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✶Jaysong✶
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Post by ✶Jaysong✶ on Nov 10, 2019 18:39:36 GMT -5
This past week's writing assignment at my writing class was a nonfiction prompt about "your favorite campfire memories," with some creative leeway given. This is what I came up with, thoughts?:
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When I think of the time I spent sitting beside a campfire, it’s always the little things that stand out. I remember sitting directly next to the fire ring, and constantly changing the way I sat so that it wouldn’t feel as if I were about to catch fire. I could have moved, but the fire drew me like a moth; to not sit near it seemed wrong. My mind recalls the most fleeting of memories: the dog curled around my feet, flickering firelight playing on faces, feet propped up on the nearest available chair, sparks drifting into an endless inkwell sky. We missed the falling stars, and gained our ephemeral moments.
We never sat in silence, and always lost track of time. We talked philosophy and swapped stories, stuffed our faces with s’mores and mountain pies, and listened to music until the early hours of the morning. Sitting around a fire drew us together in a way few—if any—other things can. We were rooted firmly in the here and now, as if we could forget everything else in the world, and only focus on each other. Our accomplishments and dreams, our deepest fears and desires. Not what’s wrong with the world, but what’s good about it. Sitting around a fire always filled me with an inexplicable, profound sense of contentment. If I could bottle it and give it to the world, I would.
Those little moments, plucked from hundreds of undifferentiated summer nights, are my favorite campfire memories. Even if I can never remember those nights in entirety, I know I’ll never forget how they made me feel—cherished, content. Complete.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 19:52:03 GMT -5
I really liked it It makes me want to go camping lol What are mountain pies?
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✶Jaysong✶
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Post by ✶Jaysong✶ on Nov 10, 2019 21:21:23 GMT -5
I really liked it It makes me want to go camping lol What are mountain pies? Thank you! Mountain pies are the delicious result of sticking pie filling (or pizza toppings) between two slices of bread and grilling them over a fire. They're delicious haha.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 21:57:27 GMT -5
I really liked it It makes me want to go camping lol What are mountain pies? Thank you! Mountain pies are the delicious result of sticking pie filling (or pizza toppings) between two slices of bread and grilling them over a fire. They're delicious haha. You're welcome Ohh, that actually sounds really good lol
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✶Jaysong✶
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Post by ✶Jaysong✶ on Nov 10, 2019 22:02:04 GMT -5
Thank you! Mountain pies are the delicious result of sticking pie filling (or pizza toppings) between two slices of bread and grilling them over a fire. They're delicious haha. You're welcome Ohh, that actually sounds really good lol They are, haha. We made some with s'mores ingredients once, it was delicious.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 22:03:58 GMT -5
You're welcome Ohh, that actually sounds really good lol They are, haha. We made some with s'mores ingredients once, it was delicious. No way What is your favorite ingredients to use? How long do you have to fire them up for?
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Post by ~Absol~Wolf~Scribe~ on Nov 10, 2019 22:11:23 GMT -5
Aww man, this makes me want to go camping now! It's way too cold right now though XD
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✶Jaysong✶
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Post by ✶Jaysong✶ on Nov 10, 2019 22:25:55 GMT -5
They are, haha. We made some with s'mores ingredients once, it was delicious. No way What is your favorite ingredients to use? How long do you have to fire them up for? Probably the pie fillings. The pizza ones are good, but so is regular pizza, and there's nothing else that's aesthetically like a mountain pie. The peach are really good, blueberry is probably my favorite. The cooking really depends on the heat of the fire, I think. We use cast iron cookers, so it heats up pretty quickly. Probably anywhere between 5-10 minutes, I'd say. ~Absol~Wolf~Scribe~ Thanks! Haha, agreed. It's supposed to be in the 20s tomorrow, and that makes me want to cry.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 22:28:31 GMT -5
✶Jaysong✶Oh cool do you think they could be made on electric stoves? The ones that don't have flame?
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Post by ~Absol~Wolf~Scribe~ on Nov 10, 2019 22:36:38 GMT -5
No way What is your favorite ingredients to use? How long do you have to fire them up for? Probably the pie fillings. The pizza ones are good, but so is regular pizza, and there's nothing else that's aesthetically like a mountain pie. The peach are really good, blueberry is probably my favorite. The cooking really depends on the heat of the fire, I think. We use cast iron cookers, so it heats up pretty quickly. Probably anywhere between 5-10 minutes, I'd say. ~Absol~Wolf~Scribe~ Thanks! Haha, agreed. It's supposed to be in the 20s tomorrow, and that makes me want to cry. Oof, 20s already! My Florida-raised skin could never get used to that. XD RIP me when January comes...
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