Mmmm, prepared individuals...cooking on Coleman type stoves...TASTY!!! A new way of thinking: "Love thy neighbor" A true survivalist would have plenty of garlic and aeromatics on hand to make one's neighbors a little more palatable. Keep the rice and beans for a side dish or for keeping future meals plump and jucy.
Tobasco Sauce, and various spices and seasonings are a requirement for any serious survivalists kit. It will make even nutria palitable. Or so they claim. Im not that brave.....
Gunner
Crackling bacon and popping eggs. Those are memories from Coleman stoves up in the high mountains. Near freezing wakeup and hot afternoons.
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Tom Gardner wrote:
Nearly any meat will succumb to marination in acid and oil if you have the time. Wishbone Italian salad dressing works well. Failing that, any available vinegar and oil providing that the oil isn't rancid. Better to skip the oil if it is rancid; the vinegar does most of the work.
Seasoning if you have room in the bugout bag: McCormick's poultry seasoning rub for the survivalist who'd like tasty grub. Tobasco hides bad taste, not always a good idea because it can hide taste clues of bad meat that will make you sick. Further, it can quell the appestat before you've eaten as much as you might need to when your next meal might be a while later. If you gather the game or fish yourself then that isn't an issue. MRE's are a last resort. They're good for combat troops because they're high-calorie quick, but they gave my dainty digestive system hell even when I was 22.
Onions work miracles on almost everything if available, wild or at market, in country or wherever. Onions are about universal everywhere. Tomatoes supply acid but they're only available in countries with moderate to warm climates and they're seasonal.
Failing all of the foregoing ......ya don't have to like what you eat in survival mode. Ya don't hafta like it, you just hafta do it. Bears are omnivores like we, they get big fat before hibernation.
It's important not to eat anything that will make you sick. Getting sick can be fatal in a survival sit, no matter how much ammo is at hand. Tough shit, pick yer pony and take yer ride.
I machined a part out of metal for a bud today that I'm rather proud of, though that might be off-topic........
So sayeth this oldfart who has been there, done that, now enjoys every no-risk day before the grim reaper arrives to collect me arse.
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 05:30:14 -0500, the blithe spirit Don Foreman clearly indicated:
(Whassamattayou, Gunner? You don't like 2' long RATS? Wuss. ;)
Eating your neighbor is OK but rancid fat ain't, Don? Um, OK.
Hopefully they're better nutrition nowadays. That they're complete with internal heating mechanism is a definite plus! (No fire to give your position away.)
And they do it all without SuperSizing; truly a Miracle!
Getting sick alone can kill ya quicker than getting sick with someone around--to keep you hydrated and nurse you back to health--provided that you survive what ails ya.
It is for this thread. Whatcha make?
What good is a no-risk day? A day without some kind of adrenaline rush is like a day without sunshine, eh? (Given the windy road and deep ditches on the sides, not to mention city drivers, driving into town every few days gives me that rush. ;)
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Fitting for a bud's pressure washer. The aluminum casting was cracked at a hole threaded 3/8 NPT. Welded the casting but didn't get clear down to the threads, didn't want to barf them up. Skinned the nose flat in the mill, made an NPT fitting with a flange that meets the nose blackout tight just about the time the tapered threads snug up. The challenge was getting the taper and lathe-cut threads so that would happen. A little Permatex between flange and casting nose, and voiley! I made the flange so it could be welded to the casting and picked up some 4043 TIG rod yesterday, but I think Permatex and torque will seal it just as well.
Funny you should mention this. My wife and I were having a disagreement about this very thing. When it got to the point where she ran out of "good" arguments she said "well, it's a good thing you arent' there. You would have been the first one dead. You don't even know how to pack for camping."
The basis for that statement, I am sure, is that my version of camping involves: a fishing line, hook, blade of some sort, a pot and some matches. Depending on season maybe a sleeping bag and tent. (firearms are generally prohibited in most camping areas, but that doesn't always stop me.)
She packs everything under the freaking sun and then whines that her pack is too heavy.
Survivalist she ain't. I was too floored by her comment to even come up with a response. Only thing I could thing of was "I'm not dumb enough to get caught in that predicament in the first place".
JW
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:13:27 -0500, the blithe spirit Don Foreman clearly indicated:
Tres chic. Got pics?
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Yup. A chart I saw somewhere indicated that it's compatble with both
6061 and cast aluminum.On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:14:17 -0500, the blithe spirit Don Foreman clearly indicated:
Well done!
Melted wire somehow seems more permanent than Permatex. ;)
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