Dresser project #2
Time to do another set of dressers for the kids. This is the second small production dresser project that I have done for them. The first set was made a few years ago. There is a lot of setup involved in doing the joinery and making 3 only takes about 1.5 – 2 times […]
Multi-grain Sourdough Boule
Background I have been experimenting with sourdough breads. The various books and articles take you through arduous kneading, rising, forming, shaping steps and then backing with steam (tray full of iron parts and chain). However, reproducibility has been a problem, plus I don’t want to have to attend to it too much during the day […]
Spatchcock Turkey
We have made several spatchcocked turkeys. Each has been delicious whether on the grill (Big green egg) or in the oven. Oven 1 The turkey was an experiment. I took a cue from Alton Brown’s “dry brining” and butterfly turkey technique. Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/…/butterflied-dry-br…/index.html… However Teal vetoed the idea of roasting the bird on […]
Smoked Salmon
My daughter Elyse and her husband Paul went fishing on Lake Michigan for Paul’s birthday. Charter boat for 5 hours with a no catch / no pay policy. It was a Friday morning in mid September and they ended up trolling within the McKinley Marina breakwater as it was too rough to go out farther. […]
Stuffed chicken roll-ups
We have been making stuffed chicken roll-ups of various sorts for a number of years. They have been a family favorites, but we keep experimenting, trying new variations on the theme. We started out with chicken breasts and they were stuffed with cheese and sometimes ham or pepperoni. Breading was a triple dip: flour, egg/milk, […]
Salsa Day
It is now late summer and we are blessed with an overabundance of tomatoes and peppers. It is always hard to predict how well they will do so we plant 12+ of each. This summer things have gone well with plenty to eat and give away. However, much of the summer has been hot and […]
Baby Gate completion
The baby (and dog) gate turned out well. The flat pieces were all 1/2″ ash. Pivots are 3/8″ dowels. These may need to be sanded or the holes reamed a bit due to the variation in the dowel diameters. Make sure to round off the ends to make assembly easy. The spindles were all pre-finished […]
Baby gate
This past weekend we started on a new project: building a baby / dog gate for the bottom of the stairs. When the kids come over they often bring their dogs which we don’t want upstairs and at some point our grand son, Sawyer will be wandering about and stairs are not an desirable early […]
Beef Brisket – sous vide and smoke
We had a craving for slow cooked smoked brisket. I have tried a couple of times in the past with corned beef but that was too salty (even after soaking over night in a pot of water). We wanted this for Saturday night dinner so I was running short on cooking time (most recommend 13-16 […]
Sous Vide cooking – steaks
This past summer I talked Teal into letting me get a an Anova Culinary Bluetooth Precision Cooker. It was a bit of a stretch as she once again thought I was crazy and then crazier still when we then went to Costco and picked up an enormous roast. The roast was portioned out into 1.5-2″ thick […]
