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Post by offtrail on Oct 27, 2013 23:00:32 GMT -7
Spent the day along Sandy Creek in Bolivar Ohio. Did some fishing but did no catching, that's the way it goes some days. I did however have two nice hits but missed them both. Did a flint and steel fire with natural tinder, then cooked some beans. I even made some cornbread over the fire, not so good for my first try. I should get better as i do more baking. At the end of the video I posted some photos of the day.
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Post by angelhelp on Oct 28, 2013 3:43:26 GMT -7
Can tops are meant to be licked. I'm not so sure you had asparagus as tinder because our own looks more branched at the tips. Regardless, asparagus sure is a fine tinder after the fluffy stuff catches the first spark.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Oct 28, 2013 9:10:03 GMT -7
Another of your many nice outings OT. You haven't taken out your flint and steel in some time, it must've been collecting a little dust. Fire tinder was spot on, maybe the dust helped it along to light up. You can't go wrong with pork and beans and cornbread. If it was cooked all the way I wouldn't worry about it falling apart. This may help you next time. Buy one of those little aluminum loaf pans to bake it in. You can even use less ingredients to make a smaller batch and save the rest for your next outing. Thanks for bringing us along.
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Post by offtrail on Oct 28, 2013 9:17:46 GMT -7
Can tops are meant to be licked. I'm not so sure you had asparagus as tinder because our own looks more branched at the tips. Regardless, asparagus sure is a fine tinder after the fluffy stuff catches the first spark. You could be right about this not being asparagus. It does grow in bunches just like wild asparagus and looks somewhat like the photos I have for identification. Starting now and until late spring dry tinder will be easy to find, except for those rainy days. I find it mush easier to build my fire to the point that it can grow without being fed kindling at the beginning. Some people will start a hand full of tinder and kindling then feed it slowly one or two sticks at a time. This does work but sometimes you can put the fire out with a badly placed stick. I have learned it's best to build it all at once, lite it then let it do it's thing. Sometimes you have to step on your fire to keep it going. What I mean is the coals will fall to the bottom leaving the fuel wood above. You just simply step or use a stick to push the wood down to where the coals are. This happens a lot when doing an A frame type fire set. Sorry for going on so long about fire, you know how I love my camp fires
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Post by offtrail on Oct 28, 2013 9:31:38 GMT -7
Another of your many nice outings OT. You haven't taken out your flint and steel in some time, it must've been collecting a little dust. Fire tinder was spot on, maybe the dust helped it along to light up. You can't go wrong with pork and beans and cornbread. If it was cooked all the way I wouldn't worry about it falling apart. This may help you next time. Buy one of those little aluminum loaf pans to bake it in. You can even use less ingredients to make a smaller batch and save the rest for your next outing. Thanks for bringing us along. It was a learning experience for me,next time I will use the aluminum throw away pans. I was going to use toy caps to start the fire, just felt like doing something different for a change. Soon it will be time to do another bowdrill fire and I still have to work on that bamboo fire saw method. I know Jimmy has been waiting a long time for that one. Thanks to everyone that replies to my videos
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Post by cajunlady87 on Oct 28, 2013 10:03:15 GMT -7
Really looking forward to more videos, especially your fire starting techniques. Definitely can't wait for you to do the bamboo demo.
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Post by offtrail on Oct 28, 2013 10:26:07 GMT -7
Really looking forward to more videos, especially your fire starting techniques. Definitely can't wait for you to do the bamboo demo. Me to, it kicked my but last time We don't have any wild bamboo that grows around here,But you never know when having that knowledge will come in handy
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