"Cowboy chow" or whatever you want to call them... a beloved child has many names.

So while this is not SPECIFICALLY weapons-related, you all know that when you go out there, some for of pork-and-beans will become extremely important rather quickly. They have several forms of them as military MRE's and such.
So in this thread, we share our recipes for dem good-old-cowboy beans.

1) Get the main ingridients: A can of spam, a can on beans in a tomato sauce, a single middle-sized onion.
2) get the additional ingredients: you can also get other ingredients like celery, choppped carrots, canned corn, chili, basil, thyme and such. This recipe will allow multiple varieties and spicing options.
2) Chop onions into cubes. How big? as big or as small as you like.
2) Chops some spam (and other ingredients) into cubes as you like.
3) throw a button of butter on a hot pan.
4) throw in the onions, the cubed spam, the can of beans.
5) throw in whatever spices/extras you have planned.

6) let it brew for about 5-10 minutes. Mix every now and then.

7) you now have your basic bitch "cowboy chow". Eat it as is, or (preferrably) with some kind of bread. Corn bread is a classic choise for cowboy-theme, but can be switched to whatever kind of bread you have at hand.

So... What are YOUR cowboy chow memories? Do you have a particular recipe? When you are "out there" what will you eat, when it's time to make a camp and start cooking something on a campfire?

>>>>/out/

I know how this is gling to end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6dm9rN6oTs

Still, some variety of pork-and-beans sorted out the whole god damn WW2, so there is that.

>>21424983 (OP)
>frijoles charros
Tastes a million times better if you cook it from scratch, and it’s really really easy. Also use bacon or salt pork, not spam.

>>21424986
Much obliged, partner.
I am not from the Americas, and I had not heard the term "Frijoles charros" before, and now I have been made aware of a whole new culinary tradition.

I shall look into this.

>>21424983 (OP)
I do this with low fat ground beef and eat it over rice
Probably the easiest food to cook, frozen slop excluded

>>21424986
This.
Also, get real bacon, or other cured pork. Proper dry-cured bacon or country ham will last a very long time without refrigeration. The other great thing about bacon is that it renders out fat which you can use for cooking other things. And speaking of this recipe specifically, a must-have seasoning for frijoles charros is mexican oregano.

A few things I can think of that are handy for field cooking:
-pack plenty of seasonings, including bouillon cubes. They take little room, don't weigh much, and can make the difference between a shit meal and a great one.
-crackers are great to bring. they're a snack on their own, and you can crumble them up and use them to thicken soups or stews.
-you can bring frozen foods with you if you think smart. Keep the food well packaged in a cold bag, then wrap it with your clothes or stuff it in your bedroll, depending on ambient conditions you could bring meat with you and it will be a couple days before it thaws to room temperature.
-we talked about bacon before, but other kinds of traditionally preserved foods are ideal for camping. Anything that's properly dried, smoked, pickled, etc is a good choice to bring. That's why people invented things like jerky, salt cod, most kinds of charcuterie, etc, in the first place.
-these days lots of food comes in "retort pouches" rather than cans. this is great, they pack easier and the waste is lighter and less bulky. You can assemble your own "MREs" from retort pouch foods.
-think about water availability where you'll be going. If you know there will be water available then deyhdrated foods and mixes become possible. Dried soup mixes are great and weigh nothing. Pasta is a good option too: pack a small can of tomato paste you can thin with some water and season to make an easy sauce for pasta. Bisquick mix or similar can be used to make a lot of different things.

>>21424989
I heard they discontinued the erbswurst
That true?

>>21424989
another favorite camping meal I like is the "silver turtle". It is extremely easy and flexible. You get some aluminum foil, fold it into a pouch, into which you place some rice or potatoes, veggies and/or meat of your choice, and some liquid, like water or boullion. You fold the packet closed, then stick it on the campfire to cook. It works especially well if you're fishing or hunting, as the bones from your game will make its own stock as it cooks.

>>21424987
I'm from Southern California and hadn't heard of that either. They look very similar to something I know as "frijoles de la olla" though, I wonder if it's a different name for the same thing.

>>21424990
Yes, the fuckers did indeed discontinue it, though they still make picrel which is kinda similar. Still it would be pretty easy to DIY an equivalent. Before you go on your trip pre-portion some small baggies or containers with dry split peas, bacon bits, dehydrated mixed veggies, and some salt & pepper.

>>21424992
NTA, Texasfag here. "frijoles charros" is all over the place here. It's usually fairly watery and contains chunks of tomatoes, tomatillos sometimes, and quite a lot of green from cilantro and various green chilies. I've never seen corn in it though I'm sure some places make it like that.
picrel is what it usually tends to look like in my area anyway. I can post my recipe if anyone cares, though it's too much work for innawoods.

>>21424994
forgot pic like a tard

>>21424993

>>21424993
I think you dropped your picture, pal.
And yeah I've seen people talk about homemaking it. Just seeing it again raised vain hope that knorr brought it back.
I wish all members of the Knorr executive board a very Prussian infestation of soldat ghosts

>>21424997
Homemaking it is a pain in the ass if you want the same little tablets, but if you're OK with a little baggie or container of stuff instead then that's really simple.
AFAIK they have not brought it back, I've had that pic for years.

It's time you boys learned from the master:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pay2WMEFHI

>>21424999
Based and Kentpilled

ХA, TEЗИ HEГPИ ЯДAT ФACУЛ

Throwing together cooked beans and cooked spam isn't cooking.

>>21424983 (OP)
>Cowboy chow
>Get the main ingridients: A can of spam

Good Lord! I sincerely hope you never try that in any cowboy camp.
All that salt would ruin it.

>>21424983 (OP)
It takes 40mins to cook beans through.
For the coo/k/s here what would be a modern cooking solution that one can cook even on the go? I am thinking about the cooking chamber the size of a canteen so that it can microwave, boil, steam and bake a small meal anytime anywhere using battery power or solid fuel. It will have a canteen as the vessel, electric heater blanket, a regular lid, and a lid for microwave and an outer shell to put sticks of solid fuel. Not stopping to setup a fire would be the end goal.

>>21425002
You are correct, but many here would prefer heating up already cooked food to staying hungry.

>>21425003
>All that salt would ruin it.
If you're out in the field, the more you've sweat, the more your body needs some salt.

Instant ramen. Boil up some water, and pour it over a cup / bowl with the noodles and chunks of canned meat inside. Cover and let sit for several minutes. Uncover and turn the top layer of the noodles into the water, cover for another few minutes. Add powder packet and stir in. Done. Canned beef (spicy) works with mild flavoring but might be too much with spicy flavoring; ham-type meat like Spam will be inoffensive with everything. Use Great Value luncheon meat for best value. Also note that canned meat is packed with salt and preservatives so it’ll stay good without refrigeration for a good 3 days or even more although it will get dry.

>>21424983 (OP)
The old recipe from my dad's bachelor days is:
>1lb ground beef (approximate, any of the packages at the grocery store will do)
>1 can vegetarian beans
>brown hamburger
>add beans once the beef is on its way to browning
>salt and pepper to taste
Voila. Famously, when my mom first discovered leftovers of this concoction in the fridge when they were dating, she mistook it for dog food.

>>21425005
NTA but spam levels of salt is not "some" salt.
Also, no one was talking about sweating, fat ass.

>>21425008
>no one was talking about sweating
We are talking about what is basically field rations, you dumbass. People make these dishes while camping, hiking, bushcrafting, etc. It's not our fault you haven't touched grass in over a year.

count your macros
most people undereat in the field

>>21424983 (OP)
>A can of spam, a can on beans in a tomato sauce
this is not "cooking"
this is assembling cooked food

>>21424985
Nam as well

>>21425004
>cook even on the go
none
>Not stopping to setup a fire would be the end goal
this is how we did it when "through-hiking": eat a big cold breakfast, instant oats is excellent
cook your lunch at this time and stow it in a big thermos
after pitching tents, cook and eat a big dinner
the objective is to make best use of daylight and maximise rest, minimise faffing around at lunchtime

>>21425008
>spam levels of salt is not "some" salt.
half a gram of salt is not a lot either

>>21425004
pic rel in a thermal pouch
using a battery for heating is not efficient

>>21424983 (OP)
>I got your 4 basic food groups
Beans, bacon, whiskey, and lard!

>How 'bout some more beans, Mr. Taggart

I love how "on topic" for /k/ really means "only stuff /k/ likes". idgaf about /ck/, but this is good. Yesterday we had a thread about supplies and bunker stocking. And there's today's thread about seals that's mostly about the marine mammal - also good. It's the Cozy /k/ Ranch.

>>21425012
>It'll keeeep, 'n keeeep, 'n keeeep...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOZH57odl_k

Are beans really that good? Maybe i've just been eating lower quality ones but how do you anons spice em up? Took me awhile to get used to the texture when eating em.

>>21425017
>how do you anons spice em up?
garlic, onion, worcestershire sauce, ham, bacon, spam, even mince; try in different combinations and see what you like
>texture
what's the problem?

>>21424983 (OP)
>one entire can of spam to one can of beans
Insane ratio

Please release a canned food that can be heated over an open fire for western fans.

>1) Get the main ingridients: A can of spam

>>21425020
ALL canned foods can be heated over a fire

>>21424995
I don't know anything about /ck/ but isn't this pretty much chili but more soupy?

bump

>>21426256
I'm gonna take a cowboy shit in your mouth, broke back style

>>21426256
Don't do that here.

>>21424983 (OP)
you should kill yourself.

>>21426277
to be honest, his recipe does suck balls.