There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
My FAVORITE camp meal, though, requires the little titanium rice cooker (Keith) I bought here on Mass Drop. I add jalapeño summer sausage (easy to carry in my backpack) to the rice before cooking. I use my tiny Fancee Feest alcohol stove with its simmer ring to heat the Keith Rice Cooker. Twenty minutes later, when the rice is done to perfection, it has absorbed all the spicy juices from the jalapeño summer sausage. Everyone in my family LOVES this meal!
And my favorite camp drink is to steep a Bigelow Vanilla Chai Tea bag in a mug of hot water and then, after the tea is nice and strong, stir in a package of hot chocolate mix. Best cold weather camping drink ever!