For Easter I made four 2kg batches of sausage – two for the smoker, one fresh batch for the grill, and a batch of breakfast sausage links (not shown). It was my first time using curing salts and smoking the sausage at a lower temp (160-180 F) than normal smoking temps. It was a tasty experiment, I learned a few things, and will certainly be making additional batches in the future! Here are some pics:
Average monthly tolls, January-October 2006: $16.53 November 2006: $5.54 (and that’ll probably be higher than my average) 😀 There are also no delays anymore at Black Rock in the evenings. Things sped right up after they stopped posting a cop to babysit the plaza. Glad they took my suggestion. 😉
Here’s a unique way of looking at housing costs data. Take the average housing prices in the U.S. since 1890, adjust for inflation, then plot it on a rollercoaster. Pay particular attention to 1997 onward. via Consumerism Commentary
It’s a good thing we have all those braniacs working at the New York State Department of Transportation to tell us things like “the presence of freight traffic would make the Central Terminal ill-suited to be a passenger rail station again.” They must have done a lot of work coming to that conclusion. I mean…
Amanda was getting things in her car this morning when she came running back in saying, “This makes it worthwhile being up this early!”
The Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil masses are over. We’ve made our trips to the Broadway Market for all things Polish, Antoinette’s for chocolate, and Galley’s Nursery for Easter flowers. All that’s left to do is run out to my Aunt’s for brunch, and then back here to cook up a ham, as…
That is one mega sausage. Bet that would be perfect at a barbeque.