Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[cudgee]

I do enjoy crunchy, fatty, salty snacks

Get to the back of the line, that stretches around the planet three and a half times.

 

[WhittlinAway]

Get to the back of the line, that stretches around the planet three and a half times.

Lol! Do watch for my elbows if you try to get past me.

 

[bigfish64]

This makes me sad. When we, as a society, lose touch with the preparation of our food, we lose touch with the ingredients and the source of those ingredients: the farmers and ranchers, their agricultural practices, and the land itself. We also lose touch with our history and traditions. This is all very much to our collective detriment.

I fully understand that some people can neither afford nor spare the time to cook the majority—or even a portion—of their meals from scratch. I have no quarrel with them and do not for a minute want to add to their burden. I do wish, though, that society as a whole would recognize the ill effects of our current state of industrialized food production and start prioritizing the health of ourselves, our local economies, and the planet over the cheapest possible fast food burger.

Time to take a breath and a break with an improvised cocktail of gin, homemade candied kumquats, orange bitters, and a splash of soda water :

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Ironically, while I was drafting this message, this arrived:

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An assortment pack of Lay's potato chips as a thank you from a thoughtful coworker for all the hard work I've been putting in. I do enjoy crunchy, fatty, salty snacks and these will not last long!

I'm not against the occasional processed food or snack or restaurant meals. In fact, I was on an international flight once and they offered for purchase a snack of Pringles and red wine and I thought it was brilliant! Hadn't I had food poisoning at the time I would have purchased at least one round. I just wish that it wasn't some people's only viable option.

Sorry for the rant. Have a great weekend everyone!

Well said Whittlin! Everything in moderation is what I was always taught. Except maybe knife collecting.
Todd

 

[WhittlinAway]

Well said Whittlin! Everything in moderation is what I was always taught. Except maybe knife collecting.
Todd

My Grandpa—to this day the finest man I've ever met—used to say that often: "everything in moderation and nothing to excess." If he'd had a lambsfoot, he would have been satisfied with just the one. And used it and maintained it.

I probably should reflect on that before buying any more knives....

 

[bigfish64]

My Grandpa—to this day the finest man I've ever met—used to say that often: "everything in moderation and nothing to excess." If he'd had a lambsfoot, he would have been satisfied with just the one. And used it and maintained it.

I probably should reflect on that before buying any more knives....

Your grandpa sounds like he was a wise man my friend.

 

[tmd_87]

Wow....I have been neglectful in posting here.....I have been stalking the forum knife thread a lot...congrats Jack on the 2500 pages and counting. Thanks to you and all the Guardians for making this thread and the porch a great place!

 

[mrknife]

makes me want to dig out the ole lambsfoot in celebration!

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Onebigbill]

You're not kidding Dennis, I have two sets of neighbours who get takeaway delivered every single day, sometimes more than once, and I see people buying their veg already chopped up for them in the supermarket I corrected a radio host for using the expression 'cooking from scratch' a couple of years back - 'You mean COOKING?'!

Thanks buddy, you're right!

Lots of poaching went on during the big 1984-85 miners strike here, just rabbits for the most part, but they filled some empty bellies

Thanks again my friend I have never tried to make an omelette in the style my mother would very occasionally make them, and doubt I could pull it off! They were as thin as a sheet of sand-paper! Honestly, the first time I heard the phrase 'home-cooked meal' used, I thought it was a disparaging remark!

LOL! You're on form today Dennis, put a big smile on my grumpy old face! And a great pic of your Hartshead Barlow too

I've been worn out the past couple of days. It's not even 9.00pm yet, and I could easily go to bed! Starting my hike from a small village called Shadwell, which for some reason always makes me think of this scene from the film Billy Liar, which was filmed not too far away

After a couple of days without it, I'm pining for my Hartshead Barlow Have a great Saturday Guardians, and I'll try to catch up with you when I get back from my hike

Hope that you have/had a good hike Jack. Wonderful photo of your HHB on the what appears to be a shelf fungus. The color palette is perfect. I've had this things growing on an Oak tree at my former residence and just removed them. Some tree experts have told me that the tree was going to die one day. So far it's doing fine and I suspect the new owners of the property will enjoy it for many more years. My understanding of fungal growths is that things like these shelf fungi and mushrooms/toadstools are the "flower" of the fungus and that the real body of it lies underneath the ground or the bark of the tree as the case may be. I used to go mushroom hunting with my grandfather - he knew what he was doing and I would never attempt doing it my self - afraid I would make a terrible mistake.

Today it will be my HHB in the pocket. Gave it a good sharpening and man does it ever take an edge.

 

[screened porch]

 

[Jack Black]

As a native Kentuckian, I should prefer bourbon to Scotch…but either of these works just fine for me.
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Two classy-looking whiskies to go with your classy Waynorth Lamb

I go back to work soon (after having three months of bonding leave!), so I've been trying to knock out as many chores as possible lately... I'm gotta do some catching up with the thread, I'm getting behind!

Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are supposed to bounce between 90 and 100 degrees so I'm busting out the yard work today. I figured I'd bring a good friend along to help deadhead the roses/lilacs and snag some peony blooms.

Good to see you here buddy, those are great pics

This makes me sad. When we, as a society, lose touch with the preparation of our food, we lose touch with the ingredients and the source of those ingredients: the farmers and ranchers, their agricultural practices, and the land itself. We also lose touch with our history and traditions. This is all very much to our collective detriment.

I fully understand that some people can neither afford nor spare the time to cook the majority—or even a portion—of their meals from scratch. I have no quarrel with them and do not for a minute want to add to their burden. I do wish, though, that society as a whole would recognize the ill effects of our current state of industrialized food production and start prioritizing the health of ourselves, our local economies, and the planet over the cheapest possible fast food burger.

Time to take a breath and a break with an improvised cocktail of gin, homemade candied kumquats, orange bitters, and a splash of soda water :

View attachment 1589429

Ironically, while I was drafting this message, this arrived:

View attachment 1589431

An assortment pack of Lay's potato chips as a thank you from a thoughtful coworker for all the hard work I've been putting in. I do enjoy crunchy, fatty, salty snacks and these will not last long!

I'm not against the occasional processed food or snack or restaurant meals. In fact, I was on an international flight once and they offered for purchase a snack of Pringles and red wine and I thought it was brilliant! Hadn't I had food poisoning at the time I would have purchased at least one round. I just wish that it wasn't some people's only viable option.

Sorry for the rant. Have a great weekend everyone!

The pace of this deliberate de-skilling has been breathtaking!

You drink some nice cocktails Greg

Same here, and it looks like you have some tasty snacks there Now when I was a boy, you had to find the wee wrap of salt and 'cook' them yourself!

Wow....I have been neglectful in posting here.....I have been stalking the forum knife thread a lot...congrats Jack on the 2500 pages and counting. Thanks to you and all the Guardians for making this thread and the porch a great place!

Thanks Taylor, it's been great to have you along for the journey my friend

makes me want to dig out the ole lambsfoot in celebration!

Get to it Jack!

Hope that you have/had a good hike Jack. Wonderful photo of your HHB on the what appears to be a shelf fungus. The color palette is perfect. I've had this things growing on an Oak tree at my former residence and just removed them. Some tree experts have told me that the tree was going to die one day. So far it's doing fine and I suspect the new owners of the property will enjoy it for many more years. My understanding of fungal growths is that things like these shelf fungi and mushrooms/toadstools are the "flower" of the fungus and that the real body of it lies underneath the ground or the bark of the tree as the case may be. I used to go mushroom hunting with my grandfather - he knew what he was doing and I would never attempt doing it my self - afraid I would make a terrible mistake.

Today it will be my HHB in the pocket. Gave it a good sharpening and man does it ever take an edge.
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Thanks Bill, here's the whole bunch of them

That's a nice thing to have done with your grandfather Bill When I lived in Sheffield, I lived a few hundred yards from Sheffield University for about 10 years, and I took quite a few evening classes over the years. I took a short mycology course several times, as it was run by one of our leading fungi experts, and it was a great opportunity to go out into the field with him

OTW is looking good Jer

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. My hike was OK, but I didn't take too many photos. We stopped for about an hour to do some slingshot plinking I couldn't get a good pic of the cygnets, but there were eight of them altogether

 

[tmd_87]

Happy Saturday Guardians!

 

[Jack Black]

Ha

Happy Saturday Guardians!

Hope you're having a great day Taylor

 

[tmd_87]

Hope you're having a great day Taylor

BBQ and maybe some cocktails on deck Jack.

 

[WhittlinAway]

The ol' pocket hog again today.

 

[tmd_87]

The ol' pocket hog again today.

What a hog it is! Love my Barlow.

 

[Jack Black]

BBQ and maybe some cocktails on deck Jack.

Sounds good to me Taylor, have a fab time

The ol' pocket hog again today.

Cool pic Greg!

 

[JJ Cahill]

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. My hike was OK, but I didn't take too many photos. We stopped for about an hour to do some slingshot plinking I couldn't get a good pic of the cygnets, but there were eight of them altogether

It looks like you had a very pleasant time in the lovely countryside!

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[cudgee]

Had to get this thread back to it's rightful position, on Page One.. A while back i mentioned about my project to make my own sharpener, here is an update. I am just waiting for a couple of parts to arrive, then should be completed this week. I may do some more tinkering, i will wait to see how it turns out, i have already made quite a few changes from my original idea. Hope you are all having a good weekend. .

This is how it arrived out of the box.

These are the parts that i am using in my plan.

Charlies will be getting a touch up when i have it up and running. In this photo it is held on by magnets.