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The Northerly Winds of Doom, time to stock up!

smbishop
smbishop Posts: 3,062
edited March 2019 in EggHead Forum

Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,839
    Nothing like a good Costco trip!
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,184
    I am in Chicago. Ground Zero for “TNWOD”. 1 degree tomorow am. Not thrilled about it. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,062
    YEMTrey said:
    Nothing like a good Costco trip!
    Too bad the Waygu Brisket wasn't in my budget....
    Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,062
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    I am in Chicago. Ground Zero for “TNWOD”. 1 degree tomorow am. Not thrilled about it. 
    It will be toasty down here, compared to that!
    Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 37,821
    Time to start the personal anti-freeze load. 
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    @The Cen-Tex Smoker, I've been watching some of Rick Bayless' YouTube vids recently and found out that in one of his Chicago restaurants, everything on the menu is cooked over live fire. Should be nice and warm in there! And nuthin' better than a live fire cook! =)

    https://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/lena-brava/Scott, sorry about the hi-jack.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,184
    Carolina Q said:
    @The Cen-Tex Smoker, I've been watching some of Rick Bayless' YouTube vids recently and found out that in one of his Chicago restaurants, everything on the menu is cooked over live fire. Should be nice and warm in there! And nuthin' better than a live fire cook! =)

    https://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/lena-brava/Scott, sorry about the hi-jack.
    Just booked it for 6:45 tonight. Thanks for the heads up! We were just talking about what to do for dinner. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • littlerascal56
    littlerascal56 Posts: 2,110
    Storm hit Kansas last night, and moved out this morning, headed east.  Dumped another 8”, so I have been on snowblower duty .  Hi temp today will be 8 deg F.
    Grilled some Strips last night on the egg, and it was not fun in 13 degree weather.
    Ready for spring!!!
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  • ewyllins
    ewyllins Posts: 461
    Well done Sir!!
    O-Town, FL

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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Just booked it for 6:45 tonight. Thanks for the heads up! We were just talking about what to do for dinner. 
    Cool! I hope you enjoy! I've never been there, or to Chicago for that matter. Well, MANY trips thru O'Hare, but I guess that doesn't count. =)

    Just watched this short vid and apparently, half the stuff on the Leña Brava menu is cold or raw.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaFOuzZieqw

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 35,379
    Carolina Q said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Just booked it for 6:45 tonight. Thanks for the heads up! We were just talking about what to do for dinner. 
    Cool! I hope you enjoy! I've never been there, or to Chicago for that matter. Well, MANY trips thru O'Hare, but I guess that doesn't count. =)

    Just watched this short vid and apparently, half the stuff on the Leña Brava menu is cold or raw.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaFOuzZieqw
    I’m still trying to get over the fact that he’s brother to Skip.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • littlerascal56
    littlerascal56 Posts: 2,110
    Their menu does list a 32 oz tommahawk steak for $90!
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Carolina Q said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Just booked it for 6:45 tonight. Thanks for the heads up! We were just talking about what to do for dinner. 
    Cool! I hope you enjoy! I've never been there, or to Chicago for that matter. Well, MANY trips thru O'Hare, but I guess that doesn't count. =)

    Just watched this short vid and apparently, half the stuff on the Leña Brava menu is cold or raw.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaFOuzZieqw
    I’m still trying to get over the fact that he’s brother to Skip.  
    Have you researched their childhood. Interesting story. Both are very successful in their respective fields. 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,184
    littlerascal56 said:
    Their menu does list a 32 oz tommahawk steak for $90!
    We will be getting that. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Read something the other day that said they have very little to do with each other. I didn't get the impression that they disliked each other, just that they have nothing in common. Still, I know if I was Skip's bro, I'd have as little to do with him as possible.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,184
    edited March 2019
    Well...it sucked. Really disappointing and we spent $450 for 3 people. We got the ribeye, half chicken, and sea bass.  steak was under seasoned and chewy, the chicken was bland and we cancelled the fish because we had too much food (the steak takes an hour to cook and the chicken 45 mins). The cocktails were terrible (they only serve mezcal, Sotol, and Tequila). They were all so smoky that my mouth tasted like I smoked a pack of cigs. The one redeeming quality, and this is a very strange quality, was that they served crickets with the avocado app we ordered. They were fantastic. They tasted like chile-lime pistacchios. I never would have ordered them but I tried them when they showed up and I'm really glad i did. delicious. Best things on the table by a mile were the crickets and the cauliflower puree. I'll send some pics of the crickets and the other stuff in a bit.

    To keep this on topic, TNWOD have landed in Chicago. It's 3 degrees outside right now.
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Well, crap! Very sorry to hear this, especially since I'm the one who mentioned it. Were you at least on an expense account?

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Well...it sucked. Really disappointing and we spent $450 for 3 people. We got the ribeye, half chicken, and sea bass.  steak was under seasoned and chewy, the chicken was bland and we cancelled the fish because we had too much food (the steak takes an hour to cook and the chicken 45 mins). The cocktails were terrible (they only serve mezcal, Sotol, and Tequila). They were all so smoky that my mouth tasted like I smoked a pack of cigs. The one redeeming quality, and this is a very strange quality, was that they served crickets with the avocado app we ordered. They were fantastic. They tasted like chile-lime pistacchios. I never would have ordered them but I tried them when they showed up and I'm really glad i did. delicious. Best things on the table by a mile were the crickets and the cauliflower puree. I'll send some pics of the crickets and the other stuff in a bit.

    To keep this on topic, TNWOD have landed in Chicago. It's 3 degrees outside right now.
    Sorry to hear it was a poor experience. That sucks. Hopefully it was just a bad night and rookie cook.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,184
    Carolina Q said:
    Well, crap! Very sorry to hear this, especially since I'm the one who mentioned it. Were you at least on an expense account?
    I was glad to try it so no worries. We were on expense account and we had fun. Just wouldn’t recommend it to others after trying it. I strike out a lot because I like to try new and different stuff. It’s all part of the game. And I got to eat crickets! 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Carolina Q said:
    Well, crap! Very sorry to hear this, especially since I'm the one who mentioned it. Were you at least on an expense account?
    I was glad to try it so no worries. We were on expense account and we had fun. Just wouldn’t recommend it to others after trying it. I strike out a lot because I like to try new and different stuff. It’s all part of the game. And I got to eat crickets! 
    When I ate at Frontera in Disney Springs, they rimmed the drink I ordered with ground grasshoppers. It was quite a delicious addition.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,184
    Eggcelsior said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Carolina Q said:
    Well, crap! Very sorry to hear this, especially since I'm the one who mentioned it. Were you at least on an expense account?
    I was glad to try it so no worries. We were on expense account and we had fun. Just wouldn’t recommend it to others after trying it. I strike out a lot because I like to try new and different stuff. It’s all part of the game. And I got to eat crickets! 
    When I ate at Frontera in Disney Springs, they rimmed the drink I ordered with ground grasshoppers. It was quite a delicious addition.
    They called these grasshoppers too but I’m pretty sure they were crickets. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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