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Getting Acclimated for my Matetsi hunt next month!
17 September 2008, 18:19
Jerry HuffakerGetting Acclimated for my Matetsi hunt next month!
All the preliminaries are done, My Whitworth 375 is driving tacks with 71grs RL 15, 300gr TSX's and solids. Buff and Ele are patiently waiting for us. Flight times are good and everything is ready to pack. We built a fire in the back yard last night so we could smell it and NOW this morning I'm down to the serious stuff. I feel like I'm almost there.
Jerry Huffaker
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17 September 2008, 18:24
Gerhard.DelportThat looks good to me.
Have a great trip please make sure to take a lot of pictures.
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jbderunzgood luck Jerry
You're spot on. Only in African camps are we compelled to drink Nescafe.
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17 September 2008, 18:52
David CulpepperGood Luck, Great Hunting and have a safe journey.
Good Hunting,
17 September 2008, 19:05
PWN375Now subject youself to a strip search and a 2 hours wait for no good reason, spend 20 hours in the back seat of a sub-compact vehicle with no ventilation next to some large fellow with questionable personal hygiene, have your neighbors ship your luggage to Bangor, Maine and spend 10 days in the darker areas of Ft. Worth and you will be fully prepared for the trip.
Perry
17 September 2008, 19:14
Jrileyquote:
Originally posted by PWN375:
Now subject youself to a strip search and a 2 hours wait for no good reason, spend 20 hours in the back seat of a sub-compact vehicle with no ventilation next to some large fellow with questionable personal hygiene, have your neighbors ship your luggage to Bangor, Maine and spend 10 days in the darker areas of Ft. Worth and you will be fully prepared for the trip.
Perry
Now that was funny!
17 September 2008, 19:17
new_guyHave fun Jerry. The instant coffee, however, has proved to be too much for me.
A friend of mine brought along a couple pounds of ground coffee and a coffee press.
It was a $30 solution to a much more valuable problem.
I can highly reccomend the extra work involved in getting the right supplies there.
17 September 2008, 19:26
FjoldI couldn't believe that we were drinking instant coffee when I was in Namibia. I guess it is "normal" there.
Frank
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17 September 2008, 19:36
450/400That's right Chris I took a press and enough Starbucks to last 12 days!
17 September 2008, 19:39
Jerry Huffakerquote:
Originally posted by PWN375:
Now subject youself to a strip search and a 2 hours wait for no good reason, spend 20 hours in the back seat of a sub-compact vehicle with no ventilation next to some large fellow with questionable personal hygiene, have your neighbors ship your luggage to Bangor, Maine and spend 10 days in the darker areas of Ft. Worth and you will be fully prepared for the trip.
Perry
OH YEAH, I haven't forgotten, but it's a small price to pay for a few days in the African bush.
Jerry Huffaker
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17 September 2008, 19:40
zimbabweI came to LIKE the blend we had in Zimbabwe so much that I called Nestle to find out where I could get it here in the US. They informed me they did not import a product that was made by one of their in-country companies. The equivalent blend in the US is a blend called Sunrise and I believe Mountain Blend. They both contain chickory which gives them their flavor. More like some of the blends sold in Louisiana such as Butternut. I like the chickory flavor.
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17 September 2008, 19:41
JrileyI loved the instant coffee in Namibia as well. I also liked the "Rusks" we had with them. I've never seen them in the U.S.
17 September 2008, 19:53
AtkinsonHello Huff,
So how you been doing? long time no hear from you...I see your getting geared up for the African breakfast short of rusks, but that will get you by..
The day I like Nescafe will be a cold day in hell, this old cowboy likes real coffee and that's what I get in Africa..They make it in those funny squeeze jars!
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17 September 2008, 19:58
rnoviNow THAT is the way to start a story! Keep it going man!
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17 September 2008, 20:10
MARK H. YOUNGJerry,
You are a sick puppy. I can't believe that you even let that crap in your house.
What Matetsi Unit are you hunting?
Best of luck!
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Dagga BoyThat coffee press New_Guy suggested is worth its weight in gold. I know you can get used to the instant stuff and even come to like it in a camp setting. But nothing beats a freshly brewed cup of the good stuff.
Have a great hunt. We'll be looking forward to a report.
17 September 2008, 20:50
Steve MalinverniRather than drink any instant coffee, and this not only in Africa but in any part of the world, I prefer to drink TEA!!!!
But I have to admit that I found very interesting varieties of coffe in a souvenir shop in Windoek. I bought a pack of every type they have. My preferred one was the Boere Kikstart, black and strong.
Interesting that coffe press ... I do not remember if I saw anything like that at the Gustav Voigt Center in WDK
bye
Stefano
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17 September 2008, 21:00
Jerry HuffakerA funny side note, I looked all over and finally found the Marmite on the internet and with shipping it was 15.00 for 4oz.
Ha Ha , Oh the price we will pay to experience Africa.
Jerry Huffaker
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17 September 2008, 21:23
lavacaI can live without real coffee, and as others have said, prefer chai to instant. However, Marmite is taking it a bit too far. I've heard it is an acquired taste, but I pity the fellow who had to undergo the process. Good luck in Zim.
17 September 2008, 21:30
Use Enough GunForget the discussion about the coffee. It's the Marmite that really needs to be the topic of the discussion. It is definitely an acquired taste. Kind of reminds me of stale semi-liquid beef jelly.
I had some on this last trip a couple of times.
17 September 2008, 21:34
FjoldWhat I though was strange was toast with butter and jelly then the squeezable pork product in the plastic wrapper added on.
Frank
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18 September 2008, 01:17
retreeverI can suffer thru artificial coffee, but that damn bovine spread is awful...
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18 September 2008, 02:47
Cazador humildequote:
Originally posted by retreever:
I can suffer thru artificial coffee, but that damn bovine spread is awful...
Mike
+1
I can cowboy up for instant coffee, but I try not to put anything in my mouth that smells like catfish bait.
18 September 2008, 03:13
pichon1Here in Oz we have what's called "Vegemite". If ever you get a chance give it a go, you won't be dissappointed. Has a bit more grunt than Marmite.
18 September 2008, 04:03
Graftonquote:
I loved the instant coffee in Namibia as well. I also liked the "Rusks" we had with them. I've never seen them in the U.S.
I make them often:
Mix together:
2 cups unbleached white flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon or more
some raisins or oats or chopped nuts if you like
mix together:
half cup melted butter
2 eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 teaspoons almond extract
add mixed dry ingredients and mixed wet ingredients together to make dough. mix and roll out dough, cut into shape you want and bake on greased cookie sheet for 25-30 min at 400F.
Now to make them into Rusks, pile them onto a cookie sheet and leave them in a 200F oven overnight to dry out. YUM
Jerry, have a great trip.
18 September 2008, 09:28
Lorenzoquote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
I couldn't believe that we were drinking instant coffee when I was in Namibia. I guess it is "normal" there.
Frank, you make me feel like a third world ape..
I prepare my Nescafé every single day of my life, I never asociate it with Africa but for sure tomorrow morning will taste better now that I know it
BTW, Yesterday night I enjoyed a very nice Amarula watching the fire with the lights of the house turn off
L
18 September 2008, 09:49
L. David KeithSafe trip and good hunting Jerry!
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18 September 2008, 10:50
N E 450 No2Jerry
Good luck and,
Have a great hunt.
The coffee press would be a great idea.
I always took a BUNCH of Folgers coffee bags, they work just like tea bags.
Not as good a coffee press coffee but way better than instant. The PH and Videographer sure did like them.
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18 September 2008, 10:50
jdollarquote:
Originally posted by pichon1:
Here in Oz we have what's called "Vegemite". If ever you get a chance give it a go, you won't be dissappointed. Has a bit more grunt than Marmite.
yep, grunt is just about what it tastes like.
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18 September 2008, 10:55
jdollarit has always amazed me that you may be spending over $1000/day in Africa to hunt but you can't get a brewed cup of coffee. some of the best coffee in the world grows around Mt. Kenya and you are only a few hundred miles away- go figure!
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18 September 2008, 13:10
GanyanaI seem to recal that PWN375's fitness training regime for his first African safari/poaching trip consisted of...
Going for a run every lunchtime on the golf course- but giving his ex wife the electric cart with the deal that if she caught him, not only could she run him over, she could tell the current wife how much he was spending on the trip.
It seemed to work for Him
18 September 2008, 13:59
Saeed
Walter has the best exercise routine for his hunt.
He has a pedometer, and he is wobbling it up and down, as it counts the distance he covers.
All this is done while he standing still.
He came up with this idea after we told him we have covered our fisrt 100 kilometers walking last year.
He said he could beat us, without breaking a sweat!
18 September 2008, 18:49
EjOk I have to ask What exactly is Marmite ?
I had tried Vegemite and that was certainly different.
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18 September 2008, 19:47
Jerry HuffakerMarmite is a yeast extract.
Jerry Huffaker
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18 September 2008, 19:54
Winkquote:
Originally posted by Dagga Boy:
That coffee press New_Guy suggested is worth its weight in gold. I know you can get used to the instant stuff and even come to like it in a camp setting. But nothing beats a freshly brewed cup of the good stuff.
Have a great hunt. We'll be looking forward to a report.
By the way, when junting with Jaco Human I discovered that he had an all stainless steel, unbreakable, coffee press. If you can't find one where you are they must be available in RSA, since Jaco never leaves South Africa.
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18 September 2008, 20:08
Ejok , so does it taste like stale beer or treebark ? one eats this solely for its vitamin content yes ?
Well i guess in a year i will have to try this stuff just because its there.
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