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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was talking with a couple of people going to
Pennsic this year who are on a really tight budget. They asked me if they
cooked all their food in camp and brought food and firewood from home, if they
could eat for $10 each per week. I told them I doubted it, but I thought
they could do it for $15 each if they could get access to water filtered at
Pennsic and didn't have to buy bottled water. That's assuming they got all
their food on sale and only used their cooler for the first day or two
with ice brought from home.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They would like to stick to pre 1600s ingredients
and medievalish style dishes even though that would mean doing without potatoes
which would otherwise be a big help in unrefrigerated frugality and camp
cooking.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They have a dehydrator. They know how to make
bread, and I could pass along some sourdough starter for them to take and to
experiment with before they go. I've got plenty of fresh herbs in the
garden which I could share and they could dry.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Foods that are frugal here when on sale
include</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lentils</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dried peas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whole chicken</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eggs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carrots</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cabbage</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Onions</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Flour</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sugar</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cucumbers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apples</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grapes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Raisins</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oranges</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lemons</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pasta</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuna</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there a place around Pennsic that has chicken
for under .60 a pound or fish for 1.00 or less a pound? If not they could
have chicken just the first two days by bringing it frozen from home unless
someone else had room to bring another one up midweek.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there any pick your own farms in the
area? So far I have only come across farm stands with fairly high prices
near Pennsic.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What things would be good to make? So far
I've thought of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cold sage chicken made at home and
frozen</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> (I don't have the recipe for that to
pass along though.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bread and fruit</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Omlettes with onions and herbs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Raisin bread</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What else would be good?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sharon</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>gordonse@one.net</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>