Gosh, now don't that just sound delightful? And some folks wonder why I don't buy store bought meat or eat in restaurants unless I personally know the chef.

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Thanks a BUNCH fer the info on the map there CW. With yer help and using my General Putzing System i have managed to pinpoint with general dartboard accuracy my general location in the general scheme of things. Now If I get lost on my way back from the bar at least I'll know where I want to be,or at...

And oh by the by Oxide if you think for one minute that Canada banns hormones in dairy cattle or any other beef for that matter you are living in a dream world. Fact of the matter is that my little Jerseys are the only un pumped dairy cows that I know of . Un pumped untill the bull has his way that ...

Glad you got it Oxide, keep with it and you will feel a lot better for it. The FDA approved crap is just that CRAP fed to the trembling and huddled masses yearning to be fed a free lunch at the cost of their very lives. Just look at a FDA approved Big Mac served by the bazillions at Mc'dicks that ca...

Here in Manitoba we also sometimes tap Birch trees, but sadly running the rest of thr farm usually takes up to much time and energy to make with the sweeter things in life so we po' folks jus have to do with sweet glover honey made by our specialty trained Northern attack Bees instead . Damn it's ha...

I also use mineral oil, as a matter of fact I use it a lot. I use it on all of the wooden kitchen gear such as maple cutting boards, maple counter tops and walnut butcher blocks. The only thing that I do differently is I melt in 15% paraffin wax by heating the oil ALMOST to the smoking point, I then...

Good point Oxide. Here at my little hole in the wall farm we eat nothing that comes out of a can and if it comes prepackaged we know who raised it , We are lucky that way I guess but if more people demanded good clean HEALTHY food perhaps there might be a chance, but we all know that Ain't gonna hap...

Personally I can't stand collagen casings. My local butcher has switched over to using plastic casings, because as he says many of his customers are getting picky and no longer want the natural casings, I guess they are the stupid ones. He says that the new plastic casings are permeable to smoke so ...

I prefer the vertical cuz like when I'm using my Dick I really like to slam the meat home, not so easy in the horizontal position. However both styles work.

Slamming it in goes a long way in preventing air bubbles.

Swallow

Sorta brings a whole new meaning to the word Tubesteak now don't it?

Swallow

Yeah Yeah Yeah CW, normally I just sweet talk em real close before I lasso em but in the case of yer fillie I figured that I would need something just a little more high powered in case she tried to bolt or sumthin. She kin run but she can't hide. Yee Haw. And BTW thats an old pic of the prototype, ...

Two more snow storms? Shucks darn pard, sorry tuh hear that, up here in Canada with ole Stephan Harper as prime minister we're to close to hell to worry about no stinking snow storms, cuz like it's far too hot underfoot fer the snow to stay fer any amount of time. I'll be sendin Patches home shortly...

Right Chuck, I still think it's Patches out in me pasture, First i thought that she'd thrown a shoe or sumthin but it's probably just a FLAT. I'll go out an check the brand and if it's from the Circle FORD ranch i'll know why you have to keep talkin GLUE to keep her runnin.

Swallow

Hey Chuck I think that he's up here in my pasture, at least it looks like the kinda beast yall might be ridding.ya know all sway backed and moth eaten sorta, hell I've seen sharks with shorter teeth than this ole oat burner. easy to see why yuh call it Patches, guess it's to cover up all of the bald...

A friend of mine with a oriental dinner told me to cover the rice the depth of the second knuckle on your middle finger with your hand flat on top of the rice. With only very minor differences it works for all the different rices I have made, Sticky, long grain, brown, and Basmati. Not near as perf...