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    What are Some of Your Favorite Things to Eat?

    Good steak Cheeseburgers (if my wife makes them) Chili (if I make it). Fresh tomatoes from my garden Almost any cheese Fried catfish Fried potatoes
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    UDS ash pan help needed

    I used the pan out of an old burned out Brinkman electric smoker in mine. Fits just right. Stan
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    Help with spouse issue..

    I think either way will be OK, but the turkey will thaw faster without the plastic. Stan
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    help with brine container container, please!!

    I would just put the turkey and brine in the cooler without the bag. Stan
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    tips on pumping gas and saving money..

    I didn't see any gas rationing in the 80's either and I have been driving 50 years. Stan
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    Monday's Dinner, Day from hell!

    Take a tip from an old timer who knows. Trash the hatchet and get a regular axe. Hatchets are inherently dangerous. Axes usually require 2 hands to use instead of one. I came this - close to losing a thumb once. Still have the scar to prove it. Stan
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    Show your dog

    My two are Bull (now 2 years old) and Gracie (3 years old) Stan41
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    I'm beginning to hate Youtube

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    Virgin Smoker from Texas

    You probably already know it, but be sure the water heater you are going to use for a pit is not galvanized. Stan41
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    When/Where did you get your FIRST taste of REAL BBQ?

    I tasted my first BBQ about 1950. When I was a boy they had an association meeting under a huge grove of pecan trees in our neighboring county. Usually had attendance of 500 or so. A few days before the meeting men dug a pit about 4 ft. deep, 6 ft. wide, and probably 40 feet long. They filled it...
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    Makita Drill driven Pepper Mill.

    Great Idea! I don't know why I hadn't thought of it. I don't use my peppermill much due to my arthritic wrist, but believe me that peppermill is about to go to work. Stan
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    Is a chilli without beans still a chilli ???

    Here's the straight dope, original-real-Texas Chili: 8 lbs. coarse ground meat (the best is from around the neck bones.) 3 lbs. suet ( Beef fat) 4 pods dried red chili peppers 6 cloves garlic 1 tsp. cumin seed 10 pods dried chili petines 1 tsp. black pepper 1 Tablespoon salt Method: Place meat...
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    Show your dog

    This is Bull. Someone abandoned him in a trash barrel in a city park. It was a cold rainy night in February. My daughter lives across the street from the park and heard him crying. She took him to her house, warmed him up and gave him something to eat. She couldn't keep him, so I took him...
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    Saving a Cast Iron Skillet

    Here is a sure fire way to clean cast iron. Put it in a fire. I mean a campfire or barbecue pit with enough fire to get the skillet red hot all over. Don't remove it from the fire. Just let it stay there until the next day when the fire has gone out and it is cool. You will find that the rust...
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    Lodge Dutch Oven cooking

    IRON SKILLET POTATOES 1/4 cup bacon fat 4 cups thinly sliced raw potatoes 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 1 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. black pepper 1/2 tsp. leaf sage 1 tsp. chopped parsley Heat bacon fat in skillet over low heat; add potatoes, onion and seasonings. Cover and cook about 15 minutes. Turn...
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