The ship might be going down, but that's slo-mo. Today is the nice kinda May Day, the kind celebrated with flowers and love and peace and kittens. May1 is celebrated as the beginning of summer in some cultures. We made flower crowns a couple months ago. Seems relevant. We are forecast to hit 90 this weekend. Lord, I know I've been bad, but please save me from summer. All my plants are ready to be planted. I put together a trellis into a wave pattern to keep melons off the ground that I thought was pretty clever. My child took a look and told me that "it doesn't look good." Thanks honey. Don't tell the poppy's we ain't in California anymore. Happy Friday! Are you grilling out this weekend?
It's also Kentucky Derby weekend, so I'm doing my annual catering gig. Been loaded up since about noon. Will pull them off tonight ain't 8-9, wrap em up with some beef tallow, then into the warmer overnight.
Little bit of column A, little bit of column B. This case of briskets was definitely on the smaller size individually then what I usually get, but it is what it is. That being said, in the past I've been able to squeeze in 4 large without any real issue.
That, my friend, is a Yoder YS640S. It's a legit sized competition pellet smoker. Those briskets are normal size.
Meanwhile, I'm staring at $1.84 a litre for the cheap gas, and it's damn near freezing overnight these days. On the plus side, the outside water is back on and the dog is getting sprayed in the face on the regular again, so she's loving it. She will bribe me with her ball, and then stare at the nozzle for minutes at a time, totally focused.
Nothing on the grill tonight (Fridays are for ordering in and relaxing after a week of work), and I've got some beef short ribs thawing that I'll be braising this weekend. Seems like a good weekend to just stay inside with the oven going, relaxing, and watching the F1 kick back off this weekend with the Miami race.
Figured this would be the place to ask. It's stupid, but lets flex those muscles. There is a place opening here that I don't want to do so and don't like the owner, he is both a cheap jerk and stole my mothers fried chicken leftovers she had set aside for me. Any Southerner would know how much of an offense that is. I will have free roam of the place because he doesn't know I despise him. Thus far I have dropping crickets in the bathroom from a bag or container of they're too loud in the bathroom, taping raw chicken under the toilet tank cover because they won't check baring a plumbing issue, trapping and bringing feral cats around and poison ivy placed around planters. The building is a city institution, I grew up going there and know the complete layout down to the kitchen. There are a few cameras but that's avoidable with precautions. How do I make this person feel they should leave?
Christ, I’d be happy to see 60. Our neighbors to the north keep sending us their fresh, Canadian air ( “eh”-r? )so it’s been colder than usual. Like, in the 30’s at night, low fifties in the day. With rain. It’s getting old. Although it did stay dry enough today for me to mow and keep the lawn looking nice. That’s a huge win this time of year.
I said it was BOTH... Besides, if I can make a case that the 640 isn't fulfilling my needs, I can try and convince the wife that I need to "upgrade" to a YS1500 next.
You're in the south... isn't your standard operating procedure to just show up at their house in a white hood and set a lowercase t on fire in their front yard?
I'm now eyeing up the back yard thinking that I need a colour matching El Dorado Santa Maria beside the 640. For the time when I need to feed an army in my back yard that can only fit about 10 people. In all seriousness, I'm looking at making a small santa maria my self... dig out the plasma cutter and welder and go to town. Hit it with some orange rattle can... it'll be just as good once it burns in. Right?