soup with tree bark by a Taiwanese farmer. Not sure what tree it was but it tasted OK.
Till this day, I am always going around the woodlands and fields near my home ( I now live overseas) scouring for wild things to eat. This summer was unusually warm and there was an abundance of berries in the fields. I am now teaching my son to forage in the woods as a pastime. This is the season for pheasants ( a large bird ), chestnuts and mushrooms in the wild.
There is a bigger range of stuff in the wild in temperate countries. That's why the survival books written by ang-mohs can be so many pages ! -
How did the tree looked like? Can describe?Originally posted by specfore:In Tekong... used to take those small wild pineapples and eat them with salt. They are too sour and sharp to eat on their own.
In Taiwan... found wild sweet potato. Boiled them with sugar. Some lao-jiao told me before the Taiwan trip to bring some sugar and salt , so I was properly equipped !
Was also shown to make some kind of herbal soup with tree bark by a Taiwanese farmer. Not sure what tree it was but it tasted OK.
Till this day, I am always going around the woodlands and fields near my home ( I now live overseas) scouring for wild things to eat. This summer was unusually warm and there was an abundance of berries in the fields. I am now teaching my son to forage in the woods as a pastime. This is the season for pheasants ( a large bird ), chestnuts and mushrooms in the wild.
There is a bigger range of stuff in the wild in temperate countries. That's why the survival books written by ang-mohs can be so many pages ! -
all this reading is making me hungry
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go some jungle... =0Originally posted by sand king:all this reading is making me hungry -
the jungle is like so full of sh!t.. i mean, how u guys actually find the appetite
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The nearest tree I can find that match the visual , after many many years,is the silver birch in Europe. THe bark is almost white in colour , that's why it is called the silver birch. Its wood is light colour. I have 2 in my home garden but I have not tried boiling them to drink ! I notice it has brown sap from the trunk, which insects like.... so it must be sweet.Originally posted by kaister:How did the tree looked like? Can describe? -
Depends on vocation. If you are an infantry grunt... you have almost no time to try to search for food in the jungle. Wasting time and energy. I would advise to spend time looking after your body and equipment and rely on the MREs. I did not have time when I was in an infantry platoon. Either checking on the men , looking after your basic needs. Plus in the jungle the light fades very fast. By 1730 hrs, it is near to dark already. The whole day would have been spent patroling and all that rubbish.Originally posted by OO_OO_OO:the jungle is like so full of sh!t.. i mean, how u guys actually find the appetite
Those times I could do so ( to find food) were because I was not involved in the main exercise, so had lots of time. -
that's why it made us appreciate the food more.Originally posted by OO_OO_OO:the jungle is like so full of sh!t.. i mean, how u guys actually find the appetite -
Cos' you've got men to look after, that's why. But when you're lesser than 3SG, you basically have all the time in the world.Originally posted by specfore:Depends on vocation. If you are an infantry grunt... you have almost no time to try to search for food in the jungle. Wasting time and energy. I would advise to spend time looking after your body and equipment and rely on the MREs. I did not have time when I was in an infantry platoon. Either checking on the men , looking after your basic needs. Plus in the jungle the light fades very fast. By 1730 hrs, it is near to dark already. The whole day would have been spent patroling and all that rubbish.
Those times I could do so ( to find food) were because I was not involved in the main exercise, so had lots of time.
Hahaha... good times...