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    Binoculars

    I have never been able to use binoculars properly. Never mattered the quality. If they are designed so that one side or the other can be used, I can scope with one eye.
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    going to smoke a small pork but I picked up.

    Coffee rubbed pork is a thing. A search on the web resulted in the first full page full of results of people doing coffee pork. If you like coffee in your food, you should be happy with it!
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    Pork Belly - Now What?

    That IS unusual, especially for the regular grocery stores around here...the big chains. There's a couple old school and country grocery stores in my area you might find a whole pork belly cut like that. The one place I can count on finding it, as well as ground pork which is also not found in...
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    BOUDIN!! 70#.....Long, lots of pics...

    The only butchers nearby are in the city. I hate the city but have to go in there even for that old grocer. Your suggestion made me search though, and there does appear to be a couple options. Those other butchers are probably very expensive. They are serving people with money in the city. Might...
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    BOUDIN!! 70#.....Long, lots of pics...

    This reminds me, I need to break out my boudin recipe. We went low carb for several years to lose some weight so anything "rice" was off the table. We're back to enjoying some carbs again (and swelling up at the belly as a result!). I went to order my favorite Louisiana boudin from Don's...
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    Pepper suggestions

    I would love to have a mild habanero. Love the flavor, but way too hot, even for me, and I like to sweat a bit from my food.
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    30 Must Know Tips from a Professional Chef

    Some great info. The thickening IS a game changer, but if the level of what you are thickening isn't reachable with a sieve, that could be hard to do. Peeling asparagus us something I haven't done but I've seen it in TV competitions. Hopefully I'll remember that next time I get fat ones. And...
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    Pepper suggestions

    Can your parents not find the farmer and ask him what they are? He might even have some seeds. They can be mailed. Curious, are they pickled or just canned with a little salt? Most pepper seed packs and even seedlings (thats how I learned to buy them when I grew) have a description of the heat...
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    Charcoal went out on pork butt

    The FDA and many folks operate out of an abundance of caution. I'm not here much these days but I recall people even telling me it's dangerous to pull a butt out of the fridge several hours prior to smoking to allow it to lose some chill, theoretically so the Butt would cook in less time. You...
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    Gumbo?

    Looks like a tasty stew! Gumbo is both a variable and a controversial stew. Say the wrong thing or use the wrong ingredient in Louisiana and those might be "fight'n words". My gumbo is outstanding, but would get me kicked out of New Orleans for using tomatoes. To me though, without a dark roux...
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    My 90 day free trial to Walmart + ended

    Welp, it didn't take long for me to figure out W+ was not worth it for me. I did some research and found drivers in forums talking about the cheapskate customers who dont tip or tip small and how some actually keep a log of those customers and try not to take those jobs. They actually pick and...
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    Pizza Casserole - who knew

    Nice! I created a "pizza pasta casserole" a couple years ago and its outstanding. Mine is a crossover. A casserole like lasagna with pizza toppings we like; Italian sausage, pepperoni, onions, mushrooms, black olives, pickled jalapenos and marinara sauce. People have been doing pizza casseroles...
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    Exploring Low Carb, Healthy Fat, Moderate Protein Diet - Not Keto Quite Yet

    Well, it doesn't work that way when you need to lose serious weight, at least for most people. You have to be hungry or missing something to lose weight in my experience. I do not believe the diets that tell you otherwise...its a head game. I've lost 40 lbs twice in my life on purpose. First...
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    Exploring Low Carb, Healthy Fat, Moderate Protein Diet - Not Keto Quite Yet

    I'm not sure which I would choose, the heavily loaded sandwich or what looks like a fine bottle of bourbon there. Looks like the bourbon is almost empty, and 110+ proof is a little hot for me and I have plenty of bourbon on hand...all the time...so I'll takes the sammitch! Also, fun fact...
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    Exploring Low Carb, Healthy Fat, Moderate Protein Diet - Not Keto Quite Yet

    For sure. What we will do to simulate those starches has no boundaries at least to some point. I was making my own low carb pasta for a while and convinced myself it was good. In reality it was "edible". Same with low carb breads. A member I followed on the low carb forum I was part of before it...
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