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Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Greatest Thing To Happen To Beer Since Ice

Truly great ideas all provoke the same reaction: “Oh my God, that’s perfect. Why didn’t I think of that?” This is one of those ideas. UPDATE! We’re now selling a DIY portable kegerator kit.

Posted in Drink, Gear | 55 Comments

How To Make Pork Chop Salad

During the fall and winter, I eat pork chops, baked potatoes and salad. But in the summer, that just feels to “heavy” for a hot night. So instead I grill the pork chops, slice them thin and put them on top of the salad, which is bigger, and put the potato on the side. And [...]

Posted in Dinner, Pork, Salad | Tagged | 11 Comments

Friday Cat Blogging

I want to be a cat. More specifically, I want to be one of my wife’s cats. You can see how hard it is to be them. We even put out patio furniture for them — which they let us use when they aren’t lounging. Mostly why I want to be them is they don’t [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 8 Comments

Rotisserie Pork Loin

By now I should know better than to criticize my grill behind its back. Yesterday Barb said that she was getting a new grill for her birthday to replace her “falling apart grill”. I told her that mine was also not doing well, specifically mentioning that the splatter shield looked more like a screen. Well, [...]

Posted in Dinner, Pork | Tagged | 9 Comments

My Name Is In The Freezer Section!

This is quite possibly the coolest thing I’ve heard since starting the blog. Shortly after I did the ribs, Linda wrote to tell me: BTW, have done your ribs and sauce (recent ones in foil) twice since you published the recipe. Last time was for our Memorial Day BBQ. Big hit. Major hit. We have [...]

Posted in Beef | 10 Comments
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