Home made red chile sauce beef enchilada (stacked) with black beans and an egg on top. Yum.
Posted by Rick on 06/23/2016 at 09:07 AM
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Home made red chile sauce beef enchilada (stacked) with black beans and an egg on top. Yum.
Posted by Rick on 06/23/2016 at 09:07 AM
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The cabin is 8650 feet above sea level. There are some adjustments that are required at this altitude.
The most obvious when I come here from New Jersey is the inability to breathe. Or, at least breathe comfortably. The air is so thin that I just don't get the oxygen I need in each breath. This leads to quicker breathing accompanied by gasping sounds. My muscles ache from insufficient oxygen, I may feel light-headed. I've known of people to pass out!
It doesn't matter if you are in great physical shape, exercise regularly, get aerobic workouts, or do yoga. You'll feel it.
The good news is that you get used to the high altitude after a while. Your body adjusts. A lot of athletes train at high altitude because it makes them more efficient and gives them more endurance at lower altitudes (at least until they lose their adaptation).
The Rawah Mountains as seen from Sand Creek Pass, around 9500 feet (at the pass)
There are some effects of high altitude that don't go away over time. These are mostly related to the lower atmospheric pressure and thinner air.
I sunburn more easily. The thinner air filters less UV and without protection I will burn.
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Posted by Rick on 06/04/2015 at 08:28 AM
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This post has nothing to do with lemons.
I made a batch of bread on Monday evening. I use the "No Work Bread" recipe/technique from Mark Bittman. It seemed a bit moist, but it fermented nicely and I think in NJ it would have made a phenomenal loaf of bread. Mine cooked forever when I baked it mid-afternoon on Tuesday. The crust was poorly colored, but thick and dry. The crumb was still moist. Basically, it was a failed attempt at bread.
So with the failed bread, we tried a dessert recipe I'd been wanting to cook for a long time: Emeril Lagasses's New Orlean's Style Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce.
Now that was absolutely delicious!
The bread we did not use went to the birds.
And, I tried again today. It came out better, but I still have work to do to sort out cooking this bread at high altitude. More about all the affects of high altitude in a future post.
Posted by Rick on 05/29/2015 at 05:07 PM
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