Chuck Wagon Question

Started by dwight55, January 29, 2015, 07:01:21 AM

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Delmonico

The best way to learn is to jump in and just do it, first lesson in historic cooking is to be sure you can cook in the dang kitchen at home, if you can't, then that is a good place to learn, just watch another 100 hours of the Food Channel.    ::)
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

pony express

Quote from: Delmonico on February 19, 2015, 10:27:26 AM

This was how it looked BEFORE the freak wind/hail/rain storm swept through the encampment, when everyone was grabbing /covering everything BUT the cobbler....

Delmonico

Quote from: pony express on February 23, 2015, 05:46:26 PM
This was how it looked BEFORE the freak wind/hail/rain storm swept through the encampment, when everyone was grabbing /covering everything BUT the cobbler....

That was a chicken pot pie in Kansas in 2006, but yeah, that one was a bit exciting, still don't know where it came from, was't on the radar that nasty a little bit before..
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Delmonico



More gear to haul around, now I need a folding saw buck.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

dwight55

I had to look at my hands, . . . yeah, all the blisters have healed up from one of those things.

Brings back some fun memories of a childhood long, long gone, . . .

Thanks for the post,............

May God bless,
Dwight
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If you can read:  thank a teacher

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Delmonico

I'll get some pictures of it in use this summer.  If nothing else if someone shows up and wants to do some demo and don't have anything, it's pretty simple to use if there are 2 of them.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

dwight55

I noticed you said two of "them", . . .

You didn't say, . . . "two of us".

I can fully appreciate why, . . .

May God bless,
Dwight
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If you can read:  thank a teacher

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Delmonico

I'll take a few turns with it.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Blair

Suggestion;
Try a bow saw, or a light frame saw.
Both brake down quite nicely for storage and don't require two people to use.
Just a thought?
my best,
Blair
A Time for Prayer.
"In times of war and not before,
God and the soldier we adore.
But in times of peace and all things right,
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted"
by Rudyard Kipling.
Blair Taylor
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Delmonico

Quote from: Blair on February 26, 2015, 04:25:28 PM
Suggestion;
Try a bow saw, or a light frame saw.
Both brake down quite nicely for storage and don't require two people to use.
Just a thought?
my best,
Blair

It's called style points and putting on a good show, my wood I really need is always cut for me before I arrive.    ::)    Along with the axe, the splitting wedges and such, if I have to actually saw wood I'm going to use one of these.

Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Delmonico

April 24th 2015

Hollenberg Pony Express Station  

I will be doing my first public demonstration on April 24th 2014 at Hollenberg Pony Express Station in north east Kansas.  This is a Friday and it's a day when local school kids are invited to see Living History Demonstrations, but it is also open to the public.    I will of course be demonstrating dutch oven cooking using a wood fire to make the coals I will cook with.  The plan is to make both biscuits and yeast bread and passing out samples to the visitors.  

If there is anyone in the area in the group that would like to come and watch, learn and ask questions please feel free to show up.  By clicking on the Wikipedia link and then clicking on the coordinates you can get a map showing where it is or use  39° 54′ 3″ N, 96° 50′ 37″ W in your GPS.  


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollenberg_Pony_Express_Station

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hollenberg-Pony-Express-Station-State-Historic-Site/378499735521516
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

dwight55

In my "messing around" on the internet, . . . I ran across a drawing showing a chuck wagon, . . . had a tent like covering behind it, . . . and they had a small wood stove sitting on the ground, . . . somehow had the stack of the thing going up and looked like it went out through the tent top, . . . maybe behind it, . . . don't know for sure.

Should have got the url, . . . didn't,.............

Any possibility of that being period correct, . . . or just some idea from a drawing dreamer???

Thanks, may God bless,
Dwight
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If you can read:  thank a teacher

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Delmonico

Round-up camp in cold weather on the Northern Plains, very common, most chuckwagon pictures are from ranches and round-ups.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Blair

There are several systems of cooking and/or preparing Government food stuffs that predate the ACW.
Each system will depend on the number of men and the type of food intended to be prepared.
There are photos from the ACW that show some of these systems in use. A little research on the net should help find these.
I am sorry to say that I do not have any of the direct contacts to these photos for their set up and usage.
All use some form of stove piping to help carry away the smoke, well above those using that system of cooking rations while in the field.
After the ACW, many of these systems became available to the civilian market, along with things like wagons and other Government goods.
I hope this might help.
My best,
Blair
A Time for Prayer.
"In times of war and not before,
God and the soldier we adore.
But in times of peace and all things right,
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted"
by Rudyard Kipling.
Blair Taylor
Life-C 21

Major 2

I built one like this design, for our Cavalry Company Mess ....
when planets align...do the deal !

Delmonico

Stoves though most likely were never taken on trail drives, ever try to load up a hot cast iron stove?  Me either and I don't want to.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Major 2

nor deal with the weight ...Stoves as I showcased, were in camped , wintered or billeted....
 
when planets align...do the deal !

Delmonico

Or in the Black Hills of your name was Custer.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

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