New member from SE Texas

[panteracfh3]

Nice! Those are good recipes to know!

[58limited]

My mom is from Scituate. Thanks to her I know how to make Boston Baked beans, clam chowder, and Yorkshire pudding.

[Texas Larry]

Welcome from Wilson County, east of San Antonio!

[Michael_in_TX]

That's kinda how my first night on the site went. How the heck did it become 2 am?

[Troutman]

Sorry just ran across this...welcome fellow Texan from the Katy area. Good to have you in the Pit !!!

[Sweaty Paul]

Welcome from Hays, KS!

[58limited]

I have a sauerkraut crock that was given to me back in college by a grad student from Switzerland. I am starting 15 lbs. of sauerkraut tomorrow I made some pretty good Kimchi last spring, turned it into pulled pork egg rolls.

[58limited]

The newly rebuilt motor runs great. In hindsight the '62 motor was never right.

[58limited]

I bought this in 1999 for $1000 and basically restored it other than the drive train. There was a '62 235 in this truck until a year ago. The oil pump slipped off the distributor shaft and the engine locked up, throwing the #1 rod and turning the cam into 2 inch pieces of scrap. Both sides of the block blew out and the drive train locked up. I did a 180 and wound up (thank God) in the center turn lane. The truck now has a freshly built '59 235 and runs better than before.

[Mr. Bones]

First ride I ever owned, at 14, was a 50 Chebbie 5-window truck...62 235 in it, three on th tree, only one small rust spot.
$200, took a LONG time to earn/save that, back then...

Love to see yer 52, anytime!!!!

[EdF]

The pastrami from scratch is a great project! Enjoy!

See if you can connect with some great sauerkraut and a good swiss-style cheese, and make the Reubens (see the public side of the site, but use your pastrami, not just corned beef).

[RickyBobby]

In for the long haul!! Love it! Welcome again, I look forward to pics of your pastrami

[RufusMcgee]

I have a 52 Chevrolet truck I restored as a street rod. Now to get that smoker trailer!

[58limited]

Thanks again for the welcoming responses.

I've been exploring the site all week and I like it so much that I upgraded to the 3 year membership special being offered. I also bought Meathead's book on Amazon.

Based on the recipes and info from this site I am curing a 6 lb corned beef brisket which will be smoked to make Meathead's Katz Deli pastrami.

Today I "deep cleaned" my Cypress Grill and replaced the gasket - I found some cracks in the base but they are not structurally significant so I should be able to enjoy a few more years with my Cypress Grill. The fire box, however, is now in 5 pieces - it went back together but is unstable. I will buy a BGE firebox as a replacement.

Happy New Year to everyone.

[HawkerXP]

Welcome to the Pit!