Barbarian Camp

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:05 am

for you, fishy, i will make a finlet ... with auklets, if i can find them.

here's my baby-screw creation ... a little sloppy, i am still learning, but it's for me, and just an idea....

(does anyone know how to make flickr photos work with img??)

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:48 am

littleflower wrote:(does anyone know how to make flickr photos work with img??)

I've had the same problems with Flickr. Your best bet is to use Photobucket for that.

--Wolfe

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:42 am

Sometimes you need to add a "?" after the jpg.

We need to hash out cooking arrangements, who is riding with whom, who is camping where, and of course lighting. (Adjourn to tribe if you will.)

Mozy brought up a good point at the 1st meeting about lighting. People will want to run the course in teh cool of the night, rather than during the baking day. But if it's dark, then only ninjas will come out to play. Teh solution? A genny and a lighting system! Me glad to drop coin for the genny, but I need some advice on lights.

Plus, once we kill the lights, it suggests that the ride/attraction is closed and everyone should go to bed.

Ideas? Thoughts? Questions? Catcalls?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:38 am

I'll get a couple of these for around-the-camp use:

And this is the five quart cauldron in which we will cook our virgins:

I'll make an iron tripod to suspend it, and I'll get a small charcoal grille that I can hang it over.

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:42 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:I'll get a couple of these for around-the-camp use:

Awesome.

Ugly Dougly wrote:And this is the five quart cauldron in which we will cook our virgins:

I'll make an iron tripod to suspend it, and I'll get a small charcoal grille that I can hang it over.

*Double* awesome

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--Wolfe

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:08 pm

where do we find virgins that will fit in a 5 quart kettle?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:20 pm

I'm partial to virgin lambs, and they cube up pretty well.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:09 am

mmmmm ... i am getting hungry... *looking up lamb stew recipes*

but ... if it's a virgin, won't we need a ceremony? who is in charge of the religious festivals?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:15 pm

Thank you for volunteering to be head priestess!

Here's a fun recipe:

Lamb Scythian
Cube up some boneless lamb. Boneless lambs are easier to catch than the normal ones.
Chop onions and garlic.
Melt some olive oil in the bottom of the pot. Or use salt pork!
Throw in the onion and garlic. Cook til it becomes transparent.
Add cumin and coriander.
Throw in that lamb. Alternative: goat, bison, dog, long pig.
After the meat begins to brown, add whole grains, I prefer barley.
That's right, you're roasting the grain. When it starts to smell nutty and before smells burned, add water and salt.
Simmer until the water is soaked up, then add raisins.
Call the barbarians for a feast!

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:19 pm

^ Sounds delicious . . .

now it's a matter of coming up with recipes for the other days

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--Edward

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:25 am

I say we request the maidens sit on a hot saddle, to warm dinner.......

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:26 am

barbarian queen, kitchen wench, and now, high priestess?

do i get to be one of ygmir's maidens, too?

wolfe ... if you have something you would like us to cook, we're always looking for ideas .... ! i'm thinking chili for another night.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:59 am

You didn't say anything about the saddle, so I guess that part is okay.

On another subject, I'll be picking up a basic tool of barbarian psychiatry:
http://tinyurl.com/mindopener

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:04 am

littleflower wrote:wolfe ... if you have something you would like us to cook, we're always looking for ideas .... ! i'm thinking chili for another night.

Ideas:

Breakfast: Fruit, oat cakes, muffins. All can be packed in, and don't require much preparation. The muffins can be quartered and set out as a finger food.

Lunch: The same.

Dinner: Chilli, steak BBQ, fajitas, stew, soup (frankly, the stew and the soup can be the same thing

), shepherd's pie, spaghetti.

I'll admit I was trying to think of foods that required no refrigeration or ice: spaghetti sauce comes in jars; pasta is dry. Stew and soup come in cans. The steak, and meat for shepherd's pie, unfortunately need refrigeration.

Which brings me to an interesting question: How *are* we handling food, exactly? I was thinking of buying some MRE's before reading this.

--Wolfe

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:01 am

Because some of our members may be hypoglycemic, I wouldn't want to depend too much on starch, but those are good choices otherwise.

How are we handling food? The veterans will have bone china, silverware and pressed napkins, with the newbies eating directly off the playa surface, why do you ask?

I think that I will have a cooler, and fill it up with food. Which we will eat. Other camp members are welcome to do the same.

More to the point: Wolfe, we can do a shopping and maybe cooking expedition before going up if you like. What seems to work is doing most of the prep work at home, throw it into large freezer bags, and thaw out the food on playa. Sort of homemade MREs.

And don't forget the bacon.

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:23 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:More to the point: Wolfe, we can do a shopping and maybe cooking expedition before going up if you like. What seems to work is doing most of the prep work at home, throw it into large freezer bags, and thaw out the food on playa. Sort of homemade MREs.

I wouldn't want to usurp Littleflower's position. If she's the camp cook; I assume it's a matter of what she wants to prepare and when she wants to get the food.

As for shopping and cooking? I'd assume it was a matter of finding out how many of us there will be, take the cost of feeding them for x number of days they're there, collect the $$, find out dietary restrictions (ie. diabetic, kosher), find out if they're *reasonable* restrictions (ie. diabetic versus a person "who just won't eat anything with red food dye"

), and then go shopping for food.

I'm a *fiend* for logistics and over-planning. Call it paranoia, but I've seen many a camping trip go horribly wrong when the food wasn't planned for. Add to that the time I dated a woman responsible for feeding an entire Ren Fair guild . . . yeah, I think it's ingrained in my psyche

.

--Wolfe

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:14 pm

here dougly, one for you and your horde.

http://cgi.ebay.com/BREAST-PLATE-SPAULD ... 1|294%3A50

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:38 pm

hey wolfe ... don't worry ... i am only sort of the camp cook! i hope ... hee

i am a terrible organizer, so your help will be greatly valued and appreciated.

i think we should discuss this on tribe, as dougly has suggested, and which i am guilty for not following ... and keep this thread more entertaining ... hopefully ...? i think i'll go post something on tribe right now...

back to barbarian stuff ...

it's certainly barbaric ... but is it human?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:29 pm

will there be a drive through?.............

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:39 pm

littleflower wrote:i am a terrible organizer, so your help will be greatly valued and appreciated.

i think we should discuss this on tribe, as dougly has suggested, and which i am guilty for not following ... and keep this thread more entertaining ... hopefully ...? i think i'll go post something on tribe right now...

Responded in tribe.

littleflower wrote:back to barbarian stuff ...

it's certainly barbaric ... but is it human?

Wow. If someone like that showed up, I think we should automatically let them join

.

--Wolfe

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:57 pm

Here is a tune played on a 40,000 year old flute made from a vulture bone. German researchers have been examining European cave finds...

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Compo ... -flute.mp3

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:20 am

Wolfe wrote:
littleflower wrote:i am a terrible organizer, so your help will be greatly valued and appreciated.

i think we should discuss this on tribe, as dougly has suggested, and which i am guilty for not following ... and keep this thread more entertaining ... hopefully ...? i think i'll go post something on tribe right now...
Responded in tribe.

littleflower wrote:back to barbarian stuff ...

it's certainly barbaric ... but is it human?
Wow. If someone like that showed up, I think we should automatically let them join .

--Wolfe

the costume does not make the barbarian........

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:02 am

Oldguy wrote:Here is a tune played on a 40,000 year old flute made from a vulture bone. German researchers have been examining European cave finds...

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Compo ... -flute.mp3

See, Ygmir, OG's not all bad.

A different scale and tuning than we are accustomed to. It sounds like a "pentatonic" scale, as if only the black keys on the piano were being played. But It's likely to be a harmonic tuning, which is the way most birds sing.

...and yeah, it takes more than Cosplay to make a barbarian. We have a special qualifying ordeal, or did you forget?

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:51 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:...and yeah, it takes more than Cosplay to make a barbarian. We have a special qualifying ordeal, or did you forget?

LOL something tells me that if a guy with *that* much muscle, armor, and weaponry came by, he'd have no problem with the obstacle course

.

Come to think of it, what's the latest on the obstacle course, anyway? I saw the crosses with the rope; are there any other pieces currently in development?

--Wolfe

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:56 am

I'm working on a warped beam, on a couple of blocks, as a version of a balance beam.......

I didn't want to make it look to much like the olympic event.........I'm not sure, emotionally, I could stand to see U.D. in tights up on one of those doing hand stands.........

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:01 pm

.and yeah, it takes more than Cosplay to make a barbarian. We have a special qualifying ordeal, or did you forget?

have i passed it yet?

I'm not sure, emotionally, I could stand to see U.D. in tights up on one of those doing hand stands.........

we'll turn you around or something ... until it's your turn ... !

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:28 pm

ygmir wrote:I'm working on a warped beam, on a couple of blocks, as a version of a balance beam.......

I didn't want to make it look to much like the olympic event.........

Any thoughts on making it a little more Indiana-Jones-ish? Maybe pool-noodle foam spikes under a stretch or two? A piece of black cloth to serve as a 'bottomless pit' under one of the challenges?

--Wolfe

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:01 pm

I think that the Rope Bridge is enough Indiana Jonesy since it's a Barbarian Obstacle Course. We also have a Tarzan obstacle. Do you have any suggestions for making it more Robert E. Howard?

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:57 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:I think that the Rope Bridge is enough Indiana Jonesy since it's a Barbarian Obstacle Course. We also have a Tarzan obstacle. Do you have any suggestions for making it more Robert E. Howard?

More Robert E. Howard? Sure! Bottomless pits and spike traps! Heck, traps existed in the mansion in "Rogues In The House"

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--Wolfe

P.S. If we could get half-naked barbarian women lining the sides, that would be more R.E. Howard too . . . or am I thinking more Boris Vallejo?

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:41 am

you might have to worry about barbarians falling off the equipment ....