I enjoy experimenting with a low budget and simplicity. Here are some pictures from nearly ten years ago of this. I got the idea in my head to see if I could use a 99¢ aluminum cook pan from the Dollar Tree store as a makeshift skillet for use in the wilderness. They weigh absolutely nothing, can double as a plate, and as long as you’ve got a pair of needle-nose pliers or similar tool with you, you’ve got a handle.
Honestly, it didn’t turn out so bad. After performing this experiment, I was talking to somebody about it one day, and they told me the Waffle House (or some similar diner chain) used to cook all of their eggs on little disposable aluminum pans just like this.
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Around these parts it used to be common for families to have a single tree somewhere out in the woods where everybody would go to carve their names, and leave a testament to their existence. Kids would grow up and then take their own kids out to this tree - their trusty pocket knives in their little pockets, so that they too could join in this sacred bonding ritual.
It’s a disappearing custom even here in these parts.
Here’s our family tree, and yes, my initials are carved deep into it, the bark swollen after the passing of 40 years. I remember very clearly the day my father took me back there and stood by proudly while I added myself to it.
