So I'm not the only one that had a huge 9 foot lightbulb go off at the thought of Easy Mac on the playa..illy dilly wrote:
Was it the little mac'n'cheeses in the cup? or the freeze dried "mountain house" type?

So I'm not the only one that had a huge 9 foot lightbulb go off at the thought of Easy Mac on the playa..illy dilly wrote:
Was it the little mac'n'cheeses in the cup? or the freeze dried "mountain house" type?
Savannah wrote:It sounds freaky & wrong, so you need to do it.
It was the freeze dried kind. It just sort of sat there in the hot water and made crunchy orange pasta soup.illy dilly wrote:Was it the little mac'n'cheeses in the cup? or the freeze dried "mountain house" type?
The horror . . .tahiti_treat wrote:It was the freeze dried kind. It just sort of sat there in the hot water and made crunchy orange pasta soup.illy dilly wrote:Was it the little mac'n'cheeses in the cup? or the freeze dried "mountain house" type?
I have so much wayward art, I don't think I'll be able to pack more than half...AntiM wrote:YAY!NellieX wrote:Today:
Mailed Anti-M some wayward art!
Oooh, nice! I couldn't find a coat, but I did pick up a leopard print fur purse for 2 bucks.tahiti_treat wrote:Got a playa coat!! Grey leopard print fun fur, thigh length, 7 bucks. Hooray!
The problem with pasta is that you can't do anything with the left-over water. If you make rice, the water is absorbed. If you make potatoes you can drink the water (potato soup.) With pasta, you just have to throw the water away.tahiti_treat wrote:Also taste-testing some instant mac-n-cheese.
ETA: Mac-n-cheese fail. Think I'm just gonna go with regular pasta.
When you back up, put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel. It's more intuitive that way.melodiousdirge wrote:Retrieved Utility Trailer. Verified that if I take the time to think about each movement, I don't come off like a total retard trying to back the thing up.
I appreciate that tip, as a relatively new driver. Thanks!When you back up, put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel. It's more intuitive that way.
Savannah wrote:Hey Jax. Sorry about that beautiful trike!
I'll ask among my friends if anyone needs a ride from DC/MD.
. . . If I'd known how much drivers need their rideshares' gas contributions (as much as their rideshares need rides), I never would have missed 4 consecutive burns after my first several. I didn't know ePlaya existed then.
You're welcome!yurtgirl wrote:going to harbor freight for the glow in the dark rope I saw recommended on eplaya. thanks veteran burners!
Oh right! That won't do. Maybe I will check out that Easy Mac after all. Or try to break my pasta addiction.The Bee wrote: The problem with pasta is that you can't do anything with the left-over water. If you make rice, the water is absorbed. If you make potatoes you can drink the water (potato soup.) With pasta, you just have to throw the water away.
tahiti_treat wrote:Figjam, I would totally do that except we're driving from Canada and the pasta would be sitting in the ziplocks for 4 days before we even got to the playa. In the same vein, we can't get the Chef Boyardee mac-n-cheese up here (no beef for this here veggie), but we're getting our groceries after we cross the border, so maybe we can find some!
We might just be able to evaporate the pasta water too... one of our group is making an evaporation pond.
The Chef Boyardee brand appears to have a fully cheesy version (without meat) towards the bottom of the page . . .tahiti_treat wrote:Figjam, I would totally do that except we're driving from Canada and the pasta would be sitting in the ziplocks for 4 days before we even got to the playa. In the same vein, we can't get the Chef Boyardee mac-n-cheese up here (no beef for this here veggie), but we're getting our groceries after we cross the border, so maybe we can find some!
We might just be able to evaporate the pasta water too... one of our group is making an evaporation pond.
Savannah wrote:It sounds freaky & wrong, so you need to do it.
Ah, thanks. I was wondering about that.jkisha wrote:Don't use your main evap pond for kitchen water. Make a smaller 3'x3' evap pond for that, or bring a five gallon bucket just for kitchen liquids, or a combination of both.
Depends on how good your pre-pond filtration is. The old version of the evaporator in this thread handled kitchen water fine, just had to be filtered before going in. The current version has 5-7 filters before it start evaping.jkisha wrote:Don't use your main evap pond for kitchen water. Make a smaller 3'x3' evap pond for that, or bring a five gallon bucket just for kitchen liquids, or a combination of both.
tahiti_treat wrote:Ah, thanks. I was wondering about that.jkisha wrote:Don't use your main evap pond for kitchen water. Make a smaller 3'x3' evap pond for that, or bring a five gallon bucket just for kitchen liquids, or a combination of both.
Savannah wrote:It sounds freaky & wrong, so you need to do it.
I keep fresh produce on the playa for up to ten days. It's all about the dry cooler.Sic Pup wrote: Granted I won't have the option of all the fresh produce (but really who want to do prep on playa?) although I will miss my daily salad.