I'm whupped, but Friday night and Saturday were grand days - even after dodging the tornadoes. We had 5 or 6 tornadoes around here, Nashville, on Friday. I had a couple of friends houses get hit, and several friends whose houses were spared, but were within a block or two of the path. I think we had two deaths which was amazing considering the time and track. Unfortunately the deaths were a young mother and her nine week old child. The dad is alive, but barely holding on with a broken back. If he lives, I'm gonna have to get some people together and build him a house! But this weekend a group of my friends were getting together and honor some of our wounded soldiers. We did not let the weather stop us - even the guy that had his house hit. We entertained them, took them fishing the best we could, and fed them among other things. As I can't sing a note or play any instrument, I volunteered to cook/smoke for 50 people, while we were camping below Center Hill Dam on the Caney Fork River. Long story short - Hamburgers and brats off my Traeger for Friday night. Breakfast Burritos for Sat. Breakfast, and Barbecue for Sat. evening. Smoked 1-14# brisket, 1-17# shoulder clod, 2- 9# butts, 8# of fatties, 10# or yardbird thighs, and 60-70 - moinkballs. Pics are below
Breakfast burritos cooking - chorizo on left, and for the wusses - regular breakfast sausage on the right!
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Bandera - Butts on top, Clod in middle, and Brisket on bottom - about 10 hours into a 19 hour smoke
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Thighs marinated in Italian dressing and sprinkled with rosemary/garlic rub on traeger
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Some of the fatties - Bacon Explosion in front - on traeger
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Moinkballs prepped and ready for the traeger
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Moinkballs on the traeger
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Moinkball closeup
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Slicing the clod
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Sliced clod
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One of the Auction Items we had (among a NuCanoe, a bamboo fly rod and lots of other fly gear and guided trips) was an autographed Epiphone - autographed by the Kings of Leon. Some of you might know them, but if one of my friends wasn't their cousin and in charge of their security, I wouldn't have ever heard of them!
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Shakespeare
The Bard of Hot Aire
Pontificator Extraordinaire'
Look's like a bunch of well fed VET's. My hat's off to you Caney. On to the next project!!
Very nice indeed Caney! I bet you are beat!
C
Quote[I think we had two deaths which was amazing considering the time and track. Unfortunately the deaths were a young mother and her nine week old child. The dad is alive, but barely holding on with a broken back. If he lives, I'm gonna have to get some people together and build him a house!]Quote
Carney
You are indeed one of America's TRUE hero's
S