2015 South Florida Gathering (5th Annual) November 13th-15th

[smokin monkey]

I'm still here! Sorry about the long silence, been a rough summer. Diagnosed with throat cancer in May- surgery, 8 weeks of chemo and 40 days of radiation later,and I'm still kickin'! And we're still coming! We're bringing a bunch of oak firewood for campfires. Also doing grilled shrimp for an appetizer for Saturday. I'll read the last few pages here to see if there's anything else we can bring. Looking forward to it! See ya soon, David.

AMAZING! [emoji]128077[/emoji]

 

[JckDanls 07]

 
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I'm still here! Sorry about the long silence, been a rough summer. Diagnosed with throat cancer in May- surgery, 8 weeks of chemo and 40 days of radiation later,and I'm still kickin'! And we're still coming! We're bringing a bunch of oak firewood for campfires. Also doing grilled shrimp for an appetizer for Saturday. I'll read the last few pages here to see if there's anything else we can bring. Looking forward to it! See ya soon, David.
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It's great to hear that your a fighter... I know it's rough and we all would certainly understand if you couldn't make it as family and health comes first.... It will be great to meet all the new members that are attending...

And it's still not to late for anybody else that wants to come to do so ...

 

[nimrod]

Jeff has the South Fla Gathering posted on the Smoking Meat home page. We have gone international! The pic is from smoking monkey's UK camper.

SotaD, Good to hear you are making quick a recovery! That's the scare of a lifetime.

 

[nimrod]

Oops, it is on the forum home page not Jeff's.

Craig

 

[orlandosmoking]

sounding good Steve....

my neighbor has 90 lbs of ground venison.. he asked me how much I wanted... told him what ever he wanted to donate... so will see ...

So Don (OHHHHHH DON) ... make sure you bring your jerky cannon ...

Jerky Canon - check. Bring all the venison.

 

[JckDanls 07]

he just stopped by and gave me 2 bags full... 10 lbs maybe a lil more... what's the best grind to use for the cannon ??

 

[orlandosmoking]

 
Sorry to here Kevin! You will be missed but family first and there is always next year!

I believe @OrlandoSmoKing  (Don) was bummed he couldnt get his own spot and someone else i think? 

 

 
 Hey Guys 

With a very VERY heavy heart , Me & the Wife have to cancel coming this year , we recently have taken Guardianship of our special needs Grandson, and moved him down to a nursing home here in Florida .   ( I will spare y'all the details but the little guy needs a lot of medical issues dealt with ) 
So before we cancel the campsite ( tent site #81 right in the middle of all the fun)   if anyone is interested you can send me a message and we can maybe set it up so you can get that spot. 

PLEASE someone take a LOT of pix so we can see what we missed !  We both looked forward to seeing everyone this year   

                            Hopefully next year we can go ....... sadly your friend Tiki Guy & Wifey  

Doug, I'm fine with staying on the end of the gathering site as previously discussed. However Kevin, if you haven't cancelled your site let me know as I know someone who would like to join in and needs a site.

 

[jarjarchef]

Air mattress was delivered today. Get the tent tomorrow.

I have both Cure #1 and Cure #2 if you want me to bring some.

Hopefully we have some cooler weather for this weekend......

 

[orlandosmoking]

 
Since this is our biggest attendance it probably is a good idea to have atleast a "loose" menu for food as others have previously brought up. Let's start that discussion here and i'll post the final plan on the first page of this thread.

Thursday - approx 7-8 attendees

Dinner

- Beer Can Chickens (Keith - 2, I can also donate another 2 from my freezer if we need more)

Friday (The jerky and cold smoking day?) - approx 10-12 attendees

Breakfast

Lunch  

- How about we bring fixins for fancy smoke sandwiches (smoked turkey sliced up? French Dip? Pastrami sammies? thoughts?)

Dinner

- Maple Bourbon Ham (Keith)

- Smoked Baked Bean (I can do this or if the award winning Don @OrlandoSmoKing  want to take the lead on it he can)

- Smoked/Grilled Chicken wings (doug)

Saturday (The Main day) - approx 20+ attendees

Breakfast

- Sausage, Eggs and pancakes (keith, I can also donate so more eggs since we have alot of people coming)

Lunch - Alot of the time this time of the day we are snacking on various things being cook, so maybe we dont need a lunch plan?

Dinner

- Whole Pig Pickin'

- Corn bread casserole

Sunday

Breakfast

I may have missed some stuff that others said they would bring, please let me know if i did. Once we have a better idea of a finilzed menu i'll post in the first post so its sticky. Also things i put above can be moved around if it makes more sense. 

I've never been a big breakfast person so my idea for dishes are limited but i have no problem donating ingrediants for anyone who wants to do a dish. I can even bring my DO if we need more room for cooking

For jerky - I'l bring a bunch of my marinage ingredients so we shouldn't run out but if we do we can do a store run

Cold Smoking - I'll pick up some cheese from Sam's club to bring down and cold smoke on Friday. If anyone wants to bring more last year we put a bunch on my smoker and let a couple A-maze-N smokers go for a few hours, cheese came out great! i'll bring my vacuum sealer as well. 

Doug. I see what your doing here. You want me to make my award winning beans on Friday so I wont put them in the side dish competition on Saturday. I completely understand.

But it's not going to work. I will have beans for Friday but not the award winning recipe. I'll be saving those for Saturday.  

Nice try though. LOL 

I have chickens but don't think I will get there early enough to prepare them for Thursday. Also have a 9 or 10lb pork butt my friends from Tampa (site 75) are bringing that I was going to cook overnight Friday night like last year for lunch on Saturday. Also think I still have a few pounds of ground venison for jerky. Not sure what else yet. Been super busy and haven't had a lot of time to plan for this.

Think I may bring my old MES for extra smoker space for anyone who needs it and to ensure I have space to cook the beans for Saturday cause those pans just don't fit in the mini wsm and sounds like limited availability on your smoker on Sat.

 

[orlandosmoking]

he just stopped by and gave me 2 bags full... 10 lbs maybe a lil more... what's the best grind to use for the cannon ??

Only used it a couple of times and pretty sure I used the fine plate on the grinder, 3/8 I think, but I'll check the paperwork to see what they recommend and get back to you tomorrow

 

[dougmays]

Air mattress was delivered today. Get the tent tomorrow.

I have both Cure #1 and Cure #2 if you want me to bring some.

Hopefully we have some cooler weather for this weekend......

Seriously! It's raining and hot in November! The news this morning said highs in low 70's and lows in the upper 50's...that's looking better but we still need some better weather to emerge in the next few days!

 
Doug. I see what your doing here. You want me to make my award winning beans on Friday so I wont put them in the side dish competition on Saturday. I completely understand.

But it's not going to work. I will have beans for Friday but not the award winning recipe. I'll be saving those for Saturday.  

Nice try though. LOL 

I have chickens but don't think I will get there early enough to prepare them for Thursday. Also have a 9 or 10lb pork butt my friends from Tampa (site 75) are bringing that I was going to cook overnight Friday night like last year for lunch on Saturday. Also think I still have a few pounds of ground venison for jerky. Not sure what else yet. Been super busy and haven't had a lot of time to plan for this.

Think I may bring my old MES for extra smoker space for anyone who needs it and to ensure I have space to cook the beans for Saturday cause those pans just don't fit in the mini wsm and sounds like limited availability on your smoker on Sat.

LOL, dont worry i'll let you win the beans competition again ;)

Crunch time everyone! Cant wait for this! Don definitely get with kevin to transfer camp sites for your friends! the more the merrier! Are we salsa dancing again this year?

 

[dougmays]

Sorry to hear about the health issues David, but glad your fighting through it! Also glad your coming and can't wait to try those shrimp!

 

[sota d]

Thanks Doug, and everyone else, for the well wishes. Looking forward to seeing you.

 

[dougmays]

This showed up on my Facebook Timeline as one of the "memories" on this day....this was the Gathering 3 years ago!

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• dougmays
• Nov 9, 2015

 

[floridasteve]

Does anyone know if there is wifi at the campground?

 

[dougmays]

If i remember correctly there is wifi....maybe someone else can back that up, or not haha

 

[jarjarchef]

Yes they do, but it is not always the fastest. I would get a lot of lag at times.....

 

[floridasteve]

Thanks Doug & Jeramy! I'll bring I'm iPad. Making my packing list now. From the looks of it, I'd better start packing tomorrow!

 

[dougmays]

Thanks Doug & Jeramy! I'll bring I'm iPad. Making my packing list now. From the looks of it, I'd better start packing tomorrow!

Yea i'm going to start packing tomorrow also! In the past we've done some live posting to the forum so people can follow along with our fun!

 

[JckDanls 07]

he just stopped by and gave me 2 bags full... 10 lbs maybe a lil more... what's the best grind to use for the cannon ??

Only used it a couple of times and pretty sure I used the fine plate on the grinder, 3/8 I think, but I'll check the paperwork to see what they recommend and get back to you tomorrow

NO big deal.. was just curious ... I'll have both plates (coarse/fine) with the grinder.... Think I'm gonna bring my stuffer too (just in case)... only problem is I am fresh out of casings (caseingless sticks) ...