Living off the land 100%

[Stanley Edwards]

They really aren't going to miss a few tomatoes and a lettuce are they?


It is still out of season here. Just empty.

Done enough walking for the day. Not too far away from the casino resort place. Loads and loads of empty holiday places with good verandas to sleep in. Cheap rooms if needed, but I would imagine they smell damp and stale right now. The sky looks a bit cloudy. Something could be brewing.

I'm going to buy a couple of beers to take to the beach and talk to some fishing people.

Cooking tomorrow. Probably a fish dish with a bean and potato salad. Haven't seen any sea fennel growing here yet. Surprised and disappointed.

 

[Pickman's model]

Surprised and disappointed.

Not for the last time I suspect

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

You can't eat chlamydia.

Sure you can. That's how a lot of people get it.

 

[alan_]

Go Stanley go

 

[Corax]

Go Stanley go

Run Forest run

 

[tim]

Pilfering the odd crop, fine (though an honest person would leave some money anyway), but a chicken? That would be truly cuntish.

Lucky it's not going to happen really.

Chickens unlike courgettes can fight back. He'll end up getting a good pecking.

 

[Supine]

Visual image of Stan looking a bit disheveled and drunk chasing after a chicken amuses me

 

[not-bono-ever]

chooks are reknowned for their ability to sit quietly still whilst you walk up to butcher them. Go for a swan stan, but be careful.. they belong to to the queen of portugal and they can break a mans arm

 

[tim]

Go Stanley go

And take your rightful place alongside the great Stanleys of history

 

[Pickman's model]

Visual image of Stan looking a bit disheveled and drunk chasing after a chicken amuses me

Images of him equally cack-handed sober leap to mind

 

[chilango]

 

[Saul Goodman]

They really aren't going to miss a few tomatoes and a lettuce are they?

Neither would a large supermarket, and they could likely afford it more than an independent farmer.
But it isn't as easy to steal from a supermarket, is it. So you steal from those who can least afford it.
Bravo.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Good morning.

I am about an hours hike from the casino place. My plan is to find fish there and hike inland to a small village with a castle called Santa Maria da Feira (about a 12KM hike). Once there I will prepare lunch with whatever I have, and probably camp for the night.

The whole point of this is to eat entirely from stuff growing on the land, or taken from the sea. However, I didn't expect to be able to do that immediately - I am not going to use shops (to steal, or buy) unless there is no alternative.

I have absolutely no problem with asking small allotment owners for a couple of vegetables. Neither do I have a problem with helping myself to stuff from commercial fields. If I come across a field of 40,000 corn on the cobs, I will take a few for myself

Anyone know, or interested in researching what I can do with seaweed, and how to spot when mussels are ready for harvest? I need to know this.

 

[cupid_stunt]

What I can do with seaweed.

How to spot when mussels are ready for harvest?

I need to know this.

 

[Fez909]

You survived the night. Well done

You must be hungry after all your walking and only grapes and an onion to eat

 

[tim]

Alongside sewage marinaded mussels I recommend you try all the wild mushrooms you come across.

 

[EastEnder]

Anyone know, or interested in researching what I can do with seaweed, and how to spot when mussels are ready for harvest? I need to know this.

Seaweed can be used to forecast the weather. Just get a large bunch of seaweed, dry it out thoroughly, then stand out in the open & hold the seaweed at arms length for not less than one hour. If at the end of this time the seaweed is wet, the forecast is probably indicative of rain.

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

Living off the land...
Yeah...that worked over here....

 

[Pickman's model]

Good morning.

I am about an hours hike from the casino place. My plan is to find fish there and hike inland to a small village with a castle called Santa Maria da Feira (about a 12KM hike). Once there I will prepare lunch with whatever I have, and probably camp for the night.

The whole point of this is to eat entirely from stuff growing on the land, or taken from the sea. However, I didn't expect to be able to do that immediately - I am not going to use shops (to steal, or buy) unless there is no alternative.

I have absolutely no problem with asking small allotment owners for a couple of vegetables. Neither do I have a problem with helping myself to stuff from commercial fields. If I come across a field of 40,000 corn on the cobs, I will take a few for myself

Anyone know, or interested in researching what I can do with seaweed, and how to spot when mussels are ready for harvest? I need to know this.

Yeh. You know there aren't that many allotments in the country, right,that they're an urban phenomenon?

 

[planetgeli]

You need to find a small, round friend called Ollie to take with you. It could only add to the adventure.

 

[not-bono-ever]

make sure that when you fish, you go for nice sandy areas, there is a delicacy called the weever fish that the portugese rave about - it moves to the warmer shallows during the warmer months.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

make sure that when you fish, you go for nice sandy areas, there is a delicacy called the weever fish that the portugese rave about - it moves to the warmer shallows during the warmer months.

Weevers are 9 extant species of fishes of family Trachinidae, order Perciformes. They are long, mainly brown in color, and have venomous spines on their first dorsal fins and gills. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Trachinidae
Higher classification: Trachinoidei
Rank: Family
Did you know: Weever stings cause severe pain; common descriptions from victims are "extremely painful" and "much worse than a wasp (or bee) sting". wikipedia.org

 

[Corax]

Fried up in a bit of olive oil, pebbles make for a healthy alternative to sweets or chewing gum.

 

[Pickman's model]

Fried up in a bit of olive oil, pebbles make for a healthy alternative to sweets or chewing gum.

recommended by many dentists too

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Stanley, did you only eat grapes yesterday?

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Stanley, did you only eat grapes yesterday?

Nope. I had an almighty breakfast in Porto before I started hiking.

 

[kabbes]

Nope. I had an almighty breakfast in Porto before I started hiking.

Living off the land.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Here we go



On top of that, I have garlic, olive oil, small pot of chilies (all bought in Porto), and the sprig of thyme I found yesterday.

I am in the casino place. It is actually better than I was expecting, and does offer a bit of cash making potential. My legs are tired. Almost tripped over twice on the way here, so I may rest for the day.

But, first I am off to cook spicy potato and bean salad with mackerel in a grape and onion salsa. Basically, I am going to use a trusted recipe, but replacing tomatoes with grapes, because I don't have tomatoes.

The fish came my way in a small village called Granja. Fisherman was taking his catch to the shops, so I asked for a mackerel and held out a hand of coins. He took just €1 and then gutted and cleaned it for me

1: Shell the broad beans and dice a potato. Boil for as long as takes, drain and allow to cool.

2: Finely chop onion and garlic, fry with a little olive oil and crushed chili. Simmer with the grapes. Stuff fish with fresh picked coriander and lemon slices. Add a little water. Cover with lid and steam for 10 minutes.

3: Prepare salad whilst fish is steaming. Cover plate with fresh picked lettuce leaves. Sprinkle potatoes and beans. Add some slices of onion, a little garlic and a single, finely crushed chili. Squeeze the juice of a lime over the salad. Little coriander and drizzle with olive oil.

I need to find a sheltered spot to cook. Shall report back later.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Living off the land.

That was before I left you dumb fuck.

 

[kabbes]

That was before I left you dumb fuck.

I wait with bated breath to see tomorrow's breakfast.