Memorial Day! The official beginning of summer is almost
here. For my family this summer will be a bit different as we are staying with
my parents while we wait for our house to be built. We are slowly settling in
and it’s becoming more normal. Lots of things are planned for this summer and
some unplanned. First off…didn’t think we would have sold our house as fast as
we did. I thought it was the unsellable object that would haunt us forever (Hence
the living with the parent’s thing). June is birthday month for the boys and
Sam starts school in August. We also have a short vacation planed in August for
just Ali and I. Max should hit a few milestones this summer as well. Assume he
might be walking and at least talking abit. He currently has his own language
now but I think will really come into his own in the next few months. His 1
year birthday also means NO MORE FORUMLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would like to at
least take the kids camping a few times this summer…we have a few trips
scheduled for next weekend and for the 4th of July. I also re booked
the lake site for late in October. That should be a good trip for sure.
Doing a big cook this weekend hopefully….Have a few gadgets
that will be delivered that hopefully will gain some more consistent results. I
purchased a temp controller for the weber that helps maintain the fire at a consistent
heat level and also helps to conserve fuel. More detailed review will follow on this once
I have time to mess with it.
On the Menu this
weekend:
1.
Pork shoulders
If you are going to
go through the trouble of firing up a cooker you might as well cook a few
butts. Once you shred em’ and cover em’
in sauce they freeze very well for consumption within 6 months. Doing this
actually is great for camping meals and quick last minute weeknight meals.
2.
Chicken Thighs
Going to try something a little different…want to brine them
overnight and see how they turn out with a little light smoking in the cooker.
Update to follow.
3.
Ribs cut to St. Louis Style
With the temp controller these should turn out a little better than usual. I don’t think I am
going to do anything special….but we will see.
I will post the results next week!
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