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    looking to make a “Mess chest"

    Thanks Dave & Jim. That is a great photo of Washington's mess chest. But I am not looking for something that elaborate. I am looking for something more down to earth. Such as this. http://masterpiecewoodcrafters.net/Mess-Chest.html I was hoping someone here might have made something like...
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    looking to make a “Mess chest"

    I am looking to make a “Mess chest” I have read that Gen. George Washington Carried an elaborate mess chest with him. [It sites in the Smithsonian Institution] In this mess chest he carried: 2 pewter platters,6 pewter plates, 4 pots with detachable wooden handles, folding grill, 8 bottles of...
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    Jerky anyone?

    Thanks Necchi. I am looking to make jerky from fish and / or turkey. If I cut whiting fish thin and smoke it, would it come out like beef jerky?
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    Jerky anyone?

    Thanks Lee. Could you post your recipe? Do you soak your turkey in a chicken bullion pot of water? Or do you just sprinkle chicken bullion on the meat and smoke it?
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    Jerky anyone?

    Thanks Dave, We love Salted Cod. During one of our Holidays my wife makes Cod cakes. I was wondering if anyone makes a Jerky from any other kinds of fish? Like Salmon, Tuna, or any other fish. And or chicken or Turkey ? Can I jerky fish or foul as I do read meat? Any suggestion on what...
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    Jerky anyone?

    I find myself coming back here time and, time again, to search for recipes that you good old boys post. Now, I am going to see what I can pick from your brain with “Fish Jerky”. Salt water or fresh water. And throw in any chicken or turkey jerky you have. Thanks guys.
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    Measuring cups?

    Do a Search for: wooden measuring spoon , copper measuring cups, or tin measuring cups. Here is two that might help. If you are good with your hands you could make these. Wood Spoons, Ladles, and Wooden Kitchen Tools http://www.windrushonline.com/treenware/treenware.htm...
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    Floor for a wedge tent???

    I go along with Coot. I buy heavy gauge plastic, canvas drop cloth, and Hay. I lay a Layer of Hay in the tent,Make it thicker around the edge of the tent. Next I lay my heavy gauge plastic over the hay. For the canvas drop cloth, I suggest you buy one that is larger than your tent, Wash it...
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    Boot Knife - 42 years to finish !!

    Great Job Dave :thumbsup: I like it.
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    American Food History

    Some 15 years back I bought 2 booklets [about 36 pages long] and I have found these books very informative. One is called: “Colonial Christmas cooking” and the other: “Revolutionary recipes”. These books are full of History on the Recipes they give and in the Christmas book it gives how a...
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    Un-kneaded bread

    Thanks Yeoman, it looks like a good bread for sopping up a good stew gravy. :thumbsup:
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    rust

    Take a piece of leather and cut a round circular out of it about one inch in diameter. In the center of this leather circle punch a hole the size of the nipple of your gun. Push this circle leather over the nipple, This will protect the barrel of the muzzle loader when fired. Another way...
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    Teepee vs Wall tent

    My son-in-law has a 14x16 Teepee and I have a 10x14 wall tent. And we doth had the same problem as you. Extra room. My son-in-law bought a 7x8 A-frame tent, and I made a 10x10 wall tent. This solved our problem for Extra room. And his Teepee & my 10x14 are used for sleeping only and the...
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    does anyone here roast their own coffee?

    Dave you are right! “the white outer layer tell you that they are not ripe.” in this documentary on coffee the company's back in the 60's, cut back on the people in these country's that picked out these light color beans. Therefor allowing the unripe beans to go in with the good / ripe beans...
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    Haversack Cheese

    I use bees wax, but paraffin works. I will dip my cheese 2 or 3 times to give it a good thick coat.
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    Stalking for fun and frolic.

    Anyone ever read the biography of “Tom Brown Jr” he also makes book on “wilderness survival”. He also teaches “wilderness survival” in classes. He has been an survival adviser on Movie sets. Anyway! He was taught from and early age by an Indian on stalking, & survival skills. To sharpen...
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    does anyone here roast their own coffee?

    I watched a show on TV one day about coffee. It said that the light color beans would be picked out because they give the coffee a bad taste. In the early 60's the coffee company's stop picking out the white coffee beans, giving the coffee a lower quality of coffee. The show said now you can...
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    does anyone here roast their own coffee?

    Thanks old bean. :grin: :haha:
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    does anyone here roast their own coffee?

    Where does one getgreen coffee beans?
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    Haversack Cheese

    Dave I understand what your saying. And I have no hard feelings. :v :hatsoff: As for my personal taste, even with hard cheese such as Parmesan cheese. I have found that it is sealed in a vacuum sealed plastic wrap in order to keep the air from getting to it and drying it out. (vacuum...
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