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Longline Vs Shortline

JBC, every job has the correct equipment, in your case I'd agree that a 3' line and a club are the tools-of-the-trade 😀

PS Are they the cute little white ones with the big brown eyes?

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mmmmm......Flipper Pie 😛 😀



Title: Seal Flipper Pie
Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients

3 seal flippers
1 very thin slices of fatback
1 pork
2 inches of water
5 onions, sliced
2 cn beef stock or
3 oxo cubes in
2 c water
2 ts savory
2 ts worcestershire sauce
1 carrot
1 parsnip
1 turnip
1 potatoes
1 flour to thicken
1 crust:
3 c flour
6 ts baking powder
1/4 ts salt
1/4 lb margarine
1 1/2 c milk

Instructions

Note: Skinned turres (a seabird, also known as murres) preboiled for
25 minutes in plain water, may be substituted.

1. Meticulously remove all fat from 3 seal flippers

2. Cover bottom of heavy skillet with very thin slices of fatback
pork.

3. Render the fat, then sear the well-seasoned flippers.

4. To a roasting pan add: 2 inches of water (5 cm if using metric
flippers (sic? measure); 4-5 onions, sliced; 2 cans beef stock or 3
Oxo cubes in 2 cups water; 1 - 2 teaspoons savory; 1 - 2 teaspoons
Worcestershire sauce

5. Add flippers, fatback and cook UNCOVERED for about 1 1/2 hours at
325 degrees F. At this stage the meat should be tender and the bones
can be removed if desired. Add carrot, parsnip, turnip or whatever
plus more water if required; cook an additional 20 minutes. Add
potatoes and cook a further 20 minutes or so. Add flour to thicken.

Crust: 3 cups flour 6 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt Cut
in 1/4 lb. margarine, rub through fingers until stage of fine crumbs
then add 1 1/2 cups milk. Mix with spoon/hands, roll lightly, cover
flippers etc. in pan or dish. Cook at 375-400 degrees F until browned
(about 20 minutes).

Recommended wine: London Dock (an overproof dark rum). Newfie Screech
may be substituted.
 
Downwash, correct me if I misunderstood, but are you saying that "longlining, except in the rarest circumstances, is not safer than shortlining"?

I am interpreting this as shortlining is safer than longlining? Or am I mistaken?

Just want to be clear on this!
 
VR, thanks for the catch! When in hell will I learn to read these things before I post? I meant to say "argue that longlining isn't safer" but I sure pooched it. Just so everyone's clear where I stand, LONGLINING IS, OVER ALL, MUCH SAFER THAN SHORTLINING!!!
 
Although your icon is the majestic eagle, I thought your good ole' "wise owl" comments were a bit confusing! 😉 See whats happens when you read too much readers digest "improve your word power" sections. 😀

I see what yer talkin' bout now. I understand and agree! 😉
 
Thanks, VR. I don't know, but maybe I should PM all my posts to you or 407 for proofing before I fire. I'm reminded in a way of 'loose lips sinking ships.'
 
It's from all those years feeding YXD office with graphs, reports, rolling 15 month budgets, etc ...never had the time to actually fly, but since they were all worn out old death-stars, probably safer at the computer anyway? :blink:
 
Gentlemen, I was curious where a wannabe Longline pilot like myself, may find this article you speak of ? More specifically which Volume ? 24 or 25. Page reference would also be greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Thanks in advance.

BDVI.
 
Wanna Be ? You're a heli-god !

"helicopters", volume 25, issue 2, April/May/June 2004 Pages 22 and 23.

The front cover has an Alpine 407 pictured, not mine, it's one of the high-priced Canmore boys or girls.
 
Why would the editors of that mag even print such a blatant piece of dog poop anyways, don't they proof read the articles before they publish them???? :huh: :huh:
Mayby the editors of the magazine have never been in a helicopter to begin with!!!
Or maybe they want to increase their sales by turning the magazine into some sort of tabloid 😀 😀 😀 😀
 
Easy old-timer ! The wife is already suprised I can fit my head in that old skid lid 😀 . Apperently the mail east of the Kootneys is living up to its reputation as snail mail, my issue is not yet arrived. An old wise man told me once, it is better to say nothing and appear stupid than open your mouth and prove it. Judging by the rebuttles from my peers (whom I know are well versed in this type of operation) the author should have heeded some of this wisdom and the editor should show a little more due dilligence before allowing articles of this nature to go to press. Many of the people on this forum have worked extemely hard to bring Vertical Reference techniques to the forefront in a professional manner here in Canada, the US and overseas. It's extemely frustrating to see this type of thinking, relapse in such a public form of media. I only hope that future generations of longline drivers will use there own jugement when taking on a new challenge like longline work. I'am sure they will see flying a load is no different than flying the helicopter the same rules apply...


Again, just my humble opinon.

Cheers BDVI.


Hey, old-timer may be through next week on the way to YLW. Will drop in for a pint. 😉
 
rdm;

I was putting your recipe together, substituted Vancouver Canucks sticks for flippers, and got down to the 1 - pork, seems like a bit much to get a Montreal player into the pot don't you think.

(maybe should have used the montreal player for the flipper, that one fella looked like a clubbed seal the other day doing the chicken on the ice)

sc :wacko: :shock:
 
This is beautiful........

407 Driver, CTD, Downwash, Vert Ref, RDM, JBC, Duke 6 and other great pontificators all adding wise, salient and occasionally amusing opinions...............just they way it should be.
No-one being offensive and no-one getting offended.
Keep it up, guys.

Hmmmmm, when was the last time a great meeting like this was held...?????
(Is the guy in the middle our JBC, or some other JC ??)
 

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