BEAR SURVIVAL (Breakfast) [Updated Sept 3]

[Bearcarver]

That looks great, Bear. I am trying it tomorrow.

JC

Great!

You could add cheese, like Scott & Michael mentioned. I do sometimes. Maybe add it to half & see how you like it?

The first time I ever had this was after I got back from Vietnam. Mrs Bear & I bought a small house, but we had to wait for settlement, so we lived at her parents house for about a month. I was working middle shift, and my MIL used to wait up for me (1:30 AM), and make me something to eat (midnight snack!). She made me Bacon & eggs mixed, and I've been eating them ever since. I knew she was a keeper for sure, waiting up all that time to feed me!!!!  She used to pack my lunch too, and it was the first time I ever had more than one slice of meat & one slice of cheese in my life!!!  

Thanks JC,

Bear

 

[justpassingthru]

Mmmmmm, bacon and eggs......., breakfast of Americans, just needs some cheese for my taste.

Tomorrow I'll have time to actually cook breakfast, I think I'll defrost some bacon, thanks for the inspiration Bear.

Gene

 

[scarbelly]

Great looking breakfast Bear. I have had power outages for a week and have used dry ice with great success in both the fridge and freezer.

Now with the motorhome we have a 50AMP 7.5 Onan to run things. 90 gal of diesel and we are good for several days

 

[adiochiro3]

That did NOT look like your homemade bacon!  Is this some sort of digital illusion?  A trick of my aging eyes?  Say it ain't so!  I don't know if I could handle Bearview with store-bought bacon!!!!  Glad you're weathering the storm & resultant fall-out OK!

 

[erain]

looks like ya did what ya needed to do to feed the bear......Thumbs Up

 

[teeznuts]

I've been doing all my cooking on the MES but after reading this I ran out and filled my propane tanks so I don't end up screwed and hungry in a power outage. Nice looking grub too.

 

[scooper]

That's how it's done Bear!  Nice job!

Down here in S FL we have had plenty of hurricanes with a week or two of no power. 

Generators and full propane tanks are a must. 

 

[chef willie]

looking good there Bear.....b'fast camping style, shoulda thrown in some spuds to get happy in that bacon drippin's. That Weber looks sparkling new....

 

[Bearcarver]

Nice recovery!

Good luck and good smoking.

Thanks Merv!

bear
 

Nice Bear Breakfast

We gots a generator like yours too.

Thanks NEPAS !!

My kid told me it was a good one, and it ran nice & smooth.

I ran it from 9 PM to 6 AM every night & off & on during the day (Freezer & Fridge only, except for a morning pot of coffee)

Got about 8 hours per gallon. Wish my Ram would do that !!!

It gets used really hard too, on cell tower jobs. Those crazy kids are real hard on everything!  

Bear

Needs cheese.

nice to see a bear not going hungry!

That looks great, Bear. I am trying it tomorrow.

JC

 

[slownlow]

Nice job.  Looks Geat!    I was in the same boat, although I did have clean water to wash pans with

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/110833/irene-breakfast-no-power

 

[Bearcarver]

Mmmmmm, bacon and eggs......., breakfast of Americans, just needs some cheese for my taste.

Tomorrow I'll have time to actually cook breakfast, I think I'll defrost some bacon, thanks for the inspiration Bear.

Gene

Thanks Gene!!!

Yup Cheese is a great add on---I like provolone best on it.

Bear
 

Great looking breakfast Bear. I have had power outages for a week and have used dry ice with great success in both the fridge and freezer.

Now with the motorhome we have a 50AMP 7.5 Onan to run things. 90 gal of diesel and we are good for several days

Thanks Gary,

How cold can you keep a freezer with dry ice?

Bear
 

That did NOT look like your homemade bacon!  Is this some sort of digital illusion?  A trick of my aging eyes?  Say it ain't so!  I don't know if I could handle Bearview with store-bought bacon!!!!  Glad you're weathering the storm & resultant fall-out OK!

Thanks James !!

It is from my "Extra Smoky Bacon" batch. I wouldn't do that (store-bought) to you guys---Not even during a State of Emergency!!!  

Bear

looks like ya did what ya needed to do to feed the bear......

LOL---Gotta feed the Bears to keep them from growling!!!

Bear
 

 

[Bearcarver]

Speaking of Bears, one of my Bears was nice enough to help me shave:

Got my equipment out:                                                         Now hold that mirror steady!!!

     

                                                                                           Plenty of water to rinse my shaver.

Where am I???                                                                  The Army took my steel pot away from me!!!

    

Thanks,

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

I've been doing all my cooking on the MES but after reading this I ran out and filled my propane tanks so I don't end up screwed and hungry in a power outage. Nice looking grub too.

Better safe than sorry!!!

Thanks Buddy!

Bear
 

That's how it's done Bear!  Nice job!

Down here in S FL we have had plenty of hurricanes with a week or two of no power. 

Generators and full propane tanks are a must. 

Thank You Scoop!!!

You guys are old hands at this----We're a little more accustomed to Snow & Ice storms!!!

Bear
 

 

[SmokinAl]

Had a whole house stand-by generator in the old house in Ft. Laud., don't even have a small one here. Just don't keep too much in the freezer during hurricane season. Been lucky so far.

 

[Bearcarver]

looking good there Bear.....b'fast camping style, shoulda thrown in some spuds to get happy in that bacon drippin's. That Weber looks sparkling new....

Thanks Willie!

MMMmmmm---Spuds in Bacon dripping---Oh Yeah!!!

I just clean the grill before every use. I gotta clean the inside of the lid before Winter again, and clean the big bottom bowl, and change the foil drain pan.

The outside stays nice, because I keep it covered, and it's under roof. First grill I ever kep under roof.

Bear

Nice job.  Looks Geat!    I was in the same boat, although I did have clean water to wash pans with

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/110833/irene-breakfast-no-power

I went to that link---You guys are better at storms than we are up here, unless there's ice & snow involved.

Glad you came through it so well !!!

Thanks,

Bear

 

[whtplainssmoker]

Smarter than the average Bear!  Nice job and good luck getting power back!

 

[jak757]

I'd never doubt Bear that you would make do and get through.  Glad to see you hanging in there.  Breakfast looks good!  Your post reminds me of something I was just telling my wife -- we need to get a generator.  The worst time to try to get one is when you need one.  Not a lot of need for them here -- but there have been some times when it would be nice to have.  Think I will do that before winter hits.

Glad to see you are surviving the storms....and the attack of the killer tomatoes!

Take care Bear

 

[scooper]

Had a whole house stand-by generator in the old house in Ft. Laud., don't even have a small one here. Just don't keep too much in the freezer during hurricane season. Been lucky so far.

We looked into those.  In Boca Raton there are no natural gas lines.  So everyone who has one installed has a 500 or 1000 gallon propane tank in the ground.  I do not want to pay to fill that thing up.  Then... you get 4 - 5 days at best on a tank of propane, depending on how much power is used.

I hope I never have to see it, but if we get another 2 week period of no power, everyone who has propane powered whole house gens. will be out of gas.  And there's no way the gas company will be able to fill all those up in that short of time.  After spending $15 - $20K, they still lose all their food.

I'll take my lil' portables for now. 

 

[Bearcarver]

Thanks Mike & John!

This was the longest (66 hours) we have been without electric here, but we lose electric for up to 12 hours pretty often.

The lines here are old, and we're pretty much out in the sticks. 

My closest neighbor South, on my side of the road is about a half mile, and I can't see another house during the Summer, and can only see one house, other than my Son's house, during the Winter. 

If a deer walks by our house & sneezes, we lose electric, and we are some of the last ones to get it restored, when a lot of people lose electric, because they do the more populated areas first. I can understand that.

My son has freezers in his pole barn shop, and a big combination at his house.

I have two combinations & a freezer at my house.

We moved everything from the shop to our houses, and powered the ones with the food in only.

Now we just cleaned the others out, plugged them back in, and put all the good stuff back where it was.

We also got rid of some old Tuna, Swordfish, and Mahi Mahi---and one very large old Salmon!!!!

We're in good shape now.

Bear

 

[michael ark]

Glad to hear your circumstances have improved.