We’ve all been there and done that, many have denounced their lack of self control the night before and a big night is usually followed by a flood of statements like “I’ll never drink again” and “I think the chicken last night was a bit off”, and the dance around piles of late night chuck-up from around the campsite but the effects of drinking too much alcohol the night before, are hard to fix!

Other than drinking lots of water, and dropping a headache tablet or two, there aren’t too many things you can try to make the agony of the night before disappear. Some people swear by hair of the dog, but our favorite thing to do after a big night on the grog, is to have a huge fry up, high calorie, greasy food, usually works a treat at helping us get back into the swing of things. So we thought we’d share how we cook up some of the most filling and satisfying food to help cure a hangover on the tracks!

Firstly we like to get our campfire burning hot again, usually some embers from the night before are still hot enough to kickstart a morning fire, and by adding a small amount of tinder and kindling (paper and wood, not the dating app) some coals can be fanned to get the base of the fire started again, after you start getting solid flames, slowly add some split firewood to your fireplace, being careful to not smother the fire, adding too much wood can starve the fire of oxygen resulting in having to start the process all over again.

If you are in an area that requires you to have a self-contained fire, up off the ground, you can use an Adventure Kings Camp Oven/stove which will use less firewood than a traditional campsite fireplace.

With the fire raging its time to get prepped for breaky, depending on taste our favorite fry up is usually called an “English breakfast” consisting of some garlic fried mushrooms, bacon, egg-in-the-hole, hash browns, sausages, fried tomato (if you wish), some baked beans never go astray either!

So let’s get cracking! Take your Adventure Kings BBQ Hotplate and your Kings Cast iron Skillet coat them with some oil or butter to prevent any sticking. Place them by your fire and steal enough hot coals to form a bit of a bed underneath to cook over. Whilst waiting for your cooking surfaces to heat up, its time to start preparing your food.

One of the greatest things about all of these ingredients is that they require minimal if any pre-preparation. The only bit that requires a small amount of prep is the egg-in-the-hole, take a cup and press it into the center of your slices of bread to cut a perfectly round hole. Once this is done, you are ready to start cooking.

By now your cooking surfaces should be nice and hot.

Pull the bacon and hash browns from your Adventure Kings 60L Fridge Freezer, and spread them out evenly on your BBQ hotplate, once it has started to brown a little, you can flip them over with the spatula and your tongs from the Kings BBQ Tool Roll and clear some space for your egg-in-the-holes.

This is the fun bit, you can place your slices of bread with the hole on the flat section of hot plate, now simply crack your egg inside the hole and let it cook into the bread.

Once your egg in the hole has been started, you can begin frying up your mushrooms and garlic in the cast iron skillet, there is no special recipe here, simply chop some garlic and chuck it in the pan with your mushrooms, and sautee for a few minutes.

Whilst waiting for the mushies to cook, and once the egg has started to cook you can flip your egg-in-the-holes.

Your bacon, egg-in-the-hole, hash browns and mushies are nearly done, all that is left is to heat up a tin of baked beans. For this we recommend taking the mushies out and plating them up as this last step will only take a couple of minutes, place your baked beans in your cast iron skillet, and stir with a metal spoon until at a desirable temperature.

When everything is ready, you can plate up enough plates for everyone at camp. This wont cost much but will definitely make you the most popular guy at camp, by cooking up breaky for everyone, you may even earn yourself a recovery or two on the tracks!