Camp out Prime Rib

In August I will be taking a much needed camping vacation on the Washington Coast. Lots of fishing and clamming. Being the cook of the group I have been asked to cook Prime Rib on a campfire. My thought is to pack it in herbs and rock salt and wrap with foil and bury in the coals. Any ideas or suggestions?

[ChefRon]

Andrew, I envy you on your trip. What pray tell is "clamming"? I don't get out much. In any case, it seems to me that what you're suggesting sounds dangerously close to steaming. Steamed Prime Rib? That sounds like something the English might do. Is it perhaps possible that you could slice it into steaks and coal grill them with herbs? I'm sure your approach would work, but I wonder about the result.

Could you bring a kettle or traditional grill? What about setting the herb and salt crusted rib to the opposite side of the coals and slow roasting it in that manner?

[Pete]

There are a lot of ways you can cook your prime rib over a campfire. I agree with chefRon, potatoes and veggies in foil is great, but prime rib. Here are a few ideas. If you have a grate, arrange the coals toward the outside and underneath, place the prime rib in the center, over a drip pan and cover the whole thing loosely with foil to keep heat in. You can always design a rotissere with sticks soaked in water or even attemp to roast it as the Argentinian gauchos do: tied to stakes stuck upright into the ground slightly angled away from the fire so that the fat drips on the ground and not the flames. they do whole sides of beef this way. Hope this gives you some ideas. Be creative, you can always cut it into steaks if your idea fails. Your guests wont care. Everything always tastes better when cooked outside over a fire. Have fun!!!!

"Clamming" is digging for clams. I have never done it myself, but the general idea I guess is to find their breathing hole and dig like crazy. I have been told they can dig twenty feet in a matter of minutes.

The rotissiere idea sounds fun, I just thought that packing it and wrapping it in foil would work the same as potatoes. Thanks for your ideas.