Sat By A Fire Tonight

The Warrior

The Warrior

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I'm sure it's not really thread worthy, but, what the hell. The wife had some pork steaks marinating overnight, and instead of cooking them on the grill, I suggested we get a fire going, and cook them over the fire. I batonned a crap load of kindling with my 9, but didn't get any photos of it, as I was in a hurry to get a fire going before it got overly dark. I hate taking photos using the flash, but had to at night.

Got a blazing fire going:

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Set my 6 foot folding table on it's side, as a makeshift wind block:

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The ol niner:

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Nothing beats a nice fire:

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My well loved 9:

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Threw the pork steaks on the fire. Not a big fan of foil, but my grate is in pretty bad shape, so necessary:

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I love pork steak, especially over the fire:

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Marinated pork steak, Vermont Maple syrup glazed carrots, and mashed potatoes. It was freakin' good, and fun to eat sitting at a table at night by the fire. It was about 42°, so a nice night for a fire:

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It was a little more romantic without the flash, haha, but my camera sucks at low light levels:

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Nothing earth shattering, but we had a good time.
 
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Thanks, Dubz. Made me feel all warm and cozy just looking at the pics. I can almost smell the wood smoke. Odd question - do you know what kind of wood you burned? I've got half a cord of sugar maple that just smells fantastic (burning or not)!
p.s. IMO, definitely thread worthy.
 
granitestateofmind said:
Thanks, Dubz. Made me feel all warm and cozy just looking at the pics. I can almost smell the wood smoke. Odd question - do you know what kind of wood you burned? I've got half a cord of sugar maple that just smells fantastic (burning or not)!
p.s. IMO, definitely thread worthy.
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I have no idea what kind of wood it is. It's heavy, whatever it is. We bought 1/2 cord not too long ago.
 
there is nothing better than a fire. very cool way to spend an evening. thanks for sharing.
 
TPVT said:
there is nothing better than a fire. very cool way to spend an evening. thanks for sharing.
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I agree man, I love it. We sit by one every chance we get. It's nice to have a wife that's interested in the same things I am. She loves the great outdoors.
 
Great photos and thanks for sharing. The wife and I love to have a fire when we get the chance.
 
I would love to be sitting near a fire right now but it's way too hot for that unfortunately!! Maple carrots sound awesome, I do them with honey sometimes but I will definitely try maple next. Thanks for sharing, looks like you had a nice night with the missus.
 
Looks good Dubz. Any meal on a fire beats the best meals I've eaten from the stove.
 
Murphnuge said:
Looks good Dubz. Any meal on a fire beats the best meals I've eaten from the stove.
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Thanks man. Hell yes, I love stuff cooked over a fire. That pork steak kicked my ass. It was delicious. :thumbup:
 
I'd say it's thread worthy, but then again I just really enjoy looking at pictures of fire and food.
 
Definitely thread worthy. I wanted to have a fire last night, but seeing the pics makes up for not being able to do so. I'm sure my lady would put the squeeze on me to have a romantic dinner by the fire if she saw your pics, so I better get to it before she sees this thread. ;)
 
Thanks guys, appreciate it. We had a blast. We usually do hot dogs by the fire, but every once in awhile we do this. This is the first time we sat at a table with the propane lantern though, haha.
 
LostViking said:
A fire not worthy?

That's what life's all about.
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The fire was worthy, the Becker content, not so much. I can't take photos of myself batonning, haha. I could have gone inside to get my camera to take photos of the big pile of kindling I made, but, like I said, I wanted to get the fire going before it got dark.
 
The Warrior said:
The fire was worthy, the Becker content, not so much. I can't take photos of myself batonning, haha. I could have gone inside to get my camera to take photos of the big pile of kindling I made, but, like I said, I wanted to get the fire going before it got dark.
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Sometimes it's OK if the Becker content is implied, we all know you can't take selfies of batonning, just the before and after pics.
I was gonna ask how the batonning goes with the coating on, I stripped my 9 'cause the wood was sticking to the coating (newer laser-etched 9). When I stripped it there was a 3/4" splinter still stuck to the coating...seems to work a lot better now with the bare steel, although there's a little more maintenance involved.
 
granitestateofmind said:
Sometimes it's OK if the Becker content is implied, we all know you can't take selfies of batonning, just the before and after pics.
I was gonna ask how the batonning goes with the coating on, I stripped my 9 'cause the wood was sticking to the coating (newer laser-etched 9). When I stripped it there was a 3/4" splinter still stuck to the coating...seems to work a lot better now with the bare steel, although there's a little more maintenance involved.
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It works fine with the coating. Probably is better without. I'm slowly stripping it, one log at a time, haha. I need to get some sander belts so I can mod it.
 
Fire, knives and good food. No, that's not thread worthy at all....:D


Good stuff Dubz.
 
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