Recent content by Fatguy100

Except for getting the bandsaw dirty to slice up the ham , bacon and smoked chops .. which will wait till a day warm enough to play with water . It's all finished up , every thi ng came out of the smoker Sunday evening And scrapple got made today , one of my fav breakfast foods

As a new person ( not to forums in general) I've learned to read and search threw the off topic areas along with trying out a few questions to get a read on what are usually the more active members to see if I'm going to fit in or not . I don't get ticked off at much . The old do a search...

Right o , good of you to point that out . Getting to know something about , other people always a bad idea . Thanks ;)

No other hobbies to be found here huh . I'll just move along , nothing to see here then

I tend to like to keep busy in life and after being forced into disability I've found my many assorted hobbies to be a godsend to keeping my sanity after 25 years of 50-60 hour work weeks . Here is a little of what I'm into , other then the obvious brewing :) What are you into ? I live...

I gotcha now :) I tend towards being very deliberate when i do things . I'm not against deviating from a plan , but it has to be in a controlled fashion . Plus if it turns out good I want to be able to replicate my results to the best of my ability. I am going to use a couple glass 1...

So I thought the whole idea behind buying yeast was to be able to seal out all the unknown air born yeasts that might give some less the tasty results ?

If I knew for sure it would only be a couple days I wouldn't get to worried about it . But I don't know , So I'll wait . I'm just a bit irritated is all , I'm nearly over it .

This is a minor rant I've been pretty excited to make my first batch of cider , last week I ordered everything I needed . Got most of it on Amazon , because I have prime and if I use prime day shipping I get Amazon cash . Today happens to be my Amazon day , the Amazon guy comes...

Got both halves broke down today , the ham ,loin and bacons are in brine . And I got everything else de-boned ready for some sausage making tomarow . I think I have pretty close to 60 lbs of sausage meat . I think I am going to do 20 lbs each of hot Italian links , breakfast sausage And...

I won't have everything to start my first batch of cider till Thursday, So with today being a nice day I decided to make some fresh pork . This little piggy was about 230 lbs , I got him , killed , gutted , skinned and split in half today . I haven't fully made up my mind yet but I think...

Hmm , I don't have a Costco near me , but the last time I got groceries Wal-Mart had cases of flavored carbonated water on sale for like $4 and some change . I'm gonna make a note to check and see if they are still on sale next time I near by We don't have a bottle deposit here , And our...

Face book .... gasp , the horror , the horror ! I might be the last person in the world who can say this , but I don't use cell phones or social media . I don't consider forums social media ;)

I think I'll try soda bottles first if it doesn't work out , no big deal . My sister drinks a&w root beer in bottles so I have an easy source for those . I get a lot of dry grocery type stuff off Amazon so I do have Amazon prime , I'll start keeping a lookout for deals on growlers . I'll...

Woo hoo if soda bottles are good , is there anything special a person needs to do other then clean and sanitize ? " great cider " isn't a high priority for me , I wouldn't know the difference between bad and great . My goal .. successful fermentation ,carbonation And drinkable . No...