so waht ya doin today?

[JonB]

I pressure cooked (60 minutes) the first beef heart roast yesterday. Yummy.
I used beef broth for the pressure cooker liquid...no other seasonings.
It sliced and ate just like a real good tender lean Rump roast.
I would have taken a photo, but it wasn't too pretty.

I like the idea of L Ross' Tongue recipe, but am not crazy about the nitrite in Prague powder.
I may Pressure cook the Beef Tongue using a big dose of homemade sauerkraut with a bit of water, for the pressure cooking liquid. Maybe slice the tongue in half the long way, place face down on the bed of liquid kraut? Kind of like a sauerbraten thingy?
I only have one Tongue, So doing half first would be smart, in case I don't like it, then can try something else on the other half.
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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.

 

[waco]

Installed a new mailbox. Joy.

 

[Bret4207]

Hmmm . . . familiar and great looking gun, John!

I was thinking the same thing. Haven't actually looked at my 24-3 in a while. Gorgeous guns!

 

[Bret4207]

Whoa boy, is that wind cold! The boys helped me get to the woodlot today. I'm trying to get next years wood drug out while adding the dry tops to the pile for this winter. The old Ford 800 tractor is pretty good on bare ground or maybe 6" of snow. In heavier snow it's a struggle. We got a few trees out but I had to leave some larger trunk sections for the crawler. Ground skidding a wet oak log that weighs north of half a ton up an ice and snow covered hill is asking a lot. So there will be plenty of logs for me to pull after I get that crawler repaired.

Cindys spaghetti for supper!!! She hates to cook but she has a magic with her sauce. It's never the same twice, love it!

 

[Brad]

Installed a new mailbox. Joy.

What happened to the old one?

I dislike digging out old posts and putting in new ones.

 

[waco]

The post man hit it with his truck......
Lucky for me the main post didn't suffer. Just needed a new box. Pretty easy fix.

 

[462]

No sooner do I give the post office kudos for delivering a package ahead of the expected delivery date, and that happens. Love the organization or hate it.

 

[JWFilips]

JonB,
Tongue is easy in a slow cooker! Beef stock, Salt & Pepper, Onions , Garlic and whatever you like ( Carrots and Celery) and one unopened Scotch bonnet pepper!
Cook on low for 8 hrs! Melts in your mouth!
Jim

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Cleaned barrels from Tuesdays range trip.

That 30/30 was badly neglected before me. It is still Pretty dirty.

Ruger and Mauser cleaned up quick and easy.

Winchester (Norma Mag) is a JES rebore and unknown shots fired before I bought and unknown if polishing was ordered. (Usually not)

It was pretty dirty and leading found just before muzzle. Not aweful but present just the same. 90% removed. Letting some solvent do its thing.

CW

 

[JWFilips]

Try it sliced with eggs for breakfast!
I slice it into separate servings and freeze it ! Prevents me from eating it too quickly! Really not good for your cholesterol !

 

[L Ross]

Got my cell phone battery changed and stress tested the boat cranking battery I froze and recharged when it thawed. Showing 12.6V and seems to be holding that.

Picked up some nice looking shrimp and I am going to blacken them for supper.

 

[Rick]

Try it sliced with eggs for breakfast!
I slice it into separate servings and freeze it ! Prevents me from eating it too quickly! Really not good for your cholesterol !

Too quickly . . . . Now there's a problem I'll never have.

 

[462]

The local granddaughter called to say she made it to Glen Rose, Texas, her new home. Didn't take her long to get a "welcome to Texas speeding ticket".
Then she told us a funny story about a man, his dog, and his wife she was talking to, and how they had accents. I told that, now, she is the one with the accent.

 

[fiver]

found some pork bone in back strap and some shoulder hams on sale at the store.
i only went there to get the dogs some carrots, and a couple of Pizza's for dinner.
but 99 cents a lb for the back strap, and 119 for the ham,,,,,, yeah.

50 sumthin bucks later, i remember the pizza and carrots.

 

[JonB]

Try it sliced with eggs for breakfast!
I slice it into separate servings and freeze it ! Prevents me from eating it too quickly! Really not good for your cholesterol !

Thanks for the advice, but I respectfully disagree with the rational.

I am in the camp that believes consuming reasonable amounts of non-modified animal fat does not negatively effect a person's cholesterol tests.
I blame elevated blood sugar (consuming processed wheat and other simple carbs in high enough amounts), will alter a person's metabolism, which negatively effects a person's Cholesterol levels, among other things.

While this is only a small group, the results were 100%
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3336803/
There are many books and studies that follow along these lines, which contradict the old FDA guidelines.

 

[Ian]

You can drive 90 on the freeways in Houston and barely not get run over. However, pretty much everywhere else they give five and take six. Glen Rose is beautiful, at least it was 15 years ago last I saw. Used to travel though there often on my way to Denton from here, and considered moving there to be close to work in Fort Worthless but in the country by a good measure. The accents in that part of the state are the rather thick kind unique to the central Texas country people.

 

[Bret4207]

Thanks for the advice, but I respectfully disagree with the rational.

I am in the camp that believes consuming reasonable amounts of non-modified animal fat does not negatively effect a person's cholesterol tests.
I blame elevated blood sugar (consuming processed wheat and other simple carbs in high enough amounts), will alter a person's metabolism, which negatively effects a person's Cholesterol levels, among other things.

While this is only a small group, the results were 100%
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3336803/
There are many books and studies that follow along these lines, which contradict the old FDA guidelines.

I'm with ya on this. I had bad cholesterol levels until I went on Atkins. My numbers dropped like a rock eating meat, eggs and cheese. BP and a bunch of other stuff went from "Look, you're going to die if you keep this up." to "Holy smokes, you're doing great!" from my Dr. My body takes carbs and turns them into fat. Other people may not have that problem, but it's just a fact with me. Animal fats and proteins, ones that aren't messed with and altered with other chemicals, and crude fibers are what man was designed to live on. Between over processing, a relatively sedentary lifestyle and enormous quantities of foods are the problem IMO.

 

[Bret4207]

-18F this AM. Oh boy!

 

[L Ross]

I like carbs, I like fat, I like alcohol, I like nitrites.

 

[Winelover]

Everything in moderation.