When it comes to camping—whether with family or friends—you can’t miss out on this delicious meal cooked in a “bogrács.” This is just one example, and it’s the closest to how we make it. But every family has its own way of doing things. What always stays the same is the bogrács, the delicious food, and your loved ones around you.
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Hi dear, 
Just wow!
Or should I say “Yummy”!
I just could not wait for my family to come to try this one. So, even though we’re all experiencing a crazy hot weather here in France, I chose to cook it today. Well, I missed a couple of ingredients, but I had most.
Anyway, I never thought of using mint leaves in a hot meal, but the mixing of herbs, spices, cinnamon, and all ingredients I could find made it a really tasty food. 
Besides, the whole house smells so nice that it makes me feel I’m traveling oversea. 
Here’s what it looks like. 
So, thank you very much for this amazing recipe. 
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Oh my god! 
I’m beyond happy to see that you’ve taken the effort to do biriyani in such a hot weather!! It looks absolutely delicious 
There are many versions that might surprise you!
One version requires smoking the rice with aromatic spices!! The hyderabadi style. I’m sure you had fun with cooking and I hope it tasted great too 
we made biriyani last sunday in our home and the aromatic smell stayed too like you’ve mentioned
Thank you for trying out the recipe I mentioned ^^
PS I hope it wasn’t too spicy? haha
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Hehehe, no, don’t worry. Not too spicy. Will need new spices next time I try. 
It was really good, but another version might be even better.
You smoke your rice? Oh gosh! How do you do that? Do you need real fire, BBQ or likes?
I can’t imagine the process lol. 
This is so interesting! Must be good!
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omg the way I mentioned smoking must’ve been misleading haha sorry! I’ll link the recipe below. we call it dum.
There is Tandoori chicken recipe which involves ACTUAL smoking tho haha I’ve linked it below!!
Do try reading them out! They’re interesting and maybe will become your next tasty meal hehe 
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Oh, thank you so much, dear.
I think I need to create a new file with these nice recipes.
I have plenty choice now. 
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Happy start of a new week, Camper Contributors! 
We had 11 new cabin members join us over the weekend. Let’s give them a warm welcome and see which cabins were picked:
Otter cabin = 2 new members! 
Fox cabin = 4 new members! 
Eagle cabin = 4 new members! 
Bear cabin = 1 new member! 
We are officially 1 week into our Challenge with 2 more weeks to go! Keep those mouthwatering recipes coming!
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Hi @maria_lavendula_77 ! What a gift to have fresh berries to pick. 
We made this “Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Filling (Swedish Midsummer Cake)”. 
To be honest, had I really understood all the different homemade components that were required (jam, pastry cream, whipped cream) I would have considered making a different cake! The pastry gods must have been on my side because I somehow managed to finish it in a little over 2.5 hours!
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Hello everyone,
I arrived late but luckily, there was still a room free in the otter cabin.
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Otters are a friendly bunch. Pile in! There’s room! 
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Grumble grumble… 
I just spent most of my evening working on Splendid Match and patching broken sentences together, doing combos just about every other segment, in 7 languages… but the leaderboard did not update… I have no idea where I am for badges… 
Time for bed!
update SAD! I got caught in the month roll over! I know I did more than 1166 on Splendid Match… 
Some of it must have been added to end of June. I’m guessing I made it to lookout point…
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Sleep well, little otter.
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I can relate with the combine part (I’m doing it rn) 
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I’m actually good at both baking and cooking, I know it might sound like bragging but my great grandmother even cooked for Mannerheim (an important president in Finnish history) and he told that her her food was good (he came into the kitchen). I’m not saying I’m as good as my namesak but to me most traditional things aren’t all that hard. To me that cake looks easy and very tasty.
Yesterday I got me some strawberries and today I’m going to pick gooseberries and when it gets colder I will start making my own jam. This time of year is amazing, and even though chanterelles aren’t ready in my region (we have extreme heat in my region at the moment) my mother picked some during the weekend in Stockholm. For those of you who aren’t in the Nordic countries we have something called “allemannsrätt”/ “Everymans right” that makes it legal to go into any forest and pick berries and mushrooms.
I wish every country had it, everyone deserves to be out in nature.
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Sounds so yummy! Teleport some my way once you’ve cooked them!
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Ikr 
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Hahaha, such a good idea!
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Greetings, Camper Contributors!
We an incredible 227 campers in cabins now. Amazing! 
Let’s look at our cabin breakdown:
Otter cabin = 21.1%
Fox cabin = 36%
Eagle cabin = 22.8%
Bear cabin = 20.2%
Has anyone has heard of “forest bathing” or Shinrin-yoku? It’s the therapeutic Japanese practice or process of immersing your sights and senses in nature. May we all benefit by getting ourselves out in nature this weekend!
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Hi dear,
Thanks for the update. 
It’s always nice to see there are new campers on the site. 
Welcome guys.
Shinrin-yoku? Never heard of it before. But I’m always interested in Japanese culture. And this tradition seems so nice and relaxing. I might see if I can try it in the next couple of days or weeks.
Thank you for the nice idea. 
🌲 🦅 🌳 🦅 🌳 🦅 🌲 🦅 🌳 🦅 🌲 🦅
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