Brisket At The Chicken Ranch - The Movie

You probably also saw the steam coming off the brisket. It was a bit warm.

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The Flip Video Camera was in the house and she was trying to show off my bandages from the scan the hospital did a couple of hours earlier. More photos, more chances someone would ask, "What's wrong with your arm?" No one has asked so that supports my theory that no one loves me out there in Egghead Land.

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Funny you should ask, I was just about to tell you anyway.

They call it a "Nuclear hida with kinevac" and takes an hour during which time I can't move. They shoot me up with some glow-in-the-dark juice, turn it on and walk away. To occupy my mind I have to mentally twiddle my thumbs.

It's to find out more about my collection of gallstones. Seems that I've accululated some lately and they're not comfortable.

A quick Google search tells me there are many treatment options including removing the gallbladder altogether. In fact, it must be the more popular option because I've already heard from a number of people who gave up theirs.

Apparently it is an unnecessary body part and once removed, life goes on pretty much as before.

Or they could just dissolve the thing using medical magic. But then it might come back.

Anyway, it's nothing so serious that I have to give up Egg'n as I know it.

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Thanks Tim.

Yes, it took a long time but we now enjoy the fruits of our labors. The Coop is a fun place to cook.

You realize that licking your monitor turned this thread into an "X-Rated Food-Porn" thread :P

Yes, all is well. Just my gall bladder making some jewelry parts, or as the medical profession loosly refers to them - gall stones. I had to have a scan. Seems to be no big deal to lose the gallbladder altogether so I'm not worried.

Absolutely, by all means, for darn sure... if you are ever down this way be sure to give us a shout. We will tell the Girls to clean up and get ready to entertain a gentleman friend. They love it when new Eggheads come visiting.

Oh, and we can feed you too.

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I thought someone might pick up on the music.

It's "Rio Amour" from Hewlett Crist's four-CD album "The Rio Grande Songs."

All his music is easy to listen to .

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Thanks Gary,

The rub was a nice surprise, although a bit spicier than I would have liked. Frank and Tom liked it.

As I mentioned below, the bandage and hospital jewelry was from a gall bladder scan first thing Friday morning. I had to leave it showing so I could blame the hospital if the brisket turned out bad.

I think I could have done better on the brisket had I put it on later in the morning and cooked it at a slightly higher temperature than I did. I had to stretch out the cook so it would be ready to come off and be sliced within fifteen minutes. I was trying to keep a crisp bark on it rather than a spongy bark like with foiling.

I'm now one step closer to Brisket Nirvāna.

Thanks for worrying about my 'wounds.'

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Thank you.

We designed it do do just what it did. Lot more fun to cook when things are right where you need them.

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Thanks Beli. The seasoning was good but a wee bit more spicy than I expected. Actually, I was expecting 'sweet' to be the dominate flavor. There was plenty of brown sugar for it. But some of the other flavors came through very well. Frank and Tom sure liked it.

As for my slow cutting, remember that I only have one good eye and ten functioning fingers. I'm also clumsy and was heavily laced with rum. Any additional speed to the process would surely have created a red stain on the brisket and quite possibly reconfigured my method of counting from using whole fingers to counting in fractions. I believe everyone realize that fact and exercised restraint.

The good thing about all this is that I learned to NOT schedule medical appointments during a long low & slow cook.

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I'm just finishing up a bottle of Appleton. Pretty much any rum is good. But when I'm just drinking rum and cokes while doing a project I actually prefer Ronrico. It's light and I don't get crazy.

I also discovered that we have our very own distillery here in Houston. It's called Railean. Pretty good rum, both light and dark flavors.

Sipping rum is a different story. A friend gave me a bottle of Millonario one time. It was good.

The bottom line is I just drink the cheap stuff to make my Coke taste better.

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Yea Mickey, I almost sawed through three of my more useful digits last year, the social commentary one's. Just point in the direction of my commentary and squeeze.

They grew back pretty good but there's still enough to let me know to take care of them. Plus, that big knife is probably heavy enough to chop a toe off if I dropped it.

Like most stuff cooked on the Egg, it was fun.

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"Oscar!!!" Maybe a George or a Joe but I'm not yet worthy of the Red-Rug kind of award. Heck, I'm just having fun. I couldn't afford the tux anyway LOL

I was tempted to take a bite but I didn't. I was glad to hear Frank comment that it was good. That remark was good enough for me.

Even my neighbor said it was good. And no one asked for Pepto Bismol.

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