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  1. Hijack73

    Calling all plumbers

    So with the slab leak I just had, the plumber tried like heck to sell me on a whole house re-pipe. He quoted me what I could buy a decent used car for, so I declined. Talking to my neighbor today, he told me he did his himself running pex though the attic. I did a little youtubing and it...
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    Life without kitchen for a month

    So Friday night/Saturday morning at about 3AM my phone rings. I'm out of town. My daughter says there is water coming up through the floor. We are on a slab, I start praying that my pipes are in the walls. Got a plumber out on Monday, and I wasn't lucky. Slab leak. It has apparently been...
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    Redemption - smoked sausage

    Round 1, nobody won. Round 2 - with the tools suggested here and the wise council of the heads of the sausage tables - I knocked it all the way out. IMO, flavor and texture are perfect with only 1 tweak to note. More red pepper flakes. I might have 2.....
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    Hot dogs

    I'm not much on hot dogs (because who likes eating lips, colons, udders and other meat scraps) but someone I love is crazy about them. Since I bought a stuffer - I'm sure I'll end up there eventually. I know most of you guys use an juicer or a processor to emulsify hot dog mixes, but I have...
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    Sausage stuffing - or how I got mad and threw a bunch of junk away.....

    I did a thing. I decided I'd get one of those little $8 packs of casing ends and pieces and just see if making a smoked sausage would be something I enjoyed. My grinder came with stuffer stuff, and I figured I'd be good to go on a 5lb practice run. Saturday the bits and pieces showed up. I...
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    Not mammy's green bean casserole

    So - the prettier half found this on the interwebs. I was skeptical. I have made green bean casserole with homemade mushroom sauce rather than the canned quite a few times, but IMO green bean casserole has always needed mushrooms. Then I made this - and realized there is more than one way to...
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    Sirloin cap (picanha) pastrami

    I was thinking a lot about pastrami early last week. I've done chuck pastrami, brisket pastrami, top and bottom round pastrami, pastrami from things that go oink, including one from pork belly but I've never even seen one done with a sirloin cap. So I said to myself, "man, that would probably...
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    Hammit, I made too much....

    Nah, just kidding. You can never make too much smoked cured meat. Earlier this week I took all of the Christmas leftover ham and uncovered Ye Olde Slicer. I usually don't remember to take pics of stuff I cook and eat, but both of these were things I picked up from this forum, so I remembered...
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    Struggling with new Lodge 12"

    I used to use cast iron quite a bit, and had several good vintage smooth surface pieces. On older ceramic/glass top stoves, they scratched the everloving dog snot out of them and I got rid of all but one favorite. An 8" that has been relegated to my roux pan. Was at Ollies a few weeks ago...
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    Not my birthday....

    But it is coming up on m'lady's Cruising for clearance meat tonight these 2 caught my eye. The sirloin cap has a very thin fat cap, so the 3 lbs will start a vac marinade tomorrow at a simple 1.5% salt. She much prefers prime rib to ribeye, so I may not go with these and use one of the...
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    Holy smokes, go Braves!

    I didn't know we had a sports section! So I'm not much into sports. Never was a basketball fan, once the NFL (national don't hit anybody league..... because EVERYTHING is roughing someone or pass interference or I'm a wuss don't hit me interference) appealed to me but it's not the game it used...
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    Public service announcement

    Folks- especially you young folks but this applies to all.... If your back hurts, get it looked at early. Do whatever you can to make it better. I have degen disc. Also have spurs and arthritis up and down my spine. Most days suck, some less than others. Did something Saturday that even...
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    Porkus Buttus on saleus

    As I've mentioned before, I live in the promised land for chucks and butts. I often see butts at .99lb, and some of us have mentioned that in our region, fat cap on butts is getting pretty slim. Harris Teeter has the butts for .99 this week. I stopped in one for a pack of hot dog buns last...
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    Shortcut ribeye stroganoff

    Friday evening I was digging through my freezer looking for a small prime to start for Easter. I needed to rotate everything in there because I have been doing really good on clearance meat the last couple of weeks but I've been vac sealing it and just chunking it on top of the pile. I first...
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    Groceries this week

    Aigs is down to under 6$ a 30 pack at Harris Teeter regular price. Amen. And their eggs are always good. Coho salmon is 5.99 lb, also at the Teeter. Pretty square deal for these parts. Sounds like at least one salmon and scrambled egg breakfast in my near future! Food Lion 1.79 pork loin...
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    Vacuum sealer bag roll question

    Never had nor used a vacuum sealer but I ordered one of the inkbird ones. For bags, are the 8" too small for say a 4lb rib roast or a 4lb chuck? That's pretty much the biggest thing I would be bagging. Looks like my only real options are 8 and 11. I'm sure I'll need some 11" ones, but do I...
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    BBB first ride

    I couldn't take it anymore....... ya'll are killing me with all of the buckboard posts! I have to unbox my new slicer eventually and this seems like a worthy reason! I had 2 butts in the freezer, went with the smaller one because it had a thick fat cap, and to be quite honest, I like bacon...
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    Cabelas pellets manufacturer and a simple recipe

    Can anyone confirm (or deny) that the Cabela's brand pellets are made by Lumberjack? I can get them for 5.55$/20lb bag. Going to try them regardless at that price. And just for the record, when I saw a movie reference about "I hear you knockin' but you can't come in" - I thought of...
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    ChileR's bangin blueberry oatmeal

    Muchas gracias to one @chilerelleno for this one. I went a searchin for blueberries yesterday but all Sam's had was frozen. I do not recommend a commercially frozen blueberry for this personally. It took FOREVER to set up. I stuck a probe in it at 45 minutes and it was at 108. I bumped the...
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    PP rub

    I mentioned in another post last week sometime that I'm struggling to dial my PP rub recipe back in. Well - I am no longer concerned about that old thing. Why? Because I am onto something new...... My original rub was fairly simple. Salt, black and cayenne pepper, chili powder (plain -...
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