The Menu

Tim and Chris remain in the internet-free world of the Antarctic deep field. Here are some photos from Icefall camp to help illustrate what our beloved chaps are up to this moment.

Tim has gone cross-eyed

Chris has read the same book four times

Tim does his best impression of a geologist

"You did what with the Tabasco?"

The entire 2011-2012 Fosdicks team, together for a brief 10 minutes. Left to right: Dr. Mike Brown, Timothy Charles Burton, Professor Christopher "Slapshot" Yakymchucky, Dr. Christine Smith Siddoway, Dr. Fawna Korhonen, Dr. Tim Ivanic, and Danny Uhlmann

Food is scarce on the frozen continent. There is very little if any

Cordiorite and garnet bread dough about to be baked

sustinance to support life and teams are forced to bring all the food to
last them a season with them by hauling it, sledging it, or for those of
us that are lucky enough, having it flown in.

Christine ponders the eternal question: "which tea is right for me?"

Each team member brought their own variety of cooking skills to the
field and the result was an eclectic mix of foods ranging from bland
peasant food to the spiciest curries from the orient. Even those of us
that do not regularily cook found themselves making elaborate feasts for
the team after a hard day of work.

Sometimes the gas situation got out of hand

We brough in approximately 2330 pounds of food and are leaving with
about 200. The difference was turned into energy, gas, and poop. We
estimate the amount of natural gas produced by G097 in the two months
here is enough to power 6 average American homes for an entire year. Our
proudest feat is that we managed to consume 103 pounds (or 47kg for
those civilised nations... ;-) of cheese in 52 days. Wisconsin would be
proud!

Tim Burton's famous Fosdicks homemade hamburgers on homebaked bread on its way to my stomach

Tim wonders, "Oh bloody hell! Where will I put the other seven courses whilst we are eating?!"

Here is the dinner menu from the 2010/2011 Fosdick Mountain season. Bon
apetit:
11/5 Beans and rice with tomato sauce
11/6 Fajitas
11/7 Dehy and Bagels :(
11/8 Shrimp curry with Basmati Rice
11/9 Steak, asparagus, rice and vin rouge
11/10 Tortellini, Italian vegetable mix, tomato sauce
11/11 Salmon, green beans, mashed potatoes
11/12 Beef Chili and green beans
11/13 Pesto-champignon pasta with sun-dried tomatoes
11/14 Pork Chops, brocolli, mashed potatoes
11/15 Steak, rice, tater tots and fresh rolls
11/16 Chicken with mushroom sauce, asparagus and cous-cous
11/17 Falafel, hummus, pita and quinoea
11/18 Pad thai scallop-halibut-shrimp curry
11/19 Tortilla, beans, beef, guacomole
11/20 Chicken stuffed with cheese and pesto, pasta
11/21 Dal Bhat (rice and lentil soup) with curried vegetables
11/22 Chili relenos, refriend beans, tortilla, and roasted bell peppers
11/23 Chicken linguine with fresh garlic bread
11/24 -THANKSGIVING- Roast cornish game hens, scalloped potatoes,
stuffing, cranberry sauce, mixed vegetables, fresh rosemary-sun dried
tomato bread, and cake!
11/25 Chicken fried rice
11/26 Pork chops, green beans, tortellini, fresh cranberry-honey bread
11/27 Mac & Cheese, fresh bread bowls and Chili
11/28 Maple glazed salmon, broccoli and cous-cous
11/29 Chicken tortellini with mixed vegetables
11/30 Pork stir fry, double chocolate cake
12/1 Vermicelli and brocolli
12/2 Tortillas, pork, rice, guacomole
12/3 Thai shrimp appetizer, fresh scones, steak, peas, mashed potatoes
12/4 Pasta with cream sauce and fresh foccacia
12/5 Spaghetti bolognese and broccoli
12/6 Fresh Skua steak with braised lichen and snow petrel omlettes
12/7 Chili relenos, spanish rice,
12/8 Chicken curry
12/9 Spicy beef spaghetti
12/10 Salmon, fresh potatoes, peas, carrots and tomatos
12/11 Thai shrimp starter, tortellini with chicken
12/12 Poutine starter, pepper steak, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus
and chocolate pudding
12/13 South American Gumbo, rice and tortillas
12/14 Fresh scones and chili-lentil jambalaya
12/15 Salmon, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots
12/16 Shrimp curry with lentils and rice
12/17 Chicken Kiev, pesto tortellini, roasted pecans and vegetables
12/18 Pad thai with halibut
12/19 Lime beef, vegetables, rice and beans
12/20 Shrimp chili with brocolli and rice
12/21 Hamburgers, roasted herb potatoes, and spinach
12/22 Lime-cilantro halibut, mashed potatoes, peas, seared asparagus
12/23 Spaghetti with spinach and kidney beans
12/24 Coconut curry shrimp, raman noodles, chicken stir fry
12/25 -CHRISTMAS- Shrimp teryaki amuse bouche, teryaki beef appetizer,
herb roasted cornish game hens, stuffing, fresh whole wheat bread, mixed
vegetable medley, cranberry sauce, and gratin dauphoinoise with a
dessert of extra creamy brie and summer fruits pudding with custard
12/26 Salmon and halibut, mashed potatoes and ,ixed vegetables
12/27 Beef teryaki, lentils with vegetables, green beans, rice, fresh
rosemary whole wheat rolls
12/28 Hummus started, toretelli with honey-mustard cream sauce and
sun-dried tomatoes, green beans, and butter chicken
12/29 Tortillas, beef, refried beans, beans and rice, and more beans
12/30 Falafel, cous-cous with spinach, hummus and pita
12/31 Beef wellington, mixed vegetables, and mashed potatoes
1/1 Tortellini with mozerella, scallops and asparagus
1/2 Philly cheese-steak, mac & cheese, spinach with sunflower seeds
1/3 Tim's special Burgers, fresh pepper and basil baps, rice and asparagus
So, Captain Scott would have been proud of us. Or perhaps more likely
to have turned in his grave... God Bless the American Taxpayer...