OT - What are you doing right now?

fishlessman

SonVolt said:

Click "virtual tour" link (not the button) right above the Google Map. The link is right between "overview" and "Facts and features". Don't browse the photos, do the virtual tour. See you in an hour... 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8800-Blue-Lick-Rd-Louisville-KY-40219/95201910_zpid/

amazes me how inexpensive homes are in other parts of the country

alaskanassasin

I would go in halves with @nolaegghead but he would have it filled up before the closing. Honestly got lost and gave up, at one point I opened a door and wound up on the street.

SonVolt

alaskanassasin said:

I would go in halves with @nolaegghead but he would have it filled up before the closing. Honestly got lost and gave up, at one point I opened a door and wound up on the street.

Whao, I thought you were joking. I found the door, opened it and found myself in the parking lot by the van. Couldn't find a way to get back inside.

alaskanassasin

Had to have been a government surveillance bunker of some sort. Exits clearly marked and restrooms. 

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

Had to have been a government surveillance bunker of some sort. Exits clearly marked and restrooms. 

and monster energy drinks and empty waste baskets

TEXASBGE2018

I got lost after I went downstairs.

SonVolt

The porn room was pretty cool. 

nolaegghead

Obviously that's the old Qanon HQ.

rifrench

WeberWho said:

rifrench said:

WeberWho said:

These could be a hit or a complete miss. Time will only tell....

Nice to see some Karubecue porn!

Thanks for the kind words. I picked up the Karubecue off Craigslist earlier this summer. I couldn't pass it up for the price. It's been super fun to play around with. Timing has been the hardest part to figure out with the fans. I'm amazed how tender/juicy everything comes out though. It's really is a great compact smoker. I'm not sure how well the electronics will hold up or last in a MN winter. She might have to hibernate during the extreme cold.

     I wouldn't worry about the "electronics", the electric components were in common use prior to WWII!  I leave everything but the fan module inside the KBQ, and use a generator cover from the the Coverstore.com to cover the KBQ.  The fan module lives inside my shop when it isn't in use.

     I set the temperature knob so the midpoint of the temperature swing measured at the round port on the fan module is the temp I want.  Go to the KBQ website and see the Thermoworks thermometer sent out with the new smokers.  Don't forget the KBQ is like a convection oven with the constant fan blowing, and cooks faster than the BGE at similar cooking temps.

     Enjoy your KBQ, it's another cooking tool !

Canugghead

check out the fly swapper hanging on the wall by the main floor fridge, is that the fly from Pence’s head? 

EastTNBGE

Shower room is pretty cool with stairs that lead into a wall.  Nice selling point. 

EastTNBGE

SonVolt said:

The porn room was pretty cool. 

Funny how the shower is in the porn room.  

SonVolt

I think this may have been a church, because that "shower" looks an awful lot like a baptismal. That, or it's used to disintegrate dead bodies in acid. 

WeberWho

rifrench said:

WeberWho said:

rifrench said:

WeberWho said:

These could be a hit or a complete miss. Time will only tell....

Nice to see some Karubecue porn!

Thanks for the kind words. I picked up the Karubecue off Craigslist earlier this summer. I couldn't pass it up for the price. It's been super fun to play around with. Timing has been the hardest part to figure out with the fans. I'm amazed how tender/juicy everything comes out though. It's really is a great compact smoker. I'm not sure how well the electronics will hold up or last in a MN winter. She might have to hibernate during the extreme cold.

     I wouldn't worry about the "electronics", the electric components were in common use prior to WWII!  I leave everything but the fan module inside the KBQ, and use a generator cover from the the Coverstore.com to cover the KBQ.  The fan module lives inside my shop when it isn't in use.

     I set the temperature knob so the midpoint of the temperature swing measured at the round port on the fan module is the temp I want.  Go to the KBQ website and see the Thermoworks thermometer sent out with the new smokers.  Don't forget the KBQ is like a convection oven with the constant fan blowing, and cooks faster than the BGE at similar cooking temps.

     Enjoy your KBQ, it's another cooking tool !

@rifren Thanks! 

The fan module also stays in the house when not in use. Thanks for the tips about the cover and thermometer. I grabbed a cover and thermometer a few months back. They have come in handy so far! 

The other big issue I'll have is cleaning the smoker. I have to shut off all exterior water lines during the winter months. So cleaning it will probably be my biggest issue. This wont make the smoker very fun to clean. I suppose I can bring it up to the local car wash and spray it down if need be. 

ColbyLang

Went vote with the wife. 30 minutes in and out. Last day for early voting. Lots of folks in line

Legume

Messy plate, poor photo framing and the consistency was a little off, but this hit the spot on a cold night.  Bison Shepherd’s Pie with potato crust that had cauliflower, parm and horseradish blended in.

EzraBrooks

SonVolt said:

Click "virtual tour" link (not the button) right above the Google Map. The link is right between "overview" and "Facts and features". Don't browse the photos, do the virtual tour. See you in an hour... 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8800-Blue-Lick-Rd-Louisville-KY-40219/95201910_zpid/

What's the big deal?  Isn't this what every home in Kentucky looks like on the inside?

abtaylor260

EzraBrooks said:

SonVolt said:

Click "virtual tour" link (not the button) right above the Google Map. The link is right between "overview" and "Facts and features". Don't browse the photos, do the virtual tour. See you in an hour... 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8800-Blue-Lick-Rd-Louisville-KY-40219/95201910_zpid/

What's the big deal?  Isn't this what every home in Kentucky looks like on the inside?

I'd buy it just for the urinal, and you could do the funeral right there after you die. 

alaskanassasin

I just walked past a box labeled.... misc!

SonVolt

I like the box with the "Million Dollar Quarter" written on it. I wonder how much this outfit was profiting. 

alaskanassasin

assuming it was taxes that took them down

frazzdaddy

alaskanassasin said:

assuming it was taxes that took them down

Looked like a hasty retreat.

Gulfcoastguy

Just in case the Poobahs think that I never post a cook. Turkey drumsticks.

Eoin

Spatchcock chicken with jerk paste.

Gulfcoastguy

Gulfcoastguy

No ceramic cracks but the bottom ring came off

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Gulfcoastguy said:

No ceramic cracks but the bottom ring came off

that will make you pucker up

Botch

One of my favorite Szechuan dishes is Dan Dan Noodles, yet oddly I've never tried making it before.  
I made my own "chili oil" when I was learning to cook in Albuquerque, just crumble some japones chilis into hot oil, let cool, and run thru a strainer.  Well, I let the oil get way too hot, and got a mushroom cloud when I dumped in the chilis.  My hand went instantly to the burner to turn it off; good thing as when that cloud hit my face, I was instantly blinded, couldn't breathe and my skin was burning.  I crawled out the entryway, fumbled with the front door, and face-planted into the snow.  Wow, that hurt!  Had to open all the windows to air the place out.  
Yesterday was my second attempt at home-made chili oil, went much better (my IR thermometer was useful here).  Szechuan peppercorns, a cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom pods, and two bay leaves are toasted in a pan, then poured into the not-so-hot oil, and let sizzle for four minutes.  A half-cup of chinese chili flakes are put into a clean jar with some salt, and the still-warm oil poured thru a strainer over the flakes.  I did this yesterday, and let it sit overnight.  
 

 
Dish itself was easy enough.  Marinate ground pork in minced garlic, ginger, Shao-Xing wine, soy and black pepper.  Soften egg noodles in boiling water for four minutes (added the baby bok choy the last minute), stir-fry the pork in a wok, add a sauce made with the chili oil, sesame paste, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, toasted/ground szechuan peppercorns, and sugar.  Add the noodles, toss again, and plate with sprinkle of spring onion.
Was tasty but quite greasy; I need to remove the ground pork when its browned and drain the fat before continuing.  First time I've used my new wok on the Bluestar at full afterburner; fun!  
 
There's an Asian market in Roy, Ocean Mart.  I've been inside the door where they have some lunch places to eat, but have never really been in the supermarket portion.  I went in yesterday, to find a couple of the ingredients, the place is huge, about the size of a K-Mart (in fact I think that's what it used to be).  I spent two hours looking at everything.  Lots of fresh yet unknown vegetables, whole fish/squid/other unknown things, live lobsters and crabs, a full aisle of just dried mushrooms, all kinds of thinly-sliced raw meats, at least 75 kinds (I noticed wagyu) in the frig.  They did not have whole plucked fowl like the grocer in SLC's Chinatown, nor did I see any bat.    The prices seemed to be quite a bit lower than my usual grocer, I will be going there more often in the future; so many neat things to try.  Quite a gem in northern Utard, which doesn't have a large asian population.  
I could not find "preserved mustard root", which the above dish was supposed to have, and the asian gal I asked knew "mustard" in English but not "root"; I'm sure they had it, I just couldn't find it.  
Oh, and I found the new cast-iron wok I bought from San Francisco at $42.75... for $11!  Ah well.  
 
Thanks for looking!  

Ozzie_Isaac

SonVolt said:

Click "virtual tour" link (not the button) right above the Google Map. The link is right between "overview" and "Facts and features". Don't browse the photos, do the virtual tour. See you in an hour... 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8800-Blue-Lick-Rd-Louisville-KY-40219/95201910_zpid/

There is so much weird going on.  The virtual tour actual made me anxious, like I was going to get sucked in and never be able to escape.

Ozzie_Isaac

His and hers