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jontte said:
once you get them pls tell us what you think..
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They just came in, they were well packed in individual, closed and taped bags. The ones I bought are neutral black, since the wife doesn't wear camo and I like to hide in black/night. They are over 2 meters long (6ft 6in), have a small weight made of plastic on one end which helps hold it in place till you throw the other end around your neck. The other end has a larger plastic weight which keeps the whole material pretty much in place of a wind comes up. If is inside your jacket or coat, then that would make it even better. The material is fleece, very soft and flexible. No problems with adjusting it to your neck size or face length. They do not have the needed metal "nose Bridge" which you could form to really close the small gaps left and right from your nostrils, but, if you get too close to anybody, you could just hold the scarf closed for the needed time...they are so long that you can wrap them around your head twice. In a pinch, you could cut them into smaller pieces and make up to 5-6 masks from each scarf!!
All in all, happy so far and I can only test them if I get out tomorrow morning and see if they are also warm! live free, GP
 
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Here are the scarfs with the packaging:
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my ugly mug with one scarf. I really am not as pretty as the picture!! GP
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jontte said:
had to go shopping once more, got some more bars of soap and plastic boxes to store stuff
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Hard bars of soap, liquid soap, shampoo, dish soap, washingmachine detergent, 100 latex gloves, 4 bottles of disinfectant, Oats (Brent), spagetti, noodles, salt, baking powder, gulasch and soups, canned fruits, veggies, q-tips, TP, coffee, sugar cubes and canned meats. Another €200 in the pantry/cellar! GP
 
GaRp58 said:
Don't throw any oats away Brent! Before they even start to get old, put them into a grinder or in a grain mill, get them to powder form and use them as flour, add them to your pancake mix, stretch your eggs with a few spoonfuls and scramble them. Use the flour for making ash cakes, waffles, bread, pie crusts, flour tortillas, mix some cattail pollen or corn pollen with the oat flour and cornmeal and get some cool yellow bread/ cornbread. Take a small handfull, hold it in the river or lake water till the bubbles stop coming up, squeeze the water our, transfer the wet oatmeal to your dry hand, form it into balls on a treblehook and catch fish with it. Mix it with a bit of honey, a few nuts, some bread crumbs and feed the birds in winter with it..........live free, GP
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What is an ash cake? Dosent sound very appetizing
 
Brent S said:
What is an ash cake? Dosent sound very appetizing
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  • 3 TBSP Flour, any type will do
  • 1/8 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp water, more or less
  • 1/8 tsp Salt, optional
  • nuts, fruits or berries – optional
Directions:
  1. Combine your flour, baking powder, and salt together and slowly add your water. When the mixture is just beginning to stick together, add the nuts or berries if you desire. Continue adding water, small amounts at a time, until the mixture does not stick to your fingers, your mixture should not be too wet and runny, it should have a nice firm dough-like consistency.
    If you add too much water, add more flour into the mixture until the proper consistency is reached.
  2. Pat your dough ball into a patty, about ¼ inch thick.
  3. Place the dough carefully onto the hot ash (NOT the coals) for about 3-4 minutes, until golden brown. Then carefully flip and cook the other side for 3-4 minutes.
  4. Remove your ash cake from the hot ashes very carefully, it is possible that it will fall apart.
  5. Once successfully removed from the hot ashes, dust off any excess ash and serve with butter, maple syrup, jam/jelly, or your choice of fruits or berries.
Yield: 1 Ash Cake
 
DrHenley said:
  • 3 TBSP Flour, any type will do
  • 1/8 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp water, more or less
  • 1/8 tsp Salt, optional
  • nuts, fruits or berries – optional
Directions:
  1. Combine your flour, baking powder, and salt together and slowly add your water. When the mixture is just beginning to stick together, add the nuts or berries if you desire. Continue adding water, small amounts at a time, until the mixture does not stick to your fingers, your mixture should not be too wet and runny, it should have a nice firm dough-like consistency.
    If you add too much water, add more flour into the mixture until the proper consistency is reached.
  2. Pat your dough ball into a patty, about ¼ inch thick.
  3. Place the dough carefully onto the hot ash (NOT the coals) for about 3-4 minutes, until golden brown. Then carefully flip and cook the other side for 3-4 minutes.
  4. Remove your ash cake from the hot ashes very carefully, it is possible that it will fall apart.
  5. Once successfully removed from the hot ashes, dust off any excess ash and serve with butter, maple syrup, jam/jelly, or your choice of fruits or berries.
Yield: 1 Ash Cake
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Well, thanks for the info. Knowing where the name comes from now I still kind of feel unappetizing about it but if ever in a pinch in the woods it’s a way to make food I guess. Of course having baking powder and flour in the woods is kind of a stretch for me....
 
Some recipes call for wrapping it in lettuce or some other leafy vegetable, or even some other non-toxic leaf to keep the ash from directly contacting it. Then you just peel that off before eating it.

That does sound more appetizing to me. I'm not real keen on ashy food either, LOL.
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DrHenley said:
Some recipes call for wrapping it in lettuce or some other leafy vegetable, or even some other non-toxic leaf to keep the ash from directly contacting it. Then you just peel that off before eating it.

That does sound more appetizing to me. I'm not real keen on ashy food either, LOL.
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I’m sure if your really hungry it would work but yeah, the leaf idea sounds pretty good.
 
GaRp58 said:
Hard bars of soap, liquid soap, shampoo, dish soap, washingmachine detergent, 100 latex gloves, 4 bottles of disinfectant, Oats (Brent), spagetti, noodles, salt, baking powder, gulasch and soups, canned fruits, veggies, q-tips, TP, coffee, sugar cubes and canned meats. Another €200 in the pantry/cellar! GP
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I just grabbed another box of gloves, some sanitizing cleaners, and clorox wipes. I needed them to clean my apartment after it flooded, but the leftovers are going to my prepping stash.
 
Purchased another box of gloves, we were running semi low. Ammo purchase arrived and now I am restocked. We are good on medical, food and sanitation supplies. I did decide to bite the bullet (financial bullet) and ordered the parts to complete my spare lower receiver. I have two complete uppers (223 Wylde and 7.62 x 39) but only one completed lower. I have been content to just swap them back and forth but decided to finish building the second lower. I had the stripped lower receiver but needed all the parts (stock, buffer tube assembly, drop in trigger, and assorted small parts) to complete it. Well about $400 later, I should have everything needed --- wanted. I could have saved some on the trigger but wanted a better trigger with a lower pull weight. Okay, I did spend more on upgrades but hopefully it will pay off with a better shooting experience. Now we will be ready to hunker down, if needed.
 
Brent S said:
What is an ash cake? Dosent sound very appetizing
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Learned from the Indians, they used indian potato roots, cattail pollen and samphire (for salty taste), dried the potato root, mashed or ground it into flour, mixed the pollen and samphire, added water or fat or lard to make a dough and baked it on a flat stone like tortillas, OR laid it on the hot ground in the ashes and brought some coals next to the dough to bake it through. The ashes are sterile and will add some flavor, some minerals and most of the ashes are brushed off after the bread/ashcakes are done. You can try this way of baking with any type of dough, even the Pillsbury Doughboy type in the little pop and bake paper cans. For those who do not want to try the ashcake approach, make any type of dough, roll it out into finger thick, foot long cigars and wrap it around a stick. Hold the stick over the fire/coals and turn the stick occasionally
till done... GP
 
GaRp58 said:
Learned from the Indians, they used indian potato roots, cattail pollen and samphire (for salty taste), dried the potato root, mashed or ground it into flour, mixed the pollen and samphire, added water or fat or lard to make a dough and baked it on a flat stone like tortillas, OR laid it on the hot ground in the ashes and brought some coals next to the dough to bake it through. The ashes are sterile and will add some flavor, some minerals and most of the ashes are brushed off after the bread/ashcakes are done. You can try this way of baking with any type of dough, even the Pillsbury Doughboy type in the little pop and bake paper cans. For those who do not want to try the ashcake approach, make any type of dough, roll it out into finger thick, foot long cigars and wrap it around a stick. Hold the stick over the fire/coals and turn the stick occasionally
till done... GP
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I’ve read about cooking on a hot rock in various articles. Sounds like my favorite option. Sure would miss my gas grill at home though!
 
Urbanprep said:
Purchased another box of gloves, we were running semi low. Ammo purchase arrived and now I am restocked. We are good on medical, food and sanitation supplies. I did decide to bite the bullet (financial bullet) and ordered the parts to complete my spare lower receiver. I have two complete uppers (223 Wylde and 7.62 x 39) but only one completed lower. I have been content to just swap them back and forth but decided to finish building the second lower. I had the stripped lower receiver but needed all the parts (stock, buffer tube assembly, drop in trigger, and assorted small parts) to complete it. Well about $400 later, I should have everything needed --- wanted. I could have saved some on the trigger but wanted a better trigger with a lower pull weight. Okay, I did spend more on upgrades but hopefully it will pay off with a better shooting experience. Now we will be ready to hunker down, if needed.
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I tried swapping a lower for a short while too. Ended up getting another as well.
 
Brent S said:
I pulled out the camper to test the systems and load it up today. Looking forwards to relaxing for a week and visiting grandkids.
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Kids and grand kids are always major fun. Remind the kids of the silly / embarrassing things they used to do and then load the grand kids up on sweets. Fun times.
 
Maverick said:
Living in Washington State and unsure of the sneaky vote this Sunday.

Ordered:
(30) Magpul PMAG GEN M3 30-rnd mags (3 10-packs)
(8) Ruger BX-25 25-rnd mags (4 2-packs)
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Better to have vs, have not's. Mav, have you seen the new method to connect the Ruger 10 round magazines. You can connect two of the small rotary mags to gather. LINK --

https://www.hightowerarmory.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HTA1022MC

That will by-pass the high capacity issue and also reduce the profile on the 10/22.
 
I use a pour-over for camping. I've had one for ages, but I was shocked to learn that it is now one of the favorite methods of making coffee among coffee connoisseurs because you have complete control over the water temperature. You do need to use a filter, but I have used paper towels for filters. There is also a permanent mesh filter you can use.
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I've been using a screen filter in my electric coffee maker for years now.but the percolator is mainly for power outages.i use to not like instant coffee. but bought some in 2008 or 2009 for a campout.it got better.been buying instant for campouts and outages ever since.
 
Urbanprep said:
Better to have vs, have not's. Mav, have you seen the new method to connect the Ruger 10 round magazines. You can connect two of the small rotary mags to gather. LINK --

https://www.hightowerarmory.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HTA1022MC

That will by-pass the high capacity issue and also reduce the profile on the 10/22.
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A neat little gizmo, I'm not going to be in the state long enough for magazine restrictions to affect me, I didn't need the magazine but more or less ordered them out of spite. In other words Fxxk you Washington.
 
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