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@rotuts, I have to say your autocorrectisms brought me my first smile of the day. Besides the "theft shop," I was entertained by the mental image of a large bovine cradled in the "steer basket."

I missed the link. I NEED that pan. Can you post it, please?

Crystal Shawanda isn't playing?

It's supposed to get down in the 60s tonight, here. I may make chili.

Pardon my ignorance, but if you don't ask, you don't know. What's the advantage of a magnetic stirring rod?

Oil and Worcestershire. Never thought of such. Intriguing. You add anything else? You took the words right off my fingertips.

Got up hungry this morning. Fried potatoes and onions, topped with what were going to be over easy eggs until I broke a yolk. Some bacon fried up in the potatoes.

My periodic trailer park trash contribution to this thread 😉: I hit that midafternoon "sinking spell" when it's too late for a bigger lunch and too early for dinner. It was about to come a toad-strangler of a rain, so i didn't want to get out, and i didn't have time to do anything complex. A few moments of staring into the fridge and the pantry turned up a can of crescent rolls and a jar of sweetened pie cherries. Ok, I can work with that. Made up little packets of cherries wrapped in dough. Brushed with melted butter and sprinkled with granulated sugar (must be out of sanding sugar). Baked 22 minutes at 350F. Burnt my mouth. But not half bad.

For warmth...I presume you're using a sleeping bag...get one of those aluminium "space blankets" you can wrap around the outside of it. Holds the body heat in, keeps cold outside air out. If you'll go to Amazon and type in "space blanket" in the search bar, you'll get a bajillion choices.

Favorite chips: I prefer the plain. With s good creamy cheese.

Used to live near a chicken firm that specialized in raising brood stock chickens. They had a number of hatcheries, which all culled their eggs before setting them to incubate. They'd separate out the double-yolkers and sell them as "extra large" at a local store, and I'd make a special trip to that store to buy them. Unfortunately, since the chickens didn't get to run around and were fed a specialized diet, they didn't taste like farm eggs. Good and fresh, though.

Save yourself a little money...go to the local Latino supermarket and get some masa harina. Same thing as Bob's, and likely cheaper.

Anxious to hear more adventures from this trip!

I might as well just go on and get the thing. I know I'm going to. Why delay the inevitable?

Butterbeans, sauteed yellow squash and onions, warmed-over pork tenderloin, and sliced tomatoes.

Oh, it wasn't that the dogs stuck. They wanted to roll off the grill grates and onto the ground. So I tried putting them between the ridges. THEN they stuck.

Tamales and chili, topped with cheese. I'm getting near the end of my stash of Miss Rhoda's World Famous Hot Tamales, which I had lost in the freezer for a time but happily rediscovered. Must find an excuse to make a SEArk run and stock up!

Resurrecting this old thread to show you what happens when you don't open your gas grill all spring and summer. (The electric smoker has all but replaced it.) A wasp nest. Which I promptly incinerated before i grilled the hot dogs. BTW, grill grates don't cooperate well with hot dogs.

Wound up maybe 6 1/2 hours at 145, then I tossed it in the smoker. Tenderness was good, but I had my smoker temp too high, and it dried it out.

Oh, Kappabashi! I could have spent DAYS there. And more money than I'll ever have. I contented myself with my Misonos.

I do a lot of salads during the summer. Since I work from a home office, I tend to take a few hours on Monday and cook for the week's lunches. I make a broccoli salad similar to d @heidih's, and I make a marinated veggie salad that includes, depending on what I feel like, cucumber, onion, cauliflower, carrots, celeriac, raw turnips and corn kernels (some or all of the above). Dressing is wine vinegar, sugar, some tarragon, salt and pepper, garlic powder, maybe some mustard seeds if I feel like it. Made a good pasta salad t'other day with peas, carrots, diced up Lebanon bologna, and grated co-jack cheese, with a good bottled ranch dressing. Fruit salads are a constant. A quick, easy one the other day was cubed cantaloupe and peaches, with a tub of peach Greek yogurt as a dressing. There's one I like with figs, peaches, canteloupe and kiwi with a honey mustard-based dressing. Or maybe it's just cubed watermelon and canteloupe with salt. Of course, capreses. I use homemade ricotta, a lot of times, in mine.

@Anna N, this generally comes at the end of your sojourn, but I just wanted to say thanks for always taking us along with you on these trips. I've come to fee eel familiar with Manitoulin and the everyday life there.

Delectable!

In an egg yolk stands a soldier And a dipper by his trade His companions lie beside him Waiting each their own fates Of dipping in the egg cup And crunching 'til they're done, They are breakfast, they are breakfast And the eggshell still remains La la la la la la la, la la la la la la. You made me do it.

Dammit, Smithy, you're tempting me. Badly. I do not need another kitchen gadget. I do not need....I do not need...