BEyONd FIRE

We packed ALL THE THINGS!!

I just showed up to pick up a well priced 26' moving truck from Penske to pack all the stuff for our 20-person Burning Man camp. Turns out they have a company policy specifically against renting to burners. Apparently a couple of their trucks were burnt to the ground in past years. Even if I hadn't told them we were going to burning man (which would have been smart on my part, but I trust people a lot) we probably would have had to make it look like we didn't go to burning man upon return, which would have taken a lot f work. Thankfully we had a backup truck reserved with Budget. The Budget place in Eugene is run by a bunch of really chill guys. It's only a bit more expensive. The Penske guy was actually nice enough to give me a call afterward and apologize. He even said he wish he hadn't asked where I was going so he could have rented it to me. He said to come to him next year and tell him I'm going to San Diego. He is a nice guy but I don't really want to rent from an anti-burning man company anyway. Lesson learned: tell any company that you're going to Reno (and a musician friend has a show there with a bunch of gear or something). Don't say burning man. Also, pay for full coverage insurance. You will probably need it.

The finalized sign. EL wire and all!!!

Panorama of the backyard with our giant structure and all of gear for the camp. And lovely Zach swinging from the poles.

Futon frame built with 3 sheets of plywood. Thanks to playa tech for the schematics!!

Our camp sign in the making.

Sign making in progress.

Yona's beautiful EL wire vest. 60 ft EL wire. 40 hours of sewing. Win.

Planned Parenthood donated two boxes of safer sex supplies to our camp. Come by 2:45 and dandelion. We will put them in the public area so you can enjoy them.

So you're on the playa and you think "god damn, all I've had is smoothies for the last two days, I want something filling, but oh MAN is it hot and I don't want to cook anything. I could go over to that [bacon camp](www.flickr.com/photos/ollythelimey/3490780329/), but they make you do some crazy shit for bacon. What am I to do?!" That's where burritos come in. We decided to cook burritos and freeze them so our camp could easily have hand-held portable meals. ## Ingredients * Quinoa * Rice * Beans * Lentils * Tempeh * Veggies * Sauces (Peanut, Salsa, Curry, Pesto) * Cheese ## Quantity We planned to have a burrito per person every other day for the 8 days of the burn. With 15 people that's 60 burritos. We ended up making **110**. Oops? ## Size matters We bought "burrito sized" tortillas. And we estimated 1/2 cup of grains, 1/2 cup of protein, and 1/2 cup of veggies per burrito. We ended up doing about 1/5 cup of each to fit in these TINY ASS tortillas we bought. Overall I think this is a good idea. Your appetite goes down on the playa, so having smaller portions (and more burritos) is a good things. ## Process We used this spreadsheet to know how many of each type (rice/quinoa, tempeh/lentils/beans, peanut/curry/pesto/salsa, cheese/no-cheese) to make: http://d.pr/KzgL We ended up with a kick ass assembly line by the end. Jessilyn alternated between the grain/proteins/sauces according to the spreadsheet. She put in veggies. Then passed it off (on a plate) to Jeremy who rolled it, added cheese if the spreadsheet so, wrapped it in foil and marked it. The marking system went like this. 4 letters. [GRAIN] [PROTEIN] [SAUCE] [CHEESE] So QTPC is Quinoa, Tempeh, Peanut, Cheese. RLO is Rice, Lentils, pestO, no cheese. ## Cooking at the burn The burritos will be frozen, so how we will enjoy our handheld meal? We plan to thaw out a days worth of burritos every other day. You can eat them cold (if you want to be boring). OR you could fry them in a pan on the camp stove for 5 minutes (with a bit of butter/oil) and have the most fucking delicious thing ever! Delicious!

BEyONd FIRE – We’ll be hosting demonstrations, talks, and interactivity exhibitions for the community with a focus on heat and fire: Yoga, group movement, meditation, cooking with fermentation, lectures and activities on personal empowerment and ways to fuel personal passions, and free hugs.

Victor Bofill, BEyONd Fire member

We've been placed as a theme camp. You'll be able to find us at Dandelion & 2:45. More details to come!

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