Nov 2018
Had to do some serious talking to my Dad about breaking away from the traditional turkey roasting, finally got a "whatever, do what you want" so I ran with it.
Spatchcocked a store brand turkey that's been absolute crap the past two years. Salt, herb rub, 24 hrs in the fridge. Cooked in 90 min, turned out amazing readily measurable by the extreme lack of leftover turkey.
Kept up on my decision that while I'm still buying I'm smoking my old chit first. I used to (ahem, still) have a sizeable stock. I turned to my Viaje 2014 Collaborations (yeah, I'm hoe).
Farkas and Fernandez did a good run with these, the cello even after just four short years had captured a ton of oils from the wrapper and stained the cello a deep tan. Good smokes, my Dad, my Daughter, life was good. Simple stuff and the ones you love.
Taste and smell are the strongest links to memories. I think that's where cigars come in. That's where famous cigar smokers have lived very long lives. Remember, appreciate, and live.
The flavors, the wonderful aromas. They all bring back links to people and places. A great shared conversion over a cigar, a raging heated difference of onions but in the end were all still friends.
People with wide networks of associations and friendships, even if it's talking to people you see everyday in your walk of life live long happy lives.
Light that next cigar, sit back, contemplate, and keep it coming my great B/SOTL.