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    How much liquid smoke for Jerky in a Dehydrator

    I've made this "Doc's Best Beef Jerky" recipe, http://allrecipes.com/recipe/142948/docs-best-beef-jerky/ in the oven several times, and enjoy it very much. Only tweak I've made is to add 1/2 teaspoon of Cayenne to "heat it up" a bit.  Ingredients 2 pounds beef round steak, cut into thin strips...
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    Butchery

    IMO, learning and knowing the specific cuts- where they come from and what mucsles they are comprised of- will help as you educate yourself through your own experiences.  Take a pork butt for instance: You have a continuation of the muscle group that extends forward from the loin, and lays on...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    If I remember my history correctly, pre-Civil War, maples were tapped to primarily make sugar to last for the following year.  On another note, here is something I find almost hilarious: Vertical Water : http://www.verticalwater.com  Seems as though there is quite a market for the sap taken...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    It's all a matter of boiling it further until you hit the "candy" temperatures, depending on what type of candy you are trying to make. Having a good thermometer is critical. A site like this: http://whatscookingamerica.net/Candy/candytemp.htm has a chart showing the temperatures:   Cold Water...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    Here is the Maple Fudge recipe I've been working on. Simple ingredients, but it all comes down to procedure. (Even if you "ruin" it and it's runny, try pouring it over vanilla ice cream- YUM!) 2 cups maple syrup 1 cup of cream (I used half and half, but pure cream may be better) Heat to 245...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    Get yourself a good candy thermometer to start with. Temperatures are critical. Also, you have to watch it like a hawk- as it changes from one state to another, it can foam pretty quick. A dab of butter added to the boil helps the bubbles to lose surface tension and not boil over. 
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    Pork Shoulder Skin Tattoo

    Do you have a picture of the tattoo? Is it an actual tattoo (ink needled into the skin) or is it a stamp on the skin?  By law, primals cut from inspected carcasses need to carry the USDA mark. When the packer breaks a carcass with the intention of selling the primals (as opposed to further...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    The devil is in the details in candymaking. I've "ruined" many batches (still delicious though- I'm famous for my "maple sludge"- fudge that wasn't quite firm, but excellent over ice cream)- working on my technique and procedure.  The end result is well worth the educational journey. 
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    Here's my Maple Nut Brittle recipe: 3 cups Maple Syrup 3 TBS Butter Peanuts or any other nuts you might like (buy a jar, not sure how much you need, but you can eat them while you're boiling sugar) (Also, buy whatever kind you like salted/unsalted/honey roasted........ they all work, just a...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    Maybe we need a new thread, or even a sub forum heading........ but I've been looking for ways to use maple syrup instead of just on pancakes and French toast.  So far, I have had great success with Maple Peanut Brittle and with Maple Fudge, but looking for ways to incorporate it into glazes...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    Yeah, I tried playing around with temps, but I make a bunch of small batches (maybe the reason for my "off flavor early season"- will explain below), and there was no consistency on the batches. Yesterday the atmospheric pressure was high, today it's rock bottom, tomorrow it's middling...... all...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    Two years ago, I finally swallowed my pride and gave up on trying to finish my syrup by the (7 degrees above boiling and back of the spoon combination method).  After getting beat up on other forums about the best way, I finally bought a syrup hydrometer, and man, what a difference. Much better...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    I use hotel pans on top of my woodstove, so long as I can keep up with the flow (only tapping with about 25 spiles). (One warming tray, one hard boiling tray and one finishing tray). The "burnt" flavor isn't because it's burning......... it's more of an odd caramel after taste. I've had it the...
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    Home made maple syrup.... MONEY 2-26-16

    Hickory syrup is actually a tea made from the toasted bark and then used to flavor a sugar based syrup. First time I heard about it, I thought, Hey, I have some extra spiles laying around and I have plenty of shagbark trees, maybe I'll try some. Fortunately, before I went to bleed the trees, I...
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    Beef Clod/Chuck?

    The clod is cut from the shoulder, which is considered to be a part of the chuck. While a chuck roll is the extension of the same muscle that the ribeye comes from, along with all of the connecting neck muscles and layers, the clod is the muscles of the upper arm- namely the bicep and tricep...
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    Where's the Tri Tip cut from, straight from the horses mouth!

    Part of the problem with certain cuts of meat, is that most of the breaking  work is done in the commercial packing house, compared to the local butcher shop (almost nonexistent anymore). The big commercial shops break for mass production and sadly, many of the specialty cuts are being/have been...
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    My first time Vericomposting...Magets and flies not worms :( help

    I realize this is an old thread, but I've been raising worms for 2 years now and thought I should throw in a few of my learned experiences: Best thing anyone can do, is to get their bin/farm set up correctly and then leave it alone. I haven't touched my worms for 2 months until today- no food...
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