A little picnic lunch on Whidbey island this weekend with my wife. Lunch was taking too long for her!
Such a nice time of year up in your country. Still summer here in NC, 82 degrees today. Thanks for the mini adventure. Brad
A beggar’s banquet with Herself,,, 100 or so Highway miles east of home, several miles down a dirt road, turn 3/4 mile up a goat path, and by the shore of Christine Lake... Ham, prosciutto, baguette, goat cheese, fig preserves, and hot black tea curtesy of Trangia... Location: Northeastern Minnesota, off the Honeymoon Trail, north of Lutsen and Tofte... Fall leaf viewing Mecca until the last rain/wind a couple of days ago. Driving just outside Ely yesterday, and there were several pretty nice areas with snow flurries,,, Northern Minnesota’s other fall color...
Haggis thank you and herself for sharing, your travels there are enjoyed and much appreciated. Your destination was a remote spot on a lake and could just as well have been a particular river bank. I can relate to such destinations and as you describe: "... 100 or so Highway miles ... several miles down a dirt road, turn 3/4 mile up a goat path... " ... and if all goes well on paths less traveled, to a secluded and wonderful spot on lake or river . The words flow nicely as vivid reminder of countless such trips in the North Woods (Northern WI, Minnesota & the UP). Black bear were a common sight in the 80s but fewer sightings over time. For me they were fishing spots, day trips from a base camp. Thanks again.
Thank you @OMC ,,, Seems like either I, or Herself and I, are ever and always out looking for spots for a boil up and lunch. Some places are quite remote, others closer to folk, but anywhere outside is enjoyable. I try no to post too many, but some I cannot resist sharing...
Manaslu 96, Angleworm Lake, BWCA. I only eat porridge oats or frybread in the bush,,, unless I catch fish, a rabbit, or a grouse. Boiling water for porridge oats breakfast and lunch, frybread for supper... Simple, and never gets old.
Grouse or fish I eat pretty soon after catching them,,, I get out a baggie oatmeal and another of flour, and make them watch me eat; especially satisfying if I’ve been in the bush a while...
@z1ulike Truth be, “bannock” is: flour, water, leavening, and fat/oil baked,,, “frybread” is: flour, water, and leavening, fried in fat/oil fried. There are a multitude of recipes ranging from simple to absurdly complex for both, but being raised by, and having learned from, survivors of the Great Depression, I opt for the simplest of all in the bush: a batter of self-rising flour and water, fried in olive oil. Doesn’t sound like much, but after a long day a ravenous appetite is fairly common come evening. Even Grandson Angus, who has his dehydrated meals, will ask Papaw to make frybread for supper.
Here’s song by one of our local Anishinaabe musicians,,, and photos of way better frybread than I can make in the bush. Frybread definitely has a cult following...
I've had Indian frybread several times over the years at pow wows and such, including up here and in the Southwest. It's delicious but, let us say, highly caloric! On the trail, though, that would be the point....
