so waht ya doin today?

[CWLONGSHOT]

My grandma cooked beef tongue in a pressure cooker. She had a metal tea ball she would fill with pickling spices that she would put in with the water. Fork tender beef. She was a German orphan immigrant, she cooked the most wonderful things. Same thing with beef hearts, in the pressure cooker they would go.

I remember that as well! Grand mas pressure cooker "cackling" away in the stove.

 

[smokeywolf]

My grandma cooked beef tongue in a pressure cooker. She had a metal tea ball she would fill with pickling spices that she would put in with the water. Fork tender beef. She was a German orphan immigrant, she cooked the most wonderful things. Same thing with beef hearts, in the pressure cooker they would go.

Used to love eating at Dad's parent's house. Papa was old world German (Prussian), Nona was old world Napolese Italian. WW I, Papa was an Army doctor and Nona was an Army nurse.
Papa would do roasts; pork mostly. Nona would do spaghetti, pasta fasul and pies with the flakiest, melt-in-your mouth crusts.

 

[L Ross]

That's my plan. It's been a long time since I cooked beef heart or Tongue, because it's been over a decade since I'd buy beef quarters. I recall when I cooked them in the past, usually on the smoker grill or slow roast in oven and it was hit or miss on getting them tender. Recently, I've been reading more and more about pressure cooking meat, I used the pressure cooker for years for Beans, rice, and such.

The last batch of soup stock (from a family pack of chicken thigh bones) I made in Pressure cooker, instead of normal boiling. Turned out just as good, maybe better.

I make a brine of 1/2 tablespoon of Prague powder #1, 1/8 cup pickling salt, 1/8 cup brown sugar and some maple syrup in two quarts of water. I thoroughly mix that until all the solids are dissolved the I inject it into the tongue with an injector device. I submerge the tongue over night in the left over brine in the fridge and then smoke it for 2 hours at 180 over hickory and finish it in the pressure cooker for 30 to 40 minutes at 10lbs. pressure.

I did some deer hearts and brined them much the same way only I added the spices for corned beef and brined them 5 days in the fridge, then smoked and pressure cooked them. They were so good that is my plan for tongue next time I get around to it.

 

[462]

And the Sawsall, and two work lights, and two drills, and the vacuum, love the M18 Fuel system, except now I have a nearly new Tanaka gas power head for my ice augers and use the Milwaukee drills instead.

Yep, got the drill, impact driver, and leaf blower. The tools are so well built, efficient, and ergonomic that it makes me want to find more tools to buy. Well, not quite, but I am very impressed.

The leaf blower came with an 8Ah battery!, and while its weight is not noticeable while using the blower, it sure is when using the 9-pound saw.

 

[RBHarter]

Little score . I got a second Lyman lubesizer for a price I'm willing to pay looks like about 75 shipped .

I guess I'll have to break down and try something other than Darrs , maybe some White label blue .

 

[462]

Hurray, hurray, hurray! California lost another taxpaying citizen, and the first from both sides of our family to do so.

Our local granddaughter left Needles, at 0730 this morning, crossed the Colorado River and headed toward Santa Rosa, New Mexico where she'll be spending the night. Tomorrow she'll drive to Glen Rose, Texas, which will be her new home. A friend of her parents bought a motel, there, and she will be running it. Everyone involved has a lot to learn, but she's extremely excited and very willing to learn.

 

[Matt_G]

^^
She just jumped right into the deep end, didn't she?
Good for her!!

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

I don't mean to make a joke of any one type of person.
My neighbor just finished his last Kemo session for one of the stomach cancers. Today he tested positive for Kovid. His wife spread the word to all of the relatives of my neighbor Dick.
Some of the responses they got were. Why did the wife let him get it (Kovid). Since Kovid hit NO one has entered their house. They do not shop in stores any more, they do curb delivery. The only outside people they see are Doctors.
B. Dick has to drink Iodine and Peroxide to kill the Kovid germs.
C. Dick has to use a nebulizer.

 

[JWFilips]

Was Planning on working on that flintlock fowler today but I Had to update The 18th century artisan show! website
They decided to put it on this year since it was canceled 2 years in a row because of Covid-19!
They have up to 85 vendors / artisans and collectors; showing & selling their works!
This show is amazing It is huge and all Flintlock period arms...accouterments and period items!

 

[blackthorn]

Sitting back taking it easy while I recover from having the cataract removed from my right eye yesterday. Procedure went without a hitch and this morning I could see very well with just a bit of blurriness. Had to go see the surgeon at 7:45 this AM and they want you to have someone drive you (no driving for 24 hours post surgery). All is well but I feel really limited. Have to have the Left eye done on the 24th of February. I will be SO happy to have this behind me. I absolutely hate anything going on near/to my eyes.

 

[Missionary]

That Artisan Show looks like one I would enjoy !

 

[popper]

Got up @ 5:30 to get to docs by 7:15. Not much traffic so early. Got a bandage around most back of neck, squamous removed. Feels like a horse collar so I rested, watched car tv & napped. Thought it was just a small spot. well guess I'm wrong. She went to soccer games without me. Got 2 extra dogs while the kids go skiing. Fun weekend.

 

[Bret4207]

I can't imagine being so scared of anything that I wouldn't leave my house. I hope Dick doesn't follow some of that advice!

The morning went okay, but the afternoon was a bear. Got a mess of stuff done around the house and garage, but didn't get the crawler up there yet. Made a dash to town and ended up going all over Gods green (white actually) creation trying to find some socket head M10-1.50 bolts about 3 1/2" long. I dunno how long that is in metric! Finally found some and headed home to get a load of wood in. Stuck. The. Tractor. Jeeeeeeze!!!!! Not only did I stick it, high centered it on a rack to be precise, but I did it way down a wagon road so that I had a nice long walk into the icy winds to get another tractor. I did eventually get the tractor un-mounted from the pedestal it was sitting on and the wood in the basement. Still have to walk down and get the other tractor...tomorrow!

The welder is a no go, sold already. Drat!

So the other say my beloved and I were discussing the Burb and the fact that it's getting so even I am a bit embarrassed of the very obvious cancer it's got. She's pretty rough to put it mildly. We were discussing replacing it and she says, "You know what?! YOU should get a mini van! They're so practical and much better on gas than the Burb or truck. You could put grain or parts in it and if we needed to carry 5 or 6 adults you'd have a way to it!" She says this like it's the most logical and wonderful idea anyone has ever come up with. I said, "Why don't YOU get a mini van and I'll drive the Explorer?" She looks at me like I'm nuts and says, "I'm not driving a frumpy old mini van!!!!!!!!" Huh, guess that settles that!

 

[Foo]

Consider that it's a toaster over, not a lab grade kiln. As with so many of our consumer goods they all probably come from "The Land of Almost Right" where what amounts to slave labor makes objects at the lowest cost. There's probably a way to modify one to hold temps better, but it's still something meant to cook toast or frozen mac and cheese.

Right you are Bret and it is also meant to cook bullets!!!

 

[Foo]

Mine doesn't do long cycles on the elements, it PWM's them constantly. I think it has a PID controller inside.

Forgive my ignorance but what does PWM stand for?

 

[Ian]

Pulse Width Modulation.

 

[Foo]

Pulse Width Modulation.

Got ya. I looked in mine and it is controlled by a bi-metal points deal. I am thinking about controlling with PID but need to check and see if timer is mechanical or I have to get a stand alone timer. I was surprised it is that inaccurate. I dn't know how one would cook food in it.

 

[fiver]

LEE melting pots also run that bi-metal switch.
it ain't too hard to re-wire it for a dimmer light switch.
but you can bend the strip and adjust the heat too, just be prepared to make a tweak and test then make another tweak etc.


spent some time fiddling around with some bullets and brass today.
i think i'm gonna do some 25-2600 fps 223 loads using some light weight BEE & Hornet bullets this spring in my slow? [12 airc] twist Ruger Varmint rifle.
maybe try some Unique or some AA-4100, i got lots of 4100, and the commercial equivalent.
i figure they'll make some fun lightweight ground squirrel loads, plus i got over a K of them and no BEE or Hornet.
i guess if that fails i'll just run e'm up, the hornet bullets are varmint vaporizers at 2850, the flat nose Bee bullets should do the same.

 

[462]

Loaded a test batch of .44 Special 429421s lubed for the first time with White Label's BAC, and Brad's .433" sizer got it first official work out.

 

[Michael]

Started processing a whitetail doe from an over population cull. Town maintenance worker showed up at my door confirming that my name was on the list. All I had to do was go out to the town shop at the cemetery. A couple if signatures for the carcuss tag and home I go. Already cleaned and clean test for CWD, even loaded it in the truck for me. Just need to skin and butcher. Keeping the back straps, tenderloins and some cuts from the rump/round and balance into breakfast sausage. Easiest deer I ever brought home, also the first time I ever brought something home dead from a cemetery.