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Post by toshtego on Jun 29, 2020 18:19:51 GMT -5
July 4 is a holiday often enjoyed with cooking something special. Grills, both charcoal and gas, are combusted all across America. ALl kinds of special foods are prepared. The worst July 4th I spent was in a hotel in the north of England. For some reason, no gave a poop. Just me.
So, what are you doing? Let's us review your plan of assault.
Me? My ex-wife, with whom I spend most holidays, wants to prepare Paella. A mixed Paella with shellfish, chicken and sausage.
I have been studying recopies and it seems similar to Gumbo but without the roux, saffron instead of File. Yes, I have a Paella Pan, never used but this will be the first time.
Y tu, Brute?
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Post by trailboss on Jun 29, 2020 20:35:36 GMT -5
I have a 15 pound Certified Angus Beef Brisket sitting in the fridge at home... The wife says “why don’t you cut it in half and freeze some, it will be bad by the time you get home.
(Insert Charlie Brown sigh)
The meat is in Cryovac, cutting a brisket is sacrilegious. I love the gal, but we have had this conversation many times.
I will smoke it on the 3rd, and have the family over on the 4th. I have had too many instances where we invite the family over, and the meat hits a stall on getting done, and we eat at O’ dark thirty.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 29, 2020 20:55:22 GMT -5
Probably hot dogs as usual. Too busy to get fancy.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 29, 2020 21:07:52 GMT -5
Probably hot dogs as usual. Too busy to get fancy. Nothing better than a charcoal dog, I turn into Belushi at the cafeteria when they are available. |
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Post by calabash on Jun 30, 2020 4:30:00 GMT -5
I have a 15 pound Certified Angus Beef Brisket sitting in the fridge at home... The wife says “why don’t you cut it in half and freeze some, it will be bad by the time you get home. (Insert Charlie Brown sigh) The meat is in Cryovac, cutting a brisket is sacrilegious. I love the gal, but we have had this conversation many times. I will smoke it on the 3rd, and have the family over on the 4th. I have had too many instances where we invite the family over, and the meat hits a stall on getting done, and we eat at O’ dark thirty.
I know what you mean. I always smoke our turkey on Thanksgiving. Sometimes it takes two hours - sometimes four. |
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Post by just ol ed on Jun 30, 2020 9:07:30 GMT -5
nothing special planned, might uncover the CharBroil outdoor grill for 1st time & do some plain large chicken pieces. Closest combined family folks about 50miles away. No get together, the g.friend is a triage nurse & very busy.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by just ol ed on Jun 30, 2020 9:08:25 GMT -5
nothing special planned, might uncover the CharBroil outdoor grill for 1st time & do some plain large chicken pieces. Closest combined family folks about 50miles away. No get together, the g.friend is a triage nurse & very busy.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by briarbuck on Jun 30, 2020 11:36:10 GMT -5
I have a 15 pound Certified Angus Beef Brisket sitting in the fridge at home... The wife says “why don’t you cut it in half and freeze some, it will be bad by the time you get home. (Insert Charlie Brown sigh) The meat is in Cryovac, cutting a brisket is sacrilegious. I love the gal, but we have had this conversation many times. I will smoke it on the 3rd, and have the family over on the 4th. I have had too many instances where we invite the family over, and the meat hits a stall on getting done, and we eat at O’ dark thirty. I am doing the same. Not a brisket that big. Not that many mouths to feed. I am going to start on the Friday before as well to give the beef ample time to soften up. My rig is a 26" inch Weber with an XL slow and sear. I can get an 8 hour cook with the slow and sear. Not many better ways to spend a weekend than watching smoke. EDIT: Is it Y tu Brute or Et tu Brute? |
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Post by Scott W on Jun 30, 2020 11:39:15 GMT -5
Haven’t even thought about it. All our family is pretty far away and no one likes driving in NJ traffic on the 4th. Who knows
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 30, 2020 11:58:15 GMT -5
 Probably rice dressing, potato salad, ribs or brisket, cucumbers from our patch, baked beans, wife is the best on baked beans, French bread, the virus has put a pretty big clamp here, one small town is known for their July 4th celebration but I don’t think it will happen this year.
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Post by briarbuck on Jun 30, 2020 12:49:35 GMT -5
Probably rice dressing, potato salad, ribs or brisket, cucumbers from our patch, baked beans, wife is the best on baked beans, French bread, the virus has put a pretty big clamp here, one small town is known for their July 4th celebration but I don’t think it will happen this year. OK, I'm a Yankee and have never heard the term rice dressing. I am reading that Rice Dressing is meat(s) + rice? Is that right? How do you make yours? |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 30, 2020 12:50:52 GMT -5
Fireworks are nixed here for this year- bone dry.
I think the mountain villages of Eagles Nest and Angel Fire are shooting fireworks out over their respective lakes. Hope it works out for them.
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Post by Gandalf on Jun 30, 2020 13:01:29 GMT -5
Haven't thought much about it until I saw this post.
We'll at least do hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages on the grill.
Maybe I'll smoke some ribs.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 30, 2020 13:24:28 GMT -5
Wife makes a roux, medium dark, adds ground meat, cooks it down, then adds rice with a little water so it’s soupy at first but rice absorbs , it, takes many years to know how much liquid to add, my wife is an expert., then there are seasonings, we like it spicy, but not too hot.
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Post by addamsruspipe on Jun 30, 2020 13:35:08 GMT -5
Still learning how to use this new bbq grill. Think we are going to do pork ribs, baked potatoes and corn on the cob. Should be fun. 😀
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Post by briarbuck on Jun 30, 2020 14:09:38 GMT -5
Sounds yummy. I always like dirty rice as well.
Worked in HS on the push boats between New Algiers and Pensacola for Compass Marine. We used to trade diesel fuel for fish with the fishing boats. Man we had some epic feasts.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 30, 2020 17:19:40 GMT -5
4th July is just another day for me. My wife's birthday is the 5th July though, so I'll be doing steak with pepper sauce and dauphinois potatoes for dinner. She's vegetarians so she won't have the steak. I'm looking forward to it though.  |
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Post by zambini on Jul 1, 2020 0:43:39 GMT -5
Mom's birthday is on the 4th. My brother will figure it out and then I'll cover my share of the event.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2020 12:41:22 GMT -5
I have a couple of large chunks of goat that I was supposed to cook with a friend who is a professional chef. When the virus hit we had to call off those plans, so I'm thinking I will take it on myself. No idea what I'm doing, but it's meat and I have a grill, so we'll be good.
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Post by Gandalf on Jul 1, 2020 23:00:09 GMT -5
Nailed down the 4th of July menu. Just me and the wife this year.
Bison burgers, chicken/garlic/spinach sausages, corn on the cob, potato salad.
Watermelon.
Wine.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 1, 2020 23:36:45 GMT -5
Nailed down the 4th of July menu....Watermelon. Wine. Are you going to have old dogs and children there too? |
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Post by Gandalf on Jul 1, 2020 23:43:21 GMT -5
Nailed down the 4th of July menu....Watermelon. Wine. Are you going to have old dogs and children there too? Love that song. Made Watermelon wine once. It came out perfectly clear!!!!! No watermelon flavor at all. Just alcohol - ~13% ABV - like a weak vodka!! |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 1, 2020 23:48:28 GMT -5
One of my favorite balladeers, Tom knew how to bring a story to music.
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Post by Gandalf on Jul 1, 2020 23:58:08 GMT -5
One of my favorite balladeers, Tom knew how to bring a story to music. Saw him in concert once. A very small venue. He was great. He told the audience that there was an after concert party at the Holiday Inn, that we were all invited to. All we had to do was get past security. |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 2, 2020 0:06:00 GMT -5
My sister and brother in law knew them, she was close to Dixie Hall, an English woman that really took to country music. Tom took her loss pretty hard.
Sadly, it played out the same for my brother in law.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 2, 2020 8:26:28 GMT -5
Used to get a big striped watermelon real cold with a round hole cut in it with a opened bottle of vodka pushed in the hole. Man that was a good watermelon.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 2, 2020 9:02:07 GMT -5
I have a 15 pound Certified Angus Beef Brisket sitting in the fridge at home... The wife says “why don’t you cut it in half and freeze some, it will be bad by the time you get home. (Insert Charlie Brown sigh) The meat is in Cryovac, cutting a brisket is sacrilegious. I love the gal, but we have had this conversation many times. I will smoke it on the 3rd, and have the family over on the 4th. I have had too many instances where we invite the family over, and the meat hits a stall on getting done, and we eat at O’ dark thirty. I am doing the same. Not a brisket that big. Not that many mouths to feed. I am going to start on the Friday before as well to give the beef ample time to soften up. My rig is a 26" inch Weber with an XL slow and sear. I can get an 8 hour cook with the slow and sear. Not many better ways to spend a weekend than watching smoke. EDIT: Is it Y tu Brute or Et tu Brute? Spanish vs Latin. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 2, 2020 9:04:58 GMT -5
4th July is just another day for me. My wife's birthday is the 5th July though, so I'll be doing steak with pepper sauce and dauphinois potatoes for dinner. She's vegetarians so she won't have the steak. I'm looking forward to it though. And I've always heard that inter-religious marriages didn't work! 😈😁🤠 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 2, 2020 9:07:53 GMT -5
Used to get a big striped watermelon real cold with a round hole cut in it with a opened bottle of vodka pushed in the hole. Man that was a good watermelon. An old preacher friend of mine used to tell stories about when he was a kid they somehow put in a line in the stem with a tube in a bottle of liquor or vanilla extract and the watermelon would suck it in as it grew. I was a little young to understand the process. |
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Post by Gandalf on Jul 2, 2020 18:27:25 GMT -5
Nailed down the 4th of July menu. Just me and the wife this year. Bison burgers, chicken/garlic/spinach sausages, corn on the cob, potato salad. Watermelon. Wine. Well, guess the menu wasn't nailed down at all. Bison burgers tomorrow night. Steak, chicken/garlic/spinach sausages, corn on the cob, potato salad for 4th of July. And Watermelon. And wine - always. |
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Probably rice dressing, potato salad, ribs or brisket, cucumbers from our patch, baked beans, wife is the best on baked beans, French bread, the virus has put a pretty big clamp here, one small town is known for their July 4th celebration but I don’t think it will happen this year.
