Day 1 with camp stove: Have so far failed to light it. Open box of Bisquick just kind of sitting there and mocking me. Thank god my survival doesn't depend on this.

Oh, wait.

Spent match count: 12

eta: It helps considerably to actually open the pressure valve before pressurizing it; thanks, gfish.

I just ordered six #10 cans of dried chicken, to show up on gfish's doorstep.

On the internet, you can buy POUNDS OF MEAT.

Yay, sicker than I was yesterday. Continuing to labor under the belief that going to Folklife and pushing myself there was worth it. Hope I didn't give anyone else the Crud for it, though ( Read more... )

New tag: canoe-trip

The book I got about taking food on a long boating trip has instructions for drying things like sliced fresh tomatoes and canned frijoles refritos. I should poke gement about the dehydrators at her place ( Read more... )