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  1. ldrus

    Butts

    Smoking a few butts and a loin for my daughter's wedding tomorrow
  2. ldrus

    turkey time.

    Last thanksgiving I found out my wife was having an affair and did not celebrate.this thanksgiving I'm divorced,and happy...... I'm back!!!
  3. ldrus

    name change

    To the powers that be...after 24 yrs of what I thought was married for life I find myself in the clutches of divorce. My. User name is a combonation of my name and my ex wife's name. Is there a way I can change my user name without starting a new account and losing my OTBS status? I need to...
  4. ldrus

    what is this

    Got these from my brother, he doesn't know what they are purple like a egg plant and pretty warm. Any ideas??
  5. ldrus

    chuckie going on

    Had a taste for a chuckie today....4lber already Simple A1 basted, and seasoned with webers Chicago Steak seasoning
  6. ldrus

    what to believe?

    ok so i am testing my basement and little dorm fridge  for humidity , i have a  digital indoor /outdoor temp gauge with humidity and a spring dial gauge  they are about 10% diffrent from each other  is there a way to know which is the correct one?
  7. ldrus

    how to charge

    Lately I have been asked several times to smoke fooe for people. Ribs,butts,bacon etc. How do you charge for something like this? O have taken one job so far and it was a slab of ribs for a slab of ribs
  8. ldrus

    juniper berrys

    not sure if this is the place to post  or not but since i see it called for in sausage recipes ill ask. what does juniper berry taste like? what does it bring to the dish its added to? i am palnning on doing some bacon soon and wonder if this would be a good additive for flavor
  9. ldrus

    just hangin out!

    Been in cure for 36hrs. Going in smokehouse now. Stay tuned!
  10. ldrus

    bactoferm question

    Reading and trying to learn the art of charcuterie, but this bactoferm stuff has me scratching my head. Is there a " all purpose" one to use or are the meats really that specific on what to use
  11. ldrus

    new book added to my arsenal

    Went to Barnes & Nobel tonight and got the Charcuterie book from Michael Ruhlman. Looking forward to yet another learningcexperiance.
  12. ldrus

    wrong thinking???

    Just watched quit a few videos on youtube on smoke generators, and the big question I walk away with is this..... If I am striving to achieve thin blue smoke why and what good does the white bellowing smoke from these generators do?
  13. ldrus

    2 turkeys go into a smokehouse...

    Cured 2  birds for 3 days and  into thr smokehouse this morning, more pics to follow
  14. ldrus

    pickles

    Im looking for a good refrigerator pickle recipe any one willing to share one
  15. ldrus

    cure question

    I'm curing a couple turkeys for a saturday smoke I am using the brine recipe from "home production of quality meats and sausage" it called for 3oz of cure per gallon of water. This seems to be a awful lot of cure is this correct?
  16. ldrus

    first turkeys in the house

    I have 2 10lb birds in the pool waiting for their sauna date on saturday, today I went to my local meat processing store(Big R) and bought some ham nets.it says for smoking hams,turkeys,pork, bacon and other meats.but these things are poly plastic. Will these melt? I'm curing my birds so ill be...
  17. ldrus

    pepper problems

    Can anyone give a little insite as to what could be wrong with my pepper plants which consist of bell,habs,jalapeno,. The problem is they put ob blossoms and that's it no peppers.my bell pepper did set one decent size pepper but nothing since. The habs have nothing and thejalapeno have just 4...
  18. ldrus

    10 days

    Here are my tomato plants just 10 days apart
  19. ldrus

    season cherry ¿

    I had some cherry tree given to me back in November 2012, power company was trimming away from power lines. I tried hawing some this weekend for a smoke and that stuff would nor burn. How long does ir need to season before u can use it
  20. ldrus

    electric vs smokehouse

    Any one have a idea on why my cooking time for slim jims in mysmoke houses is half the time it takes in my MES 30 ? And I was limited to. Only doing 5lb at a time in. The MES. I'm guessing just overall better air flow??
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