More methods
Heat a flat stone in the fire until it is nearly red hot. Dust any ash off it,brush with oil and use to cook meat and fish on.
To cook an egg,prick a hole in one end and stand in hot ashes for ten minutes.Or,cut the top off an orange,scoop out the flesh and cook egg in "shell".
Make a barbecue by supporting a piece of metal mesh on logs over hot coals. Brush the mesh with oil before you put food on it.
Cook a stew overnight in a billy stood in hot ashes. Make sure you cover the billy with a lid or plate and bank the ashes up round it almost to the top. Boil up the next day before eating.