Recent content by JKalchik

G/f & I just finished a bottle of Jameson's Very Rare Distiller's Edition 12yo that we picked up at the distillery near Cork, IE a few years ago. Wonderful stuff.

something else.... while I have noted pieces of lump charcoal that clearly came from dimensionally finished lumber, I have never seen anything that may have came from pressure treated, stained, or painted wood. That'd be a great big "HECK, NO!", and some unpleasant conversations ensuing, not...

My dear sir, I'll happily live vicariously through your experiences and take your word for it.

Oddly enough..... ran into someone here in town who has a similar sensitivity this week. Okay, not doing pulled pork for you. How about brisket instead?

Royal Oak is high on my list of do not use. Several years ago, I was getting a lot of non-burnables in Royal Oak lump, including better than a half lb. chunk of what I suspect was clinker (kiln lining.) I sent in a message to Royal Oak, and the reply I got back was more or less "too bad, so...

This belongs somewhere other than a humor thread......

I like a little salt on melons of all sorts. A sweet stout or porter (very malty and very low hops) with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream can make a wonderful float.

Plastic self tapping inserts are what you're looking for. I'd be starting in the fastener aisle at my local hardware store, I'll bet they're a stock item in those drawers.

Holding brisket in a well insulated picnic cooler for 6-8 hours isn't a problem, with the obvious caveat of keeping it above 140 degrees F. You can preheat the cooler with hot water (be careful to not warp the sheet plastic, that's easier than you think,) or add thermal mass like a couple of...

Based on other activities I've noted around these here intarweb thingies..... I'm going to politely suggest that we all think multiple times before reposting comics, especially well-known and liked strips. Let's all help keep @Chris Allingham out of trouble and happy, and keep this site running...

A whole buncha years ago, when I was in high school, I was catching a lift home from an evening event at the high school, and the driver was dropping off someone else at the local airport. Well, would ya lookit that.... There's a crop duster filling up with fuel as well as an application, along...

They do..... but it's not like that's the only brand they've sold/sell.

I'm with @Bob Bailey . 2 FoodSavers died here in relatively short order, the Vacmaster I purchased through Costo has lasted at least 3 times as long and has been nearly trouble free. As far as media goes..... I've been getting bags through Webstaurantstore.com. At less than a dime each, for...

Good method. I'll grill lobster tails all day long, now that I've fixed whole lobster once. We get 80-90% of the lobster with less than 10% of the work. Really, the only significant loss IMO is the claw meat, and I'll happily forgo that for ease of preparation.

We spent Saturday up nort' in Duluth, MN at the All Pints North. We went a few years ago, and she really wanted to go back. Warm day, upper 80s, and rather windy, at least one easy-up canopy tried to make a break for freedom. Well behaved crowd, not oversold, and generally not difficult at...