I like this time at night on HBT

[LabRatBrewer]

Wait a second...is that our own Stauffbier on the front page?....As I type this I'm thinking I better double check

 

[Stauffbier]

Wait a second...is that our own Stauffbier on the front page?....As I type this I'm thinking I better double check

And it's not for getting into trouble for once... haha

I'm humbled!

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Holiday Music

 

[Jaybird]

Were building X-Mas houses. My Christmas wish is in the drive way....LOL

Cheers
Jay

 

[Stauffbier]

Heck, my real house doesn't even have a carport. I really want to build one..

Eating chocolate chip cookies, smoking a cigar, and drinking a Ten FIDY...

Life is good!

Cheers friends!

 

[Jaybird]

Heck, my real house doesn't even have a carport. I really want to build one..

Eating chocolate chip cookies, smoking a cigar, and drinking a Ten FIDY...

Life is good!

Cheers friends!

Ha why do you think I built one into my candy house? LMAO!!!

Cheers
Jay

 

[Dan]

Shoot. Hold on

 

[Dan]

Cheers fellas!

I'm digging the good vibes around here. Right back at ya!

Jay, the cigars were an awesome treat!

I pounded mochi rice for the first time this year. It's my wife's family tradition rooted in Japaneseness. First sweet rice is soaked in water a day or so. Then steamed in wooden boxes over a wood fire, ( we used my propane burner this year - yay brew ing) then the men pound the rice into a shiny sticky dough. The women make mochi balls out of it.

To be honest the taste, to me is as appealing as eating bland rubber. But the making of the mochi is fun. Decent work out as well

A couple pics of me, my nephew, and my daughter's BF, this past weekend.


Great work out! Especially for this old guy. 😄


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[Jaybird]

AWESOME! Hay man you are very welcome for the Cigars! Have a GREAT Christmas man!

I have heard the expression "go pound sand" But never "pounding rice" I LOVE IT!

What is the vessel the rice is in Dan?

Cheers Brother!

Jay

 

[LabRatBrewer]

That looks so cool Dan. I like the steamer boxes in the background. It looks like a great family day.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

I am going to remove the (always hated) carpet in the bathroom and install title. I am not handy but I did build a nice keezer. This shouldn't be impossibly hard, right?

 

[DrunkleJon]

Sure is easier than the Kitchen #2/Laundry room/Garage remodel I have in the works this weekend (Friday is demolition day). At least I have help from my Brother and Father for the whole process as a Christmas Present. It is what I asked for after all.

Just make sure the tile is level. Are you putting in subfloor heating?

 

[Dan]

Jay, the vessel is some sort of stone. I don't know what kind. My wife's dad hauled it home 40 or so years ago and somebody shaped it (I don't think he did). It sits in the yard 364 days a year and on mochi pounding day is cleaned up, used and forgotten about. My nephew told me they put the stone in the same spot each year during the pounding. An circular indentation has been made in the concrete where the thing sits.

LRB, it really was a neat family thing. My wife's family has been doing this every year since she was very young ( and god she's getting old now Haha.

Are you doing the peel and stick or ceramic? P&S are easy to do and they make some good stuff theses days. Ceramic, I've never done but the guy that rents my house in California ceramic tiled the whole house. He watched a training class at Home Depot, rented the equipment and went for it. He did a great job. No doubt you can do a fine job yourself. Go for it!

 

[Dan]

Canning time, 72 ounces strawberry jam here. I bought 6 pounds of fresh frozen berries from Costco, no added sugar or preservatives. Very economical. Half what fresh berries would have cost here in season and these frozen ones make delicious jam.

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I'm in the process of making orange marmalade. My god it smells like a fresh orange orchard in this house right now!

Christmas gifts of them all. I'm a little late. 😉

 

[Stauffbier]

Dan, that looks and sounds fantastic. I've always wanted to make orange marmalade, but I never get around to it..

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Dan, I'm going to look for a class at Home Depot. DrunkleJon, I never heard of subfloor heating so I don't think it is an issue. I'll Google it. But my guess is that it is some for areas that get cold. I'd be happier if there was sub floor cooling.

 

[Dan]

Dan, that looks and sounds fantastic. I've always wanted to make orange marmalade, but I never get around to it..

Mike!

If you enjoy orange marmalade, definitely make your own.

 

[Dan]

Done
Orange marmalade
5 - 8 ounce jars
4 - 5 ounce jars

Strawberry jam

4 - 8 ounce jars
8 - 5 ounce jars

That's it for me. I'll give it another go next time.

Sidenote

I doubt anybody here on Oahu actually reads this particular thread, but still I offer my 23 quart pressure canner if you want to make some canned real wort starter. I no longer have a mash tun. So bring your grain, your water pure, a vessel to mash in and that's for sure. Together here between us two my friend, we will preserve a starter wort; that no bad germs live in. 😄😄

Merry Christmas

Cheers!
Dan

 

[Dan]

Oops. Forgot a pic of the day's fun. Plus a pic of those rubbery mochi balls. 😄
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[LabRatBrewer]

Nice job Dan. Do jams and marmalade use the pressure cooker? (I know you can use it as a water bath too)

 

[Dan]

Nice job Dan. Do jams and marmalade use the pressure cooker? (I know you can use it as a water bath too)

Water bath is perfect. Pressure cooker is overkill and not wanted or needed

Edit. Hope that didn't come across wrong. I used my big canner today, even used it on my 50k BTU propane burner. ON A VERY LOW SETTING, of course. ; )

Nice to have the available room a big canner allows but it's not a necessity. Any pot large enough to provide a few inches water coverage over the lids is fine. A kitchen towel on the bottom of the pot and jars atop it work great.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Nice to see the thread alive tonight:

 

[DrunkleJon]

Dan, I'm going to look for a class at Home Depot. DrunkleJon, I never heard of subfloor heating so I don't think it is an issue. I'll Google it. But my guess is that it is some for areas that get cold. I'd be happier if there was sub floor cooling.

They have a heater wire that you can run under the tile which will warm the floor so that you can have warm feet in the winter. It is rather nice and pretty easy.

http://www.familyhandyman.com/floor/how-to-install-in-floor-heat/view-all

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That... looks.. amazing. Friends and family are blessed that you thought of them. And will be enjoying the fruits of your labor.

 

[CGVT]

Good morning Late Nighters

A little Christmas Eve music for you all

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Happy Christmas Eve...

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Boomeranging...

 

[lschiavo]

Merry Christmas all. One of our best in a while. I hope it was the same for all you fine folks. Santa brought ME (and the boys) an awesome RC truck. Most fun I have had with a Christmas gift in years. Headed out to mom and dad's in a bit. I smoked a pork butt to add to the feast. I didn't get it on till 11:00...cutting it close but it will be ready when we leave. Cheers.

 

[SharonaZamboni]

Merry Christmas!

 

[lschiavo]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and to all a good night (whiskey only at Xmas)...

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Browsing around our site, it seems as though the Christmas spirit has been misplaced tonight. Too much harshness. So I'll stay in this thread....