Food for thought- Building extreme hunger

[glenn kangiser]

Thirsty builders?  Be cheap.  Make your own Soda Water -

http://www.truetex.com/carbonation.htm

[MountainDon]

Whoa! Almost more than I needed to know about carbonation.  :-/ Save for the reference to beer though, I'm not at all a carbonated beverage consumer. Can't remember the last time I had a soda. But very interesting stuff.

[glenn kangiser]

Now you can save all those warm flat beers and re-carbonate them.

[benevolance]

good read

A lot of the info is the same type of stuff you get on homebrew web sites...I would love to find a way to make soda syrup with less sugar and skip adding absorbic acid to minimize the sweetness...

Cream soda is among my favourites...Ditto Black Cherry and a good Root Beer

My wife has bugged me to make Soda Pop For her Like I make Beer...I made the mistake of telling her once they were about the same in that you use carbonation and they were easy to make.

need to remember to forget that info around the wife...

[glenn kangiser]

We took our poor little lone head of cabbage and Sassy made cabbage rolls from it -- first batch in a long time.

[Sassy]

The cabbage rolls are just raising, haven't cooked them yet... in case you were wondering why they look so pale  :-?

[MountainDon]

HMMM. They look different from my Mom's cabbage rolls. Hers didn't go through a "raising". Must be different types.

Hers looked more like these on this link

http://pictures.polandforall.com/stuffed-cabbage-rolls.html

Cabbage leaves rolled around a rice and ground beef mix, with a thin tomato based sauce. I miss them.  :'(

[glenn kangiser]

Someone here called them that.  In Fresno they are called Beerocks or Berrocks.  I have also seen them called Peroshkis or Perogi's or something similar.  Good by any name.

You need to try to make them yourself, Don.

[Sassy]

Those look good, too, MtnDon! My grandmother from Norway called them groutruns (sp) - hamburger, onions, cabbage, peppers, garlic, salt & pepper rolled up in bread dough & baked in the oven.

[MountainDon]

I will give 'em a shot!

A pierogi to me is sorta like a ravioli stuffed with potato & cheese, tho' we also have some with saurkraut fillings.

[glenn kangiser]

We will require a report with pix.

[benevolance]

not much for saurkraut

Potatoe filled raviolis are yummy though!

I would love to learn to make raviolis and I want to start making my own pasta... eventually

[MountainDon]

Easy way to form them is to use a tool. There are many out there. My Mom had a pierogi maker that did 12 at a time. Roll out a sheet of dough and place it on the form. Press dough into cavities and spoon out fillings. Put second dough sheet over. Apply top of form, press down firmly. Remove. Cook. Enjoy.

http://www.amazon.com/Ravioli%252fPierogi%252fDumpling-Maker/dp/B0009Q2L5M

http://www.amazon.com/V5510-PEEPA-Pierogi-Sticker-Maker/dp/B0000CF6FP

http://www.kasbahouse.com/villawareonline/cavatelliandraviolimakers.asp

PS, Raviloi should be square, whereas Pierogi should be half circles. Tradition, ya' know.

OMMV

[glenn kangiser]

Remember the hot filled sandwich maker that toasted bread and sealed the edges together then you cut off the crust to make a fancy little sandwich.

[MountainDon]

Yep. I have a cast iron one someplace.

[benevolance]

never seen a sandwichmaker.... sorry guys too young for that

the ravioli/ piriogi maker is awesome though...thanks for the idea

Christmas time is coming and I can get one for the wife even if I am the one that ends up using it mostly

[glenn kangiser]

Sandwich maker info.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A36541

...and a stovetop one.

http://www.primetimesolutions.com/products.asp?product_id=DIABLO01&source=gg&camp=diablo&term=toasted%20sandwich%20makers&s_kwcid=toasted%20sandwich%20makers|746653399&gclid=CPre79zctY8CFSbvYAodNTwBaw

[MountainDon]

Also look for Panini Grills.

like...

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_k/105-7550156-2238024?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dgarden&field-keywords=panini&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

[benevolance]

seen devices much like that for waffles and omelets...

a must have for the hunting camp guys...

having a cold beer for breakfast and the fire is going... throw some eggs in that turkey and get er on the open flame...

Good times...Good times

[StinkerBell]

I have a tip.

You do not need to buy a sandwich maker or a panini grill.

For the cost of about .02 you can make it. Go out to the garden and get a good brick. Wash off any dirt. Take into kitchen then wrap with aluminum foil. Place in oven if you want it preheated then smash onto sandwich that is frying in the pan. I think you get my drift :wink

[glenn kangiser]

Very resourceful, Stink.

I assume you now want a good wink smiley.  I'll see if I can code you one up. [smile]

[StinkerBell]

Seeing you loved that idea I have yet another cost saving idea! I must admit I have never personally tried this one, but in theory  I think it works!

No more disposable OR cloth diapers! Nope, just tie the baby up to the neck or belly ( suggest using duct tape, but that adds to the cost) with a hefty bag, and hose down said child once a week with a hose.

[glenn kangiser]

hmm That would be a method I might try to convince the little wife to use.

I was never much for touching diapers myself. [booboo] [panic]

[gandalfthegrey]

I like the fish like you posted, with salt and butter over the camp fire - ideally a hardwood fire, the maybe an extra larger piece of foil over it to get some of the smoke flavor into the fish.

Ummmm, carcinogens.   Yum.

Sound like my favorite camping site up in the Sierras (out of Mammoth Lakes.) Fish on the south side Strawberries  and Goose berries on the north side.   Breakfost was fresh trout and homemade pancakes with strawberry/gooseberry syrup.  Mash berries with a little honey and pour over pancakes.  Fish cooked over open fire.  ( we has a fire pit built in the 1920s by the CCC)

[glenn kangiser]

We were on top the Sierras at Star Lakes -South edge of Yosemite - when we cooked those good fish -- probably around 1979.