I've given up on the app since the weekend. The website is still slow, but at least it will eventually load a page.
Airborneguy said:I haven't tried the app because I'm always seeing complaints about it. The site has been pretty slow for me for awhile now.
Varmintman said:Yup you are fine. Whew I thought you forgot it entirely. Hehe I have and let me tell you that was some flat beer:rockin:
What are you guys eating tonight. Me I am having stir fry
It was brought to my attention that brisket is analogous to pork belly. My next project will be to make beef bacon from brisket. I have no idea if this is brilliant or totally insane... Sounds like a lot of my projects/recipes.Did a brisket, baked beans, homemade BBQ sauce and veggies (carrots & broccoli). The left over brisket will go into chili
It was brought to my attention that brisket is analogous to pork belly. My next project will be to make beef bacon from brisket. I have no idea if this is brilliant or totally insane... Sounds like a lot of my projects/recipes.
Brisket is usually cooked low and slow so that all the collagen that has developed from the working of the muscle renders into gelatin. That takes both time and heat. Pork belly doesn't have nearly as much connective tissue so it doesn't usually require the same kind of long cooking. The plan is actually to use a long smoking process and see if I can get the meat warm enough to render the collagen, without burning or drying it out excessively. The fat content of the brisket should help with that.I'm not a butcher, but that would really surprise me. Brisket is a cut from the chest area of the cow and is a very tough cut of meat unless you cook it "low & slow" and allow all the connective tissue to break down and tenderize the meat.
I could be completely wrong, but I don't think it would make good beef bacon.
Heck Bobbi you stirred up a hornets nest with your 10 dollar brew thread. I was really enjoying it I was.
That thread kind of opened up my eyes to the differing costs of ingredients around the country. I guess I am pretty lucky to live where I do
Interesting. With bulk hops, group buys for grain, and reused yeast, I can make 5 gallons of, say, a pilsener for under $5.
Heck Bobbi you stirred up a hornets nest with your 10 dollar brew thread. I was really enjoying it I was.
That thread kind of opened up my eyes to the differing costs of ingredients around the country. I guess I am pretty lucky to live where I do
I am going to try your recipe with the instant rice and grits. I love rice, I love grits, I love beer!! Money's tight!! Gotta do what you can!! Cost is the reason I have not upped production, keep nearly running out of beer. I will fix this problem. More beer, less money.
I don't really smoke much in the winter either, 31.8 degrees when I got up at 5 this morning. Too cold to sit on the porch. 32.4 now... trying to get the fire going on the woodburning stove, the electric heat keeps coming on, I can hear the sound of it draining my wallet.
Well I kind of stole the idea from Biermuncher for that recipe and tweaked it for my taste. Thanks Biermuncher
I keep on looking at my woodpile and wondering if it is going to make it the winter. Man I hope so or I hope it lasts long enough that I can get some more out of sherwood. Jan is our coldest month and things should be warming up soon or so I hope. I am getting cabin fever and want to get outside and start doing stuff
Dan said:Do you get to smoke at your desk?
Haha, I have the opposite problem with firewood. I've got about a full cord in the woods behind my house, but it almost never gets cold enough here to have a fire. Even in the winter when we get cold nights, the house is still warm from the day. Much of the wood is over a year old, so it burns very quickly.
I hear ya, chain slipped on my chainsaw, worn out, need to replace it. Down to chopping the big warped logs. Just keep whacking at it until it eventually splits, but at least, once you get the fire going good, it burns a long time.
Can't wait for spring, start tilling up the gardens.
My father is a groundskeeper so we get all the firewood we need for free. We also go out after big storms and cut up what we find.
BobbiLynn said:I don't pay for firewood either. About 2 years ago a tornado ran straight through the property, cut down a clear path. Tops of the trees twisted right off, laying on the ground. It wasn't funny but we had a guy we hired out working when it happened. He was clinging to a magnolia tree, feet flying out from under him. We were all huddled in the main house, wanted to go help him. Just praying he kept hanging on. He was holding a large hand held plow in one hand, other arm wrapped around the tree. We asked him later why he didn't drop the plow, he said that the extra weight of it was the only thing keeping him from flying away.
Wow, that's crazy. I didn't think you would need firewood in Florida.
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