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    Shun Knives….

    I have a set of Shun Knives and could not be any happier with them. They hold a edge very well and a few quick passes on a steel keeps them razor sharp. I think you can even send them in and they will sharpen them for free. I've own mine for about 7-10 years and have not had to send any in to be...
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    Spices: How old is too old??

    Vacuum seal small amounts in bags and toss them in the freezer. They will keep fresher that way.
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    Grocery Sale This Week

    Winn Dixie has Rib Roast on sale for $6.49/lb. I picked up a 23 pounder and with a little knife work at home, I have a nice stock of 1 1/4" Ribeye steaks.
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    Switching cell phone providers.

    Baton Rouge, LA for work and the Meridian,MS for the rural area. My daughter has Verizon and take calls, text, and surf the web while in the house in the rural area. I have to go outside and stand in a certain area in the yard to get signal.
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    Switching cell phone providers.

    I must be in minority here. We switched to T-Mobile from Verizon and had zero service in some rural areas so we switched to Sprint because I knew they had towers where I needed service. Well when T-Mobile completed the takeover of Sprint they shut the Sprint towers down and now I have zero...
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    Temp control on a Old Country Wrangler

    Folks, Need a little help with temp control on a Wrangler smoker. I can run this smoker at 300 degrees all day. If i try and run at 225 I have to open the fire box damper almost all the way to keep it in that range. of course running it wide open like that it burns a lot of fuel. If I shut it...
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    Correct amount of cure

    Thanks for the info. I didn't want to get to far in and end up with bad meat. How long do you cure for, I was looking at a minimum of 7 days?
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    Correct amount of cure

    First time bacon smoker here and have a few questions about the cure amount. I have a belly that weights 4.25 lbs. Using one of the cure calculator on here (http://diggingdogfarm.com/page2.html) I have converted the pounds to grams and come up with 1927.7575 grams. Below is the breakdown of the...
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