TweetDutch oven meatloaf is easy and rewarding. Meatloaves are as varied as their chefs. This one is basic: one large yellow onion and a fat carrot, chopped, sauteed just to soft in a tablespoon of butter, prepared on stovetop or on a Dutch oven lid over coals. Let cool a little, then mix with three pounds of cold fresh hamburger, two cups of bread crumbs, a half cup of Parmesan cheese, two large eggs, a teaspoon of sea salt and…
TweetA one-match fire on snow, no knife or axe needed (OK, I used one match, twice). The tea-fire tradition crossed the Atlantic with early settlers when America was fresh and wild. A mid-day tea break was felt essential and restorative on even the most difficult trails. Tea drinking caught on everywhere. Tea trade reached the furthest remote indigenous populations, even Inuit nomads wandering traditional hunting grounds from Arctic tundra to ice flows in the Arctic archipelago. The immaculate white Arctic…
TweetMaking paraffin-dipped wood matches, their utility. This is an old standard. I first made wax-dipped matches while a young boy scout long ago. Wax-dipped wood matches and wax-dipped egg carton section fire-starters were standard equipment for scouts, then. Today, I used a “household paraffin wax for canning, candlemaking and many other uses” to prepare kitchen matches for outdoor use. I purchased the one-pound box inexpensively at my local grocery store, just $4.29. The matches I used, “large kitchen matches”, “extra…