when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be greatly
limited...

"Somebody" > wrote in message
...
> when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be
> greatly limited...
>

Not if you have a grill and a couple of Coleman lanterns I was sans
electricity for a week due to a nasty storm. I cooked breakfast, lunch &
dinner on a Weber kettle grill. Cast iron cookware comes in quite handy in
situations like that

Jill

On 02/07/2012 6:46 AM, atec77 wrote:
> On 2/07/2012 8:33 PM, Somebody wrote:
>> when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be
>> greatly
>> limited...
>>
>>
> BBQ springs to mind
>


Sucks to live in an apartment building where you don't have a balcony to
BBQ on and wouldn't be allowed to anyway. Imagine trudging up and down
many flights of stairs to use a communal grill.

That's pretty thorough. I would add: a crank emergency radio with light.
Comes in *very* handy! It was my only entertainment last night till I fell
asleep on the couch waiting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXf90OGTHE



"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> "Somebody" > wrote:
>
>> when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be
>> greatly limited...
>
>
> Of course they will be limited.
>
> A generator to run a few lamps in most used rooms, keep your cellphones
> and laptops charged.
> A Coleman stove or at least a cheap-o sterno stove.
> An Igloo ice chest with two wheels to save some fridge items from
> spoiling or if you have to evacuate.
> A portable radio.
> Lots of batteries for devices.
> Paper plates and hot paper cups for coffee, tea, soup and all other
> drinks hot or cold.
>
> Foods:
>
> Room temperature items, condiments, salad dressings, canned fishes (tuna,
> shrimp, sardines, etc.), canned beans and stews, canned fruit salad,
> peanut butter and jelly, soups.
> Crackers, crispbread and those mini loaves (square, thin sliced) of
> pumpernickel or rye to simplify food rationing.
> Instant coffee, or run your coffee machine on the generator.
>
> These apply only if they are running on generators:
> Convenience stores for hoagies (subs, heroes, etc.) and hot breakfast and
> lunch sandwiches, ice.
>
> Supermarket for bagged salad, fresh produce, nutrition bars and not-
> chilled shelf fruit juices, deli cold cuts.
>
> Or not.
>
> Andy

On Jul 2, 3:33*am, "Somebody" > wrote:
> when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? * Options seem to be greatly
> limited...

Can do anything but bake on our Primus camping stove with propane tank
with tee-mounted lantern.

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 06:33:19 -0400, "Somebody" > wrote:

> when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be greatly
> limited...
>

Yeah, you're limited to whatever you can throw on the Weber and your
vision is limited to what you see by the light of flashlight or
candle. Not a huge hardship AFAIC.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"Somebody" > wrote in message
...
> when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be
> greatly limited...

Well I can't cook! No gas stove or BBQ. I would have a peanut butter
sandwich.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Somebody" > wrote in message
> ...
> > when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be
> > greatly limited...
>
> Well I can't cook! No gas stove or BBQ. I would have a peanut butter
> sandwich.

I have a gas stove. Luckily, when power goes out, the gas never has so I
can still cook.

If the gas went out, I'd collect some wood and make a campfire.

G.

sf wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 06:33:19 -0400, "Somebody" > wrote:
>
> > when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be greatly
> > limited...
> >
>
> Yeah, you're limited to whatever you can throw on the Weber and your
> vision is limited to what you see by the light of flashlight or
> candle. Not a huge hardship AFAIC.

I light a candle or two and cook on the gas stove.

"jmcquown" > wrote:
> "Somebody" > wrote in message ...
>> when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be > greatly limited...
>>
>
> Not if you have a grill and a couple of Coleman lanterns I was sans
> electricity for a week due to a nasty storm. I cooked breakfast, lunch &
> dinner on a Weber kettle grill. Cast iron cookware comes in quite handy
> in situations like that
>
> Jill

I had a chimney kerosene heater going for two and a half days after the
winter snowfall of 22 inches. Power off. I don't remember what I ate.
Probably heated up some canned soup on top of chimney. Had electric range
back then, but had use of outside patio grill. Put some food outside.

Greg

"David Friedman" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 08:03:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> > Not if you have a grill and a couple of Coleman lanterns I was sans
>> > electricity for a week due to a nasty storm. I cooked breakfast, lunch
>> > &
>> > dinner on a Weber kettle grill.
>>
>> This is the only thing I would consider buy a gas grill for - power
>> outages. But considering all the power lines are buried for the
>> previous 6 miles, that's not something I have to worry about.
>
> If that problem ever arose, we have a fireplace and a fair amount of
> firewood.
>
Well... this particular power outage occurred in June. It was a tad too hot
to be cooking *inside* over a fire.

Jill

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 06:33:19 -0400, "Somebody" > wrote:
>>
>> > when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be
>> > greatly
>> > limited...
>> >
>>
>> Yeah, you're limited to whatever you can throw on the Weber and your
>> vision is limited to what you see by the light of flashlight or
>> candle. Not a huge hardship AFAIC.
>
> I light a candle or two and cook on the gas stove.


Not all of us have the luxury of a gas stove. So I use my grill.
Fortunately, power outages aren't that frequent here. My week-long power
outtage occurred when I lived on the outskirts of Memphis. The storm that
knocked the power out affected a tri-state area. Some people in northern
Mississippi were without power (or fresh drinking water) for a couple of
weeks. It was a very nasty storm. "Straight-line winds" my ass!

Fortunately I still had water. But it knocked out the phones, too. I had
to get up every morning, wash in cold water and drive to the office every
day to find out whether or not it was open. (It wasn't.) The office did
have emergency generators for the servers in the computer room. I also knew
the breakrooms were connected to the generator. And the breakrooms had ice
makers. I took bags and coolers and loaded up on ice

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote:
>
>Well... this particular power outage occurred in June. It was a tad too hot
>to be cooking *inside* over a fire.

Marinating now... for The 4th... on the Weber (propane).
http://i46.tinypic.com/10wpnci.jpg
Gonna have corn and wartymelon too.

On 2012-07-03, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> Marinating now... for The 4th... on the Weber (propane).

I gotta commandeer me a propane rig. Bought a pork shoulder and
discovered can't even use charcoal in this red flag heat.

nb

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notbob wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Marinating now... for The 4th... on the Weber (propane).
>
>I gotta commandeer me a propane rig. Bought a pork shoulder and
>discovered can't even use charcoal in this red flag heat.

Propane isn't any safer outdoors with a fire alert... cook it indoors:
http://www.elboricua.com/pernil.html

On 7/3/2012 11:32 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> Marinating now... for The 4th... on the Weber (propane).
>>
>> I gotta commandeer me a propane rig. Bought a pork shoulder and
>> discovered can't even use charcoal in this red flag heat.
>
> Propane isn't any safer outdoors with a fire alert... cook it indoors:
> http://www.elboricua.com/pernil.html
>

Sheldon, that looks like a great recipe.... thank you. Becca made
Conchinita Pibil the other night and it is becoming one of my favorites.
The recipe you posted looks like a variation on the same theme and
since fresh picnic roasts are often on sale here for 99 cents a pound,
I'm looking forward to trying it.

George L

On 7/3/2012 10:18 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>
>> Well... this particular power outage occurred in June. It was a tad too hot
>> to be cooking *inside* over a fire.
>
> Marinating now... for The 4th... on the Weber (propane).
> http://i46.tinypic.com/10wpnci.jpg
> Gonna have corn and wartymelon too.

My store had country style on sale today and I was tempted but I have
too much meat in the freezer, including some pork, so I resisted. I
didn't even look at the price, but they were in the bin that usually has
the best specials.

I cooked some thick boneless chops the other night that were more like a
lean roast cut into chops. Incredibly lean, and I marinaded them in a
tariyaki sauce and cooked on the grill for exactly 6 minutes per side.
Perfection!