Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 19:28:17 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: camp stoves outside but connected
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Me likee.
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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.
On 09/03/2013 07:22 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> I like where this is going, but maybe we should save it up for Friday so we
> don't annoy the mods or make them hungry. I like the idea of the small
> pressure cooker. I can just picture you bagging small game and making up a
> real sportsman's stew. No squirrels I hope though. I have two Cabela's
> mega stores near me (what a trip those are), and I would lay in a supply of
> their game cooking spices if I ever had any game.
>
> Let's all submit on Friday in a new "Vanagon cooking" thread. I'm betting
> it will be meat heavy. I hope so anyway.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 4:22 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: camp stoves outside but connected
>
> Well, if others are chatting about cooking, then I might as well.
>
> In cold weather I tend to favor stews, broths, soups. For those I use a
> small pressure cooker, inside. Sometimes I put it on top of my kerosene
> heater, which I use outside, if I want the cooker to run at just below
> "lunch whistle in Scranton PA" level. Breakfasts will be cooked inside, I
> tend to favor eggs and bacons and similar.
>
> In hot weather I cook outdoors, using a variety of methods: a small charcoal
> smoker ("Old Smokey"), or a charcoal grill. When fires are restricted I
> grumble and use a propane barbecue which can be dialed down low enough for
> smoking, too. I cook breakfasts outdoors on a small butane stove -- the kind
> that uses butane cans about the size of a large can of spray paint.
>
> Morning coffee and midday hot teas (in cold weather) are normally done
> indoors year 'round and require nothing more than water heated in a small
> kettle.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 09/03/2013 12:18 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> Sounds like good eatin' to me. My choice of grill is the cobb (
>> http://www.cobbamerica.com/), very versatile and uses very little
> charcoal.
>> I cook outside mostly to keep the heat out of the cabin, but grilled
>> food of course has its own merits.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Stuart MacMillan
> <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> With the family trips of 7 a pound of bacon, a pound of sausage, and
>>> then either eggs, hash browns, French toast, or pancakes (not every
>>> morning though). So yes, I am rendering lard! The curtains, canvass,
>>> upholstery, and fuzz on the top will absorb a lot of vaporized and
> splattered grease.
>>> And I hate cleaning the van.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> For dinner I grill the protein and vegetables on my Campfire Grill
>>> using charcoal, not a campfire. I have both the 18" with the
>>> optional charcoal pan and the Rebel, and they are great.
>>> http://campfiregrill.com/ We eat a lot of seafood broken with the
>>> occasional rib eye, and sometimes my son in law actually catches
>>> dinner! Usually Dungeness crab and salmon.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> We always camp along the west coast, and our favorite spot has
>>> moorage so my son in law and daughter can sail up to join us. We are
>>> never far from a decent store!****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Stuart****
>>>
>>> *From:* Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 03, 2013 10:56 AM
>>> *To:* Stuart MacMillan
>>> *Cc:* Vanagon mailing list
>>> *Subject:* Re: camp stoves outside but connected****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> This is a phenomenon I have not noticed in my 230+ Westy camping
>>> trips while cooking full meals inside for often five people and sometimes
> six.
>>> Are you rendering lard in there or something?****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> : )****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> JIm****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Frying just coats the inside of the van with grease.
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>>
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