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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
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 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
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...
Roast Bacon Wrapped Chanterelles
Roast Bacon Wrapped Chanterelles Fall mushroom season is just around the corner. Soon we will be tromping through the woods and, with a little luck, collecting buckets full of chanterelles. There is no better way to conclude a successful foray than to sit around a...
My Afternoon
6/14/25 2:30 74f Had an interesting afternoon today. Started with the No Kings Rally downtown at the fountain, then I met Mike for a walk on the old highway. Here's some pix... ...
Midweek Campout
Ran up to Kingsley Thursday for a quick overnight camp. I thought I might kayak and do some fishing but it was windy and I was lazy -I never even took the boat off the truck. ...
6/10/25
Walter and I took a walk down Thomsen Road this morning. I was hoping to get out while it was still cool enough to enjoy, but I almost waited too long. It was close to 85f when we got back. ...
FLEXTAIL Tiny Pump x 2024
Andy bought one of these little pumps for his Thermarest pad a while ago. I laughed at him for buying another unnecessary gadget. Until I got a huge self-inflating sleep pad from Sportsman's Guide. It is supposed to be self-inflating and it kinda is, but deflating it...
A Morning Walk
6/8/25 9:00 75f (28.8c) Walter and I took a short walk up Swyers Drive this morning, while it was still cool enough to enjoy it. ...
Good Morning
5/15/26 45F (7.2C) Broken cloud cover drifts above wet ground. It rained some more last night. An inconstant breeze flutters the oaks' leaves, making them shimmer. A crow caws over the cooing of doves, like the rasping smoker's voice of a bar floozy...
Good Morning
5/14/26 5:45 49F (9.4C) Cloudy. Calm, no rain. I think I will put some more corn in the ground this morning. If the wind doesn't come up, I'll burn the blackberry briars I cleared from around the rabbit hutch yesterday. Perhaps I should go up in the...
Good Morning
5/13/26 6:00 50F (10C) Mostly cloudy, windy, damp. A solitary spring storm to punctuate the drought. Trees sway and rattle in the gusts, spent blooms and small cones falling like last night's rain. The ground is wet, with puddles here and there. The...
Good Morning
5/12/26 6:00 48F (8.8C) Calm, partly cloudy. Clouds dot the blue sky like tufts of cottonwood dander drifting by. A robin buzzed me, so low I felt the breeze of his wings beating the air. Amy is home from California. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
5/11/26 6:00 43F (6C) A clear, windless morning, calm and quiet. The waning crescent moon floats ghost-like between the trees. A swallow glides by, white belly shining in the sun. The water casks have been soaking overnight. They still leak but are...
