Looks like I might be able to make this one, count me in until Angie pokes me and reminds me we are running a course or something!!! Hopefully nothing clashes...
Kurt and Kai will come too
Kurt and Kai will come too
Cornish Contingent - May 2009 Gathering
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Hey Guest, Early bird pricing on the Summer Moot (29th July - 10th August) available until April 6th, we'd love you to come. PLEASE CLICK HERE to early bird price and get more information.
It cost's £5 per person per night, or £2.50 per day for day-visitors. Your payments are made as individuals to the land-owner (Chris Jones at Woodland Valley) I hold no responsibility for gathering cash nor will I be offering and insurance!
I will update NaturalBushcraft soon with more info and you can also see who else is attending here: http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/events
Scott has got a large cooking pot, can't remember quite how big but I'm sure he'll let us know.
Happy to bring something tasty to add to the pot.
Martin
Happy to bring something tasty to add to the pot.
Martin
Yeah me & Scott have got a bit cooking pot, Army one think its about 15-16 litres, something like that, has a bloody tight lid like a pressure cooker!
Although I like the thought of a communal cook up, I don't like the thought of feeling responsible if it all goes tits-up :tapedshut I just don't wana be the person who ppl turn to when a communal cook-up dosen't go right and people are hungry
I know you lot, you'll have me sizzling over that fire in no time!
Any suggestions for what to have then for a communal cook-up? Any ideas?
Although I like the thought of a communal cook up, I don't like the thought of feeling responsible if it all goes tits-up :tapedshut I just don't wana be the person who ppl turn to when a communal cook-up dosen't go right and people are hungry
I know you lot, you'll have me sizzling over that fire in no time! Any suggestions for what to have then for a communal cook-up? Any ideas?
I'll cook!! Got to be some sort of stew I would have thought. Don't worry about it Ash, we'll see what turns up on the day and then come up with some culinary delight.
I know the landowner wouldn't have a problem with it, infact he'd probably want us to do it! I'll have to take more photos this time.
As for the Meat, Chris (the landowner) is a local producer of organic meat from the very valley we will be staying in. It might be a bright idea if we get some meat from him, partly as a kind gesture for letting us stay on his land and also it makes sense buying the meat on-location not having to worry about keeping and transporting it.
I've sent him a message asking if he'll have meat avaliable when we're staying as I know there's definitely a couple of us who will be getting some.
Tell you what Ash, you've sorted the site, so let us organise the food.
In my experience of these things, decide if you're in or out of the communal meal. If everyone who's in allows a fiver for the meal and everyone shops for something specific then we work it all out afterwards. So, it might be that someone only spend 3 quid on bread, but nobody else has to bring bread and then they give the extra money to the person who spent more on meat.
So, let's decide who's in, what we're eating and who's bringing what.
Myself and Joy are deffo in and due to fish man owing me a favour, Joy and I will bring plenty of fish. It looks like we're going for a meat thing too, so let's see what's what there.
So, to ensure that we get things right, l'll start a list up.
Steve & Joy - plenty of Fish
In my experience of these things, decide if you're in or out of the communal meal. If everyone who's in allows a fiver for the meal and everyone shops for something specific then we work it all out afterwards. So, it might be that someone only spend 3 quid on bread, but nobody else has to bring bread and then they give the extra money to the person who spent more on meat.
So, let's decide who's in, what we're eating and who's bringing what.
Myself and Joy are deffo in and due to fish man owing me a favour, Joy and I will bring plenty of fish. It looks like we're going for a meat thing too, so let's see what's what there.
So, to ensure that we get things right, l'll start a list up.
Steve & Joy - plenty of Fish
Let's also not forget that we need to provide three meals. i.e. Lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. Could be interesting.
Martin
Martin
I agree, one communal meal is interesting enough to organise, let alone three! Lets stick to the main meal and sort everything else out seperately.
Sounds great! I could do without the hassle of organising the food & I dont want the stress if it goes wrong! lol, I'll sit back with a Cider & sample any food that might come my way
Not that im getting involved in the communal cook-up,
but does anyone have any Hangi experience? I know Andy did a hansome bit of deer at the RV.I dont mind doing the Hangi. I will need a couple more cornish shovels to help out and about 10-20 igneous rocks, (that's granite to us cornish boys! Are there any on site ? you can use steel but it can burn the food so i always use rocks. Then there's the matter of the wood for the fire.We will need quite a bit of DRY wood so that means Bow saws, Axes, and if you want to cheat i'll bring my chainsaw.
Depending on numbers i use a metal bread basket with the meat wrapped in muslin placed on the bottom (Pork,Chicken, lamb). Beef tends to dry out too much which can be dissapointing and expensive, then all your veg on top ( Root veg, pumkin, cabbage) all these work well as long as you dont chop them too small. Again you can use muslin,a pillow case or tin foil so no drama there. After that i use a bed sheet soaked in water then hessien sacks soaked in water. Next step is to cover it with earth making sure no steam can escape. Time wise its usually 2 hrs for the fire and 3-4 hrs underground but you can say that preparation will take a good half a day.
Someone mentioned Fish earlier which is not a problem but if your cooking meat at the same time your timings wont work.That said i know a great way of cooking fish with lots of wet newspaper in the fire, it only takes about 20 mins aswell. The only problem i can see will be the weather and firewood so i think its best to have another plan just in case.
Glen
Are there any on site ? you can use steel but it can burn the food so i always use rocks. Then there's the matter of the wood for the fire.We will need quite a bit of DRY wood so that means Bow saws, Axes, and if you want to cheat i'll bring my chainsaw.Depending on numbers i use a metal bread basket with the meat wrapped in muslin placed on the bottom (Pork,Chicken, lamb). Beef tends to dry out too much which can be dissapointing and expensive, then all your veg on top ( Root veg, pumkin, cabbage) all these work well as long as you dont chop them too small. Again you can use muslin,a pillow case or tin foil so no drama there. After that i use a bed sheet soaked in water then hessien sacks soaked in water. Next step is to cover it with earth making sure no steam can escape. Time wise its usually 2 hrs for the fire and 3-4 hrs underground but you can say that preparation will take a good half a day.
Someone mentioned Fish earlier which is not a problem but if your cooking meat at the same time your timings wont work.That said i know a great way of cooking fish with lots of wet newspaper in the fire, it only takes about 20 mins aswell. The only problem i can see will be the weather and firewood so i think its best to have another plan just in case.
Glen
The hangi sounds a great idea. I intend to bring a bag of coal (anthracite I believe) we have in the garage. Can't see any reason why this shouldn't work and it will reduce the amount of wood needed to chop.
Martin
Martin
Glen, I think your probably thinking of a lot larger Hangi than Steve & Martin are.
Obviously the amount of people wanting to have to Hangi will dictate its size, personally im starting to think that a Hangi isnt that good a idea for a communal meal during an event like less than 48hrs, as done for the whole group, properly, as you say its a lot of work and preperation. I think it could sap up too much time, stopping people from trying other activities & exploring/learning. I've not done a hangi myself, but I've been to a few. I don't know if you've all seen how much work a large Hangi can be, but I can say I've seen a number of people working very hard with a lot of sweat & bother at the BCUK bushmootx to do a Hangi!
Its completely up to you guys, but I will be trying to chill, share skills & socialise a little more on this one I dont fancy a lot of hard work
Obviously the amount of people wanting to have to Hangi will dictate its size, personally im starting to think that a Hangi isnt that good a idea for a communal meal during an event like less than 48hrs, as done for the whole group, properly, as you say its a lot of work and preperation. I think it could sap up too much time, stopping people from trying other activities & exploring/learning. I've not done a hangi myself, but I've been to a few. I don't know if you've all seen how much work a large Hangi can be, but I can say I've seen a number of people working very hard with a lot of sweat & bother at the BCUK bushmootx to do a Hangi!
Its completely up to you guys, but I will be trying to chill, share skills & socialise a little more on this one I dont fancy a lot of hard work
I think a small scale Hangi sounds like a good experiment and I'd be interested to take part. Not that keen on hard work, as Ash says. Moderately easy work is more my style. Wouldn't mind bringing some pork ribs along which should look after themselves. Also some veggies.
Not too sure about the chainsaw theory though.
Martin
Not too sure about the chainsaw theory though.
Martin
That sounds lovely, also reminds me of my friends Party in the Woods that we used to go to, here is a photo of what he did.. Three black beer kegs around a large fire, packed full of chilli con carne, so much it was stired with paddles! lol, few hundred bread rolls and we was geared to serve the masses:
Some bloody Gig, Stage built in the middle of the woods, fire coming up from the front of the stage, numerous performers, all here in Cornwall
I'll give'e all a shout if it kicks off again, checkout the rest of the photo-gallery: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/ashleycawley/PartyInTheWoods27thAugust2006# (116 photos still uploading, probably done in half hour).Similar threads
