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Jeepster47
Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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I stumbled upon orange as a great smoke wood for chicken on the egg ... good wood for pork too, but great wood for chicken.  Unfortunately citrus trees don't grow in the middle of Illinois ... lots of oak, pecan and wild cherry, so all is not lost.  While in Arizona on vacation, I found an orange farmer who was more than willing to share some of his rather large pile of orange wood.  Grabbed a half dozen logs and went away with a rather large smile.  Today we struck out for home.  The logs were boxed and stored inside the Jeep.  Hmmm ... didn't think it through completely, and so, have been smelling rather aromatic orange trees for five hundred miles.  For the first few miles it smelled rather good ... for the last few miles it was a little overpowering.

Looks like there will be some repackaging and repacking before we continue on our trip tomorrow.  Three more days of that level of citrus smell would probably result in a mutiny on the part of the missus.

Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • anton
    anton Posts: 1,813
    Haha, maybe use a foodsaver? 
    Well, you know that's all I use nowadays. The orange wood is great stuff.
     Using a MBGE,woo/w stone,livin' in  Hayward California," The Heart Of The Bay "
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    Garbage bags and packing tape?
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,457
    Tom, glad to know where you have been as you clearly have been MIA here. Nuf said bud!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    Maybe a differnt "flavor" for those car freshner trees, I'm getting sick of pine....orange sounds kinda nice, after a full day in the car maybe not so much, but for a gew hours sounds like it was OK. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    Jeremiah said:
    Garbage bags and packing tape?
    My thoughts also.  Garbage bags are in hand ...

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    I can't tell you how many stories my family has that begin "remember the time grandpa rolled into town with 200 pounds of [something bizaare] in the trunk"

    this is another great story in the making.  
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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  • gmbbs
    gmbbs Posts: 110
    I know a guy who filled his pick-up bed with firewood, drove from MN to California, and was told his firewood was not allowed into Cali. Doh.
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  • Tinyfish
    Tinyfish Posts: 1,755
    Nice score on the wood. No orange trees in Toronto.
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    edited November 2015
    If the wood is green and you bag it, I would recommend airing it out every 2  days (at least) more if possible. Just open the bags let them breathe for a bit..  Funky things like to grow in moist environments with no air movement.

    Nice score!
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    Burning lump in Downingtown, PA or diesel in Cape May, NJ.
    ....just look for the smoke!
    Large and MiniMax
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    ^^this - don't let mold and fungus grow or it'll make your food taste terrible at best or make you sick.
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    Thanks for the reminder.  A couple of logs are green to use in the spring ... will season them in the garage.  The rest are already seasoned - probably not that odorous - so will store them in the basement near the eggs.

    The great score is that the owner told me to come back for more.  He suggested trying some lime wood.  Said it really smells good when they burn it.  Said I could trim some right off the tree ... will have a tree saw along when we return in the spring ... want to try some now.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Stack that stuff with air gaps between the logs in the open where the sun shines and you're golden.
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    nolaegghead said:
    Stack that stuff with air gaps between the logs in the open where the sun shines and you're golden.
    You assume that the sun shines in Illinois during the winter months.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I did.  Terribly sorry.  You're screwed.
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    At least he didn't tell to stick it where the sun don't shine. 
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    theyolksonyou said:
    At least he didn't tell to stick it where the sun don't shine. 
    He would have had to stand in line ... the missus was seriously thinking about it on the first day of our trip.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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