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We gave up "real cooking" a while back.
It's a bit of a thread diversion, but I wanted to comment on the lack of cooking in the North 40 this year. We arrived on Sunday, set up camp, and then hiked over to PicNSave and filled our backpacks with groceries and ate very well the rest of the week. The surprise was we hardly saw anyone else cooking in our area. Did everyone walk across to Hardee's every night? Eat $4 hot dogs in the airshow? We ate well, and not all that difficult. We used a 2 burner Coleman propane stove. Did we violate some rule we were unaware of? What row were you parked in? 546. Two rows west of the shower building - a great spot! Well no wonder! You were parked in all those caravaner's. They were so packed full they didn't have any room for cooking utensils! :-)) Seriously, it takes a well experienced camper to bring only what is essential to camp at OSH. Most pilots are fliers, not campers. Most don't own the requisite camping and cooking gear to make a home away from home with the plane. The proof of that is the tents many bring with them; the sleeping bags and all the extra clothes. The gear is so heavy and bulky, there isn't room in the airplane for anything else they need. Everything I used this year weighted 10-12 pounds and occupied a volume less than two cubic feet. This reflects 35 years of backpacking experience and knowledge and $250 worth of equipment and clothing. As for individual cooking, all one really needs is a one-liter pot, a single-burner stove, a spork, a cup, a plate and a spatula. Each additional person requires a cup, plate and spork. Pretty simple, really. You can do a lot with a single pot and boiled water. Boil bag rice or instant mashed potatos, frozen vegetables and a meat of your choice will make a balanced meal in less than 30-minutes. |
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john smith wrote:
Seriously, it takes a well experienced camper to bring only what is essential to camp at OSH. Most pilots are fliers, not campers. Most don't own the requisite camping and cooking gear to make a home away from home with the plane. I hear you! When we used to go camping with the Boy Scouts, we had two types of outings for the boys: tail gate campouts and backpacking. I always thought backpacking was easier, because by definition there's just less stuff to pack. Oshkosh camping on the other hand seems more like tail-gating. With our C-182, there's just a temptation to throw in more stuff as long as there's room for it. This year, we took the back seat out to make packing easier, and all it did was let us take more stuff. It's nice to have the pop-up awning, table and chairs, but I'm sure we could get by on a much smaller scale by reverting to "backpack mode". Either way, it was a great time! Mike |
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:49:59 GMT, john smith wrote:
As for individual cooking, all one really needs is a one-liter pot, a single-burner stove, a spork, a cup, a plate and a spatula. Each additional person requires a cup, plate and spork. Pretty simple, really. You can do a lot with a single pot and boiled water. Boil bag rice or instant mashed potatos, frozen vegetables and a meat of your choice will make a balanced meal in less than 30-minutes. But that would mean that you would have to leave your BBQ pit home... For us Texans, that's an unforgivable sin... |
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