A lot of the farmers down on the eastern shore used to sell field greens, dandelion included. They also eat muskrat sooo.......
During WWII, we ate a number of things that were slightly out of the ordinary. Meat was one of the things that was rationed. Folks were allowed a certain number of ration ‘chips’ and/or stamps monthly for different things.
If you ran out of meat ration chips along about the end of the month, there were stores that sold non-rationed meats like horse and goat meat. We ate both. My dad had a friend who used to go hunting and would sometimes give us some of what he killed.
Dad brought something home one day that his friend had given him. My mom cleaned and cooked it for dinner. Dad told us it was ‘swamp squirrel’. Later, he admitted it was muskrat. I asked why he didn’t say so in the first place and he said it was because he didn’t think we’d eat it if we heard the “rat” on the end of the word. We didn’t find anything objectionable about it.
In a pinch, a number of herbivores are good candidates for a meal - woodchuck, porcupine, squirrel, rabbit, etc.
And as for field greens, my mom used to gather dandelion as well as mustard greens and collard greens. Mostly we ate those boiled like spinach.
Smoked wings and legs....Low and slow ( Four hours ) My wife will take a lot of them to work with her tomorrow......I'm famous there for my smoking abilities.
My mother would make kick as s rhubarb tart and put a little ice cream or wiped cream on top.....I haven't had it in about 30+ years....I will ask her for the recipe tomorrow....Thanks for bringing that back to my memory.
Smoked Lamb Blade Chops while smoking a Cu-Avana Punisher Jalapeño Popper Perfecto 4.0" x 52 with a Racer 5 IPA on the vHerf, the wife fixed brussel sprouts and potatoes, delicious.
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Boss lady made home made lasagna. Yum! So that means next week, I get left over lasagna to take to work. Nothing better than being 40 miles from no where and eating leftover lasagna.
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Ever since I installed a 3000 watt inverter and microwave in my service truck, my lunches are a whole lot better. LOL!
When I was long haul driving I ditched my passenger seat and built a small kitchenette in its place. I had the biggest mini fridge I could buy, crock pot, single burner electric hot plate, coleman grill, and a recipe book of things I could make with my limited resources. I ate better than any other driver I knew. Certainly better than cold sandwiches and chips or a grease bomb from any of the chain places
Here is my compartment with the inverter and microwave. It makes thinks so much nicer up on a mountain 40 miles from nowhere. I even have a little coffee maker I take in the winter.
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@0patience, Damn man that super inverter is bigger than the microwave LOL
There is a lot to be said for being able to use heavy grinders, pipe threading machines and such in the middle of nowhere. Having a good inverter allows me to do alot without running my welder, which produces the same amount of AC power, but I'd noisy as hell.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
@0patience, Damn man that super inverter is bigger than the microwave LOL
There is a lot to be said for being able to use heavy grinders, pipe threading machines and such in the middle of nowhere. Having a good inverter allows me to do alot without running my welder, which produces the same amount of AC power, but I'd noisy as hell.
How many amps can that thing push? Good lord bet it’s a lot. Bet that trucks running some serious alternators too!
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180 amp alternator, 4 batteries. Batteries are 650 amp each with 900 cranking amps, so jump starting a dump truck or loader isn't a problem. The inverter puts out 3000 watts, so for an hour, with my truck off, I can run most of a house. With my truck running, 3 hours maxed. but grinders and that, I can run all day with no problems.
One of the trucks I just set up has a 5000 watt inverter with four 1200 watt batteries. It uses a boring machine, so that motor draws a lot of power.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
@0patience how does the bucket head work? I need a shop vac but I won't use it all the time and wondered if those were worth it. I'm especially interested in its performance with wet stuff and liquid.
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I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.
@0patience how does the bucket head work? I need a shop vac but I won't use it all the time and wondered if those were worth it. I'm especially interested in its performance with wet stuff and liquid.
It works pretty good. It's inexpesive and if you ruin the bucket with soot, oil or something like that, you can toss it and get a new one. It's no high dollar shop vac, but most of what I use it for is vacuuming out loaders, backhoes and big trucks and vacuuming coolant out of engine cylinders. For the $20, if I ruin it, not out much and it saves me loads of time.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
This is an odd 'what's for dinner' story that just happened to me. I was walking back from the shop, exhausted, after an 11 hour work day. There was a panicked flapping of large wings and a pair of ospreys took off. We have a couple of wild but oddly tame yard-bunnies, one a baby and I've grown rather attached to them, so I waited while the birds circled overhead for several minutes before leaving. I came into the house and told my wife. She looked out into the yard and said "Look, there's a fish!". Sure enough, there was a flapping striped bass on the walk. Dinner.
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If you ran out of meat ration chips along about the end of the month, there were stores that sold non-rationed meats like horse and goat meat. We ate both. My dad had a friend who used to go hunting and would sometimes give us some of what he killed.
Dad brought something home one day that his friend had given him. My mom cleaned and cooked it for dinner. Dad told us it was ‘swamp squirrel’. Later, he admitted it was muskrat. I asked why he didn’t say so in the first place and he said it was because he didn’t think we’d eat it if we heard the “rat” on the end of the word. We didn’t find anything objectionable about it.
In a pinch, a number of herbivores are good candidates for a meal - woodchuck, porcupine, squirrel, rabbit, etc.
And as for field greens, my mom used to gather dandelion as well as mustard greens and collard greens. Mostly we ate those boiled like spinach.
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So that means next week, I get left over lasagna to take to work.
Nothing better than being 40 miles from no where and eating leftover lasagna.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
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Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
It makes thinks so much nicer up on a mountain 40 miles from nowhere.
I even have a little coffee maker I take in the winter.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Batteries are 650 amp each with 900 cranking amps, so jump starting a dump truck or loader isn't a problem.
The inverter puts out 3000 watts, so for an hour, with my truck off, I can run most of a house. With my truck running, 3 hours maxed. but grinders and that, I can run all day with no problems.
One of the trucks I just set up has a 5000 watt inverter with four 1200 watt batteries. It uses a boring machine, so that motor draws a lot of power.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.
It's inexpesive and if you ruin the bucket with soot, oil or something like that, you can toss it and get a new one.
It's no high dollar shop vac, but most of what I use it for is vacuuming out loaders, backhoes and big trucks and vacuuming coolant out of engine cylinders. For the $20, if I ruin it, not out much and it saves me loads of time.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
I was walking back from the shop, exhausted, after an 11 hour work day. There was a panicked flapping of large wings and a pair of ospreys took off. We have a couple of wild but oddly tame yard-bunnies, one a baby and I've grown rather attached to them, so I waited while the birds circled overhead for several minutes before leaving. I came into the house and told my wife. She looked out into the yard and said "Look, there's a fish!". Sure enough, there was a flapping striped bass on the walk. Dinner.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.