Breakfast In the Blind

A friend gave me a "Punker" alcohol single burner stove . Made in Sweden.
Looking forward to using that this year. Another Duck Hunting gadget.

I'll never learn. First meal Will be Biscuits and Gravy in honor of Lee n Pete.

Happy Birthday USMC. My Pops. 1942-46. Training for Japan, but Harry Truman stepped in.
 
All the above, plus one of my favorites- hot ham and cheese. I prefer butter the bread, stack it all butter to butter, bate bread to bare bread in a square container. Bring along the cheeze of choice, yellow or white american, swiss, or even pepper jack. Heat the skillet, put a slice of bread - butter down, add ham then cheeses and the other slice of bread. Heat until toasted and the cheeze is oozing. Makes my mouth water...

A nice thing about these types of sandwiches is the ease of eating. No fork or plate required. We usually cut them in half, wrap in a napkin and pass along.

Canned soups are good too, unless you spill it all over the bottom of the boat. Soup AND sandwich, mmmm!

Jon
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Still the funniest stinking thing I have ever seen while hunting was seeing Jon's face when he spilled a whole can of Italian wedding soup on the floor of the boat!
 
Here is an alternative to breakfast in the boat.

Years ago when we hunted the Le Cheneaux islands there was a bakery near the boat launch. That bakery sold fresh pasties, the UP version of meat pies that were once made for miners.

We would hunt in the morning till the flight stopped, take one look at each other and say, "pasties!" Quick trip in the boat back to the dock. Jumped in the car to the bakery. Back to the boat. Out to the decoys. And savored the smell and taste of those meat pies out on the water.

Somehow food outdoors just tastes better than the same food indoors.

Larry
 
Of note, as several stated above, I never used to cook in the boat either. I don't drink coffee, so it was either hot tea, or cocoa and a few cookie bars of some sort, maybe a Pop Tart or two.


However, a few years ago, I decided to take along my retired Backpacker's stove. It soon as become a big part of the hunt. Funny thing, when the birds are flying consistently, the stove stays packed away. It is fun to bring it out during a slack time though. The fun part is deciding on, and packing for the meals. That, and I always considerate a necessary survival tool. I almost always have a cook able meal along.


The meat pies idea sounds pretty good too though. If I had a place like that nearby, I would be very tempted...


There are some good ideas being tossed around. I'll have to make a mental note or two.


Jon
 
My brother in law has a permanent blind, that they keep a stove at. It is good to have bacon and eggs... or fried crow in.... But I can't help but wonder how I can keep Kodi's attention in the skies with the smell of bacon imbedded in the boat?!?!? Also, aside from a safety issue of an open flame so close to dry grass, but I also do not like the idea of grease splatter in the boat attracting mice, possums, and coon to my boat when in storage.


I also think that the taking of the food out, along with the clean up does not seem worth it. A thermos full of coffee, and a couple of sandwiches is about it for me in the boat.
 
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Had a catalictic(sp) heater that could be aimed straight up. We used to put buttered rolls on to and toast them until the butter melted. Just the little bit of warmth made them super.
Here in NC we could use a slurpy machine.
 
If it's just me, a thermos of hot coffee is the only breakfast item making it onto the boat. There are few things I enjoy as much as watching the lake come alive while steam from a hot cup of coffee lofts through my face mask.
 
I have a single burner cooking unit that I take when it gets real cold, I heat up tomato soup and make a grilled cheese sandwich. Simple but good.
 
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