kid in a candy store...

[squirtthecat]

The Mrs wants to go shopping in St Louis today, so I'm going to drop her at her favorite mall and head to Bass Pro over in St Charles (w/ a hand full of gift cards from *last* Christmas), and maybe Cabela's if I have time..

I've got a dehydrator landing on Monday, and a grinder coming later in the week.  Time to stock up on some jerky/sausage supplies!

[FLBentRider]

A Bass pro AND Cabelas!

she'd have to take my Amex!

[squirtthecat]

Yep...  8 miles apart.

The BPS is a real bugger to get into, though.  I wish they'd move it to a new location. Traffic will be seriously backed up this weekend.

[squirtthecat]

Alright, I had to elbow my way through Bass Pro, but I got some LEM goodies. (fibrous casings, jerky mix), a 10 pack of the salami mix that CRG used a couple weeks back (cook in the oven or smoke, no casings needed) and 4 bottles of propane.

I left with 24 cents left on my gift card.   :D

Cabelas was disappointing.  10 minutes to find a parking spot, and everything was picked over. (or full price)
I did get a couple bottles of Tequila Lime seasoning (I use it w/ Bacon Salt on grilled shrimp)

What I couldn't find in either place was just plain old 'cure'. (#1, InstaCure, whatever you call it)
Everything with cure had tons of other spices mixed with it it.   I just want the basic stuff.

I guess I'll have to order some online.

All in all, a good day for the St Louis local economy.   Everyone was well behaved on the roads, and I only saw one accident the entire day...

[ronbeaux]

I bow to ye. I spent the day with the Mrs. at the Outlet Mall in Gonzalas, right across the street from Cabales. Don't get me wrong, my office is just about 2 miles from there and they make a pretty good burger for lunch. It's just that I could SEE it and couldn't touch it, at least not today........  So close but yet so far.  Plus you guys have me on a jerky binge and I need seasoning. Guess I'll hit Targils in Opalousas on Monday. See, that is the problem. All these candy stores and they are all too close!

Love the Tequila lime stuff!

[squirtthecat]

I still spent an hour or so waiting at "her mall" when I was done..

Ever try JD's Bacon Salt?    On a whim (happy accident), Hal and I grilled some shrimp with just Hickory bacon salt and the Cabelas Tequila Lime dusted on - and some garlic oil spray.   It was off the chart.   We ended up burning through that whole container this past summer..

[NePaSmoKer]

Going to Cabelas is one thing. I worked at Cabelas, wall to wall $^@#&(%  Well you know what i'm talking about  ;D


nepas

[squirtthecat]

Going to Cabelas is one thing. I worked at Cabelas, wall to wall $^@#&(%  Well you know what i'm talking about  ;D


nepas

IMO, this definitely isn't one of their better stores..  You have to wander around to find stuff, no rhyme nor reason to where it is placed.  Unless you wanted a monster $500 grinder, then they had pallets of them everywhere!  :D

[squirtthecat]

They did, however, have a Traeger 070 "Classic" for sale there.  (just one, and lots of pellets)  First time I've seen one in person..

[Tenpoint5]

Surprised it didn't follow you home.

[squirtthecat]

Surprised it didn't follow you home.

Not for what they were asking for it.  ;)

[KyNola]

 ;) :D

KyNola

[ArnieM]

Sounds like you had fun squirt.  Sorry about the Traeger.  "Mommy, it followed me home.  Can I keep it?"  ;D ;D

[KyNola]

STC,
Your Gander probably has cure #1.  Look in the section where all of the jerky seasonings are.  Look for a hanging packet with the Brand name of "Backwoods" and then look for it to say somewhere on the package "LEM Cure".  It's LEM's cure #1.

Comes packaged in 4 ounce quantities.  4 ounces will cure 100 pounds of meat according to the package.

KyNola

[squirtthecat]

STC,
Your Gander probably has cure #1.  Look in the section where all of the jerky seasonings are.  Look for a hanging packet with the Brand name of "Backwoods" and then look for it to say somewhere on the package "LEM Cure".  It's LEM's cure #1.

Comes packaged in 4 ounce quantities.  4 ounces will cure 100 pounds of meat according to the package.

KyNola

Will do!  I'll probably run out there at lunch..