Thursday, November 17, 2005
Winter supplies
Yesterday we took our dogsled (SUV) and went into town to get ourselves outfitted for the winter. Mindful of the Royal Mounted Police regulations about food supplies during the Klondike gold rush we made no effort to skimp on food and other necessities. Since our winter would last for about three months we decided to get only ¼ of the food mandate—about 1000 pounds for the two of us. We found our way to the biggest outfitter in town (Costco) and set right to work. First we picked up ten pounds of Starbucks roasted coffee (no need to deprive oneself of the real necessities of life) and two hundred pounds of flour—enough to make lots of heaping stacks of pancakes plus a two pound bag of yeast (the label says fast rising but I don’t think it took into account the wintry weather here). One Paul Bunyon size jar of honey—for the pancakes. Next two boxes of eggs—ten dozen each. Fifty pounds of bacon and one thirty pound ham. Two ten pound packages of dry milk and four packs of oatmeal and honey nut Cheerios (52 pounds total). Fifty pounds of Texas Ruby Red grapefruit and a hundred pounds of sugar and two pounds of salt (thank goodness we are on a low-salt diet). A couple of jars of Cashews—no beef jerky for the two of us since we have to worry about our dentures. A couple of cylinders of propane and bread machine. We finally got everything loaded on our trusted dogsled and headed back to our little abode. Now I know you are thinking that is all breakfast food. What about the other meals? There is one thing you need to remember. There is so little daylight here, once you eat breakfast it is time to go to bed.
Yesterday we took our dogsled (SUV) and went into town to get ourselves outfitted for the winter. Mindful of the Royal Mounted Police regulations about food supplies during the Klondike gold rush we made no effort to skimp on food and other necessities. Since our winter would last for about three months we decided to get only ¼ of the food mandate—about 1000 pounds for the two of us. We found our way to the biggest outfitter in town (Costco) and set right to work. First we picked up ten pounds of Starbucks roasted coffee (no need to deprive oneself of the real necessities of life) and two hundred pounds of flour—enough to make lots of heaping stacks of pancakes plus a two pound bag of yeast (the label says fast rising but I don’t think it took into account the wintry weather here). One Paul Bunyon size jar of honey—for the pancakes. Next two boxes of eggs—ten dozen each. Fifty pounds of bacon and one thirty pound ham. Two ten pound packages of dry milk and four packs of oatmeal and honey nut Cheerios (52 pounds total). Fifty pounds of Texas Ruby Red grapefruit and a hundred pounds of sugar and two pounds of salt (thank goodness we are on a low-salt diet). A couple of jars of Cashews—no beef jerky for the two of us since we have to worry about our dentures. A couple of cylinders of propane and bread machine. We finally got everything loaded on our trusted dogsled and headed back to our little abode. Now I know you are thinking that is all breakfast food. What about the other meals? There is one thing you need to remember. There is so little daylight here, once you eat breakfast it is time to go to bed.
