OT - What are you doing right now?

JohnEggGio

A very good day..

alaskanassasin

@Sea2Ski yap when their ears go flat like that it gets exciting 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Sweating. Currently it’s 104°, pool water is 91°. It’s more like a bath rather than a cool refreshing pool. When is summer over again. Supposed to be in the hundreds until at least a week from this Monday. When is winter again?  

Damn, those palm trees! Thicc 

caliking

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

@caliking here is the link. They are on sale too. Almost 50% off. We are going to buy a couple more for next year. 

https://www.hayneedle.com/product/coral-coast-emery-corrugated-metal-raised-garden-bed-with-lining1.cfm

Thank you. I’ll take a look. 

And that’s a beautiful pool. I can’t recall seeing palms like that on private property. 

Hook_emHornsfan_74

SciAggie said:

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Aggies and their science. lol I kid. Man I really hope we have football this year. @SciAggie. Also, those took me about an hour to put together and fill.  Do back breaking work with cinder blocks. 

You win for sure on the labor issue. Beds like yours are attractive for sure. The main reason we made these beds is because I had enough material on hand for the first two. Raised bed gardening has been fun so far. 

Man i feel like jumping in the car and heading to Coleman to take notes.  

Hook_emHornsfan_74

caliking said:

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

@caliking here is the link. They are on sale too. Almost 50% off. We are going to buy a couple more for next year. 

https://www.hayneedle.com/product/coral-coast-emery-corrugated-metal-raised-garden-bed-with-lining1.cfm

Thank you. I’ll take a look. 

And that’s a beautiful pool. I can’t recall seeing palms like that on private property. 

Yeah we have to have them trimmed professionally now. I’ll take a pic of the tops tomorrow. 

CPFC1905

Chuleton (Txuleton), pork and sea bream.  

Reverse sear this time to render the fat.  About 15 minutes indirect around 350F, heated very slowly inside - but once the bone was 'hot' it got a move in.   Wrapped in foil and covered with the probe in,  it went from 100 to 110F IT on it's own.    Finished with direct 600F for about a minute per side and rested in a foil blanket.   Forget the close up of the beef,  but it was rare 52 C (low 120's F).  

Pork loin about an inch thick with rind that I salted about 30 mins pre cook.   Similar method to the beef,  but longer direct, after beef was pulled.  Few minutes skin down to finish the crackling.

Bream - simple olive oil, salt and pepper - couple of slice of orange for a bit of flavour.  Direct for a couple of minutes and there you go. 

GATraveller

Acn said:

Sea2Ski said:

Acn said:

Sea2Ski said:

StillH2OEgger said:

Great photos, @Acn! Looks awesome.

Yes they are. @Acn Little to no haze for the win! Loving the pictures-keep them coming!  

Thanks!  I will keep them coming, although today is mostly just going to be driving from Moab up to Jackson, WY.  We’re planning on putting in 10 miles in the Tetons tomorrow.

Careful in there. We were on a small hike not far in and came across this local. 

Wife and I froze where we were and watched her for a bit. She took slow steps toward us as we stood there with little motion. Then out of nowhere, she did a bluff charge for about 15 feet. No clearing of the nostrils, no front hoof stomp, just a look up and a couple quick straps our way.   She was saying “Get the hell out of here” and that is what we did. Scared the crap out of us.  We got out of there and did not even take a stroll the rest of the day.  Enjoy your trip!  

Thanks for the heads up.  Going to the western mountains in Maine, I’ve encountered my share of moose.  We do have bear spray to keep with us; I kept it hidden so my wife didn’t use it to enforce social distancing in rest areas on our way out.

Just make sure you're UP wind when you spray it. 

lkapigian

Making Ancho Salami today with home smoke dried pablano , smell is amazing ...ProTip for those not using 2 gallon bags for sausage \ Salami making, makes storage and quick chilling so much easier and quicker, I grind right back into the bags 

Ancho and a couple guajillo

SciAggie

@lkapigian Duh, that’s a genius hack. Thanks for sharing that pro tip. 

thetrim

Just getting caught up after a few days away.

Battleborn

My daughter came into our room this morning and made us promise to "have a relaxing home day and watch home renovation shows on TV." 

I am raising a 55 year old, 9 year old.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

Here are the tops of the trees and the back yard. My wife has the green thumb. I swear she could make a rock grow. 

johnmitchell

@Hook_emHornsfan_74 Stunning setting and pool, Question what kind of root system do those monsters have?thinking along the lines of your pool

Hook_emHornsfan_74

@johnmitchell we had a leak about 5 years ago where one of the roots made its way to the hot tub lines. Jen we had it fixed, the reinforced the whole hot tub area with more concrete.  We aren’t sure if it was their roots since a palms roots are a ball. Could have been the Burfurd (spelling) tree in the corner. 

SciAggie

@Hook_emHornsfan_74 That is a beautiful yard. Do you have a drip watering system for all the plants?

SamIAm2

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Sweating. Currently it’s 104°, pool water is 91°. It’s more like a bath rather than a cool refreshing pool. When is summer over again. Supposed to be in the hundreds until at least a week from this Monday. When is winter again?  

Tossing in lots of dry ice may moderate that temp.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

@SciAggie Thanks!  Sadly no. I am the drip system. We move all the pots in the garage During the winter. Which is a beating.  We water it all by hand. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Put some bacon on my Blackstone, griddle isn't even on, and fat is starting to render.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Put some bacon on my Blackstone, griddle isn't even on, and fat is starting to render.

Yeah this heat is no joke. Already 101° here. Supposed to be 108°. I’m over this already. 

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Put some bacon on my Blackstone, griddle isn't even on, and fat is starting to render.

I feel like that bacon. Spent the past 2 days stipping a felt roof and then fitting a steel sheet replacement.

SciAggie

@Hook_emHornsfan_74 Hey, I’m the drip that waters the plants at our house too. 

SciAggie

I now know I’m getting old. When saw this pic on IG My first thought was, “If she sits on a car seat in Texas right now she won’t think those jeans were a good idea.”

Sea2Ski

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Here are the tops of the trees and the back yard. My wife has the green thumb. I swear she could make a rock grow. 

I hope you have landscape lighting on those. They would look incredible with 4W wells (25 angle) spread 120degree from each other and one downlight 2W onto the pool bump out with a honeycomb filter so you do not have a hotspot. A soft 1.75 watt flood on the outside eve to light the potted plants would not hurt either.  Just beautiful.... 

alaskanassasin

@Hook_emHornsfan_74   www.dripdepot.com

Sea2Ski

I just got back from walking around the backyard as the freshly split peach wood dried on the deck table. 

Why was I walking? This morning I noticed the first of the raspberries started to ripen as I was doing work. I forgot how good they were. 

So when I was done my work for the day, I took a glass of wine and a strainer and picked some more. I did not think there was going to be so many considering 2 days ago I did not see one that was ready to pick.  

Wow that red really messed with the phone camera ... anyway.. all that while ribs were on the large. 

I hope you had/are having as good of a Sunday as I had. 

Acn

My Sunday did not suck.

EzraBrooks

Sitting on the patio,  just  started my second Mai Tai.  Smoked a cured belly for bacon this morning, some potatoes for loaded baked potato salad this afternoon, and spinning some wings for dinner now.  Hope all of you feel as good as I do right now.

lkapigian

Acn said:

My Sunday did not suck.

Sweet !

Battleborn

Acn said:

My Sunday did not suck.

Jealous.