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  1. smokin sid

    Hello from Colusa County

     Rick350 Welcome!       Gridley is not to far from my place, welcome!                                                                                                             Happy Smokin...
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    Hello from Colusa County

    Welcome SethB    You picked a great forum for all your smoking needs. We lived in Yolo for 18 years and we have been in Butte for 8 years now. I love the slower pace of country living. It leaves more time for smoking those BabyBacks...
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    Making Homemade Vanilla Extract

    My dad's old ice cream maker is the old White Mountain brand with the wooden bucket He covered the bucket with fiberglass to keep the bucket from falling apart. When I was a kid my favorite memory was when it was time to pull the paddle out of the maker and you had better have your spoon...
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    Making Homemade Vanilla Extract

    Greetings Ray     I love a good quality vanilla. All the better to make a batch of home-made Vanilla Ice cream with, to ring in the 4th! Plus you have me thinking about making some Christmas gifts. Thank you for sharing how easy is to make a good quality vanilla extract. I was amazed how...
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    Bacon, just bacon! ~ Foamheart

    Greetings Foamheart!    Thank you for the information. I learn something new every time I visit this informitive forum.                                                                                          Keep On Smokin...
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    Bacon, just bacon! ~ Foamheart

    Greetings Foamheart!   Now ya have me cravin Bacon! I do have a question for you.When you shown your slabs on the counter and the fan was blowing on them.You used a term I have never heard before. I think the term was "Pellece" Can you please explain what that is...
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    Sleep...or more appropriately lack of...

    It sounds like you have tried just about everything that Western Medicine has to offer. Please hang in there.I am Diabetic and the high blood sugar sure messes with a lot stuff in the body. I do my best to keep positive. Don't give up with the doctors and give meditation a try.It will help...
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    Sleep...or more appropriately lack of...

    Hi inkjunckie     It is no fun where lack of sleep is concerned.Just the other night, I had something on my mind that was just screaming in my head. I hadn't gotten much sleep the previous nights and I was exhausted. My little bunny Harley has been sick,so I worry about him constantly. Is he...
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    Smoked Deviled Eggs - First Attempt!

    Greetings bus 1982!    Your Deviled Eggs look great and sound so good. I did have a question for you. Did your hard boiled & peeled eggs dry out any while cold smoking them? I am looking to get a cold smoker from AMNPS if that is the model that will use both pellets and dust.   Darn it! now I...
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    Food Safe Transport of Just Smoked Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

    Hi Timberjet   Thank you for taking the time to reply to my questions. I ended up placing the Bacon Wrapped Shrimp in a disposable aluminum pan,wrapped in heavy foil , then wrapping the pan  with beach towels and placing everything in a ice chest no ice of course and off to the beer tasting...
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    Leg Quarters for Chicken Salad

    Hi TyMidGa     The chicken leg quarters are my favorite to cook with,plus they are often on sale.Which makes me love them even more. At what temp did you smoke your quarters at, and for how long? I like the idea smoking,then freezing so you can enjoy the company of your family. Have a...
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    Food Safe Transport of Just Smoked Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

    Greetings Friends!      I am attending a semi-annual beer tasting and the host and hostess request that everyone bring finger food.      I am bringing Smoked  Bacon Wrapped cheese stuffed Shrimp. The beer tasting is about a 30-40minute  drive from my house , plus about 10-15 minutes getting...
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    Window or No Window?

    Bear    Thank you for taking the time to reply. I wanted to find a smoker with all the features that I want. Well easier said than done. I came close. I found one at Cabela's that I really like, the only thing is ,it dose not have a window. It has everything else though. It has the cooking...
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    Cabela's 40"MES

    Greetings Everyone!   For this last Christmas my husband asked me what I wanted. I thought for a while and a Masterbuilt 40" Electric Smoker came to mind. I know they are not all the same. The one I like is Cabela's Item # IK-552046. There is no rating for this particular model as of yet. It...
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    Window or No Window?

    Greetings Everyone!     I am looking to buy a Masterbuilt 40 inch electric smoker. I have a few questions about the windows in the doors. I understand that there may be some heat loss with the smokers with the windows in the doors. I would love to hear any Pros/Cons from any one  in the...
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    Maple brined chix wings

    Greetings  B-one!   I am new to brining. I have tried it only a few times and so far it has made a huge difference with the chicken I am cooking.My first attempt was for some thighs for my smoker.That very day was 40 mile an hour wind gusts and I live on a hill so I ended up baking them in...
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    Dairyville Ca. Flood

    Hi Ray    I just got off the phone with Wild Willy. He is doing fine and open for business. I am looking forward to a little road trip up North to check out his shop.    Thank you again for the information, it is greatly appreciated...
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    Dairyville Ca. Flood

    Thank you Ray!   I will give him a call . I appreciate your reply.                  Smokin Sid
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    Dairyville Ca. Flood

    I am wondering dose any one in Nor-Cal know the status of the smoker builder & Meat Smoking Supply business in Dairyville Ca.? I don't know the name of the guy who owns the business, or the name of the company. A neighbor told me he is located on Highway 99 in Dairyville up north from me.  ...
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    First spatchcock chicken

    Thank you Mdboatbum!      With all the cook books I have , I have never seen the term Spatchcocked or spatched. Thank you for taking the time to answering my question. I have to admit ,I felt a little silly asking that question. But, if I don't ask, I will never know.  Time to make my...
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