Oh Deah oh dear

Ok all we now have one deer with 5 legs! It's true!

Decorations, Country and Western and Oh la!

Does anyone have any nautical decorations, for the shed I have been crafting with cardboard and wrapping foil... but wondered if there might be any borrowable items - such a life jackets (hint WT) or any netting etc.

I can assure you that any borrowed items will be nailed carefully to the walls and ceiling of the barn and returned promptly...

On a further note of musical importance, does anyone have country and western albums? or Hawaii beach music stylii albums?

The men folk bang their drums

In a secret location some where in the village of Rocklands, at the back of DGs house in his secret workshop, 3 of the men folk constructed 2 drums and a self contained drum oven with (and get this) hinged door and lock fastening. Yeah, you know wha Im sayin - this is some mean feather plucker of an oven.

We are obviously very proud and so wish to bang the drum on our success!

Photos which we know will excite all who look at them are soon to follow. These show the various stages of metalwork construction.

Anyone wishing to know more about the variants and metal fatigue stresses or indeed the sheer stress on cubic close packed lattice iron below 800 degrees centigrade feel free to email me. We had great discussions over the probable variants that may happen to the drum during cooking. Obviously we know its a steel drum, but the iron ferrous changes only affect the iron within the steel drum (and not the steel).

Having heartily debated this and other equally important design considerations we cut the end out and stuck it back with a hinge and then adjourned for a well earned double pint with a 4th fellow hunter offering much praise and considered drum banging.

The oven will also appearing on its own rather risque calendar. Pre order copies are available from Feb 2010?!

Sorry can't make tonight of to Palma. I'll see if I can scrape some exotic creatures of the tarmac when I get there. 

Ladies...

Might your menus make it here? For the men's delectation?

Those with ovens, do remember to take things out to save burning them...

I hope that we the mighty hunter men will create ovens from sods of earth and oil drums that you may prefer to use as incinerators of what i am sure will be decadent menu items that may or may not include...

"Flaked snails served on a wet bed of wilted par-nibbled rossa leaves"
"Deep fried crispy salt and chilli rabbit fur in marrow jelly"
"Lumpy monk jack served in a rubberesque gravel pastry"
"Chickens foot, served with cheesy chilli and a selection of nail clippings"
"Pan squarked pigeon entrails with drizzled ling juice dressing"
"Seasonally adjusted mixi rabbit goujons stuffed with barley seed sausages"
"Home blighted tomato curry, with natural colourings and cat territory essence"
"Tyre print pheasant burgers with home made brown sauce"
"Wasped apple and fish head stew with chocolate gravy"

Ce soir

Who why where when what withand how.

Tonights Hunters?

Who can make it?

What? on earth shall we do this eve?
Why? Beer
Where? The Pub
When? ASAP
What? Bitter or Cider
How? Glass
With? Fellow Hunters

Oh and Houston "we have a rabbit" (TY Alex)

Steel drums and percussion

A big thank you to Dave for the supply of two steel drums.

I was going to attempt making an oven to slow roast fodder from one and then use the other as a two piece combination set brazier/steel drum. Does anyone have anything to cut steel? I also need to add a hinge so may be after some techynickle advice as blutack may (though I might be wrong) not hold under the high temperatures required for cooking...
I was hoping to create a buried oven of sorts.



I also imagine that shipwrecked damsels and hunters would perhaps while away the time waiting to light the beacon fire, with some form of music. I'd be interested to see if we can create simple instruments for our gatherer tribe fireside. Sould be a chortle (which i think makes a superb name for an instrument)...

Elderflower Surprise

I have elderflower cordial too, although I cannot promise to source the water to dilute it with from a naturally carbonated stream. Also good with gin...Saucy Sassy Skull Snapper got any?

Can I make a plea that we take lots of photos of the gathering (did anyone take any last year?) so we can sell them to coffee-table magazines and fund our self-sufficiency dream/nightmare (delete as appropriate).