[Sca-cooks] On-line Pennsic Pity Party
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Thu May 25 17:50:40 PDT 2006
In a message dated 5/24/2006 1:53:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com writes:
<<Well, it is often hard to call many Pennsic kitchen's "primitive
sites". SPCA's kitchen has a four burner propane kitchen range with
an oven, as well as a propane powered freezer and running water.
Others, such as Master Chirhart's Blackstar encampment have
electricity. These aren't the only ones. I've seen others, but don't
remember the details or who they were associated with, now. There
appear to be quite a number of groups, especially on the Serengetti
outfitted with modern household sized hot water heaters. Presumably
modified to run on propane.>>
Pfah. One of the reasons I like going to Pennsic is because I like camping.
Meaning not having all my household conveniences. It makes me appreciate
the household conveniences all the more when I get home. I never truly
appreciated an indoor bathroom until I spent two weeks at Pennsic having to find a
cloak and shoes to go to the bathroom on a rainy night.
Clan Kyle, fortunately, agrees with me. While we have a couple of camping
propane stoves, whenever possible we cook on the campfire. We have a grate, a
tripod, a mucking great cauldron, and dig a dutch oven pit at the edge of
the firepit. We also use solar shower bags. I keep telling the people who
insist on having flash water heaters for their showers to either take military
showers or at least put a low flow shower head on the darn thing - I'm
convinced that the excessive use of water for these showers, so people can take the
long hot showers they would at home, is a big contributor to the poor water
quality at times, as they overtax the wells. One of my favorite Pennsic
memories is taking a shower from a solar shower bag after dark, in an open roofed
stall, as the moon was rising after a long hot day. It was heaven.
Brangwayna
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