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[Rodent]

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I'll be eating a lot of plums and cherries next year.

is that an alcohol, sugar, or brine solution they're in?

 

[balrog]

Yep.
That's me.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Yep.
That's me.

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Same.

 

[ncbrewer]

In 1998 my brother and I "dinned and dashed" from this table at Timberline Lodged. We did but want to but the waiter did not come back and the bartender did not want to take our money. It was maybe $10 for a couple pints. I was at Timberline yesterday and had to visit the sight of my crime. View attachment 824157

Overlook Hotel

 

[corkybstewart]

is that an alcohol, sugar, or brine solution they're in?

Alcohol, eau de vie my father in law made. Essentially 70% alcohol made from plums 50 or more years ago

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

This is where my fire wood will live once I chop up a couple felled birch trees.

 

[Rish]

blow Coke through nose

Isn't that illegal?

 

[ehall]

snorting, yes. blowing no

 

[Chorgey]

North Wildwood, NJ
A double rainbow over the ocean

 

[Rodent]

jams made the past few weeks

(L-R)
Rainier sweet cherry
Apricot
Benton sweet cherry (similar to Bing)
Strawberry

Strawberry has been the most challenging in that it really foams up during both boils (without and then with added sugar) Finally got this resolved by adding 1/2C water and 1/4tsp butter to the 'with sugar added' boil. The combo of slightly more moisture plus the fat oil tamed the foaming down to where it behaved more like the cherry and apricot jam boils, with light foam skimming prior to ladling into the hot jars.

I also started adding 1/8 - 1/4tsp of table salt per batch to reduce the perceived sweetness while keeping the needed sugar amounts for proper preservation/storage. the small quantity of salt isn't detectable to my low sodium diet taste, but it really cut the overpowering sweetness on the apricots and strawberries

 

[Rodent]

dehydrated cherries

became

 

[balrog]

dehydrated cherries

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became

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For some reason I need a Makers Mark Old Fasioned now….

 

[Rodent]

Bourbon Cherries made with the dark sweet cherries is on my 'do soon' list. the ones I make earlier with Rainiers were fantastic, but the color browned a bit over time. shouldn't be an issue with the dark cherries

 

[day_trippr]

Lobstah night on The Cape Of Cod...

Go great with beer!

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

Lobstah night on The Cape Of Cod...

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Go great with beer!

Cheers!

Can't wait to see the pics of the grands attacking the crustaceans.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Lobstah night on The Cape Of Cod...

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Go great with beer!

Cheers!

I guess my invitation got lost in the whatever…

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[day_trippr]

Can't wait to see the pics of the grands attacking the crustaceans.

To their credit they were both genuinely curious - but they've been that way all week. We took them to a friend's chunk of an Easton beach loaded with small tidal pools yesterday and they went nuts trying to catch the tiny crabs and minnows.

But...that's it. They had my wife's spaghetti and were in bed before the dining mayhem began

And OMG the lobstahs were tasty! Pricey AF but worth it at least once per summer...

Cheers!

 

[Rodent]

Lobstah night on The Cape Of Cod...

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Go great with beer!

Cheers!

Sea Rats!

As burned out on Lahbstahs as I became when we lived there, I do occasionally miss 'Two Fers' night at the local pub and at Lahbstah shacks up in Maine

 

[GrogNerd]

The best kind of kids.

Sedated.

 

[GrogNerd]

An hour & 1/2 until my next appointment, so I'll just hang here with Horton

I don't hear any who.

YOP!

 

[InspectorJon]

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Cacao pods?

 

[day_trippr]

Definitely cacao pods.

Beachy afternoon here, another toasty day in Paradise...

Cheers!

 

[Sailingeric]

Picked this up last week while in Bend at the last Blockbuster.

 

[Rodent]

Bend, OR has the last surviving Blockbuster

Yakima, WA has the last remaining Sea Galley restaurant

 

[balrog]

Picked this up last week while in Bend at the last Blockbuster. View attachment 824637

Dang! I was just there end of June and did not see that amongst the merch!

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Prepping the smoker for some blade steak to be bbq'd tomorrow.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Yesterday at Rocky Mountain National Park.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

That's a hamburger!

 

[balrog]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Cacao pods?

Yes… The very small flower and the pod it becomes when fertilized.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[day_trippr]

You can clearly see why they are called "boobies"

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Now I am become plumber.

 

[balrog]

Gawd I hate plumbing.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

First harvest of the season.

 

[day_trippr]

Strange looking hops you got there

 

[ncbrewer]

Gawd I hate plumbing.

I love it. I've got sewage in my blood.
(From Carrol Burnette of course)

 

[balrog]