 Welcome back to Backgarden Bushcraft. I don't know about you, but all this being outside makes me pretty hungry. So today we're going to get out in the garden and we're going to do a bit of cooking. Come on, let's go. First things first, we need to get the fire going. Do you remember how to do that? Rosh Oji the other day. I'm going to get some kindling and get the fire on the go. So the first thing we need to do to get this fire going is get a bit of tinder. So this time I've used a bit of silver birch bark actually. It goes up really, really well and burns hot because it's got natural oils in it. So I've got those there. I'm just going to pick out all the smaller sticks that I've got in my basket here that I've collected. It's super dry and it snaps nicely. I'm going to keep nice long lengths. A really nice small bits like that, that's a good bit. That's the preparation of fire. So make sure you've got everything to hand so you can really easily put a bunch on. That's my first bunch and that's my second bunch. Get those nice and ready. OK, I'm going to use matches to light. There you go. It goes nice and quick. Get my small bunch. Pop that over there nice and gently. Just hold that in place for a second. It's starting to take. Let that go for a minute. Start placing that on really gently so the flames have got something to go to. Nice, I'm pretty pleased with that. Start putting on the more thumb-sized sticks now. Again, these are really dry. You can tell because they crackle and snap. Start placing these on. You can tell I'm about to cook food because the dogs have started hanging around. They always know. In order to cook on it, we need to get this fire really hot. Then what we're going to do is break it apart a bit. We're not cooking over flames but we're cooking over the hot white coals. That's starting to go really nicely. Just to mix it up, today we're going to use some charcoal to cook with. Charcoal burns a lot hotter because there's absolutely no moisture in this. That is wood that's been heated up over a long period of time really slowly. There's absolutely nothing in it that will slow the fire down at all. So no moisture. We're going to use that and then we're going to cook on the white coals of the charcoal. I'm excited. Let's have a look at what we're cooking today. I thought we could come up with three different things that are really fun to cook on a fire. We're going to cook some quesadillas which are like tortilla wraps. A bit like a cross between a tortilla wrap and a pizza. For that I've got some cheese, some tortillas in here. Some mini ones, they're quite fun and tasty. We've got some chorizo and some spring onion and a bit of rocket for the side. It's good to have a bit of green in there isn't it? The next thing we're going to cook after that is some hot chocolate. What I've got is my favourite chocolate grated up here. We're not going to make it out of a powder, we're going to make it out of real chocolate which is much tastier. We've got some milk and some marshmallows to go on top as a little treat. The last thing we're going to cook is popcorn. I've got a special gadget for doing this over the fire which I made. This is made out of two sieves bound with wire to a sturdy stick and then bound together here so it acts like a hinge. We're going to put the popcorn inside and then shake it over the fire and then sprinkle it with icing sugar afterwards. So that should be a really nice little treat for us in the garden. First thing we need to do is get a couple of our mini tortilla wraps. Treat these a bit like a pizza really so I'm going to get some nice pasta sauce and spread that around. It doesn't matter if you're getting a mess outside does it? There's always the dogs to clear it up if we drop anything. We've got a bit of pasta sauce there. A bit of cheese or a lot of cheese depending on what you like. Maybe let's get a bit more on there. Put a bit of chorizo in and then I quite like a bit of spring onion. You can put whatever you like in here really. You can have it vegan, vegetarian. You can have meat in there. You can put peanut butter and jam in there if you want to. It's totally up to you. I'm going to squash that down and just put that to one side because it's ready for cooking. So it looks like the fire is just about ready really. It's got lots of white ash on it and it's super hot across there. But there's not really much flame going on. So that's a good point to start cooking over. So I've put my quesadilla in the pan. I'm just going to pop that on there. It doesn't need any oil or any butter or anything like that. You just put it in dry and let it cook away. This pan handle is metal and it's over the fire. What we're going to need is a leather glove to put on. Or you can use an oven glove. Definitely don't ever use a plastic glove because it will melt onto your skin. So a leather glove or an oven glove. That means you can touch what you're cooking and touch the pan without burning your hand. The key to cooking over the fire is to not let things stick. So just make sure you just keep it moving in the pan. There we go. Let's see if we can flip this over. That's cooking quite nicely. Again, just keep it moving as well so it doesn't stick. So you can see with the fire it looks like there's not much on there and not much happening. But actually there's quite a lot of heat in there. It's better to cook things slowly rather than have it on a really hot heat. Then everything gets a bit hectic and burns. So better to have on a nice low heat. That looks like it's ready to go. There you go. A few little bits there. So that is our yummy quesadilla. It's just started to snow so we're definitely going to need a hot chocolate on the go here. I've got my milk. So I want a cup full of milk and some of my favourite chocolate going in here. Yummy. I've put that over the fire. I'm definitely going to need to get this all mixed in over that heat. It's going to be yummy. So I've got my homemade sieve and a packet of popcorn. I'm going to pour into here. Not all of it, there won't be room when it all pops open. But about a handful. And then to make sure it doesn't fall out I'm just going to get my bit of wire. Slide it over the handle and wrap it round a couple of times. There you go. You can make your own designs. We'd love to see them. I'm going to put that over the heat and just keep it moving. Don't shake it too hard because you might get a few fall out of the gap between the two sieves. Just keep it moving and right over the centre of that heat you're going to want the heat to be quite hot as well. We have had all sorts of weather this week. I wonder what it's like where you are. You seem to be in between snow glissards at the moment. So I'm glad I've got all my layers on and my woolly hat. So be patient and in a minute you're going to start hearing a few pops. Just keep it moving. You don't want them to burn. You've got to be really patient and keep them moving. Oh, I'm starting to go. Can you see them popping? Great. Look at that. It's like fireworks. Luckily, because you've got the sieve on top, it catches them and stops them all flying out of the sieve. That smelled brilliant. It smelled like the inside of a cinema. Do you remember the cinema? Back in the old day. That is a good hall. Great fun. I don't know. It might explode. Too many in. Look at that. Great. Now they've stopped popping. I'm going to take them off. Carefully undo the wire. Let's see what we've got in here. Just be careful with the wire. Make sure it's not too hot. You might want to let it cool down for a second before handling it. Here we go. Look at all of that. Amazing. Got a lot of it. Great. Some left over. Depending on how you like your popcorn. You might want it salty. You might want it sweet. I'm just going to sprinkle a little bit of icing sugar over the top. Lovely. Nice generous portion. There we have it. That's our pudding. Next up, we'll get a hot chocolate on. I'm just heating up the quesadillas again. Because they needed to be heated up. Because they got a bit cool. Oh, look at that. Lovely hot chocolate. Proper hot chocolate, that one. Look at that. I've got a few marshmallows to go on top of too. Great. Here we go. A quesadilla. A nice little treat. There we go. It's been really fun cooking over the fire today. And I've stayed nice and warm as well. You can share all this food with your family. And then, hopefully, pretty soon we'll be able to do this with our friends again soon. Which will be really good. And you'll be a pro by then as well. Share your photos with us using the hashtag BackgardenBushcraft. You could be in with a chance of winning a far-raven goodie bag. 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