15 Sunday Nov 2015
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I MET MY GOAL!! But, I’m not going to claim victory just yet. I’ll give it a few days to see if I can either maintain the weight or hopefully, reduce the weight even more.
Tonight I fixed a chicken pot pie in one of my Dutch Ovens. It was good to be able to enjoy myself cooking again. I haven’t cooked for my family in a while because lately all I’ve been doing is cooking for other people.
“Life Goes On!”
01 Sunday Nov 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Camp Cooking, Camp Food, Dutch Oven, Exercise, Halloween, Lodge Cast Iron, Tannehill, treadmill
Today is the first day of thirty days of a treadmill exercise program. This evening I just did a little over thirty minutes and 1.56 miles. I know it’s not much but each day I will try to increase both the time and the milage. Two years ago I had gotten up to an hour and a half and up to a little over five miles before I got burnt out and quit. Maybe I can work up to that again before the month is over with.
The above picture is of the chicken pot pie that I made yesterday. It went over very well and was loved by everyone that had some. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow of some of the mayhem that went on during the trick or treating. It was crazy.
Other than doing the treadmill this evening I haven’t done much of anything but edit a few pictures and watch some football with my son before he had to leave for college. Tomorrow I continue with my hellish job at least for another 34 more months. I can only hope and pray that it gets better.
“Life Goes On”
30 Friday Oct 2015
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It’s going to be a wet weekend but I’m going to make the best of it. I’m cooking for a small group for a pre halloween party. I’ve got to get up early so that I get set up before they close the campground down to traffic. The whole family was going until moments ago when one of my daughters decides to get sick. My wife may be going to take her to the doctor in the morning if she’s not any better.
“Life Goes On!”
28 Wednesday Oct 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Church, Dutch Oven, Fall Festival, Halloween, Kids, Outdoor Cooking, Twin girls
Had a rough day at work but I won’t go there. The good news is that my son is home from college for a few days and I’m going to enjoy his time with us. Tonight we’re watching the World Series which we always like to do since he was a little boy. The cats seem to even enjoy his company since they won’t leave his side since he’s been home.
The girls went to a church fall festival tonight dressed as Thing 1 and Thing 2. They looked adorable when they left the house. I believe they would have won the costume contest if it wasn’t for the judges being related to them.
Two more days until the weekend and Halloween. I’ve been asked to go to a local state park and do some Dutch Oven cooking for a small group. This park does a huge trick or treating. It’s been estimated at over 30,000 kids come to this park just for this. My kids are excited about going and seeing all the excitement. It’s supposed to rain about the time the trick or treating starts so I’m hoping all the kids have fun.
“Life Goes On!”
17 Saturday Oct 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Boy Scouts, Dutch Oven, Foot Pain, Founders Day, Lodge, Lodge Cast Iron
Cobblers on on!
After a week that I’d rather not repeat, there’s no other way to get my mind off of things than to spend a Saturday doing what I like doing. It wasn’t too relaxing but at least it kept my mind occupied on other things other than work.
Our Boy Scout troop set up a tent at our first annual Founders Day Celebration. I brought a couple of my Dutch Ovens and made a couple of cobblers and sold them with all the proceeds going back into the troop. The day started around 5:45am and I think I finally got everything loaded around 5pm. It made for an extremely long day but I got to see old friends and made several new ones.
We had to set up in a asphalt parking lot in which I had to stand for most of the day. Right now both my feet have swelled and they hurt so I’ve got them propped up. Even with the pain that I have in my feet and legs I think today was well worth it.
“Life Goes On!”
11 Sunday Oct 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Cookout, Day of Rest, Dutch Oven, Lodge, Lodge Cookware, Pressure Washer, Sunday, Tannehill, Yard Work
After an exhausting day yesterday cooking I had already decided that I would sleep in a bit this morning, and I did. I woke up with every intention to unload my ovens so that they wouldn’t be riding around in the back of my truck all week. I do have another cookout this Saturday and there is no way I would allow those ovens to ride in the back of my truck and risk them getting damaged. After lunch I did eventually get off my rear end and unload the ovens from the truck.
I must have gotten a spark of energy because after I unloaded the truck I retrieved my pressure washer and cleaned not only my side walk but my driveway as well. That took several tanks of gas and several hours to do. I’m not exactly sure what got into me. I was close to being too dark to see anything but I did manage to finish.
I did manage to get some rest today but I also got some stuff done that needed to get done. My wife want’s to have people over this Saturday to celebrate my daughter’s birthday so I’ve got to get some yard work done this week. It’s going to be tight but I think I can swing it.
“Life Goes On!”
10 Saturday Oct 2015
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Three main dishes, two desserts and home made biscuits made for a long afternoon but it was worth every minute of it. We had a great turn out with a lot of fun and fellowship.
The main dishes included coca-cola chicken, easy bake pork chops and easy cheesy meat & potatoes. The desserts were apple spice cobbler and regular apple cobbler. If any of these recipes sound good to you and if you’d like to try them out give me a shout and I’ll send them to you.
I’m exhausted so I’m calling it a night.
“Life Goes On!”
09 Friday Oct 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Charcoal, Dutch Oven, Lodge Cast Iron, Lodge Cookware, Skillet, The CI Black Pot
I think I have everything loaded for tomorrow’s cookout. We’re expecting to feed around 50 people. We usually cook way more that what’s needed but I would hate to run out of food. We’ll have a couple of main dishes, bread and of course a couple of cobblers, all made in these Dutch ovens. I’ve got my 14″ skillet to brown the meat and my Lodge grill to heat the skillet. These are but a few of my treasures. I have a few more but really won’t be needing all of them. I may not use all of these but I’ll have them just in case.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!
“Life Goes On!”
08 Thursday Oct 2015
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I’m actually looking forward to this weekend. I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow so I took the day off. I will have a three day weekend. Saturday I will be in my element. For the past four years I have cooked for a Sunday School class. Last year we had over 40 people in attendance and a ton of food. I will be getting there around 9am to set up and start getting everything prepped. The thing is all I have to do is show up and bring my Dutch Oven’s, they purchase the food and charcoal. Sunday will be a day of cleaning my pots and resting the rest of the day. Pictures of the cookout will be forthcoming.
“Life Goes On!”
15 Tuesday Sep 2015
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A few years ago my son crossed over into Boy Scouts and one of the leaders was doing a sampling of some of his cooking. He was cooking a peach cobbler out of one of his Dutch Ovens. It reminded me of the days that I would visit my grandfather when he used to cook out of a Dutch Oven down on the river bank when we went fishing. The night at the scout hut I had one of the best peach cobblers that I think I’ve ever had. The cook did not want to share how his recipe which really drove me nuts. After that night I was determined to learn how to cook out of a Dutch oven. At last count I have over 16 Dutch Ovens all of different shapes and sizes. Not including all the cast iron skillets that I use to cook in.
When in scouts I tried to teach the boys the art of cooking in cast iron. Cooking in a Dutch Oven is somewhat different than cooking on a stove and you really have to be careful when cleaning cast iron. If you talk to ten people on how to clean your cast iron I’m sure you’ll at least get nine different ways to clean it.
I have my own little catering business where I cook a main dish and a desert all in cast iron. While I’m cooking I have people come up to me and tell me that they’ve never seen anything cook out of a Dutch Oven. They’ve only seen these ovens used as a flower pot. I don’t mind the questions. I enjoy spreading the art of cooking out of cast iron and hopefully keeping it alive.
I have many, many recipes of anything from rabbit stew to peach cobbler that I’d be happy to share. Just give me a shout.
The above picture is of a blackberry cobbler. It’s to die for and very simple to fix even in your conventional oven.
“Life Goes On”
