I don't mind making up a pork sausage prior to the gathering and then just putting it in my offset Friday afternoon if Rick doesn't have his Lang going yet. I have the collagen casings, grinder and stuffer ready to go. The main meal will be Gumbo so we shouldn't need to much. I am also going to start curing a couple of pork bellies maybe 10 days before to put in the smokehouse for Saturday and Sunday breakfast. I have never cured bacon with Steen's cane syrup but one of the bellies may get a taste of it. I'm hoping to get the bellies and sausage started and then hand off the tending duties to a volunteer. I'll have a third belly ready to be cut up to go in the Lard for cracklins if Bayou has trouble finding them. Once the smokehouse gets smoking I'll probably cut up some block cheddar and mozzarella to get a taste of that pecan wood. The cheese would be great to snack on and in the dinner salad.
I'll be at the farm the week prior to the gathering cleaning house cutting grass, gathering firewood, putting up screen tents, etc so if you can get ice, the veg's and bread for the poboys that would be a great help. I can get the non-perishables the week before but I may ask Liz to stop at Sams for the milk, salad lettuce etc.
Anyone want to make a BBQ sauce for Friday night's poboys? We can throw it together Friday afternoon. I have a couple of jars of blackberry juice I put up this spring that may find it's way into the sauce.
Eman, are you still a little dry around the gills? I'd hate to be the only one sipping on this bottle of JW Black.
Eman, I have a length of 10/3 w ground if we can use that to run two trailers. If not I have a couple of lengths of 10/2 w ground that should be long enough. I'll pick up the receptacles and circuit breakers this week.
It got pretty hot up there this afternoon but the mornings have been georgeous. Cool and breezy. The sun is moving to the south so I suggest we give the tenters the option of setting up north of the driveway/treeline. That area doesn't get sunny until almost 10 am this time of year.
Later Gators,