Shooter Rick you take good care of Sandy I hope y'all can make it but I understand if not. Tell her that if she can make it we can live without the cinnamon buns I'd rather see her here and having fun then suffering trying to do too much. I do have a couple decent recliners in the cook shed so hopefully we can keep her comfy.
Nepas/Rick I'm gonna pick us up some NY Strip Steaks for dinner and we won't be eating very early Brian won't be getting in until after 5, Tim and Jon won't be in very early either, Joe has a long drive and then will be getting his camper set up and satellite dish dialed in (he roughs it in style) so whenever you get here is fine. I'll be going to pick up Brian but my wife Karen will be here
Are y'all ready for a party??????????? Things are just about ready to go here and looking forward to seeing everyone. Got quite a bit done today including smoking the bacon ya gotta love the
AMNPS I filled one with apple and the other with hickory. The apple went about 8 hours and the hickory went over 12 hours had nice light smoke coming out the stacks all day and it sure smelled good around here. Here's some Qview
We'll have to sample a bit of the bacon Thursday morning just to make sure it's edible
I used Hi Mountain Buckboard Bacon cure and Al Blancher has been busy curing some bacon a couple different ways so we'll have a decent variety for people to try with their breakfasts as well as at the curing demo.
I did have one bag that leaked some and as a result I didn't get a good cure on part of that belly that's why the one slab is so much smaller. I cut off the part that didn't get a complete cure it might have been alright but I'm sure not gonna take any chances