Terrierman

@WoundedOne - You will be welcome in my boat. It's a 48" Shawnee with a flat floor so exceptionally easy to get around in.

I'm now coming down Thursday evening and will be at the lodge Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Still uncertain about Tyler. Still bringing my boat.

Yes, it is.

What kind of goats?

My mother was in the very first graduating class of enlisted Navy Waves back in the big one. Spent the duration as a radio operator at NAS Jacksonville. The stories she has shared were incredible. My dad was a bombardier on B-24 in the Army Air Corps before there was such a thing as U.S. Air Force. He was lucky to get out alive, those bomber crews had bad statistics. Never heard one single word from him about what he went through. Had an uncle who was a Navy Corpsman in the South Pacific. He never said a word about it to any of us either. And another uncle who was USMC in North Africa. Not a peep from him either ever about what he did or saw. Those folks did some hard things.

Gosh that looks almost as good as the first time!

I was talking about everybody else except for you and me.

It's hard for me to understand a College junior choosing to go to a Birthday Party his buddies are throwing for him in KC instead of going fishing with a bunch of old coots but that's what he told me yesterday Lane is out. And his absence puts Tyler into question as well. But we'll see and should know for sure by Turkey day.

I'm jealous. Nice job. Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Loved scrapple that my grandmother made. Boiled a hog's head all day, picked off the meat, spiced it up some and made mush with the liquid and mixed in the meat. I would give a lot to be back in that kitchen with her just one more time...

Salt, pepper, granulated garlic - the day before is best. Then on the egg at 500+. When both sides of a 2" thick steak have a little bark, it's perfect medium rare. Bring it in to rest a few minutes and then have at.

I won a Chiefs hat and six chickens on last years superbowl. Still no hat and no chickens. Your guy is better than mine were.

I knew it.

Won a bet on the election?

I'm three total. Lane, Tyler and myself. Friday night and Saturday night.

Awesome OTF. Thanks for sharing. I need that today.

I want to know about pickled walnuts!

By the way, Whiskey is my dog. We would hang out in the back and just watch and hand out water and stuff.

The coyotes know something is up. They are going off everywhere around me. The birds do too. We had a pair of Baltimore Orioles in the yard today. First time ever for them.

Whiskey.

Pete. Simple.

Well then AGFC and MDC are clearly co-conspirators.

Pickled Walnuts? Do tell. Slightly off topic. I like hot vinegar as a condiment. So yesterday I brought home a quart of habaneros, a couple of poblanos, divided them between two quart jars, added five or six whole cloves of garlic and about a teaspoon of pickling spice in each jar, filled with white vinegar and put them in the cabinet to rest a while. Will report later. But I know how it will go.

For supper today I am going to braise some short ribs in a chocolate stout. I'll do that on the egg with no lid on the dutch. Think I'll throw an onion in too and of course some garlic. To be accompanied by the last of Farmer's market broccoli, a green salad featuring farmer's market butter lettuce sugar snaps and tomato. For football time, I'll fry some more of that chicken of the woods.

Tonight its a couple of filets, last of the farmer market brussell sprouts and an amazing late season sliced tomato - a brandywine. Going to put some Trappist lemon marmalade on the sprouts. Dessert will be Assumption Abbey fruitcake. Edit: That tomato tasted like it was August 5, not November 5.