Hello y'all.............[ram27bat]

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Happy Saturday fellas


Macs, I'm with ded on this one. Overly competitive parents ruin the fun in kids competitions.

Howdy X............😉

Howdy. I’m trying to figure out where to hang the banner Ram sent me.
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Corned beefs got 3rd water exchange. They should be about ready. But now I have to go to the store for peppercorns cause I'm out and I don't prefer to use ground pepper for pastrami. Gotta be freshly cracked peppercorns.

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Keep getting doubleposts

You're reading too deep. I agree with you on the father/son bonding point.

But losing sucks, as does going fishing when you don't actually catch fish. Yeah... you still get your buddy bonding time and there is fun to be had... but if you win a prize or catch fish it is much more fun and much more memorable.

You ever hear anyone say "Remember the time we went fishing and didn't catch a damn thing!"?

1 fo tee NEIN!

Nah, I still disagree.

When I was about 6-7 we took my dad's old GMC truck up to northern Az. Older brother, dad and I barely fit in the cab, had to stop climbing up the mountains for hours since the truck vapor locked twice. Soon as we got to the trout stream I fell in the creek and had to stand by the campfire for an hour to dry off. In two days of fishing we caught maybe 3 smallish trout.

Was one of the best trips I have ever had. 😇

Every fishing trip I've ever had I haven't caught a damn thing. So yeah, I remember them.

Pastramis are rubbed and waiting for the smoker to warm up.

Time for a cigar in the garage

Good Saturday Afternoon to All! It's a clear and gorgeous 73° on the way to 79° today.

Thought for today...

The fact that some people can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in a way I cannot put into words.

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Lolz.

I'll add another.

I for one like Roman numerals.

I remember the trips we caught little to nothing. Had fun... but was bummed out we didn't find 'em.

But we always talk about the trips we slayed the fish, not about the ones we got skunked. That day Art and I limited out in Yellowfin Tuna... blood all over the boat, kill bag full and more fish sticking out of the bait tank cause we ran out of places to put them.

The day my buddy Rob and his son went to the Coronado Islands with me and 3 of us caught 13 yellowtail and 6 bonito in just a few hours... while keeping an eye out for the Mexican Navy because neither of them had passports or Mexican fishing permits.

The day Delta came with me and Art on my boat... Art was fighting a fish and there was a boil off to my right. I quickly casted a jig at it, landed right on top of it and then two of us were hooked up. Al was like... "Holy shit, that was an awesome cast!" Al was fighting a yellowtail and Art and I wouldn't help him. He was so tired he had his foot up on the gunnel and his leg was shaking. Landed it by himself!

Those are the times I remember... and we talk about often.

Yup, Fishing Vs Catching.

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Brought Dave some Cherry log rounds from one of the trees he cut down for me. He heats his home with wood so he was glad to get them.

Also gave him and his wife some pints of canned green beans, banana peppers and jalapeno peppers from last years garden.

Nice day here today. Mid 60's with sun and a cool breeze.

Wife and I are getting ready to start our seeds for the 2024 garden.

Hope you guys have a good weekend, and Danm you'll get em next derby. My dad always told me the most important part is showing up.

Happy Saturday all🇨🇮
Inside smoking only weather here

Pastramis ready to wrap.

Anyone here make their own meat snack sticks? Been making jerky for years, wanna try doing snack sticks soon. Wider variety of flavor options and cheaper than jerky. Was thinking about that while rubbing my meat this morning. This stuffs already cured, I could just trim it, grind it, add seasonings, and stuff it in a casing. I have an electric smoker that's almost exclusively a jerky box these days, I should try it. Using trimmings rather than buying expensive lean roasts and hand slicing, marinating, smoking and dehydrating jerky is costly and laborious.

Brisket been resting in a cooler for a couple hours. Almost time to slice it up.