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This year's batch of aji yellow hot sauce. Didn't get many peppers this year, so only a couple of bottles of sauce - enough to get me by for a while. I still have a couple of bottles of last year's batch.

For our second Thanksgiving dinner this year (first was with my sisters with turkey, etc.), I decided to go with a boneless rib roast instead of turkey. Dry rub, refrigerated overnight, smoked at 200°F over cherry and apple wood for 2 hours, then seared (1 - 1 1/2 minutes per side, sear grate) at 475°F. I returned it to the KK main grate for another 20 minutes at 375°F to an internal temperature of 124°F, then foil and towel wrapped and placed in a cooler to rest for 1 1/2 hours (temp rise to 132°F). Served with roasted sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts carbonara, herbed stuffing with turkey gravy, horseradish cream sauce and/or au jus, 2003 Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon and 2009 Schramsberg sparkling wines.

its hard to cook for people who don't really eat... If you need volunteers...But I guarantee I won't look anything like the guest you had!

had a guest last night for yakitori with a small appetite. its hard to cook for people who don't really eat...