I am fascinated with the idea of cooking simple gourmet meals while camping. On the Camp-cook.com forum a member (jeepdad) posted his recipe for Fettuccini with Sweet Peppers and Pine Nuts with Fried Mozzarella Cheese. It looked delicious so I had to make my version of it (see my pictures at the end of this […]
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Recently, I was doing some spring cleaning (cleaning up some hard drives) when I found some forgotten film footage from last summer (2009). It is of the jPod’s second trip -but first off-road adventure- on the Lolo Motorway in the Nez Perce National Forest. If you have not read the adventures of the Lolo Motorway,
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Nothing earth shattering has happened to the chassis of the jPod in recent months. It is essentially done. However, after our adventure on the Lolo Motorway last summer, I have felt the need to put some shocks on the jPod. It was nice to do a little metal work after all of the wood work
This evening, as the light was fading behind some pretty dark storm clouds, I was inspired to shoot some photos & pretend that I was camping. I am like most people in that I am not able to camp every day of my life. However, those brief times when I can shoot photos by myself,
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Two recent developments on the jPod: 1. More progress on the Galley 2. The jPod is now completely wired. Progress on the Galley Senior Management has done a lot of work helping me with the design for the Galley. Slowly, it is coming together. I’ve installed the lighting in the galley hatch & wired it
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Y’all want some good southern food? Well here’s the DL on the Fried PICKLE. I am working on some recipes that could be good for camping this summer. I’ve decided to cook them as if I were camping so I have all of the potential issues worked out before we’re “out there”. Fried Pickles is
The Galley is the last big project for the jPod. I have started it 3 different times only to remove my work and start again. After camping in the jPod for a weekend, we have finally decided what we want from our galley. A new discovery is a 12V refrigerator which pulls very little on
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As a high school history teacher, I regularly view educational films. This got me thinking one day so I started plans to make a film which would feature teardrops & tiny trailers. Recently, I received the Don Keele Award for Excellence in Education to create an educational film (in HD) which will feature teardrops and
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The Camp-Cook.com forum is having another food theme week. I have decided to participate. Here are the week’s rules: This challenge is for a simple one pot (Dutch oven or Potjie) MAIN DISH. Something that would be good while camping. The rules. One pot Once something goes in the pot it stays there until it’s
In the past month or so, the iron cookware collection has expanded. Some are gifts from my family (brother-in-law, grandmother, Senior Management) and some are things I’ve purchased with gift cards. With a Birthday around Christmas time, it makes for a lot of heavy metal. Here is a list of the new items: A corn