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Mulled Wine

Mulled Wine

Hot spiced wine is a perfect way to take the edge off the drizzly season.  We made this in a 2 1/4 gallon cast iron potjie suspended over the fire from a tripod. It would work just as well in a crock pot on low.     Ingredients    2 bottles of red wine...

Carbonara

Carbonara

This is one of my favorite camp meals. It only takes about twenty minutes and it is delicious. Dried lobster mushrooms work best in this dish. They hold up to cooking, add a marvelous flavor, and the water used for reconstituting them dyes the pasta orange and infuses...

Lobster Mushroom Hash Browns

Lobster Mushroom Hash Browns

The combination of shredded Lobster mushrooms, potato, sunchokes and a little diced red onion, give these hash browns a unique flavor, filled with the umami of Autumn. Ingredients   1-2 potatoes, grated sunchokes, grated, equal to the amount of potatoes used an...

Plaki with Lobster Mushrooms

Plaki with Lobster Mushrooms

Plaki with lobster mushrooms over rice pilaf Plaki is a Greek fish casserole. This is another very flexible recipe: essentially any seafood available with whatever vegetables and mushrooms which may be in season, baked in a tomato sauce, and served over rice or bulgur...

Beef Stroganov

Beef Stroganov

What can you do with a bucket of chanterelles? I don’t like them dried and you can only eat so many omelets. You can freeze or can them, but they are never as good as when they are fresh. Ah, Stroganov… Stroganov is tasty, and you can use a ton of mushrooms if you...

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

  7/5/2025 4:00 79f (26.1c) Tuckered out after a late night last night.           Amy and I ran up to Trout Creek Ridge and bought a stack of books at a garage sale, including Jack London, Earl Stanley Gardner, and Robert Service, for a...

Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole

            When we camped at Peter’s place up above Lyle, I found some pretty, red rocks that fractured with a sharp edge and threw good sparks when struck against steel. They were granular, not glassy where they were broken, so the edge didn’t stay sharp very...

The Barge

The Barge

      Walter has been out in the canoe with me several times. He does well - doesn't seem to be very enthusiastic about it, but it beats being left home. The canoe isn't as much fun as my kayak but the kayak isn't big enough for the both of us, so I had...

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

    7/1/25 2:00 91f (32.7c) Sunny, hot, and windless.  Walter, Mike and I went up into the Gifford Pinchot to seek relief from the hot weather in the tall trees.  We did a couple of short walks (no mushrooms,  no surprise), then sat down had a whiskey and...

Thanks, Joe!

Thanks, Joe!

  Thanks for taking me sailing, Joe. It's  a beautiful,  sweet handling boat and it was a lovely day on the water.                                    ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/19/26 5:30 55F (12.7C) Birch leaves shudder under the caress of an unseen breeze in the clear blue shadow of morning, before the sun has risen. Amy, just returned from California, is still asleep in the house. Walter slumbers on the deck, with one eye open....

Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/18/26 6:15 55F (12.7C) Blue sky and no breeze. Soon the sun will light the canyon. The rooster is crowing, the hens are clucking. Walter has roused himself from the deck to go bark at something,  but he lacks enthusiasm. The sprinkler rattles through the corn...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/17/26 6:00 51F (10.5C) Clear sky, no wind. The sun is still below the ridge. The canyon is in shadows, light just kissing the crest of firs along the western rim. Birds are active, flitting through the trees and chattering back and forth. I drink my tea and...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/16/26 6:30 60F (15.5C) The sun is above the ridge, the clouds are breaking up, the morning is calm and quiet. A thunderstorm  brushed by yesterday,  trailing rain across the deck. I heard rain on my roof off and on through the night. My laundry hanging on the...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/15/26 9:00 80F (26.6C) I slept late. The sun is up, the sky is blue. There are no clouds and barely enough breeze to flutter the corn tassles. Good morning.                            ...