Mexican Food in the Woods and Swiss Army Craft in the Late Fall!

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  1. bearthedog

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    Mexican Food in the Woods and Swiss Army Craft in the Late Fall!


    It has been dry, until lately, in the woods around me.


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    I walked the creek and never was in danger of getting wet…


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    Food wise, I wanted to mix it up with something easy to prepare and make burritos. I went for the classic Bean & Cheese! I used the Swiss Army Knife and some snare wire to hang the beans rather than to set it down and fumble with it in the coals (like I’ve done before).


    Snare wire can be cut with the can opener blade by simply putting it on a log and giving it a good whack with a beater stick.


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    Beans, Spanish rice and cheesy cheese!


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    Easy and fast, not to mention that putting food in a tortilla is a simple non-messy way to eat food.


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    How did this get there?


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    I did carve a quick spatula for mixing the beans around and rice…


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    It worked, but lost every beauty contest…


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    Made and modified a couple of standard wooden camp tools…


    Rabbit digging stick


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    Anvil/Stump that is able to hold small logs in place…


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    Wooden nails to hang my tongs on the dead birch that holds up my shelter.


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    -RB
     
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    Good stuff Man, I always pick up a tip or two scoping your threads. The "anvil log" is a great idea, I got to try that. I might suggest using a smallish or light-weight multi tool (a Leatherman squirt or juice size) to cut your snare wire...rather than a whack on a SAK. A broke back SAK is not much use and doesn't sound fun either! ;)
     
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    Multi-tools are heavy and clumpy for me. I don't use wire much, so improvising was fun. I used finesse, as the SAK is my most prized tool in the woods. The scissors on any SAK cuts wire perfectly, but I stopped taking the thicker, heavier models into the woods and use them for traveling only now.

    -RB
     
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    Cool pics. Reminded me of a time I placed a can or two of beans and some canned chicken on the coals without opening them first. Funny result.
     
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    That seems like an awful lot of gear for YOU to be carrying. Before you know it you'll have a Junglas strapped to your 70 liter pack.
     
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    Hangs out down here for one week and starts using massive blades that you'd find in the hood.
     
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    Awesome idea for the log notch.
     
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    You sure like burritos!
     
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    That's, "Hood food!"
    Vato!


    -RB
     
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    I gained 8lbs hanging with you bastards in Bama
     
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    Good on you. You were looking a little thin from living on that damn rice you keep buried in your backyard.
     
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    I cant get passed the fact he's wearing actual shoes!
     
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    oooooooh that fooooooood looooooks sooooooooo gooooood!
     
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    My peeps always have a backup plan. Just you wait till the rice I planted in the pond starts popping up. lol
     
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    Good stuff!
     
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    I was expecting more moisture, especially from the creek bed, but not much.
    -RB
     
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    If, in fact, there are no more burritos then we're going to need step-by-step instructions, please. I mean, por favor.

    Great pics, by the way.
     

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