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2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Is it ok to trim in winter?    I need a maple trimmed.  

              As Rick said best time is when sap is down which is now.

"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

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Posted
2 hours ago, Terrierman said:

I had my orchard trimmed last week.  Saved decent sized branches for smoking wood.  The smaller stuff was run through a chipper and put in a pile separate from the other chipped stuff.  Going to add a handful to the hot coals right before I put the elk burger on.  Sides are asparagus and field peas. 

Here's what the chips look like.  Not at all like the finer stuff I see for sale in the BBQ shops.  I think it might be OK.  I'll take some more pictures later and give my impressions.

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Okay here's how it went:  That is one pink burger.  

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Hot fire

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Chips added

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And the burger is on

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Halfway done, warming the bread too

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Plated

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An outstanding burger.  Seasoned with garlic and Lawry's was it.  Using the chips was super easy and gave the burger and the bread enough smoke to taste really good without being overpowering.  Which fruit wood tends towards anyway.

Sides were nice too.  The field peas are basically small blackeyed peas as far as taste and texture.  Asparagus tender crisp is always welcome.  The warmed panera bread went just fine.  I'd say that dinner will hold me 'til I get someplace where I can find something to eat.

There's a pretty good size pile of those chips.  I'd like to bag some up to keep and to give away before it starts turning into mulch.  Anybody have any suggestions where to find something like that?  Burlap or a mesh bag would be perfect.  Maybe find a few sandbags somewhere?

             Outstanding Rick!

"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

BilletHead

Posted

With Covid beating us up not much fresh cooking. My wife did make a nice French onion soup using beef stock and sherry.

Today she made a crusty white bread. Game snacks were warm bread with an artichoke and cheese spread.

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Creations over the last couple of weeks. Paddlefish chowder, smoked deer queso, and maple glazed Arkansas smoked duck breast. All of it did not suck.

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“To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.”--Aldo Leopold

Posted

And if you want to have pure decadence for breakfast and have duck fat on hand--cook your pancakes in duck fat. It's insane. Add some type of berry to make it "healthy" though!

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“To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.”--Aldo Leopold

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