Hello yall.

[Christopher Cole]

I'm chris. I am not a reenacter, I barely shoot black powder of my kind, but old guns really intrest me, as well as old gear and how it was used. I really love to look at those thi as that really made it possible for humans to expand their range, and not really the guns, but food. Our ability to preserve food helped us cross oceans, deserts, the arctic both north and south. Just the mind set of the men and woman who got all this done. I really appreciated the living history and reenactor folks (yall). I wish more folks would get into it. For me, I work in shipyards in south Texas so my area of interest is the days when the pirate laffiet (spelled it wrong) was around, as well as how it was all along the Texas coast from Mexico to Florida. Thanks for checking me out yall, and I hope all of yall are having great weekend.

 

[nit wit]

Welcome from Maine.
Nit Wit

 

[Eutycus]

Howdy and Welcome from Texas!

 

[Duk]

Welcome from North Dakota

 

[oldwood]

Welcome from Pa..

 

[Stumpkiller]

Welcome from Upstate New York's Central-Leatherstocking Region.

It's good to keep the knowledge of pre-electricity food handling, preservation and preperation in play. We may again need it. I've gone to mostly pressure canning my venison (except backstraps and tenderloin). Do a LOT of pickling, brining and canning of vegetables, and a friend/neighbor and I have taken to cold-curing and lightly smoking salmon (YUM!). Primative firearms (and traditional bows) are a pursuit in their own right, but the preservation of what you shoot is interesting as well. Though my efforts at pemmican were less than palatable. I guess it would keep you fueled up.

You can make a surprisingly good lunchtime boil with parched corn, rice and jerky. That's what I'm taking down in my avatar.

 

[kelljp]

Welcome from East TN

 

[GrizzlyClaus]

Welcome from South Central PA.

 

[Songwriter]

Welcome from NW of Houston!

 

[Colonial Boy]

Welcome from New England.

 

[VA Hawken]

Welcome from Winchester, VA!

 

[LSLibelo]

Welcome from California.

 

[dracer]

welcome to the forum

 

[nhmoose]

Welcome from NH!

 

[x_count]

Welcome from the coast of North Carolina!

 

[toot]

Welcome.