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It hasn't rained at Reef's Bistro in literally 9 or 10 weeks. So dry lately I've been a little scared to fire up the Nuke Delta grill. But the rain was coming. Had a KK coming up to temp and me and Mrs skreef were in the house playing a little pool. Then the rain came We were so excited about the rain we ran out onto the front porch yelling and screaming in joy!!! If I have to explain further you wouldn't understand - but GA farmers understand.

Rolled up some meaty ribs on the Jr whilst Ora is in spring makeover mode ..on they go..Looking good. . Rolled out. . Carved up.. And plated with some you know lol.. Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

Happy Thanksgiving Canada. Celebrated with my niece and family yesterday. Dinner was awesome, so many delicious side, including, dressing, rutabaga casserole, sweet potato casserole, squash, beets, creamed potato, cranberries, to die for gravy and homemade apple pie a la mode. Today I had another Thanksgiving dinner with some of the leftovers, A very happy camper I am right now. Just need a double espresso.

Wanted to try out my new 12 x 16 Sicilian pan from Lloyd Pans. This is a Sourdough Supreme Pizza that was naturally levened (no IDY only starter)

Was inspired by a recent jerk cook, so last night was jerk chicken, smoked over pimento wood, with black beans and curry rice.

Been some big drought over the east down here .but this add was a classic. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DMdxfurkPuTo&ved=2ahUKEwjymK_Gz5vlAhVZ6nMBHdXzCm8QwqsBMA16BAgLEAg&usg=AOvVaw0azWFdWESYNfGLEP7wXyl-&cshid=1571051902580. Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

Well that ended up being a bit more adventure than our usual. Had some midweek weather, then the water started rising. Higher, higher.... Apparently caused by Sub-tropical storm Melissa, hundreds of miles away in the Northeast. Friday we meandered over to the ocean side of the island, and the ocean was doing this: And driving through this: Then we noticed that Highway 12 -- the only route on or off the island, was closed due to ocean overwash and breached dunes making it impassable. Uh oh! We decided to try to leave Hatteras Island that night if the road opened. It didn't. This was us sitting in the line waiting for the road to open. Never did that night. We were supposed to checkout by 10 AM yesterday, but the road was still closed. Crikey! We monitored news reports all day and decided to play the odds late yesterday afternoon, or risk being stranded until Monday. Finally, they opened the road at 6 PM, and we snaked past the breach and deep water around 7:00, just 60 minutes before high tide. Off the island around 8, then the breach reopened and briefly closed the road again at 9. Whew! Always a great adventure at OBX!

Time to do another chicken, the last of my KK chicken is in this sandwich. @ Bruce, are you reading your PMs, nag nag, LOL

Sounds delicious. Do they look at you weird when you start taking pictures or are they used to it?

Mac those pictures are making my mouth water. Happy Thanksgiving

Lots of colour and looking delicious, Tony.

Yes I know about no rain. We have been in a drought situation on and off for the past 10 years. Sometimes no rain for a couple of years. I feel for the GA farmers

That's another neat one, Aussie.

CK, that pizza looks awesome, mouth watering for sure.

Awesome! I’ve done 100% naturally leavened focaccia without issue, so would expect similar should work here too. My starter is fed fresh milled whole grains which tend to make it hyperactive. Can’t remember the last time I used IDY with my sourdough.

Yes, but I wasn't sure that you saw my replies.

The book did give a few extra instructions for going 100% natural. Mainly about super charging your starter and a counter rise before the refrigeration. I followed the book precisely. This was what I would consider my first successful 100% naturally levened pizza dough. I should have cooked it at a slightly lower temperature since that pan is so huge but all in all a success. Pan is too big to fit in my 19" KK so WFO is my only choice.

That’s what we were saying. If a secondary effect from a subtropical storm hundreds of miles away can do that much, imagine a full blown hurricane. Still lots of damage from Dorian down there, so for the residents I’m sure this was nothing. We’ve had a lot of adventures on the Outer Banks, but this was definitely a new one.

WOW!! That was an adventure. At least it was just flooded roads and not a local storm with high winds going on.

Here is my new 12 x 16 Sicilian pan from Lloyd Pans. Including a really nice aluminum stacking cover. I also ordered a stacking cover for my 10 x 14 Detroit pan (sitting on top). I consider Lloyd Pans the very best pans for deep dish and pan pizzas.