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@tony b I didn’t know we were doing breakfast either but I made a over-easy egg on a Thomas s lush muffin with melted Parmesan cheese, arugula abs applewood bacon reheating yesterday beef bourgignon for dinner tonight as I’ve cooked a lot the last week. @Braai-Q that sounds and looks like a proper Mexican feast. Even better when enjoyed with strong margaritas. Merry Christmas and nice work!

Looking good @jonj!

Merry christmas everybody!

Beef bourguignon with garlic, Parmesan & rosemary mashed potatoes. beef cooked on the KK in a Dutch over at 250 for 4 hours and 275 for 3 hours. Used 1lb of applewood bacon in sauce. Good flavors

@tony b I’ve got a long way to go. I’m in year 1. But I’m 41 and have time on my side. But like you I’m pretty committed to doing things right so I’m investing in the garden, in the soil for long term. I make compost teas 2-3x/week and spray the trees with nutrients to help them grow. But I told my wife that it’s kind of like kids, baby them in the beginning then they are off and running.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that I’ve quite taken to gardening during the pandemic. I’ve been spending about 10-15 hours a week gardening. I planted a fall/winter garden that I will pick next week and I’ve been slowly replacing some of the landscaping I wasn’t happy with in our project with more colorful succulents that are more my style Along the way I’ve picked up a squatter (Buddha) and I’ve planted 6 different avocado trees, Meyer lemon, lime, tangerine, orange, peach, pink lady apple, lucuma (Peruvian fruit), yellow passion tree, raspberry and boysenberry we have hard compact clay soil so I’ve also been trying to tend to the soil. If you haven’t seen the movie “Kiss the Ground” on Netflix I highly recommend it. Inspired by that movie I’ve been trying to change my soil with different organic matter. I started by going into the canyons by my house abs collecting 40 thirty gallon trash bags of wood chips that the city stacks when they clear for fire prevention. Then I got 40 trash bags of coffee grounds from my neighborhood coffee shop and spread it around the property. Finally I ordered 6 cubic yards of mushroom compost and shoveled it all by myself one day for about 9 straight hours. So now we wait for nature to do it’s thing. also started a worm farm at the house

@Sir Bill my dad and I both had success treating rotator cuff injuries doing targeted acupuncture over multiple months. My dad didn’t believe in “that stuff” but after getting no relief from traditional medicine for years he tried acupuncture after a few months was almost totally healed. As for the topic at hand I have to admit something to you guys. I’ve been waking up at like 2/3am for the past two months, hence why you see so much activity from me in the 3am-7am PST timeframe. I’m trying to keep to myself and be quiet but I’m filling my time on my phone and this leads to diving deep into the KK forum and weird random Amazon purchases last week I found thread where someone posted about this thing https://smokeware.com/products/trompo-king?_pos=1&_sid=5cadd0589&_ss=r I saw that thing and thought it would be perfect for my Al Pastor/adobada cooks and for my chicken schwarma cooks, it would save me time from cutting meat off the rotisserie so I could actually host people and converse rather than cutting meat every 15 minutes, and save me money from having to buy aluminum trays that I then put over the coals of the KK to catch the meat abs act as an indirect heat shield. This item became my Christmas wish but unfortunately I did not see it until last week so it won’t arrive until 12/30. I will be testing it out as soon as I get it. I’m actually very excited

@Tyrus I’m also crediting you with black truffle salt magic. I used mine on my fries, potatoes, and some eggs this morning abd it’s been rockin. And I also will say McDonakds fries are the best but I have not had them in ages.

@Boom Boom sounds like a lot of fun @tekobowhat do you do for work if you don’t mind me asking? And your garden is looking fantastic. I really want to start some asparagus but it’s in the 2021 plan for me

@tekobo you sure are having some fun! Looks great

@USUAggie those are really amazing. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful work! @Paul you keep the lights on! I’d say it’s essential. 😀

Final Day #5 of the Butcher Box challenge Slow roasted sweet potato rubbed in olive oil, salt, pepper and fennel seed. Served with Labneh & chives roasted rainbow carrots cook in pork juice/residue bone in pork chop with olive oil, salt, pepper, butter and brown sugar crust @jonj paired with a Russian River Siduri Pinot Noir

@Paul that’s nice work! I literally have no skills with my hands so I always respect any woodworking, carpentry or craftsmanship. That looks like a solid project. What’s your “regular job”?

@Basher my golf rounds have gone down significantly with small kids. I used to play 1-2/week for about 10 years but I can’t justify spending an entire weekend day away from my kids now. So I strictly moved to weekday/business golf. This yielded about 5 rounds a year the past few years big since COVID my wife and I have tried to schedule time for each other to do something solo away from the family and kids. I chose golf and once a month I go to Torrey pines on a weekday when my kids are at preschool and j can “work remotely” from work. It’s been a nice break and in November I was able to do a work meeting on the golf course so I played 2x in November

I’d like to see the list as well please!

Congrats @BigO! I also got a 32 almost a year ago. Very happy I did. You’ll love it

I’m a Russian river Pinot guy

@jonj that’s great! I’m jealous. Always wanted to play music but never put in the time. Tried a little bass in college but I’m super into music and wine. Pink Floyd, zeppelin, talking heads etc my favorite though is Phish I’ve seen them way too many times and that’s the other thing keeping me sane during COVID watching my favorite bands on my backyard with the surround sound/lighting system we set up in the spring. The music has been a godsend! I love the sign on the wine cellar as well. What’s your favorite wines/grapes?

@USUAggie - next time you come to SD we'll have to get out and play? @jonjthose sound like solid options. What kind of music does your band play and what instrument? I have destroyed my wine fridge during COVID and we've been playing with pretty much the same foursome this entire time, although we all walk and there is really never much time when we're closer than 6 feet to each other. My family and I have been very careful as well and really limited all of our social activities outside of seeing my wifes parents and seeing my parents, usually outside by the KK eating a meal Golfing at Torrey was the only real thing I've gotten to do and I disintitly remember the first round when it opened up right around Cinco de Mayo and the joy i felt getting to play and getting in nature like that. As a City resident I get to play there for $60 so it's kind of like why would you not play there if you can? Just gotta know how to book the times! @Jon B. that is relaxing in style my friend!

@tekobo- that is definitely commercial and is amazing. We have a relatively small kitchen/fridge combo that is recessed into our cabinets. We got a second fridge/freezer in October in the garage and I thought it upgraded our life significantly.

I was reading through some of all your profiles this morning and I stumbled across @tony b who apparently has in interest in golf. Which is something I quite enjoy. Being in San Diego and a resident of the City of San Diego we get to play the City owned golf course and home of the 2008 & 2021 US Open Torrey Pines. ive been making a point to schedule one day a month to go to this beautiful spot, which as all of my friends know, I’d like my ashes spread around hole 3 on the South Course. It’s a very special and beautiful place. It’s been incredibly therapeutic to do that. I love about 15-20 minutes away so I’ve also done a couple of brisket smoked while golfing. Here a few photos of the scenery. cooking on my KK and golfing at Torrey Pines has been great for me, what have you been doing in 2020 to bring you enjoyment? btw @tony bin case you were wondering last week it was a bit chilly 66 degrees when we teed off at noon

Me too. I have English humor and I’m a tongue in cheek, cheeky smart ass and my co-workers tell me they aren’t sure I’m serious or joking and I like to keep it that way 😀

@Braai-Q I knew you were teasing. When I think of gadgets I always think of watching Inspector Gadget as a kid and how he always had the right tool to solve the problem. Nothing wrong with gadgets in my book my wife and I have a very good deal. I do all the cooking. She does all the cleaning, it works well cause I hate doing dishes. But it’s when she’s doing the dishes and cleaning my “cooking things” that comments can come up. The French fry press is a particularly big and heavy “gadget” that elicits comments. The air fryer and big food processor had their break in periods but the results of the those tools have forced the comments to subside, only the newly introduced French fry press brought back the conversation

Thanks @MacKenzie. One more day to go for my butcher box challenge. Tonight is bone in pork chop

@bgrant3406 I was trying to come up with something witty about how if she’s got 3 KKs she must have a space for an industrial size freezer @ckreefhow are you preparing your chips?