First Open Fire Cooking of the Season



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~patches~

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We're living on our stores as far as food right now because the new
growing season is about to begin and we've already ordered our 1/4 beef.
So that means the freezer contents have to be used up and the
canning shelf emptied.

DH cleaned out the fire pit yesterday. We use it for campfires,
roasting marshmallow for the younger kids, and occasionally cooking.
Now if you want a real nice chili cook it over an open fire! There is a
real difference in the taste. We have a tripod for hanging a large pot
for stews or chilis. The taste is wonderful but keeping an eye on the
fire is rather a pain sometimes. Anyways, tonight we are cooking on
the open fire. I'm doing bass in the cast iron fry pan and yes cooking
on the open fire gives the fish a different flavour. I made a pack of
camp style potatoes to be tossed onto the grate. DH was supposed to
pick up mushrooms but didn't so that won't be happening tonight. Bread
is a quick bread cooked in muffin tins right on the grate served with
fresh butter (aka unsalted, fresh made butter). I'll likely open up a
jar of home canned green beans too. Possible dessert will be apple pie
irons and if DH feels like going back to the house, a little vanilla ice
cream.

The fire is blazing so it needs to die down to the good coals. The food
is ready to go so in another 40 min or so I can start cooking. We'll
eat dinner by the campfire listening to the water and we'll spend the
evening hours star gazing.
 
~patches~ wrote:
:: :: DH cleaned out the fire pit yesterday. We use it for campfires,
:: roasting marshmallow for the younger kids, and occasionally
cooking.


Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over a
fire (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two 7 to
8 pound pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's day.
The weekend after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of
corned beef.

What have you been waiting for?

BOB
going out to check the fire for the ribeyes in a few

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" BOB" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over a fire
> (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two 7 to 8 pound
> pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's day. The weekend
> after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of corned beef.
>
> What have you been waiting for?

Doesn't it depend on climate? ;-)

Around here, I'm just starting to think about getting the grill ready for
the season (Mid Atlantic). I imagine in warmer climates, like Florida, the
season never ends, while further north than me the thought of outdoor
cooking hasn't occurred to a lot of people yet.

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BOB wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
> :: :: DH cleaned out the fire pit yesterday. We use it for campfires,
> :: roasting marshmallow for the younger kids, and occasionally
> cooking.
>
>
> Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over a
> fire (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two 7 to
> 8 pound pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's day.
> The weekend after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of
> corned beef.
>
> What have you been waiting for?
>

Well, it's always nice if you wait for the snow to get off the firepit;)

> BOB
> going out to check the fire for the ribeyes in a few
>
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:42:21 -0400, BOB wrote:

> What have you been waiting for?

LOL

Sheesh, patches... you let a little snow get in your way?
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sf wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:42:21 -0400, BOB wrote:
>
>
>> What have you been waiting for?
>
>
> LOL
>
> Sheesh, patches... you let a little snow get in your way?

Yep sometimes :( It can be a royal pain but what can you do?
 
BOB wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
> :: :: DH cleaned out the fire pit yesterday. We use it for campfires,
> :: roasting marshmallow for the younger kids, and occasionally
> cooking.
>
>
> Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over a
> fire (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two 7
> to 8 pound pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's
> day. The weekend after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of
> corned beef.

It was so warm in St. Louis this winter that I used the Weber kettle or
smoker a couple times month for something or the other.



Brian

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won't shut up.
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wff_ng_7 wrote:
:: " BOB" <[email protected]> wrote:
::: Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over
a fire
::: (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two 7 to
8 pound
::: pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's day. The
weekend
::: after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of corned beef.
:::
::: What have you been waiting for?
::
:: Doesn't it depend on climate? ;-)

Not really (well, to some it does), where's Harry D. Oh, yeah, he's
up there in Calgary with a fire going just about every week. It was
below freezing a couple of times when I fired up a pit, just so I
could smoke some cheese without melting it. Yes, we do get freezing
weather here in paradise.

BOB
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Raw Meat Should NOT Have An Ingredients List
 
~patches~ wrote:
:: BOB wrote:
::
::: ~patches~ wrote:
::::::: DH cleaned out the fire pit yesterday. We use it for
campfires,
::::: roasting marshmallow for the younger kids, and occasionally
cooking.
:::
:::
::: Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over
a
::: fire (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two
7 to
::: 8 pound pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's
day.
::: The weekend after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of
::: corned beef.
:::
::: What have you been waiting for?
:::
::
:: Well, it's always nice if you wait for the snow to get off the
firepit;)
::
::: BOB
::: going out to check the fire for the ribeyes in a few

I'd post some pictures of friends with their smokers going IN THE
SNOW, but somebody would probably steal them. '-)

BOB
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Raw Meat Should NOT Have An Ingredients List
 
~patches~ wrote:
:: sf wrote:
::
::: On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:42:21 -0400, BOB wrote:
:::
:::
:::: What have you been waiting for?
:::
:::
::: LOL
:::
::: Sheesh, patches... you let a little snow get in your way?
::
:: Yep sometimes :( It can be a royal pain but what can you do?

Light the pit. Fire + snow = melted snow (water). I'd post pictures
(not mine) but they might get stolen.

BOB
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Raw Meat Should NOT Have An Ingredients List
 
BOB wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
> :: BOB wrote:
> ::
> ::: ~patches~ wrote:
> ::::::: DH cleaned out the fire pit yesterday. We use it for
> campfires,
> ::::: roasting marshmallow for the younger kids, and occasionally
> cooking.
> :::
> :::
> ::: Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over
> a
> ::: fire (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two
> 7 to
> ::: 8 pound pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's
> day.
> ::: The weekend after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of
> ::: corned beef.
> :::
> ::: What have you been waiting for?
> :::
> ::
> :: Well, it's always nice if you wait for the snow to get off the
> firepit;)
> ::
> ::: BOB
> ::: going out to check the fire for the ribeyes in a few
>
> I'd post some pictures of friends with their smokers going IN THE
> SNOW, but somebody would probably steal them. '-)
>
> BOB

Oh Bob, I know what you mean! I had that happen just recently ;) Snow
is still a possibility and frost an almost given. I sure wish the warm
weather would get here. That way I could do a lot more cooking outside.

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BOB wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
> :: sf wrote:
> ::
> ::: On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:42:21 -0400, BOB wrote:
> :::
> :::
> :::: What have you been waiting for?
> :::
> :::
> ::: LOL
> :::
> ::: Sheesh, patches... you let a little snow get in your way?
> ::
> :: Yep sometimes :( It can be a royal pain but what can you do?
>
> Light the pit. Fire + snow = melted snow (water). I'd post pictures
> (not mine) but they might get stolen.
>
> BOB

My method for lighting the pit: take a bunch of junk mail and put under
brush. Light the junk mail which will start the brush burning. Add
larger pieces. This method works well online and off ;)

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~patches~ wrote:

>
> Oh Bob, I know what you mean! I had that happen just recently ;) Snow
> is still a possibility and frost an almost given. I sure wish the warm
> weather would get here. That way I could do a lot more cooking outside.

You live in my neighbourhood Patches. I have pictures that I tool last year
on April 12. My lawn tractor was covered in snow. We had about 6 inches of
wet, heavy snow snow. I sure was glad that I was retired and had nowhere I
had to be that day. I tried to clear the driveway with the snowblower by the
snow was too wet and heavy. It just clogged up the chute on the blower. I
stayed home that day. It was gone the next day.
 
Dave Smith wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
>
>
>>Oh Bob, I know what you mean! I had that happen just recently ;) Snow
>>is still a possibility and frost an almost given. I sure wish the warm
>>weather would get here. That way I could do a lot more cooking outside.
>
>
> You live in my neighbourhood Patches. I have pictures that I tool last year
> on April 12. My lawn tractor was covered in snow. We had about 6 inches of
> wet, heavy snow snow. I sure was glad that I was retired and had nowhere I
> had to be that day. I tried to clear the driveway with the snowblower by the
> snow was too wet and heavy. It just clogged up the chute on the blower. I
> stayed home that day. It was gone the next day.
>
>
>

Doesn't that just tick you off? Here you being retired and nothing to
do could have meant you could have spent the day using the riding mower.
Instead the lawn was covered in snow. In that case what I do is
either use the leaf sucker upper or the snow blower or a hot headed
neighbour to get rid of the snow. You can toss boiling water out but
that just is a real pain after the first couple of kettles full. Then I
fire up that lawn mower and let her go :) HTH

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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:12:19 -0400, " BOB" <[email protected]> wrote:

>wff_ng_7 wrote:
>:: " BOB" <[email protected]> wrote:
>::: Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over
>a fire
>::: (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two 7 to
>8 pound
>::: pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's day. The
>weekend
>::: after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of corned beef.
>:::
>::: What have you been waiting for?
>::
>:: Doesn't it depend on climate? ;-)
>
>Not really (well, to some it does), where's Harry D. Oh, yeah, he's
>up there in Calgary with a fire going just about every week. It was
>below freezing a couple of times when I fired up a pit, just so I
>could smoke some cheese without melting it. Yes, we do get freezing
>weather here in paradise.
>
>BOB

I missed a few days in January not consecutively, eh, Bob -just hated
to put my K through the punishment.

Harry
 
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:13:59 -0400, " BOB" <[email protected]> wrote:

>~patches~ wrote:
>:: BOB wrote:
>::
>::: ~patches~ wrote:
>::::::: DH cleaned out the fire pit yesterday. We use it for
>campfires,
>::::: roasting marshmallow for the younger kids, and occasionally
>cooking.
>:::
>:::
>::: Huh? This is the 100th day of the year. I've cooked outside over
>a
>::: fire (or in a smoker) probably 3 to 5 times each week. I had two
>7 to
>::: 8 pound pork butts smoking over a 12 pound brisket on New Year's
>day.
>::: The weekend after St. Patrick's day, I smoked about 20 pounds of
>::: corned beef.
>:::
>::: What have you been waiting for?
>:::
>::
>:: Well, it's always nice if you wait for the snow to get off the
>firepit;)
>::
>::: BOB
>::: going out to check the fire for the ribeyes in a few
>
>I'd post some pictures of friends with their smokers going IN THE
>SNOW, but somebody would probably steal them. '-)
>
>BOB

There's one of mine [covered in snow] on the K Forum. I always clean
the up before lighting up, though.

Harry
 
~patches~ wrote:

> > You live in my neighbourhood Patches. I have pictures that I tool last year
> > on April 12. My lawn tractor was covered in snow. We had about 6 inches of
> > wet, heavy snow snow. I sure was glad that I was retired and had nowhere I
> > had to be that day. I tried to clear the driveway with the snowblower by the
> > snow was too wet and heavy. It just clogged up the chute on the blower. I
> > stayed home that day. It was gone the next day.
>
>
> Doesn't that just tick you off? Here you being retired and nothing to
> do could have meant you could have spent the day using the riding mower.

Hmmmmm....... it usually takes me 10 minutes to clear the driveway with the snow
blower. It takes close to two hours to cut the lawn on the lawn tractor, and then
there is all the edging. My routine has me heading to the Y every morning during
the week. I can skip that if it

> Instead the lawn was covered in snow. In that case what I do is
> either use the leaf sucker upper or the snow blower or a hot headed
> neighbour to get rid of the snow. You can toss boiling water out but
> that just is a real pain after the first couple of kettles full. Then I
> fire up that lawn mower and let her go :) HTH

If the snow is too wet and sticky for the snow blower a leaf blower isn't going to
do much for it. It was warm enough that if I really had to, I suppose I could
have gone out with the garden hose and just sprayed it down with cold water.
 
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