LX Ranch: Chuck Wagon Breakfast
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- Ted Embry is the "cookie" of the outfit and he is up well before sunrise to get breakfast for the cowboys underway. I felt this was a moment to assume a passive role and let the camera be a fly on the wall, so to speak. Watch as Ted and his assistant throw breakfast together for the LX ranch cowhands before roundup activities begin. #LXRanch #RanchLife #ChuckWagons #AmericanHeartlands
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the more i watch this video, the more I want to be a chuck wagon cook. i cooked for firemen for 28 years. its time to be a cowboy
It’s a skill for sure, and not get stressed out
It’s amazing to see a video in 2020 on TH-cam of my old man and his wagon. Thank you for bringing back all the memories of being under that fly. He and that wagon went to lots of places together. Going with him to the LX and to the chuckwagon cook off in Amarillo was some of the best times of my life.
It is good to hear from you Cabe! I wish I had recorded more footage with your father while he wasn't working. He could certainly tell some good stories!
Do you have any current information about him and his helper in this video? I have heard conflicting stories. You can update me privately on my website at captiveimage.us if you wish.
This is a beautiful video. The cook might have done that a few times. Great star of the piece, the 1882 cookstove -- I grew up with a cast iron cookstove, and there is nothing like th heat and comfort those stoves throw out. Thank you.
Fine looking breakfast and a great job on the biscuits. Noticed Mr. Embry used a mason jar lid to cut his biscuits.
Good eye! Lighting was a bit sketchy before sunrise and under the fly. Ev3n worse when the lantern went out! ha!
You did a good job putting this together. I really appreciate the lack of dialog that shows that these guys know what they're doing without pointless yaking stating the obvious of what's going on.
Nice job.
As a documentarian, I make it a point to record moments in time and let the events unfold without my own observations and commentary getting in the way. I do not always get to follow "the fly on the wall rule," and sometimes have to prod for details when needed. I am glad you appreciate this approach to documenting contemporary life.
i have watched this video a kabillon times, and I love it. So real
I did a project in a whole lot of communication sites surrounding this area. Remembered seeing the ranch. This was back in 2012. Took a picture of a mean old mule outside a site in Pampa...loved him....I use it as my picture on TH-cam when I want to be incognito. Outside the town of Muletree I crossed a couple of ranches to get to a remote site. When I got there a herd of black cattle with dark eyes surrounded the site. At one point I stepped out the site and their were at least 50 pairs of eyes focused on me like I was the massiah and was suppose to take them to the promised land. Perhaps I was the first black man they ever saw. There was some serious expectations in their eyes! They probably knew they were meat and not dairy cows. Gained a lot of appreciation for Family Dollar and Subway. I was all over West Texas even into southern OK. ...you learn to look out for tornadoes...this was right after one devastated Moore. Lived through the one that went through Wichita Falls in '79...that was enough for me! You learn to keep your gas tank topped off...just because your GPS said there was a gas station does not mean it's been operational for 50 plus years. At some sites ice would fall off the tower guy wires like javelins. They could land 100 feet away. Opening combination locks when it was cold out was harrowing to say the least. Passed horses out in the fields and felt sorry...nothing should be out there in that weather...but I was out there with them. Took pictures of the gate locks...interesting work of art for sure. This video took me back to my hunting days with my buddies in Arizona. Did not get up quite as early but sure loved cooking for them. Realized I was not there to hunt...still was very successful at it. They never knew what to expect because I loved cooking. I invited some folks over to breakfast once on the north rim of the Grand Canyon while on an archery hunt. They were from Boston and was amazed how snug and efficient our camp was. Those liberal thought they were getting instant coffee..NOT. Fresh ground whole bean. We entertained them for a few days. They were traveling cross country in a Datsun station wagon eating trail mix and food from a can warmed on a sterno....that's was some time in the early 90's. Desert was always a treat...my specialty was Granny Smith apples sauteed in brown sugar, butter and a little lime juice topped with toasted almonds. Nothing like seeing grown men perk up as I produced a can of whipped cream to top it off after four days of hunting. Here's to you Jim and Ernie....see you on the other side one day....I will be in a chuck wagon with clanging cast iron skillets.
Now that is some great storytelling! Felt like I was there with you for some of that. You would be a good guy to have a cup of coffee with and shoot the breeze.
@@gregevans1502 Thank you....Dark Roast, black...no sugar. Not a bit of hyperbole! Those steers looking as me was just spooky.
Chill out beta boy
Would love the recipe for the biscuits. The chef uses such a light hand to roll and cut them up. They must of been light and fluffy. Hard to see the finished result or I missed it somehow.
I know it’s hard work but everyone makes it looks so easy and enjoyable to be a working cowboy. Great videos.
This was a fantastic video! There was no need for you to explain what you were doing. Every watcher can see it and can understand it. The biscuit making from start to finish was very satisfying. I'm happy to have seen the entire process; even sifting the flour. This was a very educational video. All you have to do is watch.
Glad it was helpful!
Looks awesome. Makes me hungry and tired at the same time. It's hard work cooking for folks.
Ted and his helper have to get up at 3am each morning to get the stove hot and make all the fixin's from scratch each morning. The ranch hands are served at 5:30 so the cowboys are saddled up and headed out for gathering just after sunrise. On some days, it's tough enough to roll out of the bedrolls that early! ha!
I have eaten a lot of meals cooked on a wood stove. I clearly remember my mother in the kitchen in high summer frying chicken and making biscuits. I don't know how they stood the heat.
I once worked in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during the summer of 1973 and ate lunch a half-dozen times at a popular place that was open only for lunch. A black lady had turned an old large 2-story home into an eatery on the ground floor. Customers would line up in the driveway to enter via a side door that opened into the large kitchen that had four gas stoves with ovens cooking and baking meats, pies, and breads while various veggies were either still cooking or staying warm for serving on the range burners on top. Customers served themselves from pots, pans, and skillets sitting on burners turned to low in order to stay warm. We picked up the rolls, cornbread and deserts in a small room before entering the dining areas. There was no AC of any kind and some folks would be sweating before exiting the kitchen. The food was well worth the time spent filling our plates in that hot kitchen. The two black ladies doing all the cooking took it all in stride. We would exit out the front door well fed and wanting to take a nap. Ha!
Thickboy didn't waste no time. Lol
Biscuits, sausage and gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, and coffee...... Yum, that's a great way to start the day!! Awesome video !!
oh, that was gravy? thought it was some funny looking grits
Greetings from Montana! The trick is to make your biscuits in the top of the flour sack! LOL I'll be right over for breakfast !
All I can say is I'm watching this on a Fri. night about 11:30 pm. and by the time cookie was done I was starving. Good job and a good hot breakfast before the day starts.
Nice! Reminds me of ole Kent Rollins
Not sure how this came up in my feed, but I’m glad it did. Reading through the comments, I applaud your patience in answering the questions from people who have apparently never seen hard work before.
I believe that ignorance can be treated with knowledge and cured with experience.
Cookie with a cigarette in the kitchen?..my grandad would've boxed his ears and he smoked!
Ashes are not as tasty as moths for sure.
What good cook has a dangling cigarette out of his mouth as he's working in the kitchen???? BACK to chuckwagon cooking 101. That grossed me out. Like a man going to the toilet and not washing his hands to go back to cooking .... awhk!
Add some cigarette ash to tha gravy
Tasteless and looks a lot like ground pepper in the gravy. ha!
"Y'all get in here"
Dern, I'm hungry now
@2:43 a bird just flew in his kitchen!!
It was a moth flying closer to the camera. I do not recall any birds under the fly at any time all week long and it would be very unusual to see any birds flying around a couple of hours before sunrise with the exception of the Common Nighthawk which I generally see during the cold months. Ted's lanterns are the only lights for miles around!
no one, I mean no one, makes a biscuit with a GD/MF spoon!!!!!
Thanks so much for the video. Can't get enough
I want to do more, it is getting more difficult to find working ranch wagons these days.
My Mom used the same sifter when I was at home
So did mine!
Love to hear the clanking of pots in the kitchen early on. And then the smell of fresh coffee and bacon, lord ain't nothing better than that!
And the smell of the smoke from the wood fires too.
Let there be light ! Yeah baby !
Folks,this is what eating breakfast be is all about!! Good food for working men!!!!
Cowboys are always skinny.
Why is that ?
Well, sir to tell you the truth, not all cowboys are in fact skinny. As you will notice in the video, the first one to the breakfast buffet is a bit more filled out than the majority of the others. He is not only older but he is also the ranch foreman. He normally is not as physically active as the others because he isn't expected to do the hard work. The younger hands Are generally assigned the most physical duties and work longer in order to prove themselves to make a good hand and help build their character so they will naturally burn more calories. Another aspect is that there are few obese working hands because extra weight in the sadddle causes the horse to work harder (and require more feed) and there is potential to cause injury to the horse. or it tires too quickly before work is done.
Because they work, work keep a man in
shape
I tell you what that's the good life right there.
Nothing like good ol cigarette ash on my grub
Where's the coffee?
Hanging over a firepit outside of the fly so the hands have access to it while they take care of their morning chores before breakfast is served. They also ate their meals in the mess tent next door to the chuckwagon. I have another video of that tent being put up.
That was some excellent metal on metal scraping with the eggs there! Nothing like fine metal particles in the food...
Yeah, just ask all the old-timers in their 80s and 90s who have been eating meals cooked on and in cast iron cookware almost every day of their lives. It must be pretty healthy! ha!
Plastic and wood vs steel on cast iron cookware - th-cam.com/video/yXtcIgNVlGw/w-d-xo.html
Is It Safe to Use a Metal Spatula with Cast Iron? - www.chowhound.com/food-news/135639/can-you-use-a-metal-spatula-with-cast-iron/
Great job sir made me very hungry food looked great
This reminds me of my younger days at the sawmill my papa cooking diner for the hands. He made the best cakes in those old wood stoves.
That is awesome!
made the biscuits after watching video, got to admit, they were good!!!! apologies to the cook
Thank you sir! I certainly had no complaints during the two weeks I spent with this outfit. As a matter of fact, it was top notch compared to others during this century and I suspect it was much worse during the 1800s based on stories from cowpokes from the 20s archived in the Southwest Collection.
I have watched the video, I know, 20-25 times. I wish you would make more!!!
You can blame the pandemic for the cancellation of one Spring roundup working wagon and two cook-off events. I began 2020 with at least 7 chuck wagon related trips on my schedule and now only 3 are still a go for now. So hang in there and thank you for your support!
Corn bread ain't done
Makes my mouth water, yum!
You don’t see Flower shifters any more
And you don't see much "baking from scratch" either. When was the last time you bought a sack of flour? At the beginning of the virus lockdown when food stocks, and paper goods, went flying off the grocery store shelves... I noted there was always a good stock of fruits, vegetables, spices, and baking goods while all the boxed, canned, and frozen dinners disappeared and some items are still not in stock on a regular basis. Go figure! Most people don't know why a cook would want to sift flour before mixing.
Any clue what brand or what you call that Dutch oven/covered skillet is? I have one like it with a 14 on the handle but I don't have a lid for it. Mine has a bump out on the bottom that looks like a flathead screw. I'd appreciate any help because I can't find a thing out about it.
I do not know much about cast iron cookware and I do not have current contact info for Ted Embry to ask him about his collection. There are several Facebook groups dedicated to antique cast iron collecting. This article may be a starting place for you to find out what you have. - thepan-handler.com/2015/07/identification-and-dating-of-vintage-and-antique-unmarked-unknown-maker-cast-iron-skillets/
@@DustyReinsStories Thank you and I will look at that.
I got the cookin' job at our hunting club for this coming year. Good to see how it works.
That is quite a job! How many folks will be served and how many times per day? If more than a dozen, you may want to check out some of the videos on my Chuck Wagons playlist. I should attend two cook-offs this year if they do not get canceled, and I will be focusing on the aspects of cooking utensils, camp layout, firepits, and the wagons, - th-cam.com/play/PLYQH08-U8_hXDQl_NqL8SVY9DwzZ6OtwN.html
@@DustyReinsStories WIll do.
I'm not sure cooky cooked enough 😜
Ha! Cooky and help (and me after this shoot) cleaned up what was left and I got plenty.
Now that's what I call a Great ol fashion breakfast, for 9 hard workn, hungry men, excellent job, Mr. cowboy chef!!! More please, your very good at this, now you just made me wanna make an omelet and some breakfast patties!!! Lol, 👋🤠🐂👍👍
Kent Rollins destroys this guy
Apples & oranges or TV chef & Waffle House cook. When Ted is out on a working ranch he usually serves one to two dozen cowboys three squares a day seven days a week. Bunks out by 9-10pm and back up again at 4am. Poodles to Blue Heelers, who works the hardest?
It’s the marlboro
hanging out his mouth while serving the food for me. 😂😂🤣🤣
Absolutely freaking awesome. Can't get enough of this; it's living History.
Mad props to biscuit shooter Ted & Crew!
nothing like Cigarette Ash in your breakfast
I watched it again tonight!!!
I am guilty of watching this one multiple times too. I have missed both of those cookies since they have both passed on to the Great Pasture.
@@DustyReinsStories do they paseed away? The cooker and his helper?. So sad
@@luiselmazzi9338 I do not have current contact information for Ted the wagon boss and cookie and I have two different sources give me conflickting information about his status in the past two weeks so I truly do not know about his current status. I will keep trying to locate him. I know nothing about his helper at this time.
American AF! Love it!
OMG, I wouldn't touch those nasty ass biscuits with a ten foot pole!!!
I heard no complaints at the time.
Lee Sparrow I’ll have his biscuit please ❤️👍
😡
These guys don't look like any cowboys I have seen They look like those guys that pay to be on a ranch for a few weeks and have bought they outfits at the local western wear shop at the mall.
About a half-dozen of the men coming in to eat are full-time employees on the LX Ranch and the rest are "waddies" or day-hands hired to work the two-week Spring roundup. And some of the waddies are hired to practice their skills during roundup so they are in shape to represent the ranch for the Coors Cowboy Working Ranch Rodeo held in Amarillo the first full weekend in June each year. All of them are truly working cowboys from the Texas Panhandle I can vouch for that!
There's nothing wrong with putting on a clean shirt in the morning and looking respectable, if you have it. C'mon.
Pauline Mang who are you talking about? Did you see the starch in Cookies shirt?
Maybe you have not seen or been around REAL Cowboys -- you might just be shocked if you talked to these hands !!!
This video brings back lots of memories, real cowboys and real chuck wagon cooks!! Great video Mr.Embry and your assistant as well!! God bless & keep on feeding those cowhands!!🙏🙏
Ted passed away several years ago and the LX no longer hires a chuck wagon for Spring roundup and all the hands no longer stay on the ranch for the two weeks of activity. Note all the stock trailers in the latest video. th-cam.com/video/tTSS4UlqM9U/w-d-xo.html
Yes sir sad times are amongst us old hands, most of these youngsters I tell them there's more to being a cowboy! They look the part and that's it!! I remember working for different cattle outfits in south texas 10 dollar a day in the 70's! Mr.Please keep memories alive!!! God bless sir!!!🙏🙏