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campfire foul
What’s something you should have cooked in 2025 but didn’t? It’s fifteen degrees below zero and snowing heavily as I write this so it seems pretty unlikely that in the remaining fourteen days of this year I’ll convince myself to clear a path to my outdoor fire pit and settle in for a campfire cookout
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Stir Fried Campfire
It had been far too many months since I had found myself with a good day to build a small campfire in the backyard. But Saturdays, even chilly ones in mid-Spring, can sometimes avail themselves of enough freedom and opportunity to reignite something interesting, sometimes literally. My plan to have winter fires outdoors this past
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Short: Friday Fires
Long work days, short cool evenings. I had my phone in one hand and an axe in the other (metaphorically speaking, of course) as Friday’s quitting time slipped into view. The benefit of (still) working from home is that I can check the laptop for rogue, last-minute emails even while I heat up the backyard
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Campfire Corn Roast
My foray in to roasting vegetables over the fire veered into more traditional territory this afternoon after picking up a few ears of fresh corn from the grocery store. Step one was to remove the silk while leaving the husk as intact as possible. This is done by carefully peeling back each fibrous layer one