Camping and Cooking

Initially, I want to go way back to establish relevance or at least some history that generated my interest and made me want to gain more knowledge. From back in the days of growing up, going on camping trips with Mom, Dad and my brothers, then, on to camping with the Boy Scouts of America, I have used or had learned to use the essential tools required of cooking. Preparing the food, which always required a good set of knives and other utensils. The Coleman portable camping stove, which took some doing, pumping it up and throwing a lit match at it. That was always fun to watch.
I really have always loved a camp fire. Setting around, enjoying some well cooked marshmallows or maybe just to stay warm during the early morning or late evenings. Loved that smell, too.
My interest in cooking grew even more when I was in high school as I was asked to become a cook at the Hillcrest Country Club, in Kansas City, by the chef and sioux chef. I was working as a dish washer there at the time and I guess they liked how hard I worked. So, one of the first things I had to do was to get a good professional knife set. All I could afford at the time was a chefs knife and a boning knife. A good set of knives that would last and keep a good edge didn't come cheep.
I worked hard to learn the business and get as as good as I could. I really enjoyed cooking. After working there for quite some time , the sioux chef told me we were going to be hired as a team, him being the chef and me the sioux chef at the Waikiki Beach hotel in Hawaii. Unfortunately, the chef, who was his dad, took ill and we were not able to go. Too bad, we were a good team. Soon after graduating high school I went into the military and made it a career. I worked as a precision electronics measurement technician, which I also really loved doing. Even in the military, though not a cook, I was always faced with the need to have to cook and I've always had a good kitchen cutlery set. One set that I can recommend is at: http://titaniumknives.totalwarehouse.com/. It's a titanium set, something that I'll blog on later.