Camping weekend at Bardster's - 25-27th May

[roestalker270]

Shot a nice Muntjac buck 3 hours ago that i shall have butchered ready for the weekend, should be good eating! Think I'll be there Saturday night and Sunday

[Chastiser]

Shot a nice Muntjac buck 3 hours ago that i shall have butchered ready for the weekend, should be good eating! Think I'll be there Saturday night and Sunday

did you or Gary get it??

[roestalker270]

did you or Gary get it??

Gary's not out till Saturday mate, he's coming Roe bashing. Saw a nice little buck last time out that will be ideal if we can find him

[Chastiser]

slightly OT, but, i have 3 cast iron fry pans, desparatly in need of a burn and season, any one done this before and would the 'moderate' fire we are going to have be suitable for this?

[Saint-Just]

It would, but curing a pan takes a while and it would be better if you started at home.
Make sure the pan is rust-free, using wire wool as needed.

Pour a little vegetable oil, coat the pan as you heat it until the oil starts to smoke.
Stop the heat, let it cool down, wipe thoroughly with kitchen roll. repeat the following day. Do not wash, just wipe. And again.

The more you do it, the better the pan will be.

[fluffy]

It would, but curing a pan takes a while and it would be better if you started at home.
Make sure the pan is rust-free, using wire wool as needed.

Pour a little vegetable oil, coat the pan as you heat it until the oil starts to smoke.
Stop the heat, let it cool down, wipe thoroughly with kitchen roll. repeat the following day. Do not wash, just wipe. And again.

The more you do it, the better the pan will be.

Trust a Frenchman to know how to eat well, even if he lives over here and insists he's only here for the tea

[Chastiser]

It would, but curing a pan takes a while and it would be better if you started at home.
Make sure the pan is rust-free, using wire wool as needed.

Pour a little vegetable oil, coat the pan as you heat it until the oil starts to smoke.
Stop the heat, let it cool down, wipe thoroughly with kitchen roll. repeat the following day. Do not wash, just wipe. And again.

The more you do it, the better the pan will be.

we had them quite well seasoned but they seemed to 'go off' after some time. one was ruined by improper use by someone who didnt know how to cook with one.

have tried reseasoning but to date hasnt worked well.

[TB_London]

Best way i have found to season is with lard, rather than oil which unless you get hot enough will form a gummy coating rather than a nice seasoning.
First i'd make sure it was clean with wire wool as needed to make sure the new seasoning has a good base to adhere to. Then put the oven on to pre heat the oven to it's hottest temp heat. Put an even layer of lard in the pan and on the hob heat up to smoking point. Then I pour it out into a bowl and carefully use a wad of kitchen towel to coat the rest of the pan, you need to be very careful doing this, i have silicon oven mits so they are impermeable to the hot fat and heat proof to grip the pan, if you just have normal oven gloves be very careful. I then put the pan in the oven up side down (Foil in the bottom of the oven stops a lot of mess). After 30 minutes check progress, and give another wipe around with the lard and half hour if needs be. Then leave to cool in the oven. The first thing i'll cook in it would be some sliced onions. The slight acidity will clean off any residue and seems to help set the seasoning.

If you're going to do it over the fire, i'd wait for it to be just glowing embers and set it up on a support. If directly in the fire it'll get very sooty, and if amongst the embers it's likely to be too hot and burn the seasoning off.

[TB_London]

Double post

[TB_London]

double double post

[Chui]

.........knows his stuff, does Tom.

[TallNHairyDave]

We'll probably now only be coming for the day on Saturday, sans tent as I have just had a massive flare up of sciatica which ended up with me being kept in overnight at the hospital hopped up to the eyeballs on painkillers.

I tried to get to A&E under my own steam when the pain got too bad, but couldn't get into the car fully or back out again... It took the application of Entonox and two of LAS' finest to get me out of the car! Quite amusing with hindsight, but seriously NOT fun at the time!

I've been told to keep it extra careful for at least a couple of weeks while my back heals, have been referred for physiotherapy and am on a nice mix of STRONG painkillers, all of which kind of precludes sleeping in a tent - even on my exped synmat dlx.

Fourtunately the painkillers have reduced it to the feeling of "having been trampled in a rugby scrum then kicked in the nuts a couple of days ago" and while I still have the numbness, pins & needles etc in my right leg that goes with the trapped nerve I can at least stand, sit and walk without wanting to scream obscenities!

[tburgess]

We'll probably now only be coming for the day on Saturday, sans tent as I have just had a massive flare up of sciatica which ended up with me being kept in overnight at the hospital hopped up to the eyeballs on painkillers.

I tried to get to A&E under my own steam when the pain got too bad, but couldn't get into the car fully or back out again... It took the application of Entonox and two of LAS' finest to get me out of the car! Quite amusing with hindsight, but seriously NOT fun at the time!

I've been told to keep it extra careful for at least a couple of weeks while my back heals, have been referred for physiotherapy and am on a nice mix of STRONG painkillers, which kind of precludes sleeping in a tent - even on my exped synmat dlx.

Sorry to hear about that Dave. I've just had a dose of sciatica and it is sh1te isn't it, although mine doesn't sound nearly as bad as yours.

Hope it sorts out soon mate.

[Nice65]

Ouch. That's a bummer Dave. No chopping for you matey.

Mind you, it's still over a week away, maybe you'll be ok.

[TallNHairyDave]

Sorry to hear about that Dave. I've just had a dose of sciatica and it is sh1te isn't it, although mine doesn't sound nearly as bad as yours.

Hope it sorts out soon mate.

Thanks mate. So do I! Sympathy for a fellow sufferer... It's a real bastard isn't it? Possibly the worst part was every time it twinges, it felt like someone had put my nuts in a vice and was cranking it down hard!

This is the worst I've ever had it though.