Originally published on May 07, 2012
At last! I thought I would never get this fellas finished. I think the problem was that it’s been so long since I did a cook scene I’d forgotten just how to do it. Still, I think he turned out pretty good and I really like the title as you can almost see the wranglers in background with various sour looks on their faces.
I used ash right out of my shop stove to color the bottom of the oven and for the coals on the lid and underneath the dutch. Also sprinkled a few around my logs in the fire. For the logs I used twigs but blackened them with a torch. Funny, when I torched them there was actually a little fire going on. Looked really neat when I blew it out and the smoke curled up through the tripod. The shovel sort of rounds out the scene as that area would be kind of empty otherwise.
So, I hope you like him as much as I do and I sure hope the ramrod lets them dispatch a steer soon so those boys don’t revolt and take it out on our little cook.
Comments welcome.
