Ok, show those Christmas scores!

[Steve H]

Ace hardware was the only place around here that had one in stock. It's the 28" deluxe with an 8.5hp motor. All other places I would have had to order and have it shipped. Trial run it did really good. Today will be more of a challenge clearing the stuff from the street plow.

I've got the 8526. 8.5 hp, 26"cut. Runs mint. Just got tired of using it.

 

[Steve H]

so do you use the pepper juice or the pulp in the hot sauce?

Strain the peppers. And save the brine. The juice is used for the hot sauce. You add some of the brine. Or vinegar. Or both to the juice. Then add whatever spices you want.

 

[Steve H]

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I’m just a big kid.

NICE! I wish I had the room for that.

 

[Smoke-Chem BBQ]

My wife gave me a copy of Michael Symon's "Playing with Fire: BBQ and More from the Grill, Smoker, and Fireplace: A Cookbook". It's excellent, I'll be trying a lot of recipes from that book.

I gave her a couple of pounds of green coffee beans. We'll be making our first attempt at roasting coffee this coming week.

 

[sawhorseray]

Whisky and Rubs!

 

[chopsaw]

so do you use the pepper juice or the pulp in the hot sauce?

The juice is used for the hot sauce.

Save the pulp / mash too . Spread on parchment paper and dry in the oven .

Then grind it up .

Then add whatever for a rub .

 

[Steve H]

Save the pulp / mash too . Spread on parchment paper and dry in the oven .
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Then grind it up .
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Then add whatever for a rub .
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Yup. Forgot to mention that!

 

[Sven Svensson]

NICE! I wish I had the room for that.

I don’t have room for it. Haha! These will be going to my office where I’m having to install a big shelf. I’m totally out of room at home.

 

[mr_whipple]

I scored a Henry 17 HMR. I buy myself a present when I feel like it, as being a bachelor gives me those options. Full disclosure, I bought it last week when Field & Stream (Dick's not so Sporting Goods) had a closeout on all guns and ammo .25% off. They're closing that part of the store down. Ordered the fancy walnut stocks for it also. The pics don't do them justice. Merry Christmas!

 

[FreshGround]

My Christmas cooking scores were things I gave, rather than received. I gave each of my daughters a Pizello Forte pizza oven that can use wood pellets or propane. The both have nice backyards with pools and love to have people over.

Not quite a Christmas thing but my younger daughter has an electric stove and longs for the brief time she had a gas stove before we all moved to AZ (and she grew up and learned to cook on gas) and her birthday is Christmas Eve. So for her birthday I got her an Iwatani indoor butane cooktop and some cans of butane. She has wanted to add wok cooking to her reportoire and this should be a great heat source for that.

 

[Steve H]

I scored a Henry 17 HMR. I buy myself a present when I feel like it, as being a bachelor gives me those options. Full disclosure, I bought it last week when Field & Stream (Dick's not so Sporting Goods) had a closeout on all guns and ammo .25% off. They're closing that part of the store down. Ordered the fancy walnut stocks for it also. The pics don't do them justice. Merry Christmas!

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Darn fine-looking piece. That'll be a great varmint gun. That caliber doesn't get enough praise IMHO.

 

[noboundaries]

New "do-it-all" food processor and smoker fuel.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Scored the roto for the 22” kettle with the round basket from Only Fire. I’m pumped.

 

[chopsaw]

Kids hooked me up .

 

[gmc2003]

I've got the 8526. 8.5 hp, 26"cut. Runs mint. Just got tired of using it.

My driveway isn't all that big. 3.5 cars long 2 wide. I can do it quicker using a stand behind than a tractor/blower combo. The stand behind turns much quicker and save me time being out in the cold. I also considered a plow for my truck, but I hate the piles of snow that are still there in April and sometimes May.

Chris

 

[gmc2003]

Nice I had the deluxe 28 SHO shipped in from Chicago a few years ago 306cc engine it is a beast

Close to 9 hp nice.

Note to self: Never wear crocs while snowblowing when there's ice under the snow. Ouch my butt hurts.

Chris

 

[mosparky]

I got a ham press and a Marianski book, with a backorder of Jeffs book (itll be here Febuary). Now I'm off to see what more I can find to make in it.
I'm hoping it will be useful with small batch experiments. Maybe I can make lunchmeats and smoke them afterwards.

 

[mr_whipple]

Darn fine-looking piece. That'll be a great varmint gun. That caliber doesn't get enough praise IMHO.

I bought a 17 hmr marlin 917 bolt gun with a bull barrel maybe 5 years ago... it's a laser beam. My buddy bet me he would drink a tall boy PBR if I could hit a skeet sitting up in his backyard. He still says PBR tastes like hate and shame. I think they taste just dandy!

 

[mosparky]

I got the same rifle. Headshot only gun. My buddy in Memphis was inspired and got one as well. He learned the hard way to maintain the headshot rule. LOL

 

[Steve H]

Close to 9 hp nice.

Note to self: Never wear crocs while snowblowing when there's ice under the snow. Ouch my butt hurts.

Chris

You been in the sauce already Chris?! lol!