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Its called a tomohawk ribeye (for obvious reasons). Hard to find and very tasty

Sweet! How much for an 8"??

Where in tenn are you from?

Thats what wives are for

Re: disgusting What he said.

No raw, its a Jpeg. I took it using my Sanyo Xacti HD1010 video camera. Not bad for a camera that fits in the palm of your hand and is primarily a video camera. I had it at full zoom (10X optical) and was only about 15 feet away. Those finches are small. Here is a video I took of a woodpecker in the same tree. http://home.cogeco.ca/~4re/SANY0589.MP4 Its a big file though since its HD. Also if it seems a bit muted (visually) its because it was taken through a window. I tried to get close outside but they fly away.

The other day I was snapping some photos of a goldfinch that visits my yard. I took a few photos, downloaded them to my computer and see this. I didn't even know the other one flew in

My best to you and your family during your difficult time.

Re: carnivorous beauties

Here is a video I'll host for a while. Its in HD so its kind of big. http://home.cogeco.ca/~4re/SANY0543.MP4

It did but I was afraid it would peck my eye out. I had no firearms available to me

I just got back from the Smokies after a much needed short vacation. We always rent a secluded cabin way up in the mountains and just hang out. One morning I got up early and brought a griddle outside on the deck to fry up some bacon since my wife hates when the house smells like pork fat. They said don't leave food outside and now I know why. This bird, which I think is a female peacock, showed up. I was on the upper deck a few stories up and this thing started walking up the stairs towards the smell of the bacon. I couldn't believe it. I unplugged my griddle and finished cooking inside It was a big bird too, probably a few feet high. I got some great pictures too. I'm just happy it wasn't a black bear. It was like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (remember that show?) This is what she was after

What part of Michigan are you from?

The cooker is beautiful but I want that palm in the background.

I'm getting dirty now. I used two blue Cadbury mini eggs and put those in the nest too I don't have a pellet gun and live in a neigborhood anyway. My luck I'd miss and bust my neighbors window. I never realized what a nuisance they are to the native songbird population

Hi All, I have lots of golden finches in my yard that were being bullied by the sparrows. I decided that enough was enough and bought a repeating sparrow trap. Here is where it gets interesting. I tried bread and millet for 10 days and nothing so I decided to try something unusual. I took a robins nest the sparrows destroyed, then took the empty robins egg shell they also destroyed and put it inside the nest. This was then placed in the bait portion of the trap. two days pass and I have 3 male sparrows. They just wanted to destroy that egg. WFT!

If I had a spare $3.5K right now I'd place an order. Very nice!

Thats the best advice right there! Whats your son know anyway?

I would pull up the bricks and level it back out. That would be the proper way to do it rather than simply placing more bricks on top. Thats what I would do.

Jeff, nice job! You really do need to monitor the fire when using this technique. As I said earlier, for bragging rights, 1000f is great but for cooking 6-700f will yield great grill marks that are brown and carmelized not charred and black. After a few trial and error runs you'll determine how much coal you really need and what the dampers should be set at. Either way those are some nice strips!

Looks great! I really like it especially since a few of my cooks ended up on the food porn page. It's nice to be a porn star

I know its an old post but that salad and fish still look tasty!

I really like the tile pattern on that cooker. Meat looks great too. I like Dizzy PIg rubs but they're a bit pricey. You get what you pay for I guess.

Is that a challenge?

I'm sure they would taste good on the rotisserie or in a crock pot. Confit anyone My wife would kill me if she read that-she loves those two. Anyway, about the sparrows. I have done some reading and those things are bastards. You're right. They are not the rats but the murderers of the avian world. They destroy songbird nests and kill other songbirds in their quest for dominance and food. For the last two years I have had robin nests in different parts of my yard. About a month goes by and suddenly the eggs are destroyed. I didn't know what the hell it was that was doing it, maybe a racoon or something. Turns out its these damned sparrows killing off the native bird population. Apparently the house sparrow was brought here from England in the early 1800's. I'm buying a trap to get rid of them. I haven't decided if I'll whack 'em or relocate. Is a 40cal pistol round too much?