YooperDog thank you.

processhead said in Cooking Whole Hog:

Now if you are committed to using as much of the hog as possible, the intestines can be used for casings and the stomach can be prepared and eaten, but you need to flush them several times of their contents and that is not the most pleasant job.
For me, I will stick to buying hog casings casings.

I suspect we’ll just do the fresh casing once just for the experience and then go back to buying them. Since swine aren’t rumen animals I’m not overly interested in the stomach.

processhead jerky from backstraps. Haven’t been able to make myself do that yet.

lkrfletcher that is a dandy.

Nice job working around the challenges.

bocephus Thank,

A good recipe should contain all the information for a person familiar with a kitchen and cook to follow and reproduce the item based on the recipe alone.

An advance recipe includes things like temperature. Room temp or cold. Important with things like butter or eggs. While there is a professional standard, most home cooks would never know just what to do.

Brings up a fun story, funny but all too true.

Honey, Why Do You Cut the Ends Off the Ham?

A husband and his wife were in their kitchen. The husband was sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper while his wife was preparing a ham for dinner. The husband watched the wife cut off about one inch from either end of the ham. He asked why she cut the end off, proclaiming “that’s a waste of good ham!”

That’s the Way My Mom Prepared It

She said “that’s the way my mom prepared the ham.” The husband asked “why did your mom cut the ends off?” The wife didn’t know.

Mom, Why Do You Cut the Ends Off The Ham?

Later, the wife called her mom to find out why she cut the ends of the ham off. Her mom said “because that was the way my mom prepared ham.”

Finally, the Real Answer!

The wife’s grandma passed away several years earlier, but her Grandpa was still living. She called her Grandpa and asked “Grandpa, why did Grandma cut the ends off of the ham?” He was silent as he thought for a moment. Then he replied, “so the ham could fit in the baking pan.”

All too many recipes, including great cook books contain such things, people just do with out regard to why they do it.

julian I don’t think you would any condemnation from this group, everyone understands there is more than one way to get something done. I just took my brisket out of the smoker and finishing in the oven. This is the sight of sous vide finishing also.

cdavis You won’t be sorry, I love mine, I think I get a lot better smoke on things and easier to control.

Dr_Pain Got it book marked

cdavis So much good stuff this week.

Dr_Pain that’s some good suggestions. Thanks!

Jonathon The fly ninja in action!

Jonathon said in Toddler and Youth Hats!:

Just in case noone saw it the adult versions are available in M-L and L-Xl. Dont get the L-XL unless you have a VERY big head. These seem to run a little larger than the fitted Camos !

I was going to ask if they came in bucket head size.

Jonathon yep for sure. I have seen some pretty bizarre horrifying stuff going down rabbit holes. Stuff that keeps you awake because people can be so evil!

folsomwest you should be fine with 5 - 7 days

Dr_Pain Yay for you. But, you didn’t let them have any fun. Bad boy, bad boy. :) Betting your gastro bud’s would not recommend the Tabasco trick!!! Glad you had fun with them.

Good podcast Jonathon! I agree with you. The UN can pound sand. I will never stop hunting and eating wild game. I also agree with you on the prices at the store. So out of hand right now. It is tougher at our place right now since my wife walked away from her job since the jab was mandated for her to keep her job. Strange times we are living in.

bocephus said in Tex's Top Picks:

Dr_Pain Just used my tru hone this morning to sharpen all my knives, it is so simple to use and really puts a great edge on the knives. I would recommend this to anyone who does processing. May be if you are in a group share the cost it is definitely worth it if you use your knives a lot.

I think the tru hone is one of those tools that I would actually consider doing a group purchase for.
Once a knife has an edge on it, I don’t find myself needing that degree of sharpening all that often.
A tru-hone is light and small enough that you could even ship it to others in the collective without breaking the bank.

Hmm. I would be in if some others were up for it.

HAHA! I actually just used the link this morning to make sure I don’t miss the upcoming Livestream! LOL!