It was a wickedly cold morning when we stumbled bleary-eyed out of our cozy Bedouin tent at the Brisbane Valley Multicultural Festival ESK.

Frost glittered across the tent in the first rays of the rising sun easing over the mountains.

frost covered bedouin tent

Our teeth chattering in the cold, we made a beeline for our medieval campfire to warm our hands over coals still hot from the night before.

Ann stoked the fire and filled a cast iron pot with water to heat for our morning cuppa, then busied herself making her signature scrumptious breakfasts.

cooking over a campfire

First into the pan went a mound of bacon, sizzling and smoking and smelling so good we could hardly wait for it to be done.

Shoving the bacon to one side, she tore holes out of the center of slices of bread, tossed them onto the bacon-greased pan, then cracked an egg into each hole.

Like starving kids we lined up, medieval wooden bowls in hand, sniffing appreciatively as we got our portion of bread toasted in bacon grease, thick cut bacon, and fried eggs.

campfire breakfast

 

Perched on our handmade medieval wooden stools, we huddled around the fire and dug in, the hot, hearty food warming us instantly.

Delicious!

 

medieval breakfast

What is your favorite camping breakfast?