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captkw
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I guess the day's of iron wood and misqete are over? great lanya..
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bigzaggin
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Personally brought down firewood - lots of it - countless times with no issue. Whatever wood you can readily buy in N/Central Baja is usually kind of
crappy (esp if you wanna cook over it) and this is one place where I have no ethical qualms about just doing it. There is a guy who sells wood off
the 1 about 20mins S of Maneadero, but it's mostly scrap and glorified twigs.
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigzaggin
glorified twigs. |
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigzaggin
Whatever wood you can readily buy in N/Central Baja is usually kind of crappy (esp if you wanna cook over it) and this is one place where I have no
ethical qualms about just doing it. There is a guy who sells wood off the 1 about 20mins S of Maneadero, but it's mostly scrap and glorified twigs.
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I would imagine any area near the Sierras, and that's almost everywhere in BCN, with an expat population to cater to, would have wood cutters that are
getting good Oak from the hills.
Another source, at least around Ensenada, are the Olive Groves. There's a lot of Olive wood available here maybe because when Ensenada had a thriving
fish canning industry, some of it was packed in Olive Oil.
Another reason is, ten or fifteen years back, an Olive Tree blight hit the area and all Olive Groves were ordered destroyed. Well....some did and
some didn't, orders being what they are in Mexico.
Anyway....there's still a lot of Olive Wood available.
That's the end of that story.
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TMW
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A dead Agave plant makes a decent fire. Either cut or pull the leaves off to burn. Add some dry cow pies to extend the burn time. A word of caution,
roasting a marshmallow or cooking a hot dog over a cow pie is not too appealing.
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mcfez
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DENNIS...that Olive wood have a fruity aroma from the smoke? If you know that is. It sounds like a good BBQ fuel for fish, perhaps. Hey...Merry Xmas
Dennis.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigzaggin
Whatever wood you can readily buy in N/Central Baja is usually kind of crappy (esp if you wanna cook over it) and this is one place where I have no
ethical qualms about just doing it. There is a guy who sells wood off the 1 about 20mins S of Maneadero, but it's mostly scrap and glorified twigs.
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I would imagine any area near the Sierras, and that's almost everywhere in BCN, with an expat population to cater to, would have wood cutters that are
getting good Oak from the hills.
Another source, at least around Ensenada, are the Olive Groves. There's a lot of Olive wood available here maybe because when Ensenada had a thriving
fish canning industry, some of it was packed in Olive Oil.
Another reason is, ten or fifteen years back, an Olive Tree blight hit the area and all Olive Groves were ordered destroyed. Well....some did and
some didn't, orders being what they are in Mexico.
Anyway....there's still a lot of Olive Wood available.
That's the end of that story. |
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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woody with a view
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Spot X
a little bit of charcoal fluid and look out for the scorpions and spiders....
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woody with a view
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p.s. i'm using irfan view with windows7 and i can't, for the life of me, resize a foto without it shrinking too this size. i used to be able to use
windows resizer with XP and had no problem setting the output image size to 45kb. i set irfanview to output at 35kb and the above is the result.
HELP.
[Edited on 12-25-2011 by woody with a view]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
DENNIS...that Olive wood have a fruity aroma from the smoke? If you know that is. It sounds like a good BBQ fuel for fish, perhaps. Hey...Merry Xmas
Dennis.
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I can't tell, Deno. It does seem to have a lot of oil and makes a bunch of noise when it burns. Some people don't care for it, but it's a good
second choice after Oak if you can't find it.
Thanks, Deno. Merry Christmas to you and the family.
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