Mistwalker
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The weather here has been kind of crazy this winter, we've gotten more snow and freezing rain that we have over the last several years. A few days ago we had our most snow fall since Christmas day 2008, with about 9 inches laying here on top of the mountain.
This is a phone shot from my trip home that night,
A few days later and the temps were back up into the 60F range and the snow started melting and running off. It was a good time to get out for a while.
Since I was going to be out all day anyway, I tought a bit of a cook out would be good. I had been staring at the rack of lamb every time I opened the freezer for a while. With everything being so damp, fire was going to take a little prep, and some picky tinder gathering, collecting things up off the ground and in the air flow. The outsides were still damp from the thawing snow, but the insides weren't too wet.
Never the less, there was a lot moisture to deal with.
While the fire caught, up and the bed of coals was building, I whittled a forked stick from a broken Cherry sapling to cook with, and soon had a nice cooking fire going. And with two rocks to prop on, and one to weight down the non-working end of the cooking stick, lunch was soon in progress.
A lot of recipes for cooking meats have come along since the earliest peoples starting cooking meat over open fires. Sometimes I think the original recipe is my favorite of all.
.
This is a phone shot from my trip home that night,
A few days later and the temps were back up into the 60F range and the snow started melting and running off. It was a good time to get out for a while.
Since I was going to be out all day anyway, I tought a bit of a cook out would be good. I had been staring at the rack of lamb every time I opened the freezer for a while. With everything being so damp, fire was going to take a little prep, and some picky tinder gathering, collecting things up off the ground and in the air flow. The outsides were still damp from the thawing snow, but the insides weren't too wet.
Never the less, there was a lot moisture to deal with.
While the fire caught, up and the bed of coals was building, I whittled a forked stick from a broken Cherry sapling to cook with, and soon had a nice cooking fire going. And with two rocks to prop on, and one to weight down the non-working end of the cooking stick, lunch was soon in progress.
A lot of recipes for cooking meats have come along since the earliest peoples starting cooking meat over open fires. Sometimes I think the original recipe is my favorite of all.
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But I hope you enjoy the Easter grill all the more!!
