I'll take a shot at doing some Canadian bacon before I'll throw down $4-$5 a pound for pig fat, it just rubs me the wrong way. I just don't understand how we can get butts and pork loins for $1.49lb and they want so much for pork belly, IF you can find them. I still refuse to pay more than $5lb for ...

I've read this post maybe ten times in the last two weeks and every time I pick up something more I've learned that I overlooked previously, seems every comment on every thread is relevant to me. Things are just starting to cool down here into smokin' season for me, won't have to start at midnight a...

We can close it up as tight as a submarine. 30 feet and 5 tons is pretty solid. Boy howdy Ross, that's a lot of luxury! The peace and serenity a man feels out on the big pond is pretty hard to beat, at least ubtil the strong winds begin to develop. Of course a sailboat thrives on wind whereas a fis...

We have a cruising sailboat. Nancy calls it her little house on the water. It is a floating cabin with a different place to watch each sunset. It travels at a blistering 5 mph and when I must use the engine it delivers 20 mile per gallon. It has a complete galley and head. Head, bed, galley, man th...

Well I still have my boat and my guns, and every time I get the chance I enjoy them. Problem is... I don't get the chance that often. Without my toys to do the things I enjoy what's the point. But to each their own. Don't get me wrong. I still hunt and fish, and can do so whenever I please. After t...

Hunting for meat to save money works out about the same as having a boat to save money on fish, it just don't work that way. I sold my last boat this past Xmas Eve and it was one of the happiest days of my life. No more towing to the ocean at 9mpg, launch fees, insurance, registration, property taxe...

Happy B-Day, and many more to come! RAY

People standing six feet away from me could hear the hip clicking when I bent over. You will know when it is time to get it fixed. The operation is equivilant to removing the thigh bone from one of those hogs and cutting off the top of it and putting a titanium ball joint in place for the natural on...

If it is broken get it fixed. I am much too young to accept the idea that I will just continue to run down. My car is 25 and as long as I can get parts for it I will keep it. I know some very good Doctors that can do wonders with body repairs. When I had my back and hip repaired I told people that ...

I have 5 boys, two of them hunt or fish every weekend, They brought me 4 goose breast to smoke. All my research is that no matter how you smoke them, make jerky or sausage. It will still be goose. So far I have to agree. I did brine them over night and smoke them at 155 deg internal temp, so I didn...

Ray that right hand of yours is an example of repetitive motion injury. Have you had physical therapy work prescribed?[/quote] 32 years in the carpenters union and a small contractor, swingin' a hammer pretty much the entire time. I have arthritis all over, spurs on my spine, joints creak and crack....

Looks good Ray. I'm going to install a motor on mine. I have the 20lb mixer and it does 22-25 pounds without killing me, that's about max'ed out for it's capacity. If I had the 50 pound model I'd have to have some power other than my wore-out biceps. My research showed me that the 50lb models weren...

A Chevrolet 327 with three deuces and high rise manifold? :roll: How'd you know? My first car was a '57 Chevy 2-door Belair hardtop with a 327 Vet engine, 3 Stromberg 2-bbl carbs, Muncie 4-spd tranny, black button-tuck upholstery, 17 yrs old. Missed a shift in a drag race and blew everything. Wish ...

Love the Allied Kenco site, thanks again Ross! Ordered two 3mm grinder plates, I'm sure one will most likely out-last me. My wife says I should be more patient and do the emulsifying with the dammed cuesinart, which I've never used and don't like the thought of. Pretty much all my sausage making eff...

Ray , I will post an easy bread that uses a minimum of kneading and for a large batch your sausage mixer would be grand. Right now it is almost midnight and I have a small job for tomorrow. Thanks a lot Ross, you post it, I'll try making it! My right hand hand that could once strip any bolt with a ...