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All Things Food / Re: H**lth Food

« on: July 09, 2010, 01:38:09 pm »

All your recipes look good, sound good... but man, you gotta work on your plating techinques! Gordon Ramsey would have a s***fit if he saw these!

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The Pub / Re: Things that are better with alcohol...

« on: July 09, 2010, 01:35:23 pm »

Beer definately makes a vasectomy better!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Hops Overshooting Trellis Options

« on: July 09, 2010, 01:26:24 pm »

Earlier this year one of mine shot up and went about 2-3' past the top of the trellis... started hanging over and growing back down... I went  up there and ran another line that it could grow horizontally on so it would be supported... in training it on that one, it broke! snapped right off, so I trimmed it back to about an inch above one of the lateral junctions. It survived and never grew taller but it did send out a ton of lateral side shoots like crazy and I think I ended up with more hops due to that. I ended up doing this will all 5 of my plants once they reached the top and they pretty much all did the same thing.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: A question about the BJCP Judging philosophy?

« on: July 09, 2010, 01:22:45 pm »

I'd suggest you submit this question to the email forum so you can grab  the attention of Gordon Stong and David Houseman...High level judges that run the program will give you much better insight.

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All Things Food / Re: Culinary improvisation and invention.

« on: June 20, 2010, 01:15:11 pm »

I've done pretty much the same thing in the past only with Doritos or another brand of tortilla chips.

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Ingredients / Re: What do I do with this cherry extract?

« on: June 20, 2010, 12:50:58 pm »

You can always use it in cooking...doesn't necessarily have to go into brew...

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Ingredients / Re: Using real chocolate

« on: June 18, 2010, 12:15:07 pm »

The flavoring used for coffee can and do get used...be careful how much you add though... I've personally found Stirling brand to be the best one. Also with any brand you pick, look around, they have multiple chocolate flavors...

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Probably infections right? Excessive / climbing head.

« on: June 18, 2010, 12:06:59 pm »

How does it taste? That to me is the best indicator if you have an infection or not. One of the things I learned when I was bottling was to add the cooled corn sugar mixture to the bottling bucket, then rack your brew on top of it so it 'stirs' it up then take a sanitized spoon and gently stir it up again just to make sure its incorported in there good enough. These days since I bottle so little, I use the carb tabs now.

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Ingredients / Re: Using real chocolate

« on: June 16, 2010, 08:50:53 am »

I've used cocoa powder in the past, I mixed it with corn sugar and some water to make a syrup then added it during the boil. Gotta say I wasn't that impressed with the flavor... I agree with above, the cacao nibs in secondary give the best chocolate flavor.

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All Things Food / Re: H**lth Food

« on: June 08, 2010, 02:50:16 pm »

Something I'm trying to do too... Couple of things I've come across recently that I think will help me along with others...

http://www.cleaneatingmag.com/minisite/ce_index.htm - pretty simple concept.

http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian.html -overall this is a pretty cool site.

But the hardest part for me is I'm a carnivore, I love meat! Reducing it has been difficult, but to counter that lately I've add
a ton more veges to my meals, trying to eat more seafood too. Today I just made some hummus, never been a big fan of it, but decided, hey, I need a healthier snack... turned out pretty good with the flatbread I got. next time I'll change it up a bit and try a different version of it.

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The Pub / Re: I want the ole '50's '60's CARS back!!

« on: May 29, 2010, 03:59:01 pm »

I had a '53 Willys in HS, loved that thing... could out four wheel anyone around at the time.. sigh...
I would love to have the jeep version (like in MASH)... be a great hunting vehicle. or a CJ5 or 7...

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All Things Food / Re: Dutch oven.

« on: May 26, 2010, 04:43:23 pm »

Man I love cooking in cast iron! Thats pretty much all I use at home anymore...  as for the clarification on how much charcoal to use... This is a great chart, but again its only a guide.
http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/~papadutch/LodgeBakingTempChart.doc

He had more info here to which is good.
http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/~papadutch/dutch-oven-cooking-tips.htm

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Dried Orange blossoms

« on: May 25, 2010, 09:18:13 am »

What flavor are you trying to get? I've never tasted one but I can't imagine the flavor being strong or anything other than what they smell like... not sure how that will come thru in a BBQ rub... If you're looking for an orange flavor in your rub, I would suggest orange zest, you'll definately get it that way.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Dried Orange blossoms

« on: May 24, 2010, 11:26:51 am »

This is something I came across a while back.... he uses the blossoms: http://www.buckbeanbeer.com/
maybe email him to find some more info... what else I found was a review of his beer: http://www.thebarleyblog.com/2009/buckbean-original-orange-blossom-ale/

 the beer is brewed with orange blossom water (distilled water that contains the essential oils of the orange blossom).
Maybe what you need to search on is the essential oil instead of the flowers themselves? Good luck.

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The Pub / Re: Another bacon thing for Weaze

« on: May 23, 2010, 04:01:27 pm »

Scott,
I also brewed a bacon porter a couple weeks ago... have you tasted yours yet? I drybacon'd an oz of cooked bacon 1gal of brew...didn't taste it myself but my wife said 'barely detectable'.... what process did you use?