We will very likely rely more heavily than usual on our cabin’s oil lamps for lighting this winter. So I trimmed our wicks this week.
I’d noticed that the flames of our pedestal lamps had grown ragged through use, lopsided and a bit smoky. They needed a good trim.
(I apologize in advance for the rather crappy photos in this post!)
Wick trimmed to shallow point (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
Lately, starting with the post Exploring Coffee’s “Magic Ratio”, I’ve been on a coffee jag, if you will. To wrap up the topic for the present, here’s how I make “cowboy” or campfire coffee, a rough-and-ready, simple way to make coffee, especially adapted to outdoor cooking, as the various names imply.
The secret to cowboy/campfire coffee is settling the coffee grounds before serving. You’ll immediately see why:
Just for some visual interest, my favorite coffee coaster (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
