3x natural lump. Burns hotter and way less ash. Lump doesn't quite have that "backyard bbq" smell that Kingsford has though. Did some repairs on a long time customer's truck. He brought me these as a gift. Not sure how prevalent they are outside of the West coast, but if you ever see a beer by Revision Brewing Co, get it. You won't be disappointed. My absolute favorite right now.
I didn't even consider doing that! It would have be to be another year with just 2 of us eating though. I originally decided on a roast chicken instead of turkey and then thought hey, why not a free duck? We have 2 too many drakes. I just have to hitch up my britches and commit to processing it. I've heard the older they are the worse they are to pluck. I'm gonna try the wax trick.
Another +1 on the lump charcoal bandwagon. Burns hotter, and quicker, but a noticeable flavor improvement. I use a chimney starter and now have two different smoking pits (vertical and offset) that haven’t had a touch of lighter fluid in them. Makes a massive difference.
Who said anything about killing it? That's hubs' job. I have to process the thing. It seems like a lot of work. The more I think about it the more I think I'd rather slit its throat and be done with it, but these are the tasks we have agreed to complete.
So you're just encouraging male on male violence? Tsk. In all seriousness, you may want to look into the factors affecting the taste of the duck before doing it. Hope it turns out great for you.
Yeah, it's been a lot of reading. I'm not ready yet to do it confidently. That's why I say we ''might'' have duck. I could fuck it up or put it off for later. Or finally sell the damned birds off.
So, yesterday a friend talked me into going to a Japanese restaurant with her. I knew going in that I'd probably dislike it, but figured I'd give it a shot. I mean, a Spicy Tuna Wanton Taco at least sounds good. It wasn't. Neither was the Japanese curry chicken with rice. They served it with sticky rice and it looked like sloppy dog food. It didn't taste much better then what I image dog food tastes like either. And then there was the "Salad" that looked like weeds someone pulled out of field. Blech. Anyways, I ended up last night craving horseradish for some reason and got to thinking about what would be a good compliment to horseradish and hit upon a thought...apples. Apples and horseradish. Tell me that doesn't sound good. I went on Amazon and bought some high end horseradish and dried apples. I'll know if I'm a genius or an idiot soon.
Actually that was Newton. He was sitting under a horseradish tree when he discovered the theory of relativity.
As of 6:23 am, just under 700,000 people without power in Louisiana, mostly on the west side of the state. Anyone in the path of Delta, hit me up for resources, info, etc. Like Deadpool said, this shits gonna have nuts in it
What a long night. Watching the weather radar, we were on the very fringe of the storm and there were several times last night where the winds were howling and blowing shit around. I cannot imagine what being close to the eye was like. It very much sounded like being in a car wash a few times. We seem to have gotten lucky, again. No damage that I know of and we never lost power, even though I heard several transformers blow and could hear electricity arcing somewhere nearby. I just woke up so I haven't had a chance to see what the path of devastation looks like yet.
The tornados that pop up with the hurricane are the worst. My parents had one close by and they aren't even in the worst hurricane winds zone. Luckily they were fine.
All I saw was a replay of the knockout in Twitter. That was crazy. That was like one of those fight moves you see in the movies and, say, pfff, so fake.