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Campfire quail

When I think back to memorable camping trips, a wide variety of places, friends and events come to mind. Yet, there is one thing many of these outings have in common. They involved great food, prepared over a campfire.

These days, electric coolers, vacuum sealers and other innovations have made it easy to bring food for an entire week, but where is the fun in that? Growing up, the basic idea was to pack some emergency staples and shoot or fish for protein. And what better protein than game birds? What beats spending a few

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