Tongues, lips

Well excuuuuseee me! But Mexican Barbacoa is made exactly out of that...

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And I wouldn't trade it for the world!

 

@MaxHeadRoom
Forgive us USAers but I don't get Cockles and Welks. I'm on another site with UKers and I'm now trying to understand the slang!
explanation needed ........
Brzrkr

 

@cmartinez
I didn't say I didn't like it! I was only trying to say that's what was in it!
No bad intent cmartinez
Brzrkr

 

@wayneh
Why do we always have to go to the molecular level of everything ? Why can't you just say "one is as bad as the other" ?
Brzrkr

Because I don’t expect people to accept a pronouncement from me without backup information, something I happen to have in my head from a previous lifetime.

 

Don't forget scallops and mussels!
Edit: No cmartinez... I don't want that world.
I know my limits

Brzrkr

I can make this real simple. I grew up on Long Island, NY and if it came out of the water we ate it. Neighbors were always bringing home something which came out of the water and sharing it. To me all seafood is good but some is mo gooder than anutter.

Then enter the grill for much of it and there you go. Take the tube of a squid, slice it, pound it flat a little and throw it on a grill, squeeze a lemon over it and that's it!

Ron

 

@MaxHeadRoom
Forgive us USAers but I don't get Cockles and Welks. I'm on another site with UKers and I'm now trying to understand the slang!
explanation needed ........
Brzrkr

Welks are often called sea snails which they resemble before shelling.
and
Cockles before shelling.

Max.

 

@wayneh
Why do we always have to go to the molecular level of everything ? Why can't you just say "one is as bad as the other" ?
Brzrkr

I think he's a "Chemical Engineer" I made the mistake once of quoting from a book, can't remember if it was @GopherT or @wayneh? But, the quote involved milk, Type A1 casing vs Type A2 casing which is a type of protein as I remember. It was kinda of cool when people start in with molecular level stuff, I learn a lot that way.

BTW, there is a lot of tampering with honey as I understand, seen a documentary on it, so I use local honey or my daughters, I've even thought about Bee keeping myself, I might do it when I move South after retirement.

kv

 

I think he's a "Chemical Engineer" I made the mistake once of quoting from a book, can't remember if it was @GopherT or @wayneh? But, the quote involved milk, Type A1 casing vs Type A2 casing which is a type of protein as I remember. It was kinda of cool when people start in with molecular level stuff, I learn a lot that way.

BTW, there is a lot of tampering with honey as I understand, seen a documentary on it, so I use local honey or my daughters, I've even thought about Bee keeping myself, I might do it when I move South after retirement.

kv

Your memory is pretty good. Spelling, not so much. The milk protein to which you refer is casein. Sounds like casing.

 

@MaxHeadRoom
Thanks for clearing that up. I was always told "If you don't know ask"
On the other site I read a post where the term and I'm gonna try to clean this up because curse words aren't restricted so much on it.
Paraphrasing here and I'll use (D) for mans private part starting with a D:
"It's like my (D) in the backyard garden"
Trying to find the post now but it was awhile back.... Had to ask then too!
I was already trying to get the hang of UK slang but I keep getting wrenches thrown in.

I think he's a "Chemical Engineer" I made the mistake once of quoting from a book

Thanks for the warning, I'll keep that in mind.

Brzrkr

 

@MaxHeadRoom
Thanks for clearing that up. I was always told "If you don't know ask"
Brzrkr

I've translated Cockney rhyming slang here a few times, it can get quite devious.
Max.

 

https://twitter.com/VPestilenZ/status/1140437217619390465

 

Thought I would share this one because growing up we were not so "lets say rich".
Hamburger soup
Ingredients. Hamburger meat, potatoes, onions, celery, tomatoes (I used canned diced), carrots (Sliced canned)
Cook in a frying pan 2 lbs.hamburger meat and drain fat
While cooking cut up potatoes ,celery,and onions. Making sure you have enough of each to add the flavor of each. With the two lbs. of meat I used about 7 or 8 decent sized potatoes, 2 large onions (color your choice) and about 6 stalks of celery, 3 cans diced tomatoes and 2 cans sliced carrots. Add all other ingredients to a large pot for soups or stews along with cooked hamburger meat and add water for juice. Cook till the vegetables are done
adding salt and pepper, ketchup, A1, 57 sauce, worcestershire and hot sauce to taste while cooking. I just squirt some of each in and taste as it starts getting close to done. watch the hot sauce it can get spicy quick.
We loved it.
This made a pot about 5 in. high, 10 in. round full
Edit: Oh yeah add 3 or 4 tablespoons of sugar to give it some Umph.
Brzrkr

 

Nothing fancy today, just work food for the next grill station.

The work in progress is the outdoor Kitchen for the new master bedroom house extension. The plan is to have eventually a real lap pool but for now
it'll just be a enclosed and heated sun room with fancy above ground pool. Hope to have a contractor finish the house exit and room foundation slab before this year is done.

First things first is the cooking location and prep
this year. I have two grills but one is the smoker so that's what's going here from the current deck location.

Need that work chair when doing tile work to save the knee-knees. I hate TV shows that show a 30 min tile job when it actually takes days to do it right and at least a week
before a full cure for real mortar. Never use a mastic on tile in wet areas.

The Durock tile board has a concrete base under it.

Metal transition edge cemented under the tile to be cleaned and sealed later.

Back view. I like my latex modified mortar fairly thin and messy.
Need to let the mortar cure, clean the haze and grout the lines for the tiled hot work grill location just outside planned outdoor room.
A Composite Permeable Paver Grid is planned for the grill side and back for access for easy cleaning during the wet season and rain runoff management.
https://www.timbertech.com/products/pavers/permeable

 

@nsaspook ,

Can you tell us more about that latex-modified concrete? Several years ago, I developed a "friable" concrete to put around the baseboards of my barn. My requirement was something hard enough to keep ground hogs from burrowing and soft enough not to instantly ruin my mower blades. I read up on the "soft concrete" used for traffic barriers and made something with a very small amount of Portland cement(1:12) to sand and crushed limestone, but I did not include fillers, like expanded plastics.

It has worked so far -- maybe 5 years. But needs a redo now. How soft is your latex concrete? Can it be cut with a spade? What is your mixture?

As for your grill, one of my son-in-laws and I made smoked ribs yesterday. I warned him about how hot ash burned. Long story short, they were a little on the crispy side. My smoker is made from a compressed gas cylinder (22" diameter) split at 45° to give an "ell" with a hot section and smoking section. Usually it works great. This was "his" first failure because of the heat. Next year, I will have a digital thermometer that can be read from across the yard.

John

 

My smoker is made from a compressed gas cylinder (22" diameter) split at 45° to give an "ell" with a hot section and smoking section.

Post a pic!

 

Here you go, buddy:

Fire section is on the right:


Closed up:



The original tank is about 3/16" to 1/4" steel. Quite heavy (>400 lbs) and requires equipment to move. Immediate modifications will be an additional swing out grate (22" dia.) for the smoke section to allow more meat and a large display for temp and /or a remote monitor. It's been moved to the barn. In use, it is closer to my deck so we can monitor the smoker side temperature more closely.

I bought it from the welder (Spanos) basically for the scrape value of the steel.

John

 

@nsaspook ,

Can you tell us more about that latex-modified concrete? Several years ago, I developed a "friable" concrete to put around the baseboards of my barn. My requirement was something hard enough to keep ground hogs from burrowing and soft enough not to instantly ruin my mower blades. I read up on the "soft concrete" used for traffic barriers and made something with a very small amount of Portland cement(1:12) to sand and crushed limestone, but I did not include fillers, like expanded plastics.

I'm using latex modified thin-set mortar (you can buy the additive or get a modified dry mortar) not a structural concrete so the properties needed would be similar but in a different degree. For outdoor tile work the added adhesion to the substrate and tile under freeze-thaw weather is the prime importance as is its deformability while remaining intact structurally. It mixes butter smooth with the correct mixing blade and a large drill but it takes about 6 mins of total spinning so I don't recommend hand mixing.
https://www.tcnatile.com/faqs/66-polymer-modified-mortar.html

https://www.concreteconstruction.net/how-to/repair/latex-modified-concrete-and-mortar-for-repair_o

 

@nsaspook
Thanks for the follow-up. Sounds like it might be good for some repairs but is not soft enough to replace what I am currently using.

 

Brisket Breakfast.

 

Brisket Breakfast.

Been trying to motivate myself to do a nice smoked, slow cook brisket for a few weeks now.

Ron