How Not to Get Invited Back to Elk Camp

[JoseCuervo]

Could you imagine somebody being arrogant enough to send a "lessons learned" and a continuous process improvement plan to the guys who invited you to share an Elk Camp????

If you aren't happy with a cot in a wall tent, a chorizio cooked over a campfire started with 20 gallons of diesel, and a handful of Bitesize Snickers for the day, then I doubt you deserve to be in an Elk camp. It ain't about the food, it is about the critters and the Coor's Light....

If this works here is a e-mailI sent to Ray Vincent to share with James Hussey and Mike Butler. Just want to let everybody know how highly I think of these folk!

From: Phil Foreman (Paws)
Date: 10/27/04 16:09:07
To: Ray Vincent
Subject: Well I'm Beginning to Recover

Can not believe how stiff and sore I am! Well I have done nothing but sleep since getting home. Just wanted to thank you for all the work you put into making this thing work. I know it was tough and if you decide to do another please incorporate lessons learned Ray. After eyeballing the quantity of food it takes all in one place it became apparent to me how difficult it must have been to collect pack and transport it to the site. As they say, there has got to be a better way. Same thing with storage and organization. Meal schedule flexibility needs to be worked out maybe incorporating a dish that can be an all day cook thing like soup, chili or stew "Everyday" added to with a prepared dessert and quickly prepared side dish and breads with a quickly prepared meat dish too like dogs or burgers. That way the steaks and chops can be done individually by the hunters "themselves" when they return to camp.
Preparation of the coffee pots the night before
would be a big help and I would recommend that at least two large pots totaling 70 cups be done. Forget the cowboy coffee cause nobody likes it. Using the industrial coffee filters and a cup and a half grounds for 35 cups is just about right. Bring it to a boil, shut it off and hang the pre-made coffee filter into it and let it steep for about 15 minutes then serve it after removing the grounds. I think that adding cookies, donuts, and breakfast rolls is a good idea so that the early risers have something to munch while meat and eggs are being prepared. I would limit prepared hot meals to two that being breakfast and dinner with service running from 0400 to 0600 and 1600 to 1800. Make it clear that while the kitchen is to remain open for individual use that it will be cleaned and re-organized by the user thus not leaving a mess for a volunteer cook or other hunting participants. I think that the kitchen garage tent worked out really well. I'm going to keep an eye out for that thing. In any case among your efforts and those of James and Mike you folk did a tremendous job and I'm damned proud to know you! Please pass along to Mike and James.
Phil Foreman
aka/ pawclaws,
Cpl Kass Irons, CSA

Just SHUT UP!!!

 

[Tom]

They should have made that guy cook the next meal, right from the first they heard out of him like that. I guess they wanted to eat though and he couldn't have made the food. That would put a different perspective on it for him.

What are you posting a private message here for anyway? You expect anybody to trust you? Why did you do this?

 

[Nemont]

What are you posting a private message here for anyway? You expect anybody to trust you? Why did you do this?

Uhh Tom, That is posted on the ohiocampkooks.com website. The corporal posted it on a public forum for all to see. If you don't believe me click on this link and scrool down.

http://ohiocampcooks.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=events&action=display&num=1098817718

Do you really believe EG would be getting private messages from Paws? Also emails are not private. Ask any attorney or corporate ITT administrator.

Nemont

 

[MarvB]

Do you really believe EG would be getting private messages from Paws?

...only for directions to the next ass kicking!

 

[Tom]

Oh, ok, thanks, I was asking for an explanation, you gave it.

They should have made him cook.

 

[Nemont]

Tom,
I don't know that you want him cooking either:

From Ohiocampkooks.com,


This week's very special recipe is for "Fire Brand Ham" or "Blazing Arnold" A creation of pure carbon worthy of center stage for celebrating Passover because it is nothing more than a Burnt Offering! Yes, this is my disaster which recently occurred at the Idaho Annual Big Game Hunt where I was the honored chef ! I did it, I don't know why I did it; but I did it. I took the most beautiful 17 pound cured, lean, ham I have ever seen and lovingly sliced a diamond pattern into the less than 1/4 inch cover of fat. I prepared a delicious glaze to administer near finish time. I eagerly built up the fire with maybe five or six hundred pounds of cedar encouraging beautiful red glowing coals to develop. I tenderly wrapped "Arnold", that's what we named the pig when we bought him, in two sheets of heavy duty aluminum wrap after rubbing him with a brown sugar, clove, and mustard seasoning. I then gently slid him into the live coals and buried him. And I left him alone for "four hours at about 14,900 degrees centegrade!" The result; a carbon lump that I am sure will become a diamond in less than two years! Yes, I had undoubtedly lost my mind! The sad thingis that I was still not convinced that my actions were improper until sometime the following morning. A clear indication of brain damage, or possibly over exertion and a serious need for sleep [I think that is a sign of the mid stages of Alzheimers] .

So my recipe for this week is to begin "all" recipes in a fresh, rested state of mind! See you next Friday with the beginning of November and a genuine baked ham recipe in preparation for the holidays. In the meantime, may God bless and all your hams turn out tasty!!

Nemont

 

[JoseCuervo]

Tom,

I don't know what kind of relaxation has happend on the Clean Air Standards and Water Quality in Texas since Dubya became Guv, but you might want to look into increased emissions/discharges of heavy metals in your area.

I am guessing others must have more patience than I do for some one who wants to tell a guy who was kind enough to organize a hunt and invite the Imaginary Corporal that his camp is all messed up. That simple things like making coffee and cooking breakfast were done wrong.

Or maybe our camp just works simpler. If you are in camp, instead of hunting, you might consider cooking. If you are hunting, don't worry about cooking, as that is why we are up in the hills.

Never, at the end, do we have group therapy sessions and put together "lessons learned" and new rules for keeping the kitchen organized.