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I made the mistake of making pulled pork for the Woman of My Dreams (WOMD) early in our relationship. Now, I have been advised there will always be pulled pork available. Sigh. We were able to get to a big city and hit a Costco. Full pork butts or shoulders are rarer in our small city in the...

I make my own Andouille and I had an urge for Jambalaya. Now, this isn't as simple as it sounds. I am an old fat Canadian. The Woman of My Dreams (WOMD), who is my fiance, was born in Little Rock Arkansas and raised in Georgia. Making Jambalaya for a Southern Belle is a daunting task for a...

Reverse sear is my favourite way to cook a steak. However, taking my delicate, sensitive parts out in a Canadian Rockies winter is a daunting prospect. Today is the negative one anniversary for The Woman of My Dreams (WOMD) and I as we are getting married on Feb 14, She advised we were having...

Our local supermarket has started selling "Carving Hams". I'm sure you guys have had them forever but we are behind the curve here in my small city in the Canadian Rockies. They are just a lean portion of ham from a full sized ham. This is good for Woman of My Dreams (WOMD) and I as there is...

WOMD had never had homemade Lox. This had to be rectified. I started with a nice 850 gram (2 pound) fillet. It can be skin on or off. It doesn't matter. I freeze it in a chest freezer for at least 21 days to kill any parasites. I thawed it and made up my curing salt. For each 700 to 1100 grams...

This is not a smoking post. It is a recipe using rib trimmings from preparing a rack. If it is in the wrong forum, please advise or move. I trimmed 2 full racks of spareribs into St Louis ribs. I often make rib tip appetizers out of the trimmings. This time I went with another favourite is pork...

I was at some friends who don't smoke for dinner. They saw a competition smoker on TV use mustard as glue on their ribs and opined that they thought the mustard would ruin the ribs. I told them you wouldn't taste the mustard. They didn't believe me. Apparently, I have a credibility problem...

The Woman of My Dreams and I are getting married soon and my future step son came for a visit. I wanted something tasty but that wouldn't cut into the visit too much. I had a chateaubriand cut of tenderloin in the freezer. I wasn't going to go full classical and wrap it in thin sliced flank...

A good friend practically begged me to take some plums from a bumper crop. Now, I love pie but I have never heard of plum pie let alone made it. I went online and found a recipe on the Taste of Home site. It seemed simple and had a crumb top. I love crumb top. I had my doubts about Plum Pie...

WOMD (the woman of my dreams) hadn't tried my PIA (Pain in the Pants) chicken thighs. I normally only make them for special occasions but it was pointed out to me that it was Wednesday and that was enough of a special occasion. They are a bit of work but make a great chicken. I started by...

The Woman of My Dreams (WOMD) wanted some salmon and picked up a nice little piece of wild salmon just a perfect size for us two. The problem is I am still not fully recovered from some medical problems and was feeling lazy. Normally, I would consider a bit more effort, Indian Candy, poaching in...

I was able to get some Gojuchan sauce in the local supermarket. It is a Korean garlic/pepper sauce and is very tasty and hard to get here in the Canadian Rockies. I used it for heat in a wings sauce. I mixed: 25 ml (2 tbsp) soy sauce 10 ml (2 tsp) Gojuchan sauce 15 ml (1 tbsp) hoisin 22 ml...

Last night we were invited out and asked to bring an appetizer. I hate it when someone shows up at my place and says, "I just need to use your oven for a few minutes" for an appetizer they brought. It interrupts me while I'm trying to juggle the rest of the meal. So, when I'm asked to bring an...

The Woman of My Dreams had never had ABT's. She did give me the hairy eyeball when I told what ABT stands for but I figured she had to try them. However, I was also going to experiment with an idea I've had of putting some pepper jelly in the jalapeno before the cheese mixture. I picked up four...

Tonight I made one of may favourites, French Onion Soup. It was a little daunting as I was making it for the first time for my fiancé. These amounts are for 2 bowls of soup. I started by cutting a couple of small onions in half lengthwise and then in 1/4 inch slices lengthwise to make long...

I was looking for a side dish for my Not Huli Huli Wings and The Woman of My Dreams expressed a desire for potato wedges. Who am I to argue? We are older so one large russet potato is lots. I cut it into 6 wedges lengthwise. I put some milk in a casserole and 75 ml/1/3 cup of flour with 1...

I decided the sweet taste of Huli Huli chicken would be great on wings. However, I just wanted to crisp some wings in the Traeger and then toss them in a sweet Huli Huli sauce. True Huli Huli chicken is frequently turned and brushed over wood coals. These have the taste but not the technique. I...

Many of you won't know me. I was active on the forums for a long time. Then my wife passed away after a long illness. I tried to get back in the saddle and get on with my life but it just didn't seem to happen until I met Sandy. We are engaged and life looks brighter. However, there are always...

I seem to have created a bit of a monster. A follower requested a very easy recipe for Basic Beef Ribs, Basic Brisket, and Basic Pellet Smoker Chicken for his new pellet smoker. I am getting requests for more basic recipes from other followers now. The request this time was for an easy Basic...

The same follower who requested a basic easy method of making brisket and chicken asked if I would do a post on Basic Ribs. Here it is! This is the method to make delicious beef ribs in the smoker that can be easily made by a beginning smoker. I will address the different kinds of ribs. Prime...