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bzarcherThere's a line between exhaustion and tired. I'm pretty sure I crossed it, then crossed the line into "neuron grinding alertness despite it all." Much as I want to, I cannot sleep.
We're on hour 18 after only 5 hours of sleep. The cat is staring at me. I cannot make him stop until he suddenly disappears from before my eyes. I drank a red bull some time around 6ish in a vauge hope of staying functional until everyone left. I think it mostly succeeded. I don't remember as much of it as I would like, but everyone seemed to have a really wonderful time and I was so glad to see a bunch of my friends (including several who I have not seen often of late, or whom had never met each other) get along like a house afire.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aravis128 and Goat are geniuses. Bringing Apples to Apples was probably the ultimate icebreaker and touched off something like 4 hours of unending snarkitude.
iTunes is playing Load. This is shitty metallica. Why are you playing it? Damn you, 1998. Damn you, Metallica. Why couldn't you have stayed good?
i would damn iTunes but I need it for my shard of babylon. Perhaps another day.
Total food cooked:
9lb. packer brisket (dis-a-fucking-ppeared. I apparently should make them more often, because it was a very big hit. To think I was really worried that I was going to overcook it.)
2 racks (6 lbs.) babyback ribs w/ the v2 taste testing rub (GONE. Well recieved. MDS' rub is now a bit sweeter and has an additional after-cook tang that it did not before. I'm going to give it a 8 or 9. I think he's got what he wants there.)
2 pounds of smoked Chorizos (Gone - some got a little crispy due to doing them for 2 hours where 1 would have probably been fine. We cut up the good ones and served as an appetizer then turned the crizpy ones, cream cheese, and some sour cream into a dip that went over very well.)
6 racks of St. Louis ribs- (12 lbs.) w/ magic dust rub and Apple City BBQ sauce (One rack survived. It will not last long. Lots of compliments about the taste of the sauce. I think I'm going to make more of it next time we do a big cook too. Yes I will ttype up the recipie for youflaggerx. Give me a day or two.
Onyx is back chasing a fly. He's just leaped from the floor to my window to the laundry. That's serious air. He is now staring only at his prey.
14 lbs of bone in pork shoulders w/ Magic Dust rub (Near to gone as makes no difference. A bit went home with Wyatt as leftovers and a bit went into one of the leftover bags, but not much)
28 lbs. of boneless Boston Butt w/ magic dust (Mostly still here - they didn't finish cooking until about 8pm and needed to rest until 9 when most people were leaving, so I just broke them down with my gloves on and then packed them into freezer bags as leftovers. Plent of uses for them.)
Lots of leftover sauces still, too, between the Apple City, my Mustard sauce, and Sanford's Sauce Array. That is cool, and I yhave put them into the fridge. I will find uses. Oh, yes. I think the cole slaw and broccoli salad died a clean death. The calico beans are still sort of here, and I have a bunch of leftover buns and cornbread.
....did we eat all the potato salad? I cannot remember now and I don't want to walk to the fridge. I know I need to wash the bowl Sanford and Anne left. Lots of ice cream and cheesecake left too. I'm -sure- we can do something to it. Grapes and a watermelon too. Fruit salad for lunch tomorrow? I've had worse ideas.
If I wake up for lunch tomorrow. I may just sleep until I don't know when.
Need to add a second cooking rack to the smoker. If I'd had it I think I might have been able to do all the butts and shoulders at once instead of having to rotate the big butts on after the ribs and shoulders came off. Still, I could have much worse problems. SMoker worked like a champ and got lots of compliments. Had to re-coal it a few times in addition to more sticks, but for over 15 hours of cooking time? No complaints!
Impressed everyone with flamethrower. If a man has a flamethrower you should damn well be impressed by it.
Dishes are mostly done. Just big stuff for tomorrow. Everyone's put away leftover wise. No idea how we did that.
Pictures up in a little while.
We're on hour 18 after only 5 hours of sleep. The cat is staring at me. I cannot make him stop until he suddenly disappears from before my eyes. I drank a red bull some time around 6ish in a vauge hope of staying functional until everyone left. I think it mostly succeeded. I don't remember as much of it as I would like, but everyone seemed to have a really wonderful time and I was so glad to see a bunch of my friends (including several who I have not seen often of late, or whom had never met each other) get along like a house afire.
aravis128 and Goat are geniuses. Bringing Apples to Apples was probably the ultimate icebreaker and touched off something like 4 hours of unending snarkitude.iTunes is playing Load. This is shitty metallica. Why are you playing it? Damn you, 1998. Damn you, Metallica. Why couldn't you have stayed good?
i would damn iTunes but I need it for my shard of babylon. Perhaps another day.
Total food cooked:
9lb. packer brisket (dis-a-fucking-ppeared. I apparently should make them more often, because it was a very big hit. To think I was really worried that I was going to overcook it.)
2 racks (6 lbs.) babyback ribs w/ the v2 taste testing rub (GONE. Well recieved. MDS' rub is now a bit sweeter and has an additional after-cook tang that it did not before. I'm going to give it a 8 or 9. I think he's got what he wants there.)
2 pounds of smoked Chorizos (Gone - some got a little crispy due to doing them for 2 hours where 1 would have probably been fine. We cut up the good ones and served as an appetizer then turned the crizpy ones, cream cheese, and some sour cream into a dip that went over very well.)
6 racks of St. Louis ribs- (12 lbs.) w/ magic dust rub and Apple City BBQ sauce (One rack survived. It will not last long. Lots of compliments about the taste of the sauce. I think I'm going to make more of it next time we do a big cook too. Yes I will ttype up the recipie for you
flaggerx. Give me a day or two.Onyx is back chasing a fly. He's just leaped from the floor to my window to the laundry. That's serious air. He is now staring only at his prey.
14 lbs of bone in pork shoulders w/ Magic Dust rub (Near to gone as makes no difference. A bit went home with Wyatt as leftovers and a bit went into one of the leftover bags, but not much)
28 lbs. of boneless Boston Butt w/ magic dust (Mostly still here - they didn't finish cooking until about 8pm and needed to rest until 9 when most people were leaving, so I just broke them down with my gloves on and then packed them into freezer bags as leftovers. Plent of uses for them.)
Lots of leftover sauces still, too, between the Apple City, my Mustard sauce, and Sanford's Sauce Array. That is cool, and I yhave put them into the fridge. I will find uses. Oh, yes. I think the cole slaw and broccoli salad died a clean death. The calico beans are still sort of here, and I have a bunch of leftover buns and cornbread.
....did we eat all the potato salad? I cannot remember now and I don't want to walk to the fridge. I know I need to wash the bowl Sanford and Anne left. Lots of ice cream and cheesecake left too. I'm -sure- we can do something to it. Grapes and a watermelon too. Fruit salad for lunch tomorrow? I've had worse ideas.
If I wake up for lunch tomorrow. I may just sleep until I don't know when.
Need to add a second cooking rack to the smoker. If I'd had it I think I might have been able to do all the butts and shoulders at once instead of having to rotate the big butts on after the ribs and shoulders came off. Still, I could have much worse problems. SMoker worked like a champ and got lots of compliments. Had to re-coal it a few times in addition to more sticks, but for over 15 hours of cooking time? No complaints!
Impressed everyone with flamethrower. If a man has a flamethrower you should damn well be impressed by it.
Dishes are mostly done. Just big stuff for tomorrow. Everyone's put away leftover wise. No idea how we did that.
Pictures up in a little while.
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Date: 2008-09-01 04:10 am (UTC)We will probably be making an Ohio trip in October, btw. Weekend of the 11th. We visit? You play with smoker?
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Date: 2008-09-01 03:57 pm (UTC)Maybe a fattie, too, if I got ambitious.
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Date: 2008-09-01 03:58 pm (UTC)And I am all about the ribs.
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Date: 2008-09-01 06:18 am (UTC)I don't know about the winders iTunes side, but for the Mac, I've been loving CoverSutra. It wouldn't help with the whole shitty Metallica (Playlists, man! That's what they're for!) problem, but Command-Shift-Space, and I can do a search and play from anywhere.
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Date: 2008-09-01 04:05 pm (UTC)Glad it all sounds good! :) If you ever want to come out here you guys are very welcome.
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Date: 2008-09-01 02:23 pm (UTC)Yes. That's Dirty. It's supposed to be.
Speaking of meat, would my partner be welcome?
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Date: 2008-09-01 04:06 pm (UTC)You, your partner, and any cute Canadian girls you want to bring are very welcome, always. :) Just give me an idea of when you're coming so I have meat for you to try. (Sens fans will be mocked for a half hour or so during the cooking process, but I promise to let it go once the food is served. ;D)
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Date: 2008-09-01 04:18 pm (UTC)We don't get all uppity about hockey, though.
You'll have to mock something else!!!
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Date: 2008-09-01 04:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-01 04:32 pm (UTC)I forget where you live! I R dum.
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Date: 2008-09-01 04:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-01 05:28 pm (UTC)YOu may find this interesting:
http://www.wtfork.net/
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Date: 2008-09-01 09:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-01 07:02 pm (UTC)Sorry Amanda and I couldn't stay longer! We were having a great time. We'll try to come back soon.
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Date: 2008-09-01 09:04 pm (UTC)I was glad to have you guys for as long as we did - sorry I wasn't exactly great at conversation myself, but I'm glad ya'll got along well with everyone!
Cannot wait to see you again.
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