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YukonRon
YukonRon Posts: 17,261
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Last night our neighbors hired a chef, to celebrate our retirement, teaching us how to make dumplings. 

It was so much fun and the end results were very much ornamental to a delicious filling. We learned so much. 

The filling was pork, shrimp, ginger, scallions, mushrooms, water chestnut all mixed together then wok fried after a quick boil.

My Beautiful Wife did marvelous, and it was an experience that I and Suzy thoroughly enjoyed. 
I served a very nice Sauvignon Blanc to go with the meal and luckily it checked all the boxes. 

I will do this again, and will do it on the egg.🥚 

last night when we got in I took a pork butt out of the brine, patted it dry, and added a very spicy rub, then covered it with peach preserves, put it on the egg indirect at 225°F. 

It is doing all right. 
"Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,883
    Wow what a cool gesture! Looks like you nailed it.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 6,134
    That’s awesome Ron. Congrats on the retirement!

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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,354
    Congratulations Ron on your retirement and what a great gesture by your neighbors. I must admit I was a bit taken back as I thought your neighbor was Mitch 😉
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,513
    Grand slam, right there. Beautiful, Ron. Congrats on your retirement. Joining an exclusive crew along with @lousubcap and @johnmitchell!!
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,660
    Great way to kick off the "every day is Saturday" lifestyle.  Such fun to learn something new.
    And that butt looks ready to enjoy!
    BTW-@CTMike just joined the party as well.  
    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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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,011
    Congrats!! And your dumplings look fabulous~
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,330
    That looks like so much fun!
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,552
    YukonRon said:
    Last night our neighbors hired a chef, to celebrate our retirement, teaching us how to make dumplings. 

    It was so much fun and the end results were very much ornamental to a delicious filling. We learned so much. 

    The filling was pork, shrimp, ginger, scallions, mushrooms, water chestnut all mixed together then wok fried after a quick boil.

    My Beautiful Wife did marvelous, and it was an experience that I and Suzy thoroughly enjoyed. 
    I served a very nice Sauvignon Blanc to go with the meal and luckily it checked all the boxes. 

    I will do this again, and will do it on the egg.🥚 

    last night when we got in I took a pork butt out of the brine, patted it dry, and added a very spicy rub, then covered it with peach preserves, put it on the egg indirect at 225°F. 

    It is doing all right. 

    those dumplings look crazy good
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,395
    For the love....

    Off the charts.
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    johnmitchell said:
    Congratulations Ron on your retirement and what a great gesture by your neighbors. I must admit I was a bit taken back as I thought your neighbor was Mitch 😉
    Yeah, Senator McConnell was not here, I did not know where he was and I later learned that he was busy falling down in DC. It was ok, because he did not know where he was either. 

    The only time I know he is home is when the security rolls in. That has become less often. 

    Thank you for the congratulations, hoping we can hook up again in the not so distant future. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    alaskanassasin said:
    Wow what a cool gesture! Looks like you nailed it.
    It was a very cool gesture. We were lucky to land a house in a neighbor hood of cool and hip folks. 

    Thank you for the kind words. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    shtgunal3 said:
    That’s awesome Ron. Congrats on the retirement!
    Thank you sir, it is decadent these days, and we are here for it. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    GrateEggspectations said:
    Grand slam, right there. Beautiful, Ron. Congrats on your retirement. Joining an exclusive crew along with @lousubcap and @johnmitchell!!
    Thank you for the kind words, it was a couple of days of incredible food. 

    I am honored to be among ‘Cap, John and CT. Life is good. They are incredible folks, just hope I don’t bring it down a few notches. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    lousubcap said:
    Great way to kick off the "every day is Saturday" lifestyle.  Such fun to learn something new.
    And that butt looks ready to enjoy!
    BTW-@CTMike just joined the party as well.  
    It is difficult not to plan for the weekend anymore, and thank whoever it is that invented cheap watches that tell you date and time, notifications, and what a loser I am for not getting in my miles per day.

    thank you for the kind words. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Florida Grillin Girl said:
    Congrats!! And your dumplings look fabulous~
    Thank you for the kindness, however, Suzy turned out to be the dumpling chef for our house. I will prepare the stuffing, she will build and fold. She was very good at it, so I stepped back…
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Botch said:
    That looks like so much fun!
    It was fun. The guy with his back to everyone at the counter is a sommelier and does the best bourbon tour in Kentucky. He is always busy and was late getting to the party. My gosh, if there is a funnier guy on the planet I want to meet them. The couple that hosted the party are among my most favorite people, ever. Cool folks, that I am fortunate to hang with. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    fishlessman said:
    YukonRon said:
    Last night our neighbors hired a chef, to celebrate our retirement, teaching us how to make dumplings. 

    It was so much fun and the end results were very much ornamental to a delicious filling. We learned so much. 

    The filling was pork, shrimp, ginger, scallions, mushrooms, water chestnut all mixed together then wok fried after a quick boil.

    My Beautiful Wife did marvelous, and it was an experience that I and Suzy thoroughly enjoyed. 
    I served a very nice Sauvignon Blanc to go with the meal and luckily it checked all the boxes. 

    I will do this again, and will do it on the egg.🥚 

    last night when we got in I took a pork butt out of the brine, patted it dry, and added a very spicy rub, then covered it with peach preserves, put it on the egg indirect at 225°F. 

    It is doing all right. 

    those dumplings look crazy good
    They were, I humiliated myself eating as many as I could before being asked to leave. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    kl8ton said:
    For the love....

    Off the charts.
    It was sensory overload. I hope to be doing them soon. We are heading out going to see Suzy’s brother, down in North Carolina. But when. Get back, we are doing dumplings. 🥟 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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