I have meant to start a running tally of the roadkill I see, and can identify , we shall start today..So without further ado, let me introduce....
Roadkill report 2012
Date: Animal Location Photo?...(Y/N)
7/10 mule deer( fawn) 1-80 EB, Parleys CN, Ut. N-(work)
7/10 cat(?)orange(y?) i-15 NB Layton , Ut. N- (work)
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Junior M.F.-ing Brown Y'all!....
If You don't Know Junior Brown....Well, I'll cut you some slack- I guess...Check the man out, he plays a double necked Tele/Steel guitar ( he calls it a "Guit-steel"...), and though hes a traditional/retro country, Texas good ol' boy player, almost always throws some unexpected Rock and roll in there too....WONDERFUL STUFF.........
"Innovation" in outdoor gear...Never mind the Bollocks....
I DO NOT intend to do a whole lot of gear reviews here, I see the same thing over and over again and it would be SO damn redundant having gear tests end with "...Overall, the minor benefits don't solve a(the) problem..." This little article by Ryan Jordan of Backpacking Light magazine details what innovation REALLY is- and what it isn't... and why-perhaps, the bar should be set a tad higher in the outdoor industry before applying superlatives to ( at best) marginally "improved" gear...Frankly I won't be impressed until both my Baby( who is enthusiastic, yet unfamiliar with the minutiae of outdoorsperson-ship) and my Pal Jimmy ( who, though having plenty of early life experience in the wild, has been permanently scarred- and SCARED, by a continuous parade of outdoors gear that CANNOT live up to their hyperbole its advertised under, leaving him stranded, and endangered too often to believe that there IS such a thing as a "good or great" piece of gear...), can both head down to a local outfitter and easily and reliably get into a setup that keeps them warm, dry, and fed, without UNDUE( as we know being out involves risk..) concern that the equipment will work as expected, and when used within the envelope of reasonable expectation ...We arent there yet...some will argue that better gear isn't needed , more knowledgeable users are...I call bullshit. If the stuff DID what the industry claimed, we wouldn't have to have this discussion at all, as much as I have seen gear improve in the last thirty years, the proof is in the double headlamped, goretex-ised freeze dried pudding....
Old Complicated French Gastronomic Delight
Again, one of the things UDA isnt, is a culinary site, frankly in the field my menu is pretty basic( yet- tasty and nutritional!...), usually of the "add stuff to boiling water" variety- while eschewing prepackaged "backpacker" freeze dryed folderol. Having established that- here's what has become a bit of a favorite around Casa De Accidente:
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, salt, pepper ( optional garlic cloves or onions)
Equipment: roasting pan, ( big enough for a chicken...) paper towels, cotton twine for trussing, trussing needle...
Recipe: Preheat oven to 450F. remove neck, giblets, etc. from chickens cavity. Pat dry with paper towels inside and out. If desired( absolutely not necessary and I don't usually do it... )add garlic cloves or onion to cavity. Truss bird( again, you don't have too, if you want too, and don't know how, Google "trussing Chicken".. but it ain't rocket science....). Salt and pepper chicken. Put chicken in roasting pan, with lid on (for the simple...) and cook for one hour at 450. rest bird for 15 minutes, save liquid( and, I add this grudgingly..save neck, giblets for dogs- or soup....assuming you like Offal Soup...I damn well DO NOT...you're on your own there..)....
Eat chicken.
...and some simple side dish...rice, or potatoes perhaps...
After you've had enough of chicken sandwiches etc, boil whats left of the carcass in its own juices and have some kind of lovely chicken soup.....
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, salt, pepper ( optional garlic cloves or onions)
Equipment: roasting pan, ( big enough for a chicken...) paper towels, cotton twine for trussing, trussing needle...
Recipe: Preheat oven to 450F. remove neck, giblets, etc. from chickens cavity. Pat dry with paper towels inside and out. If desired( absolutely not necessary and I don't usually do it... )add garlic cloves or onion to cavity. Truss bird( again, you don't have too, if you want too, and don't know how, Google "trussing Chicken".. but it ain't rocket science....). Salt and pepper chicken. Put chicken in roasting pan, with lid on (for the simple...) and cook for one hour at 450. rest bird for 15 minutes, save liquid( and, I add this grudgingly..save neck, giblets for dogs- or soup....assuming you like Offal Soup...I damn well DO NOT...you're on your own there..)....
Eat chicken.
...and some simple side dish...rice, or potatoes perhaps...
After you've had enough of chicken sandwiches etc, boil whats left of the carcass in its own juices and have some kind of lovely chicken soup.....
Sunday, July 8, 2012
UDA on YouTube- just like a REAL redneck!....
I suppose I have to get all multimedia and shit if I am gonna have a weblog....I don't like it but that seems to be the way of this bilious wretched world. So heres a stab at an "informative video" ....I had a "first take" on YT that I thought was funnier, but it wasnt as concise, and featured me handling gear with one hand and manipulating the camera with the other....so now, if you can wade through all the fistfights, cute babies and ironic moustache videos, on YT, you can find me....unloading a pack.....purely for your edification dear reader....
I have put up a short video describing what I have( and what I think people should have) in a day pack....now that I think about it- it should have had a pocketknife,( which I keep in my pocket-go figure...), and toilet paper...( which, in the field, should be BURNED...or in the case of severe drought- like this year, packed out- what fun that is!- seriously, double bag the TP in a pair of ziplocks...At any rate it should not be left in the wilds as some obscene monument to your visit....)
As usual ,I love you,
Please leave comments!
I have put up a short video describing what I have( and what I think people should have) in a day pack....now that I think about it- it should have had a pocketknife,( which I keep in my pocket-go figure...), and toilet paper...( which, in the field, should be BURNED...or in the case of severe drought- like this year, packed out- what fun that is!- seriously, double bag the TP in a pair of ziplocks...At any rate it should not be left in the wilds as some obscene monument to your visit....)
As usual ,I love you,
Please leave comments!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Bonus Desert Culture of the week....Paiute
I decided to link here because of course I live in Paiute country....( all the land stealing and stuff was done before my family got here...sorry about that though...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paiute_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paiute_people
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