I am fascinated with the idea of cooking simple gourmet meals while camping. On the Camp-cook.com forum a member (jeepdad) posted his recipe for Fettuccini with Sweet Peppers and Pine Nuts with Fried Mozzarella Cheese. It looked delicious so I had to make my version of it (see my pictures at the end of this […]
The Camp-Cook.com forum is having another food theme week. I have decided to participate. Here are the week’s rules: This challenge is for a simple one pot (Dutch oven or Potjie) MAIN DISH. Something that would be good while camping. The rules. One pot Once something goes in the pot it stays there until it’s
In the past month or so, the iron cookware collection has expanded. Some are gifts from my family (brother-in-law, grandmother, Senior Management) and some are things I’ve purchased with gift cards. With a Birthday around Christmas time, it makes for a lot of heavy metal. Here is a list of the new items: A corn
I am not much for New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, my typical resolution is to make no resolutions. I have been successful at keeping this resolution for the past 12 years. I typically don’t like resolutions because they usually end up being BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) which typically fail. Gradual change suits me better.
I just returned from spending a week in the woods of north Idaho with the senior class. Every year, as part of our school program, we take the seniors, and many of their parents, into the woods to rough it. There is no electricity, no camp sites, no showers, no cell phone coverage. During this
This blog entry documents the second day of our Lolo Trail trip & the jPod’s first off-road adventure with Nathan & Erin, Carl, and our family. If you haven’t read about the trail & the day one report, visit it here: Part 1 Day 2 The morning of day two was a bit cooler than
The high school that I teach at has an annual Spring Arts Festival. For the evening, the student’s creativity is put on display. There is quite a list: welding, photography, quilting, cooking, pottery, painting, gymnastics, instrumental numbers, singing, and much more. This even pulls in about 500-700 people. For this year’s festival some co-workers &
Last Friday night was stuffed food night made with power tools that I usually use on my jPod trailer build. Senior Management & I made stuffed peppers. Here is the recipe: Stuffed peppers: 4-6 Red or Yellow Bell peppers 1 cup of rice (dry) 10-12 mushrooms 1 tsp. Mongolian Fire Oil Smoked Gouda Cheese A
My father-in-law just had a birthday. For his 60th, the family celebrated by hanging out with 50 or so of his friends. He is one of those people that I hope I can be when I’m 60. He is an Ironman triathlete and plans to do the Coeur d’Alene Ironman again this coming June, 2009.
My latest work on the jPod occurred last weekend. I decided to rework the galley hatch a bit. I felt that the skin could work better for the shape of the trailer & line up on the hinge better than I had it. In the end, I strapped everything down, shimmed the entire inside of