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Especially with that lantern. :lol: I think Stirlings coffin, bed or what ever it's called and "dogges quarters would be an excellent start. Animal

Happy beerday my friend. I think this calls fer a roasted hog, buccaneer style!!!!! Animal

***blushes*** Awww shucks, ma'm ***scuffs his bare foot in the sand** OWWW, damn Key West coral!!!!! Animal

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My wife, Susi has had chronic back pain since age 15, after a car accident she was in. The first time we were at PIP eons ago, one of the vendors had corsets and talked her into trying it on. She said that her back pain was gone and they way it fit, she walked around saying, "see I have boobs now!!!" Unfortunately the corset cost $400.00 Needless to say, she didn't get the corset. Being the dutiful husband that I am , I'm still looking for one for her. Animal

Pots ( yer choice, cooking or smoking ) Animal

***turns out his pockets, freeing a family of moths*** Guess that isn't me then. Animal

Happy birfday, my dear!!! Hope this day finds you getting everything you may want and need. This may cost you, Edward!! Animal

I am dumb struck. Harry, I wish you and the Mrs all the best. You will be sorely missed and you will miss the killing, skinning, and butchering of the cow Patrick and I talked to you about last year. :D All kidding aside, you are as much a part of the history of the fort as the fort itself. Keep in touch, please. Animal

michaelsbagley said: "(pretty much a mini-Renn-Faire with a Viking-centric theme that is still open to all types including us pirates)" And all the time you were one of those damnable Pirate Hunters!!! Welcome to the Dark Side, mate. Animal

I will not be able to make it..........again. I do wish ya'll would move yer events and states closer to Florida. It would be more convenient for me. Animal

Happy Birthday to the ageless one!!! Yew duna look a day oer 18, my dear!!! Animal

From what I have been able to find, sugar seemed to be made into loaves/cones and packed into hogsheads and then placed into small boats and transfered to the ships anchored off shore. Here is a link to an image I found: www.lunacommons.org/luna/servlet/detail/JCB~1~1~2014~3180005:Shipping-sugar Animal

Two 'gators?????? Not even close. Lake Jesup up hear has a population that rivals the Glades. I see them everyday when I'm out driving doing deliveries. Once while crossing a bridge over Lake Jesup, I counted 10 in a group. Keep trying Ohio. Animal

Honestly, I was wondering that too, Willie. The fact that the grille was 2 to 3 feet above the coals must have something to do with it. I think I need to research the authors sources and see what I can find out. I do know that the first americans (indians) used a grill network that was made of stripped green limbs and smoked the meat. I believe the secret is as stated in the quote above, that they burned a lot of wood in another fire and kept adding hot coals to the roasting fire. This is my own interpretation of what I read and posted. Animal

I don't know Morgan. That aspect wasn't covered. I guess it was a tradition someone started and they kept on. I'll see if I can find the documentation and research it. Animal

I believe you are right, Nell (and you are a sweet gal ). If I remember the history of sugar right, they used to make it in bricks. Now I would assume that they wrapped it in something, maybe palm fronds. I didn't see anything in there about how it was wrapped or shipped. I imagine it was by donkey or wagon down to the ship and maybe they packed it there. Animal

Well to clear things up a bit or murky them up a bit more. I am listed with the Pirates Of The Coast as the Mater At Arms. I would never relinquish that title or position. I will be portraying the buccaneer period that we have been working on, Patrick. I'm hoping that we see some of Capt'n Morgan since this is the period prior to his adventures in Panama and such. It would nice to see the old reprobate out and about among the people who are about to blindly follow him into the teeth of the Spanish. Such a jolly and benevolent fellow. Umm wait, I think I just described that Santy Claws bloke. Animal

This is setting up so cool!!!! I'll post something in the PIP thread when it get closer and folks will have plenty of time to get stuff together. I'll contact Harry and get his approval later tonight. Thanks for the interest folks. Animal

Yer on fer the ferns and palm leaves. As PIP is still aways off, we need to coordinate with Harry. They do a pig at the end of event feast every year. I'm planning on doing this for general meat cooking in the buccaneers camp. Part of the educational part of the event. Still working on a spit for roasting fowl and beef roasts. I think it would be a good addition to the overall spirt of the beach experience for the visitors. Animal

This information is from Appendix E in Benerson Littles' The Buccaneers Realm. Comments are welcome and encouraged. It is quoted in it entirety: "Sund. Our Men feasted on shoar with Barbakude, Goats, and Fish, &c.," wote John Cox, former commander of the Mayflower prize in the South Sea. An ancient tradition even in the seventeenth century, smoking or grilling meat on a barbecue, or barbacoa, was common both as a means of preserving food as well as well as cooking it. Today, purists distinguish between barbecuing and grilling: the former is slow cooking over several hours or more, the latter quick. However for the Caribbean adventurer in the late seventeenth century, barbecue referred to the grill or frame upon which food was either smoked slowly in order to preserve it, or cook for immediate consumption. The typical barbecue, or boucan, among most Caribbean adventurers was simple and casual: food on the barbecue - pork, beef,goat, manatee, fish, or anything else available - and plenty of rum punch to drink while it cooked, and for that matter, while it was and then into the evening. Turtle could be cooked in the half shell, staked up near the fire. Among the boucaniers, however, were rules, traditions, and procedures, described in detail by Father Labat. Now let us explore how to create a traditional boucanier barbecue. First, the barbecue or boucan. Cut plenty of firewood, stack it so it will burn well, then light it. While the wood is burning, pound four forked sticks the diameter of ones arm and about four feet long into the ground to form a rectangle roughly four feet by three feet. Set sturdy crosspieces in the forks then lay sticks lengthwise and crosswise to form a barbecue or grill. Tie the barbecue at each intersection with liana (any woody climbing vine of the tropics). Next, the pig. Boucaniers preferred the sanglier, or wild boar, but today even a whole domestic pig is difficult to obtain. Lay the pig on its back on the barbecue. Use sticks to keep the belly cavity open. Make a marinade of lime juice, salt,and crushed allspice (called pimento or piment from its resemblance to peppercorn - pimentas), and rub the cavity well. Next, lay hot coals beneath the barbecue, and add wood or coals as necessary while the pig cooks. The coals must be carried with tree bark, for all instruments of metal are forbidden. While the pig is cooking, use a brochette - a sharp stick - to pierce the flesh with in the cavity, but do not push the brochette through to the outside. Third, the table. Lay it with ferns and large leaves - boucaniers did not use tablecloths or plates. Cut enough brochettes so each person has two. Fill a large calabash gourd with the mixture of lime juice, salt, and allspice to taste. Provide a calabash for each person to drink from, and ensure there is enough liquor to go around. Labat described wine, but without doubt rum was served as well, either straight up or as rum punch: lime juice, muscovado sugar and rum. Fourth, the hunt. While the pig is cooking, hunters shoot birds to be placed in the pigs belly to cook. The hunter who returns with nothing must drink as many shots (coups) of wine or rum as the number of birds brought in by the most successful hunter. If bad luck, and and not bad shooting, is the reason a hunter returns with no birds, he may choose the liquor he is compelled to drink. If he is a novice - that is, if this is his first barbecue or boucan - the penalty may be tempered. Hunters are recalled by firing consecutive shots into the air. Last, the rules. The master of the barbecue carves the first platter - a large leaf - of pork, and his assistants carry it to the table. The older boucaniers carve next, then the novices. Once the first bite of pork is taken, no other food but pork and the birds with it may be eaten. Except for a knife, metal instruments are forbidden: only fingers, brochettes and knives may be used. Important - water may not be mixed with liquor! All liquor must be drunk full strength, punch being the only likely exception. Drinking is encouraged: "The law compels it, the sauce invites one to do so, and few err in this respect," wrote Father Labat. The master of the barbecue must fine anyone not eating, drinking, or working - or for any other reason his wisdom and experience compel! The fines, naturally, are shots fo wine or rum. Ok, who's up fer a Boucanier Barbecue????? Animal

Thanks Pat. The Buccaneer Project and my business are the only 2 things I'm totally concentrating on right now. I have to sew the sleeves on my one shirt and am thinking about doing a wrap around shirt, kinda like a long hunter shirt, for my kit. I'm reusing some of my pants that I have already. I'm getting some pig skin from Sutler John (if I can ever get up to see him) for leggings and foot wear. I am also going to post in Twill a description of a Boucanier Barbecue. This is what I'm planning on using for cooking meat for The Hide and demonstrations during the Fest. I will unfortunately be with out a firearm again this year. My blunderbus and pistols deal has apparently fell through. It really pisses me off that people can't follow through with their deals. Oh well, enough about that. I have several small projects to finish up and when I get my card reader, will post pictures of my progress. More to come later. Animal

Welcome back to the fold, Spike. Looking forward to seeing you again and hopefully spending more time talking with you. Take care and as you know your "family" is always there for you. Animal

Congrats on the settlement!!! Did that include the gun also? Animal