Booker81's Journal...Backward Steps again...favorite healing tips?

[booker81]

I'm hoping to learn a bit on wine making . A friend and I go wild blackberry picking every year, and we get gallons and gallons of them. Usually I make jam, but blackberry wine sounds mighty nice to me!!

 

[modern_pioneer]

You all have wimpy smoking machines,


I can fit 6 whole deer in mine at once...

*** runs off to go get pics of the most manly smokie smoker you have ever seen ***
:bun :bun

ETA Photos of my smoker.... we cured bacon, beef and deer jerky, bologna, sausage, ham and a pork loin.. these pictures were taken prior to deer season last year and was our test run.... and first curing of the smoker....

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

I love my smoker.

I understand completely the attachment to a smoker.

http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL264/2074170/4139313/394355839.jpg

Ok, you HAVE to do a seperate post on the mechanics of your smoker.
I am also curious if you are able to both cold and hot smoke with it.

 

[booker81]

You all have wimpy smoking machines,


I can fit 6 whole deer in mine at once...

*** runs off to go get pics of the most manly smokie smoker you have ever seen ***
:bun :bun

Hurry hurry!

Course, you can't blame me on mine - it was free! Well, other than hubby's labor He gets me lots a nice things with his hard work. I'm keeping him!

I want to build a brick roasting/BBQ pit thing in our yard. Something I can get a couple pigs on.

 

[Henrietta23]

MP!! A small family could LIVE in that thing!!!
Seriously gonna try making wine this winter! There's a thread around here somewhere.......

 

[booker81]

You're gonna post how to make something like that right??! A neighbor down the road has welding stuff, and I know I could ply him with enough eggs to get him to build me a beauty like that if I buy the materials!!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

check out this gal's smoke house - whoooot!

http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/2008/01/building-cold-smoker-smokehouse.html

plus she loves bacon so i think she is my new BFF (besides booker, of course)
;-)

 

[rebecca100]

Wow I think I could even build that smokehouse. We have concrete blocks everywhere and I could get roughcut boards pretty cheap....... Wonder how it would look made of cedar?

 

[booker81]

That looks freaking awesome. I think I could make that...I know I could!

I need to call the grocery and see how much they'd charge for a fresh pork belly. Hubby put my smoker in the garage, but spring CAN'T be too far away! Only about 5 months! Heh.

I need to place my garden order here soon.

 

[TanksHill]

Let me know what your grocer plans to charge you for the pork bellies. I called around a bit because I wanted to make my own bacon. It seems really expensive.