I have been trying to find some good recipes for outdoor cooking for Thanksgiving and haven’t been able to find much. There was this recipe for the Backpacker’s Thanksgiving Dinner which is ridiculously easy, but I was hoping for something more. Many places warn about not trying to cook turkey over a campfire, so the search has come up pretty empty.
Do any of you guys have any suggestions for an outdoor Thanksgiving meal?
Also a few years back Wade and I did a Thanksgiving day bike ride and that was a lot of fun. This year I may run in a 5k turkey trot Thanksgiving morning.
Any other outdoorzies have outdoor Thanksgiving traditions?
Well not quite that cool. But if you can’t hang with Hasselhoff, who’s your #2? That’s right me, and speaking of #2, Mikey One Sock.
Our snow situation has been pretty unimpressive as of late. Good news and Bad. The Bad; since our pre-season flirt with the white stuff all we have had is cold nights. So no new real snow, But they are up there making it on The Ribbon, so we should be set for an ok opening next weekend. Breck opens this weekend!
Good news; the north-facing MTB trails are dang near perfect!
Thug Baby, Thug. Winter Chamois, lights, 29’s… Daylight savings can’t ruin this party.
“Awesome the Grouch” Look at the way he’s all over those brakes… come on, let it roll.
Be on the look out for a link Mike’s custom-modified Outdoorzy T-shirt. When Mike gets “censored”, Mike gets sensitive, then Mike gets funny. I happen to know he’s workin on something special “kiss and make up” for a return-to-the-blog” tomorrow.
Oh and I think he said it best about Lance’s new girlfirend.
The Premire, One-Night-Only, shredding extravaganza, Kick Awesome showing of “Art for Art’s Sake” is set for Nov 20, 10:00, Altitude Club. Show up to get one of the 150 Limited-Edition copies.
And keep checking to see if these guys have there stuff together, ’cause this is well worth buying.
I guess this is technically outdoorzy news since it involves Lance Armstrong. It kind of just makes me say ewwwww. I also had no idea Lance was 36, I think he looks a lot older than that, but that is beside the point. Ewwww.
KillerSocks has joined the Outdoorzy benefits plan. Just one more great company giving the Outdoorzy members a discount on their products.
KillerSocks.com has the best selection of high performance socks out there. If you run, hike, ski, or do anything outside, you know that keeping your feet dry and blister free is the first step toward comfort. Now Outdoorzy members will get 10% off on all your purchases at KillerSocks. They even have breathable socks with individual toes….. INDIVIDUAL TOES people…
I got this product to test months ago. I feel terrible that it’s taken me this long to review it. It has traveled from the Brooks-Range Mountaineering headquarters in Freemont, CA all the way to Kentucky. Then back out to California with one of our gear testers who didn’t get a chance to use it. So now it’s back in my hands and after some procrastinating I have the low down for ya.
This tool contains all scales typically used on topo maps in the US, Alaska, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and Japan. Scales include: 1:24,000 mi; 1:25,000 mi/km; 1:50,000 mi/km; 1:62,500 mi; 1:63,360 mi; 1:100,000 mi/km; 1:125,000 mi/km and 1:250,000 mi. The tool comes with instructions for how to use the various features (Just in case you don’t know the difference between an ATM and a UTM). The tool says it’s anti glare, and although i didn’t have a problem with this I did notice a slight glare in very bright areas. The flexibility of the tool is nice and I can see where it would be very difficult to crack or break. I have put it through some stress and didn’t see any signs of wear.
The tool, along with a compass and good map, is all you really need for basic orienteering. I am not the best orienteer, so a tool like this is very helpful for me when trying to measure distances and do simple things like get from one feature to another. I am also impressed with the “No Hassle” policy this product comes with. If you don’t like it… just send it back in 30 days.
Ok so it’s the other blog that was modeled after a show , but I bring you Vail’s Top Model contestants anyway.
The Premire of “Keep Talkin” Kicked A! This movie is the exact reason regional videos are the cutting edge of the sport. Sure you can buy one of Mack Dog’s 3 epics and be stoked off big jumps, ridiculous spins, and all the weird tech that was in last years Bro Films. The small production guys are the ones who can take a chance by putting the obscure, odd, and inventive moves into the mix. Buy it Here! (if site isn’t ready give em a couple days,,, They’re workin on it)
Boulder Cross Weekend! Cliff-notes version.
Grease Stain Tattoo? Awesome!
Cruiser Cross, the sport of the future.
Great weekend of racing. It was amazing to watch the best American MTB, Road, and Track racers mix it up. A few Intl stars showed up too, as well 1000 fans. Basically Ryan Trebone put on a clinic, check out the Behind The Music.
Well the SurvivorDude weekend was a success. The low temp was 32 degrees, so we got to see how our skills held up to the freezing weather. Here’s how we did on our goals…
Shelter - Built a shelter out of natural materials. Probably wasn’t rainproof, but was a nice windblock and held the fires warmth in.
Food - We foraged for food and found dandelions, wild onions, insects, and fish. Also made Chicory coffee, but the chicory was foraged from my yard before we left in case we couldn’t find any on site.
Cooking - Built a hobo stove out of a tin can and also cooked on the fires coals.
Fishing - Made a fishing pole from a green branch. Used floss for the line and brought a hook with us. Also made a fishing net from an old clothes hanger and a plastic bag.
Water - We filtered water using the charcoal/sand method. We also boiled water in an aluminum can using a tripod we built from limbs.
Fire - Attempted the bowdrill method, but had no luck. We used chemicals and also used flint and steel and were successful.
I’ve posted a few pictures and a video below. And am giving a little more description for anyone interested. I definitely feel like I could survive for several days in the wilderness here in the southeast US. Winter would be a challenge, and surviving on small amounts of food would also be a challenge.
The shelter took some time. I’d say 1 hour to get the frame cut, built, and assembled. We used vines and then some cord we salvaged from the trash to tie the structure tight. We used stones to support the two legs on the front and sharpened the ends of those poles and jammed them about 4-6 inches into the ground. The covering is made of small limbs with leaves and some moss and leaves. The bed inside the shelter was made of dormant grasses and some leaves. These finishing touches took another hour.
We found a place to camp near a creek. This proved invaluable and we spent about half an our fishing. We made a net using a salvaged subway sack (clear) and an old coat hanger. Nomad75 caught about 10 fish using this net. I caught a whopping…. 1. But the method worked, and with some patience you can make a small meal of these little fish which ranged in size from your pinky to middle finger.
We foraged and found onions which we boiled with the fish. We also found dandelions we boiled as well. We also found acorns but only tasted them and decided not to spend the time to cook the bitterness out. Nomad75 also cooked a grasshopper and ate a cricket which jumped into our shelter as we were eating. Bad timing little cricket… bad timing. I skipped the insect feast and made some chicory coffee. Which wasn’t too bad, but was a bit on the bitter side.
3leftsmakesapar and myself also made a fishing pole. Which actually looked pretty sturdy. He fished with it for half an hour to an hour but had no luck. With more time we may have been able to catch something. We used a piece of Styrofoam we found as a bobber.
The hobo stove worked well but I couldn’t get it to boil water. I did get it to simmer things and tiny bubbles formed on the bottom of the cooking pot (an aluminum can). I made a door to put coals in the stove and fed small sticks in for fuel. I ended up boiling on the fires coals by pulling a little channel of them out from the fire.
We filtered water using sand and charcoal then boiled it. This was done on a tripod which we used later to hold an aluminum can over the fire to boil water. The filter worked well, but was a slow process. So, after the first batch of water we boiled ongoing. It is recommended that you boil water for at least 5 minutes to kill the possible bacteria in it. We boiled for about 10 minutes each time.
All in all, a great trip. No ill effects from the food or water, which we were very safe with. I wouldn’t recommend doing this yourself unless you have read up on it and are very sure of the things you are eating. We did quite a bit of research for this trip coupled with books we have read in the past and techniques we’ve actually had to use before. It is also key to find items you can get clean to cook with. Several of the tin cans we saw were rusty and we couldn’t use them. But once you’ve studied up, this is a great way to make sure you know how to handle yourself if you became lost or stranded in the wilderness.
And last but not least, a little video of us eating the Dandelion Fish Wraps. MMMM, weeds and boiled minnows, everyone’s favorite….
Thanks to Nomad75 for all the research and prep work. Thanks to SherGrayWin for all the firewood gathering. And thanks to 3leftsmakeapar for the fishing expertise and help documenting the trip.
