Current Events > What have you done recently...tell us so the CE can cheer you.

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Post something good that you have done recently. It could be something some people would find small like walking a mile. But it means to world to you. Or it could be something like running a marathon. No matter what we all need a pat on the back.

Didnt eat the whole bag of cheese doodles in one sitting

Replaced the bathroom tap.

Washed, oiled, and waxed my cutting board last night, as Im going to be trimming and smoking a brisket this evening unless something happens to where I cant.

Lost 17lbs in almost 3 weeks.

PraetorXyn posted...

Washed, oiled, and waxed my cutting board last night, as Im going to be trimming and smoking a brisket this evening unless something happens to where I cant.

That's awesome--my wife literally did that a bit ago, but we are smoking a pork shoulder.

Started doing yoga again

I wash myself with a rag on a stick.

I haven't died yet. *shrug* Seriously though I have been keeping up with my work outs and have been doing them for over a month now barring a week break because of a shoulder injury from work. Every other time I started I ended up quitting. I've never been this consistent. It feels good now and sometimes I even look forward to working out.

I flew on an airplane for the first time

I had a really good workout yesterday. It was one of those days where everything felt right. Hoping today will be the same. I have by far more good days than bad days though, but most fall somewhere in the middle. Yesterday stood out.

EwokCommanda posted...

That's awesome--my wife literally did that a bit ago, but we are smoking a pork shoulder.

I do pork shoulders ever 2 or 3 months probably. The trick Ive adopted lately is that when I go to wrap them, I put them in a disposable half pan and wrap foil over the top. This way, the fat renders into the pan, and when I go to pull it, Im dredging it through its own jus.

This will be my second ever brisket. Im planning to do the Goldees method, where you cook the entire thing unwrapped, then wrap in foil with tallow and hold it in a warmer / low oven for 8-12 hours or so.

I'm currently taking one class, Sociology 316 (Race and Race Relations). I had my Midterm (25% of my grade) and a 6-page paper (20% of my grade) due one week after the other. Midterm wasn't multiple choice like I thought it would be, but was rather several writing prompts based on what we've gone ovee in class so far. By the time I was done I had something like 5 pages of writing completed for the midterm.

Never before have I had to write this much for a class in such a short timeframe. The last two weeks have been hella stressful. But now I'm done and I feel very good about it. Even had my mother--a professional copy editor--go over my paper to make it look much, much better than it did before.

I have a fulltime job on top of all of this, and this semester has just convinced me that I cannot take more than one class at a time. I will need to take next semester off to work as much OT as possible for financial reasons (a separate topic), but I am definitely going back next fall. I'm roughly 40% done with my bachelors right now.

Great work everyone. It good to see us doing exciting and life changing things.

I finished an update on my VR avatar last week. I can share a pic if anyone wants to see it! But I don't think anyone will. I know it's a pretty small and meaningless thing. I don't even use it for anything except my profile pic on Discord. But it's the best way I have to express myself right now, so I like to fiddle with it now and again, and I sometimes get results I'm really proud of~

SydnieStarlight posted...

I finished an update on my VR avatar last week. I can share a pic if anyone wants to see it! But I don't think anyone will. I know it's a pretty small and meaningless thing. I don't even use it for anything except my profile pic on Discord. But it's the best way I have to express myself right now, so I like to fiddle with it now and again, and I sometimes get results I'm really proud of~

Good for you please show us.

cjsdowg posted...

Good for you please show us.

Ah, well, if you're gonna twist my arm about it~

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/4/5/AAfHWBAAE9E5.jpg

EDIT: I have no idea why it's that big!

Got the fluvid

SydnieStarlight posted...

Ah, well, if you're gonna twist my arm about it~

Very neat.

Started looking into buying a house. They're more expensive than advertised because I didn't consider home insurance and property tax so it turns out our options are more limited than I initially thought.

Uta posted...

Started looking into buying a house. They're more expensive than advertised because I didn't consider home insurance and property tax so it turns out our options are more limited than I initially thought.

Good luck.

I would suggest you do dry runs from the house you want to places like work, school, eating so you can see how long the drive really is. Depend on where you live the GPS really doesn't do it justice. Also see if you can get the taxes and stuff bundled with your payments,so it want be such a hard hit.

Bought a condo. Dating a mom whose kiddo adores me. Got my third performance award at work in ten years.

Life is okay.

I drank water

I comforted an AI chatbot.

100% map completion in marvel's spider-man remastered

Got my hides back from the tanner yesterday, once I'm off work I'll start rugging. The nice pretty white one is going to lay across the back of the couch, the two smaller ones I'm going to make into bed rolls for camping.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/0/8/AALe5FAAE9F4.jpg

cjsdowg posted...

I would suggest you do dry runs from the house you want to places like work, school, eating so you can see how long the drive really is. Depend on where you live the GPS really doesn't do it justice. Also see if you can get the taxes and stuff bundled with your payments,so it want be such a hard hit.

I'm retired, and living off VA Disability. Getting to and from work isn't really a problem I need to consider. And if I do find work, it pretty much has to be WFH. For everything else, all the businesses are pretty much on one street. So long as we live near a collector road it would be hard to get more than 5-10 minutes from anywhere else.

Get up off my ass and went for a short jog.

PraetorXyn posted...

I do pork shoulders ever 2 or 3 months probably. The trick Ive adopted lately is that when I go to wrap them, I put them in a disposable half pan and wrap foil over the top. This way, the fat renders into the pan, and when I go to pull it, Im dredging it through its own jus.

This will be my second ever brisket. Im planning to do the Goldees method, where you cook the entire thing unwrapped, then wrap in foil with tallow and hold it in a warmer / low oven for 8-12 hours or so.

We've nailed pork shoulders now--similar to what you do, but we have a copper pan that we use when we wrap it. Hearing the bone slide out of the vacuum of meat and fat is soooo satisfying! We've only done a few brisket, so I'll check out the Goldee method.

Have you smoked ribs yet? We get them perfect in the oven, but are still struggling with them on the smoker. Our best luck so far has been constantly re-coating them in a bbq/liquor sauce, but would love to hear if anything works consistantly for you.

i had a salad for lunch and saved ten percent by switching to geico

oh and i was promoted to a full time position in four months at a company where that would normally take a year or longer

EwokCommanda posted...

We've nailed pork shoulders now--similar to what you do, but we have a copper pan that we use when we wrap it. Hearing the bone slide out of the vacuum of meat and fat is soooo satisfying! We've only done a few brisket, so I'll check out the Goldee method.

Have you smoked ribs yet? We get them perfect in the oven, but are still struggling with them on the smoker. Our best luck so far has been constantly re-coating them in a bbq/liquor sauce, but would love to hear if anything works consistantly for you.

For pulled pork, I recommend Heath Riles Tangy Vinegwr BBQ Sauce, its divine.

Sure. I started with Malcolm Reeds Malcolm Style Ribs, and I still like that recipe.
https://youtu.be/kRe0WymG1Jk?si=bXeVXn7MopXajI1j

If Im doing my own thing, I remove the membrane, do a mustard slather, then season the back, let them hang out for 15 minutes, flip over and season the meat side, let them hang out for 15 minutes. I like a savory run for ribs. I tend to smoke them at 250 with a blend of hickory and cherry until the bark is set, and Ill spritz with a 50/50 mixture of water and apple cider vinegar when they need it after the first hour, every hour or so.

When I wrap, I put down a double layer of foil, then cut up two sticks of salted Kerrygold butter into pats, lay 4 pats down, lay the runs meat side down on them, then lay 4 pats over the back, then wrap tightly and put them back on to cook until tender, usually takes about 2 hours, but when an instant read thermometer says about 202 in the back, theyre done, aside from the bend test.

Once tender, I remove them from the foil and put them back on, glazing with whatever sauce Im using. I keep a squeeze bottle with about 3/4 Sweet Baby Rays and 1/4 Apple cider vinegar to thin it that I shook up to mix, so I use that a lot. Next time I do them, Ill try the Goldees sauce since I ordered it with their runs, as I wanted to use their brisket rub tonight. In any case, I just let the sauce tack up. Then theyre done. Let them rest about 10 minutes before slicing.

Do either of you pitmasters boil your rips before hand ? My father swears by it, but I think that takes the flavor away.

cjsdowg posted...

Do either of you pitmasters boil your rips before hand ? My father swears by it, but I think that takes the flavor away.

I have never heard of this, but it sounds like an abomination, unless he's Sous Vide-ing them or something.

My friend's girlfriend swore up and down she didn't like pork chops until he insisted on frying them for dinner one night and she loved them. It turned out she didn't like pork chops because her mother boiled them.

PraetorXyn posted...

I have never heard of this, but it sounds like an abomination, unless he's Sous Vide-ing them or something.

My friend's girlfriend swore up and down she didn't like pork chops until he insisted on frying them for dinner one night and she loved them. It turned out she didn't like pork chops because her mother boiled them.

45 mins of grilling time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pke3i9dXMl0&ab_channel=AtlantaGrillCompany

PraetorXyn posted...

For pulled pork, I recommend Heath Riles Tangy Vinegar BBQ Sauce, its divine.

Sure. I started with Malcolm Reeds Malcolm Style Ribs, and I still like that recipe.
https://youtu.be/kRe0WymG1Jk?si=bXeVXn7MopXajI1j

If Im doing my own thing, I remove the membrane, do a mustard slather, then season the back, let them hang out for 15 minutes, flip over and season the meat side, let them hang out for 15 minutes. I like a savory rub for ribs. I tend to smoke them at 250 with a blend of hickory and cherry until the bark is set, and Ill spritz with a 50/50 mixture of water and apple cider vinegar when they need it after the first hour, every hour or so.

When I wrap, I put down a double layer of foil, then cut up two sticks of salted Kerrygold butter into pats, lay 4 pats down, lay the ribs meat side down on them, then lay 4 pats over the back, then wrap tightly and put them back on to cook until tender, usually takes about 2 hours, but when an instant read thermometer says about 202 in the back, theyre done, aside from the bend test.

Once tender, I remove them from the foil and put them back on, glazing with whatever sauce Im using. I keep a squeeze bottle with about 3/4 Sweet Baby Rays and 1/4 Apple cider vinegar to thin it that I shook up to mix, so I use that a lot. Next time I do them, Ill try the Goldees sauce since I ordered it with their runs, as I wanted to use their brisket rub tonight. In any case, I just let the sauce tack up. Then theyre done. Let them rest about 10 minutes before slicing.

Bookmarked the YouTube video, and took a screenshot of your process. Gonna give it a go next time! Much appreciated!

EwokCommanda posted...

Bookmarked the YouTube video, and took a screenshot of your process. Gonna give it a go next time! Much appreciated!

Save your BBQ pictures. We need to have a thread were it is just BBQ postings .