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:
*DING* Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is the correct answer! Congrats to both Toni, one of our hosts at the Silverstone Inn, and Chris Byrd for guessing correctly. We planned a stop at Fallingwater on our trip home, since it’s about a 6.5 hour drive direct from Buffalo. More photos and narrative when I get a…
Monday was Ariella’s preschool open house/orientation. Of course I snapped a few photos… Today was the first official day of preschool – no parents! You can see how concerned Ariella was about this… Of course she was fine with the whole experience. And now she can finally tell people that she does something other…
I was just finishing up hanging new blinds in Ariella’s room, when out the window I saw a complete semicircular double rainbow! We have an excellent vantage point for these types of things. This is the second time since we moved here (not quite three years ago) that we’ve seen one of these. Hey –…
I managed to do something with the beautiful weather we had this extended weekend that I hadn’t had a chance to do all year – wash and wax BOTH cars. Those tasks always seem to get pushed to the back burner during the summer when the home improvement projects are in full swing. With the…
In our last episode, we were still waiting on the building permit. That permit was issued without any further delays or lectures, so the builders got moving with pouring the footers. As of yesterday, the forms have been removed and they are prepping to set the foundation walls. Many have commented that they don’t quite…
The author of the YouTube video I posted in my last Aquarama post directed me towards another of his videos. The end of this video shows two shots of the Aquarama/Marine Star being scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey. It truly is no more. This pretty much closes the book on the Aquarama. Since we now have…
That is one mega sausage. Bet that would be perfect at a barbeque.