Feeding People

[x_rahne]

What with the state of the main kitchen and the food previously stored in it, Lorna's been making alternative arrangements....

The mini-kitchens are going to be busy. Somebody is, I think, going grocery shopping with an eye to food that doesn't require anything more elaborate than we can do right now. (Actually, I think somebody already went. I might be on another trip later if the medlab is sufficiently reassembled.)

I'm also going to be seeing if the deer are back.

I went outside for a little while last night, and there are weird smells all over. Most of the smaller animals have run off. (Wee bit eerie without them, really.) Given the general lack of sense (or excess of overcrowding) the deer around here seem to have, I think they'll be back sooner. I'm planning to go out and look tonight, see if I can get one.

Kyle, if you want, I'll come wake you up if it looks promising. :)

So, er, since the mini-kitchens are perhaps not best equipped to cook a large amount of venison, and I sort of doubt most of you want it raw... I assume there are alternative arrangements being made too, but I know from Asgard at least some of you can cook it over an open fire. Is there a good place for one here?

Comments

[x-juggernaut.livejournal.com]

I believe I'll take you up on the venison offer - the boathouse kitchen is out of order until I get the gas lines replaced. However - I do know where there's a large-sized barbecue grill in the shed that can be cleaned off and brought out, if a certain clothing-optional weather controller can stave off the winter chill for a few hours this evening.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

I'd been thinking of hunting them tonight... that's when they're out most... but you know... there's no way to be sure they're not out today without checking. I'll see what I can do.

[x-storm.livejournal.com]

Lightning bolts, freezing rain and maybe even hail, Cain.

The winter chill will be staved off, of course.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

The bad guys didn't wreck the outdoor grills, and neither did Alison. You bring the deer, I'll bring the fire. :)

[x-juggernaut.livejournal.com]

Brilliant minds thinking alike already. It's also been brought to my attention that you've been handling a lot of the minor work around the place since I've been laid up. I appreciate that.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

No problem, sir. Had the time and the tools, and I figured you had enough to worry about already.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. I forgot about those, and wouldn't have been sure they hadn't been run over -- there's at least one tree that looks not so much run over as rotted that I'm sure was fine last time I saw it.

[x-mirage.livejournal.com]

Lorna and I (and others?) will most likely be doing a costco/sam's run for staples as soon as we have some equipment here to store food and things (which I believe have been ordered?).

I think we're going to be doing a lot of open-fire cooking - hope everyone likes campfire food.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Me, for one. Especially if you're going to Sam's Club--that can add up to a lot of bags in not a lot of time.

And we've still got a zillion microwaves, so it's not like we're completely back to the stone age. Just a little tricky coordinating food for large groups, is all.

Actually, though, speaking of campfires . . . hey, Mr. Marko, do you know if there are any Dutch ovens around here? If there aren't, maybe we should get some--my old scoutmaster always brought one or two with him on camping trips and pretty much anything you can make in a regular oven you can make in one of those.

[x-juggernaut.livejournal.com]

If there aren't any in the storage room in the basement, I know that the camping/outdoors store in Salem Center should have some.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Yes, PLEASE. I could use a run. Cramped up in that shelter thingy was no fun and I was sore after.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to try one this afternoon. Ran down to check with the medlab; they don't mind. (Especially since nobody here was very seriously injured.) Checked outside and there are some fresh tracks.

You can sneak up on a bird, right? You might as well come on out. We could maybe practice -- see if we can spot one and let me circle around, then you spook it and chase toward me?

With the really big ones in Asgard, the easy way with a whole pack was to cut one off and take shifts, keep it moving for days without letting it rest. With smaller deer and not so many hunters, it's easier (and necessary) to make it quick.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

I can sneak up on anything that doesn't have ears better than mine, I think.

If I stick to the trees I can probably move a little quieter. No twigs or dead leaves to worry about and its easier on my feet.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

Now, I hadn't thought of that -- can't climb as a wolf, really. Being growled at from up a tree really ought to impress the deer, too.