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    Bass Pro / Cabellas

    Another opened up out here. Love the place. Wife takes the dog heads upstairs and buys her ammunition. Most always half dozen or more women up there buying ammo too. Wife also collects brass in the desert and my dad reloads for her. I head to the bar and Mermaid tanks:
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    Any Waffle Recipes?

    I was towing a trailer of off road toys down the the West Coast. I stopped off for a rest when a biker group asked if I could fit in one of their members broken bikes on the trailer and drop it off at their clubhouse. Sure. When I rolled up to the clubhouse I was invited in and they were having...
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    How do Ferrell Hogs taste?

    Wife was watching You Tube Shorts and some Ferrell Hog trapping videos pop'd up. Anyone cook these? Good, bad, does it depend on where they feed? Would leaving caches' of fruit in the wild to eat make them like Kalua Pig flavor? Or is that too ambitious? Or,, forget it? If anyone has...
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    Never dreamed I'd see the day I'd be priced out of fast food

    I know it's lousy quality, but once a year I may find myself in the drive thru. Rolled thru McDonalds Thursday. Big Mac, Med Frys, Med Coke: $17.98. Blindsided me. Same order at In n Out with a recent steep price hike about $8. Better quality and taste preference varies person to person of...
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    Any Potato Farmers in this forum? I imagine a few:

    Our youngest leased a good chunk of land behind a local church. Churches out here established back when land was super cheap so most have tons of extra space they rent out. Plants all kinds crops. Smart kid, studied and followed all the agri rules. Heart in the right place and dedicated to this...
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    Work Christmas Party Pot Luck:

    Staff at the wifes hospital does a Christmas Eve Pot luck and of course with the ugly sweater tradition. Wife drew the bring a vegetable slip so she"asked" me to come up with a Green Bean Casserole. I found and made this one and it's really good: I used fresh green beans and cream and...
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    World War 2 Navy Ice Cream Recipe

    I ordered the cook book "Tasting History" that contains old recipes. One of the kids made this recipe from his YouTube channel and stuck strictly to the recipe. Pretty good. Surprising powered milk was no longer available at the store so we had to order it online and the powered eggs too. I...
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    Offset at Walmart 75% off? You make the call

    I was walking thru Walmart and an Ok Joes offset Smoker caught my eye. This was back in March when Walmart starts stocking Summer items. I really liked the quality. $799. Four of them sat there all summer until last week. I thought nahh $300 max. Ain’t no $800 smoker. So I asked the...
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    Rusty the Rooster

    We send some of anything we bbq w/sides to our neighbors. Neighbors often send over oranges, eggs all kinda eats too. Wife mentioned she didn’t hear Rusty the neighbors Rooster this morning. Rusty:
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    Any chance anyone has a Bean Buddy copycat recipe?

    Bean Buddy Bean starter-additive. I bought this on a whim once and the family went nuts over it. It is fantastic. Followed the directions and added a generous amount of bacon bits to the mix too. My wife though Swiss, did go to college and work a few more years in NOLA and it broke her in on...
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    Vegan meals by default.

    Wife volunteers at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah. Comb and polishing porcupines, assists with dog rehabilitation, feeds the mules. Located in an amazing valley all it's own. Finding a decent meal in Utah is a real education. You have to make it yourself. The animal Sanctuary had a...
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    Drop and roll Checkerless Grocery store.

    My wife gets up at 3 AM if her phone rings and heads out to help her friends on their ranch or farm if they are in a pickle and need help fast. Could be anything, name it, those girls have done it. Her phone rang early yesterday and her GF's were all heading to the opening day at the Amazon...
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    Swifts Back ribs 50% off at Kroger/Ralph’s

    Out here in the west dunno about the rest of the country.
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    Tightening up my BBQ sauce help.

    Can’t find Jack Daniel’s sauce any more so I figured out how to duplicate it but it’s not thick enough. Too runny. Any tricks to tighten it up without effecting the taste? Thanks.
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    Vons/Albertsons Backs for $3.97 lb

    No limit. $5.99 everyplace else we look. Not a bad deal for So Cali. $2.02 off a lb. Click on the "Add To List" icon on their website weekly ad and it rings up automagically at the checkout.
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    I tried Tootsies mop recipe on back ribs

    Came out good but nothin’ like the original does them at Snows. Bought a pack of mini mops off Amazon cheap. I downsized the mop recipe but here’s the full 1 gallon version: 1gal water 2 white onions 1 stick butter 1/2 cup Worcestershire 2 tbls dry mustard. Boil water and add quartered onions...
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    Interesting Central Texas BBQ biz at a UK Home

    This kid has it down. He recently bought a Franklin Smoker too.
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    Any SXS / UTV fans here?

    The off road season is just beginning here in the Southwest. Running Dumont Sand Dunes near Las Vegas:
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    Show Us Your Knife(s):

    My Dexter Russel sharpener is my favorite:
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