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Toronto Sportsman Show - Cancelled
akaShag replied to SmokestackLightnin's topic in General Discussion
When I lived closer, this one was a MUST ATTEND. I am not surprised by the cancellation, however. Quite a few memories of the Sportsmen's shows............😉 We are supposed to attend weddings on 20 June and early September, I am thinking both of them might be in jeopardy. Like you say OIM, the loving couple has to think about the old farts that would be attending, and act accordingly. Doug -
Hmm, I've just spent half an hour reading up on canning breads..............pro and con. I am going to give this one a pass I think. Doug
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see my next.......
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I just use what comes out of the tap, so room temp is fine. Back to Brian I didn't watch the video either,. am I missing anything?
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tap water is just fine.
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Try the second link I posted..........
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Just about anything will work, as long as the lid fits tightly and can take the heat. I use a heavy enamel covered dutch oven like these ones: https://www.lecreuset.ca/bakeware/covered-casseroles/ On a lot of dutch ovens or covered casserole dishes, the lid handle is made of bakelite or some kind of hard plastic - they will not take the heat, so you want to make sure the lid handle is metal or similar. And I am not a baker, but this recipe is very forgiving. Doug
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That's odd, I don't think I have an account with the New York Times...... Here's another site with the same recipe: https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/no-knead-bread/ Doug
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No-knead bread is awesome: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread I go a hair light on the water. When I put in the full amount of water, I got a slightly doughy bread...
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Bunk, please see your e-mail........... Doug
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Pack a lunch, it isn't short.............😉
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I have been retired since 2003, so work did not get in the way. I have pulled a tent trailer and a travel trailer, and I have driven (and owned) a class C motor home. For me, a truck camper is the best way for a solo trip, just as long as the truck has four wheel drive and enough power to haul the camper as if it is not there. I wrote blogs on both trips. Not sure where the 2011 blog went, but here is the 2016 version: http://gwrt2016.blogspot.com/ Read it in chronological order to make the best sense of it...... I have no idea if writing can pay for such a trip. Based on what I used to get for Ontario Fisherman articles back in the day, I am guessing that writing might pay some beer money but not much else. But who knows, it is a different world out there these days. Doug
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I see you'd like to do an RV trip to Alaska (after you are 50, you young pup!😉) I hunted and fished my way from southeastern Ontario to the Yukon and back in 2011, and did the same, but to the west coast of Vancouver Island and back in 2016. Both solo trips, with my Ford F-250 and truck camper. Both were exceptional trips, and I might yet do it once more. The Yukon is spectacular, as are the parts of Alaska that I have visited. Doug
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Schweine haxen are one of my favourite German dishes. I tried to make them once, but they just didn't hold a candle to the real thing served in Germany.............but I CAN make spatzele that tastes just like the stuff I ate over there many times! Doug
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all very interesting indeed, but I can't see myself going to Mrs Sauga for meat. So will you make schweine haxen with the smoked hocks?
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Brian, do I understand you made the smoked pork hocks into meatballs? And where did you get those nice meaty hocks? Doug
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I did not look at that link. My point is that SOME vintage lures fetch good money, and some research would be a good idea. Please see my pm. Doug
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I have never been high-centred in mud, but if it was soupy, then yes I think a wheeled Argo would bog down in that. Bogs are bad, because you are sometimes in water and sometimes on clumps of dirt, and if you get high-centred on a clump and all wheels in the water, you're screwed. If I was going to go through a bog/swamp, I would bring an anchor on a length of rope. If I got high-centred, I would throw the anchor as far as I could and use anchor rope as a winch strong point. It would be messy..........
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Indeed. I would be doing a bit of research before I let them go. Good luck. Doug
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Well, I had to look that up, never heard of one before. Very cool indeed. BUT it looks like it would be useless in deep snow. The hull would bottom out and there is not much ground clearance. The Argo has the same issue unless it is equipped with tracks - a wheeled Argo is about done in eight inches of snow - you get high centred and can't move. Been there, done that........🙄 Doug
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Yes that is how things were a few years back when I was looking into it. I know a couple lads from Bancroft who go there every year after the spring opener. They set up a camp and fish for about a week, and catch a ton of walleye. I guess the shoals are pretty interesting............
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scary photo on the monitor.................😉 Doug
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Are there any outfitters on that lake yet? A few years ago, there were none. I'd like to fish Abitibi some winter.... Doug
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I THOUGHT it might be that but decided it wasn't.....🙄
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Nope, the ATVs can climb the mountain with no problems. BUT! They don't float, and are not worth a hoot in snow over about ten inches or so. They also don't go into some of the real gnarly bush and rocks where deer seem to go to die. 😉
