I went to California a couple of weeks ago, part vacation with my beautiful bride, then a management conference with some cool friends I've made in the laundry biz, and suffering at Ojai Resort and Spa, ridding a a buddies Ferrari and other ordinary stuff like that.
Now I'm back at work for a week, so the 1st wave of rush to catch up is over.
Now here are the current circumstances:
1. My awesome wife and the 2 oldest daughters have just left for High School Church Camp for 5 days.
2. That leaves me with the 13 year old twin girls, who are super fun and are up for cooking with Daddy.
3. It's really pretty outside, albeit it is now feeling like Summer outside (Did I mention that I didn't have a single, solitary bead of sweat in 9 days in California? I can see how people can get used to that Mediterranean climate!)
4. Everybody and their brother has awesome meat on sale!!!!!
> Brisket, Choice, for $1.79 a pound at Kroger, IBP. Excel at Walmart for $1.89, also Choice. I brought home 3 more.
> Choice Beef Back Ribs $1.99 a pound at Albertson's. They are on the WSM now with 3BR.
> St. Louis and Baby Back Ribs for $1.79 at Kroger, and nearly the same at Wally, and $1.99 at Albertson's. Yep, I got more, and haven't been to Albertson's yet.
> Kroger had Beef Short Ribs, $5.49. I LOVE BEEF SHORT RIBS! These are the cut pieces, and are also awesome!
> Twins want some fish, so one of the 3 stores I've been to already today at Steelhead Trout, $7.99 a pound, so we've got that
> Oh, and The Food Lab Book is coaching us on Crispy Roasted Potatos, so that's what's going on with the Trout and Back Ribs for tonight.
5. Sometimes my cooking sort of pushes the house schedule around a bit. My twins are super-flexible, so I'm going to push full speed in doing a bunch of cooking, and doing some side by side tests, to satisfy my curiosity.
You know, stuff like:
A. Comparing No Brine, 24 Hour Dry Brine, 48 Hour Dry Brine on Brisket
B. Compare, Injection vs. Dry Brine.
C. Compare Brands of Ribs Side-By-Side.
D. And more, you'll just have to stay tuned.
OH, and I almost forgot...Home Depot has 2 Big Bags of Kingsford on sale for $10! #WhoDat1, my big insulated cabinet, uses a lot of charcoal for a long cook, so I went by and picked up a few bags on sale...
So if you were wondering, Yes, they will sell you a couple of pallets of charcoal. 48 bags per pallet. That should last me a couple of months.
First food pic of the testing spree: Beef Back Ribs, 4 hours in
#SuperFun
Now I'm back at work for a week, so the 1st wave of rush to catch up is over.
Now here are the current circumstances:
1. My awesome wife and the 2 oldest daughters have just left for High School Church Camp for 5 days.
2. That leaves me with the 13 year old twin girls, who are super fun and are up for cooking with Daddy.
3. It's really pretty outside, albeit it is now feeling like Summer outside (Did I mention that I didn't have a single, solitary bead of sweat in 9 days in California? I can see how people can get used to that Mediterranean climate!)
4. Everybody and their brother has awesome meat on sale!!!!!
> Brisket, Choice, for $1.79 a pound at Kroger, IBP. Excel at Walmart for $1.89, also Choice. I brought home 3 more.
> Choice Beef Back Ribs $1.99 a pound at Albertson's. They are on the WSM now with 3BR.
> St. Louis and Baby Back Ribs for $1.79 at Kroger, and nearly the same at Wally, and $1.99 at Albertson's. Yep, I got more, and haven't been to Albertson's yet.
> Kroger had Beef Short Ribs, $5.49. I LOVE BEEF SHORT RIBS! These are the cut pieces, and are also awesome!
> Twins want some fish, so one of the 3 stores I've been to already today at Steelhead Trout, $7.99 a pound, so we've got that
> Oh, and The Food Lab Book is coaching us on Crispy Roasted Potatos, so that's what's going on with the Trout and Back Ribs for tonight.
5. Sometimes my cooking sort of pushes the house schedule around a bit. My twins are super-flexible, so I'm going to push full speed in doing a bunch of cooking, and doing some side by side tests, to satisfy my curiosity.
You know, stuff like:
A. Comparing No Brine, 24 Hour Dry Brine, 48 Hour Dry Brine on Brisket
B. Compare, Injection vs. Dry Brine.
C. Compare Brands of Ribs Side-By-Side.
D. And more, you'll just have to stay tuned.
OH, and I almost forgot...Home Depot has 2 Big Bags of Kingsford on sale for $10! #WhoDat1, my big insulated cabinet, uses a lot of charcoal for a long cook, so I went by and picked up a few bags on sale...
So if you were wondering, Yes, they will sell you a couple of pallets of charcoal. 48 bags per pallet. That should last me a couple of months.
First food pic of the testing spree: Beef Back Ribs, 4 hours in
#SuperFun
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