Terrierman

Maine Ingredient. Has the ginger bite that the mule needs.

I still can't get photos to load - but last night I made a batch of deep fried chantrelles (Don's Chuckwagon batter - good stuff) and grilled cheese sandwiches with sliced tomato and fire roasted chiles. Pretty high grade grilled cheese sandwich if I do say so myself.

Hatch chilies are a central ingredient in the best smoked venison meatloaf ever. Hey! I got an idea!

Never figured you for a flower child.

Having trouble with posting pics. Meat is almost six hours into the cook. Nice color and smells great. I'll last as long as I can and when I get too tired, I'll take it off the egg and load everything in a big roaster, add a quart of vegetable stock, cover it with foil and put in the oven for the rest of the night at 200 F. Pretty sure it will be edible tomorrow. Pasta salad is made. Its big. 24 oz veggie rotini cooked and drained, two zucchini sliced thin, one medium yellow squash, seeded and sliced thin, one medium red onion sliced thin and then quartered, 6 oz pepperoni, 4 oz fresh shredded parmesan, 6 oz pitted greek calamata olives, 4 oz sliced baby portabella mushrooms, roughly a cup of fresh basil chopped, 2 oz balsamic vinegar, 3 oz red wine vinegar, 4 oz decent red wine, 8 cloves fresh garlic, peeled and pressed, two medium tomatoes coarse chopped and two anahiem peppers, seeded and coarse chopped, maybe a tablespoon of Tone's dried Italian seasoning that's mostly oregano. Salt. It's wet and is going to be OK by lunch time tomorrow. Lovey made the cake she promised. It looks good too. Oh and I almost forgot - Arbequina EVOO - maybe 1/3 cup. Got to have that good oil.

I have two whole pork shoulders and a beef arm roast rubbed and in the fridge to put on the egg tomorrow. There's the makings for a killer pasta salad in the house and Lovey is going to make a pineapple angel food cake - all for a Friday noon big feed at work. If I have time, I may grace you all with a photo or two as the process procedes. Keep your fingers crossed for success. This whole cooking thing makes me very nervous.

Depends. Are you a person who likes big flavors? That road leads to the high end bourbons. Best of the best for a starting point to learn good bourbon: Angel's Envy, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. Are you a person who likes smokey flavors? That road starts with the peated scotches and goes to the Islay style scotches. The lighter speyside whiskeys are very well represented by Glenmorangie 15. The go to Islay is Laphroaig. But to me it's like sucking on a piece of charcoal that's been soaked in turpentine. Strong flavor to say the least. Are you a person who likes smooth complex flavors? That road goes to Ireland. Redbreast 12 is a great starting point for topnotch Irish. Bushmill's Black Bush is a great choice too that's very representative of the type that's a cut above the standards.

Good call Ham, that just leaves more for me.

We were at the Big Easy in April. Lovey figured out that she liked an honest to pete Sazarec too. We need to get together sometime with the opportunity for a genuine cocktail hour.

Speyside for me too. Try Monkey Shoulder sometime, I bet you will like it. And it's a BARGAIN.

You wouldn't know good scotch if you were swimming in it.

I agree about the Laphroig. It's too peaty for my taste. Glenfiddich 15 is the front door to good scotch if you ask me. From there as it gets older it gets better. That and several of the Balvenies are also good. Good blends are few and far between. JW Black is not bad but Dimple Pinch and Monkey Shoulder are both better. Ness, go ahead and have some Red Breast. Really good Irish, beating white, black and green Bushmills if you ask me.

There's Red Breast and there's two mortgage payments Red Breast. Right Ness? # redbreast21 FTW.

1. Give me a date. I ain't missing any party with two mortgage payments worth of anything. 2. Need any help with a shopping list?

Two mortgage payments will get us the good stuff. I like your peacemaker style.

Smallmouth wraps.

Ness can bring the whiskey!

My grandson and I were at the Cardinals game Wednesday night. He was terribly disappointed when they picked someone else for the Uncle Fester celeb lookalike. Roger the sweet spot with whiskey. I'm more careful than I used to be. It's those other guys that you have to watch out for, trust me, I'm good. Usually.

No. You and that Nevada person (of which I am one) are splitting the bill. I'm just there to make it bigger, better and a lot more fun and more expensive with a big bar bill for all concerned. I'm a peacemaker who likes good whiskey, and in whiskey, there is peace. Plus I kind of resemble Uncle Fester, so I got that going for me.

Can I be a second?

Well, I calls 'em like I sees 'em.

I've spent time with both of the principals in this match. Neither of them is a two headed hydra. That said, both of then imitate one on the intranet machine.

It's all in the intent. As for any other word. I said what I meant and I meant what I said. Take it any way you like it.

That's no excuse for what you post and you know it. Or should.

You need to watch your language Mitch. No joke.