OT - What are you doing right now?

lousubcap

Below is what I am doing and since all I am is "doing it" for a friend it does not qualify for any cheffing entry.  Besides I won't get the required $$ shot so there's that. Smells great however.

lkapigian

Elijah said:

@ikapigian when you say the bacon wrapped pickles were better than expected, did you mean they were good? 

They were excellent, it was missing a little heat as your mind thinks “ jalapeno popper” and you get this sweet and sour … pickle was still crunchy, I will add some dehydrated jalapeno powder I use from my mash next time 

lkapigian

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@ikapigian beef plate ribs are my favorite.  Those trimmings are freakin amazing.  Those are karmas gift for all the amazing things you do for folks.

Thanks @Ozzie_Isaac the tuna collars were gifted as well

lousubcap

Regarding pickles, I take a dill pickle slice lay it on a half strip of bacon then add something on the top (whatever is available), jala slice, mini cut of brisket flat etc.  fold the bacon up hit with some seasoning and go indirect til the bacon is rendered.  Great finger food munchies.  FWIW-

lkapigian

lousubcap said:

Regarding pickles, I take a dill pickle slice lay it on a half strip of bacon then add something on the top (whatever is available), jala slice, mini cut of brisket flat etc.  fold the bacon up hit with some seasoning and go indirect til the bacon is rendered.  Great finger food munchies.  FWIW-

I like that !

kl8ton

It was a great ride!  My butt is sore!

It is a 92 mile bike trail.  Riding to the meetup spot before and after got us all to 100+ miles each way.  Last time we rode it, only about half was paved.  This time there is only two sections about a mile long each that are not paved.

alaskanassasin

kl8ton said:

It was a great ride!  My butt is sore!

It is a 92 mile bike trail.  Riding to the meetup spot before and after got us all to 100+ miles each way.  Last time we rode it, only about half was paved.  This time there is only two sections about a mile long each that are not paved.

 Awesome! I don't think my battery would last that long.

lousubcap

Road racing tires on a non paved road requires serious focus to avoid the hazards.  Glad you made it w/o incident.  

Gulfcoastguy

I could have done that back when I was 14. I once did a 70 mile charity ride back then and wasn’t phased. Ha! Almost exactly 50 years and I am currently within 100 yards of the end point.

DoubleEgger

kl8ton said:

It was a great ride!  My butt is sore!

It is a 92 mile bike trail.  Riding to the meetup spot before and after got us all to 100+ miles each way.  Last time we rode it, only about half was paved.  This time there is only two sections about a mile long each that are not paved.

The Century club each way is quite impressive on a standard issue bike. You all should be proud of yourselves. That’s big time. 

Ozzie_Isaac

lkapigian said:

Elijah said:

@ikapigian when you say the bacon wrapped pickles were better than expected, did you mean they were good? 

They were excellent, it was missing a little heat as your mind thinks “ jalapeno popper” and you get this sweet and sour … pickle was still crunchy, I will add some dehydrated jalapeno powder I use from my mash next time 

I made some fermented pickles and I tossed a carolina reaper into the brine.  It added a real nice kick to the pickle, that might work well for these?  (Reminds me I need to make more.  My last ferment went funky--not the good way-- and pH never dropped, which was first time I have had that happen)

WeberWho

I'm copying @kl8ton from a few weeks back. A new drive belt for my washing machine. The dryer also needed a belt along with a couple new solenoids. Dirt cheap to fix yourself but Amana sure makes it interesting having to remove the water pump with little to no access for wrenching. 

Elijah

lkapigian said:

Elijah said:

@ikapigian when you say the bacon wrapped pickles were better than expected, did you mean they were good? 

They were excellent, it was missing a little heat as your mind thinks “ jalapeno popper” and you get this sweet and sour … pickle was still crunchy, I will add some dehydrated jalapeno powder I use from my mash next time 

@ikapigian I have a birthday party coming up 🤔 my timing is already really tight. Prepping your Mac and cheese and then Cole slaw the night before. May sous vide some chicken wings to flash fry day of and then fry some fries. If I did the pickles I'd use Claussen, @botch , think it'd be better with the halves instead of spears? I have some too thin bacon I made that's a little sweet so I cut it thin. Think thinner would be better? 

fishlessman

lkapigian said:

Elijah said:

@ikapigian when you say the bacon wrapped pickles were better than expected, did you mean they were good? 

They were excellent, it was missing a little heat as your mind thinks “ jalapeno popper” and you get this sweet and sour … pickle was still crunchy, I will add some dehydrated jalapeno powder I use from my mash next time 

lkapigian said:

Elijah said:

@ikapigian when you say the bacon wrapped pickles were better than expected, did you mean they were good? 

They were excellent, it was missing a little heat as your mind thinks “ jalapeno popper” and you get this sweet and sour … pickle was still crunchy, I will add some dehydrated jalapeno powder I use from my mash next time 

Did shrimp horseradish and prosciutto this weekend. Horseradish goes good with pickles....

lkapigian

kl8ton said:

It was a great ride!  My butt is sore!

It is a 92 mile bike trail.  Riding to the meetup spot before and after got us all to 100+ miles each way.  Last time we rode it, only about half was paved.  This time there is only two sections about a mile long each that are not paved.

Bombdiggity!

Ozzie_Isaac

Unhappy bobcat.  I am fixing the fountain and his water source dried up.

Botch

Wow he's skinny.  The heat must be limiting his food supply.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

Wow he's skinny.  The heat must be limiting his food supply.  

I think he is growing faster than normal.  He is very lanky and I think from a litter a few months ago.

zaphod

teenagers...

ColtsFan

Ah, gotta love Indiana. It was 53* 4 days ago. Excessive heat warnings this week. Heat indices 105-110. 

Mark_B_Good

johnmitchell said:

@Mark_B_Good

Awesome. Interested why they are short ... was it the cut of meat, or was it the length you wanted (for vac packing and freezing)? I generally make them long ... cure them long ... THEN I cut them in half and freeze pack the halves.  Reason ... saves me rack space ... I do a lot of biltong at one time, and freeze them up for later use ... so I need the real-estate.

How thick did you cut them?  3/4" is where I find the sweet spot.

WeberWho

I picked up a non-working KitchenAid Professional 5 off Marketplace for $25. The previous owner said it would sometimes turn on. So the motor was likely good. When I got home, I plugged the mixer into an outlet and got no feedback. So I carefully removed the speed control board from the mixer. 



I removed the control switch from the other side of the board and cleaned the electrical contacts on the slide and board. 



I put the mixer back together and plugged it in hoping it was just a dirty contact switch. To my surprise it fired up or attempted to anyway. So I was able to confirm the motor was good. Since the mixer wouldn't rotate I knew it was most likely a bad worm gear. I opened up the gear housing and confirmed it was a bad worm gear.



So I threw in a new worm gear and swapped out the old grease with some new food safe synthetic grease.



Not too bad of a deal for a total price of a couple Andrew Jackson's. (It did come with a bowl and attachments but not in the photo)

lkapigian

WeberWho said:

I picked up a non-working KitchenAid Professional 5 off Marketplace for $25. The previous owner said it would sometimes turn on. So the motor was likely good. When I got home, I plugged the mixer into an outlet and got no feedback. So I carefully removed the speed control board from the mixer. 



I removed the control switch from the other side of the board and cleaned the electrical contacts on the slide and board. 



I put the mixer back together and plugged it in hoping it was just a dirty contact switch. To my surprise it fired up or attempted to anyway. So I was able to confirm the motor was good. Since the mixer wouldn't rotate I knew it was most likely a bad worm gear. I opened up the gear housing and confirmed it was a bad worm gear.



So I threw in a new worm gear and swapped out the old grease with some new food safe synthetic grease.



Not too bad of a deal for a total price of a couple Andrew Jackson's. (It did come with a bowl and attachments but not in the photo)

Bargain!

GrateEggspectations

@WeberWho

Love these posts. Good on you. 

Canugghead

@WeberWho should I be surprised? right up my alley buddy, great score and fix. What's next, $150 on CL and FB? 

WeberWho

GrateEggspectations said:

@WeberWho

Love these posts. Good on you. 

You might like this story....

My truck spare key went missing around 5 years ago. Which wasn't ideal but I still had my main key. A year or two ago the top plastic part of my truck key broke off where you would attach it to key ring. Since I couldn't attach my truck key to a key ring I always had to carry my main key around solo. I was constantly worrying about my single truck key sliding out of my pocket. I was too cheap to spend something like $300 for a chiped key replacement. 

Last week my Dad came over and helped me with a project downstairs. Our basement needs to remodeled so we are hardly ever downstairs. We have set of couches downstairs that we hardly ever sit on as we are never downstairs. My Dad sat on the couch when downstairs last week and thought his pocketknife might have slid down into the couch. I removed the cushions and what do I see? A truck key! I would have never found it if my Dad wasn't look for his pocket knife!

WeberWho

Canugghead said:

@WeberWho should I be surprised? right up my alley buddy, great score and fix. What's next, $150 on CL and FB? 

Maybe. 

alaskanassasin

Basement couch naps are the best.

GrateEggspectations

@WeberWho

My kind of story. Proof that fathers’ good guidance extends beyond the intentional. 

As I told @canugghead under separate cover, my father taught my electrician a trick this week. Electrician said he’d be paying him a commission going forward. 🙃 He also diagnosed an issue on my car when the mechanic couldn’t, and guided the mechanic through the repair. All in the last few weeks. My father lost his own dad at 16, which makes it all the more impressive to me. 

GrateEggspectations

Kids found a stick bug. Caught him, but will release delicately momentarily.