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  1. rivet

    Ti-Malice!

    More than just a plain “salsa”, Ti-Malice is a Haitian hot condiment used to spoon over food- like beans and rice, grilled pork, and vegetable sides. It’s a staple condiment in Haiti, and adds a nice zing to a plate of food. Around February, as I was wintering-over my Bhut Jolokia chile pepper...
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    How To Clean A Squid

    The other day, MOIKEL, one of our SMF members posted a delicious dish of stuffed smoked squid. (Check it out here: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/111859/calamari-ripiene-e-fornato-calamari-stuffed-oven-baked) My wife and I love squid and octopus, and prepare it often. Thinking about...
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    Package From FIRE IT UP!

    Hey, got a nice surprise when I got home friday from a looong day! It's great to have goodies delivered right to your doorstep, and when they are from Fire It Up, you know there's gonna be great things inside- Three packs of beautiful chipotles...can never get enough of those dried beauties...
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    Package From TasunkaWitko!

    Got a great package today from TasunkaWitko, way up in the cold northern frontier! Lots of great tasty stuff, and excellent reading too. The best part of an exchange in the winter is getting your beer delivered COLD! From Left to Right, back row- 2 bottles Flathead Lake Monster Hand Crafted...
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    BBQ Chicken and Burgers

    NFL Playoff weekend simple barbecue, long time in coming. Been a while since we did something simple and tasty. The weather is cooperating nicely. It's 43F today and I'm in shorts and t-shirt. Everything melting away... Gonna do the thighs in Caputo's BBQ sauce from an exchange with...
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    Package from Polishmeat!

    Came home today to a wonderful box of goodies sittin' on my kitchen counter. What a nice surprise, and of course had to open it immediately~ good stuff in there. Sure enough! Wowee what an early Christmas...all kinds of good things for the grill, the sammies, and the "afters"... Back row...
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    BBQ'd CSR's Stir Fry- Thanks RonP!

    Hey RonP, looks like you've started a mini-Yoshida's revolution here at the forum....what with everyone starting to use Yoshida's just like you do! A big thanks for that, cause it's some good stuff. All those posts with interesting ways to use it got me thinkin.... Yesterday I barbecued some...
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    Picnics & CSR's

    Yesterday the weatherman was calling for 45 degrees, little wind and sun. Sounding good, gonna do some Southern Style Barbecue! Got two picnics and a bunch of CSR's to smoke over hickory and applewood mix. Decided to try 3 different rubs on the CSR's, one of which was my own. Made it last night...
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    Package from BigTrain74

    Got a package from BigTrain74 today....on an earlier thread on Black & Tan's I'd mentioned I couldn't get those beers locally and he was nice enough to send me a package right away! Great stuff, finishing up my glass now, and let me tell you this is some good beer. What a wonderful raspberry...
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    Three Chickens, Some Pig and Half A Goat

    Allrighty, great day for a barnyard smoke! Got an order for some chickens and a PPB, and the goat is for our fajita dinner. Co-worker is pregnant and due any day now, can't cook nor can her hubby. So, since she's bought my 'Que before, she wanted some heat-and-eat "real food". First up the...
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    Burnt Ends- First Try At 'Em

    Yesterday I tried my hand at burnt ends for the first time. Great stuff! I separated the point from the flat for my pastrami, and the plan was to use the point for burnt ends. You can take a look at the Pastrami thread here: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...threadid=83593 Rubbed the...
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    The 3 best things about being a Veteran

    The three best things about being a veteran are that you dont have to get a haircut every week, you don't have to shave everday and you can stop going to the bathroom in full view of everybody!
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    First Time Pastrami From A Packer

    Thanks to all you folks posting such great pastramis I had to take the plunge! Since this is my first try at pastrami, I figured I might as well start from the beginning. Picked up a 14 lb packer this afternoon, no special deals, standard $1.89/lb local price... Sticking with the...
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    Package From Dan McG!

    Well, got a nice surprise today when I got home! Dan's package arrived with the Juniper berries he so kindly offered to us in the Forum. Thank you very much Dan, and I'll have something enroute to you this weekend. We got plenty enough berries here for a good dozen of the Sauerbraten recipe I...
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    Package from Fire it Up!

    Got home today and found an unexpected box on the porch. Hmmm, it was for me, and I recognized the return location. Hadn't been expecting anything, hadn't been in an exchange...... why the box? Mrs Rivet's reply was "Because YOU MUST be running low on spices and probably ordered some more" as...
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    Another Exchange with 3Montes

    Got a package today from an exchange with 3Montes~ made my day I sent him a couple bottles of chipotle rubs and Satan's Salsa. I got back 3 pound-and-a-half bags of locally grown wild rice (he'd sent some non-local pure wild-rice in a previous exchange that was excellent) and a couple big bags...
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    Last Harvest

    Today was the last harvest from our garden~ the Marconi Peppers and the Purple Bush Beans. The peppers we'll eat tonight, rubbed in evoo and baked with kosher salt. The bush beans were pulled, broken and canned by Mrs Rivet. Managed to get 14 full pints to can and a huge pot to cook...
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    Satan's Salsa!

    This year I grew a new hot pepper I hadn't tried before, an Italian import called "Baccio Di Satana" or, Satan's Kiss. Grew real nice, thick walled and tasty-hot! Did real well this year, along with another Italian pepper, a Sheepnose (forget the name) and the usual Jalapenos and Cayennes...
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    Exchange Happiness!

    Big thanks to Beer-B-Que for the arrival of his box at the Rivet household today.... Great stuff was pulled out of it! Big thanks for the package and I defintiely wil try the sauces shorty. I couldn't resist the powders....wow! Dang! Completely good stuff! Impressed by the one on the...
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    North Carolina PPB Trio

    First time barbecuing butt's to order! Got three orders in for this weekend, one with two-dozen ABT's on-the-side. No worries~ I've got an SnP and load of pecan wood! Saturday will do the barbecuing. The order with the ABT's is for pick-up...I'll call when it's ready in the afternoon. The...
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