Trad Gang

The Compton Rendezvous is over for another year but the memories will linger.

This was at our camp on Saturday night. This rig was purchased from the blacksmiths that were set up on the grounds. The fare is, A leg of lamb on the rack and pork loin on the spit. It fed a dozen people with meat left over.

Makes you wanna say, "What's on the spit Pilgrim....grown particular?"

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I could say ...you cook good rabbit,winter hangs on this high up.........but wrong time of the year, looks good! Just watched that Movie day before yesterday for 150th time.....lol!

Dadgum! I knew I was in the wrong place Saturday night. Looks mighty toothsome there Ron  ;)

One of my favorite movies; just bought for $5 in a bargain bin.  That pic is making me drool; I can literally smell the meat cooking!

"Can ya skin a Griz"...?

Nice set-up Ron.. I like it..

Funny thing I just saw that Movie Today... Redford plays a Great part...

Hope that Lamb stayed rare!  Looks good but I'll bet it tasted even better!

Mason and I watched it yesterday too..... again, for the 150th time. That is one of the best parts of the movie. Mason can quote the ending of that scene where Chris is mounting up to leave and telling Jeremiah, " March is a green, muddy month down in the bottom, farmers like it mostly....."

That is one nice setup you got there from the Compton blacksmith Ron. You are fully outfitted for any kind of vittles a man could want around a fire now. I need to get him to build me a fireplace tool set one of these days. All the stuff in stores is cheap Chinese junk.

Do you by any chance happen to remember the blacksmith's name? Possibly a website?  It does seem to be on the opposite ends of the spectrum... that is a blacksmith having a website.   :)

John

They don't have a website but the name is Raccoon Forge and the phone is 260-281-2931

When the meat was almost ready we added this basket full of vegetables....don't wanna get scurvy...8^)

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"were it worth the trouble"
"Huh, what trouble"

Mmmm, leg of lamb is good eats!  Pork loin too!
Ah heck, I'll eat most anything cooked over coals.

LAMB! Oh now yer talking. That looks mighty tasty slim! Them smith are called Raccoon Forge. I got one from them years ago at Marshal and have loved it since. Looking good Ron.

Ron,

 Any left over's?

O.k. I "re- read" your post and there was some leftover....

As good as that movie is, the book is even better if you ever get a chance, read it.

cant figure people down there eating hog when they could be feeding on elk.

The book is much richer. Less a hero more a man, that life threw a curve.

One description that stands out for me is him making a bivy in the snow -under a skin I think. He loved his wife.

Liver-eatin Johnson, great book !!!!

Nice set up Ron.

Always enjoy JJ quotes too!!!

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One of my favorites....yes,yes ....that is all you need to know!

That is one slick rig-- there are gonna be many happy meals from that one!

Looks good Ron.  Those setups from Raccoon Forge are perfect for campfire cooking.  My dad and I have drooled over them for many years now.  We finally pulled the trigger for a set this year as well.    :thumbsup:

Ron, It just don't get any better than that does it? You can't beat that kinda cookin!

Favorite Jeremiah Johnson Quote:

I ain't never seen 'em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is foothills, and the Alps is for children to climb! Keep good care of your hair! These here is God's finest scupturings! And there ain't no laws for the brave ones! And there ain't no asylums for the crazy ones! And there ain't no churches, except for this right here! And there ain't no priests excepting the birds. By God, I are a mountain man, and I'll live 'til an arrow or a bullet finds me. And then I'll leave my bones on this great map of the magnificent...  ~Del Cue~

I've actually got two of these sets. I bought one from Raccoon Forge the first year they set up at Compton and it has seen a lot of use. For some reason it didn't get packed with the camp gear this year and we had a lot of cooking we planned on doing so I bought another set this year. The new one has the spit attachment which I really like. Anyway now I have two sets so I shouldn't be without one again.

This is from last years hunting camp, we're having butterflyed  venison back straps for breakfast. The height of the grill is adjustable, a very handy feature.

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Ya gotta stop posting those photos. You're killing me!  ;)

My cholesterol just dropped 20 pts.
Great looking feast, and nice cook set up.

Yumm,

I'm surprised you haven't posted the shot from Grayling shoot a few years back where we had the whole grill filled with 1.5 inch lamb chops. That's a great grill to cook on buddy.

That's some mighty fine looking eats........

I can skin just about any critter!!  hah hah hah, kind of cocky for a starven pilgrim!!

QuoteI'm surprised you haven't posted the shot from Grayling shoot a few years back where we had the whole grill filled with 1.5 inch lamb chops. That's a great grill to cook on buddy.
 

I thought about that picture but I haven't found it yet. I think that was before digital cameras..   :confused:

For any who are interested, "The Movie" is on AMC tonight at 8 p.m. EDT:  http://movies.amctv.com/movie/26037/Jeremiah-Johnson/overview.  

YMMV, but I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy seeing it if you're a Trad Gang member. And you'll never look at a snowbank quite the same way afterward . . .

QuoteOriginally posted by Ron LaClair:
 

QuoteI'm surprised you haven't posted the shot from Grayling shoot a few years back where we had the whole grill filled with 1.5 inch lamb chops. That's a great grill to cook on buddy.
 

I thought about that picture but I haven't found it yet. I think that was before digital cameras..    :confused:  [/b]

Hey Ron, let me take a picture of my left thigh and right thigh, I think that's where a bunch of them ended up.  

Ray,
Now ya got no excuses bout cooking equipment....... Ron has TWO of these setups now and also has some new cast iron too......  :readit:  

We expect to see pics of new recipes over the coals this fall on the spit pilgrim,  :campfire: