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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Beer Connoisseurs
« on: May 09, 2020, 03:53:57 PM »
A few recent that I hadn't made time to share here. Running the gambit of styles. 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Beer Connoisseurs
« on: May 09, 2020, 03:47:08 PM »
And a coal grabb'r...
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: May 03, 2020, 06:57:15 PM »Alright, fine.Well, I'm not posting silly hamburger pics after that... Lol
Silly hamburgers are awesome. Do it.
I have a whole nerdy step by step, but here they are on the skillet. They were pretty effing good lol.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: May 03, 2020, 05:00:28 PM »
Well, I'm not posting silly hamburger pics after that... Lol
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: May 03, 2020, 10:38:27 AM »Same here. Finally made it a priority and picked up some sliced pork belly and quality chuck roast at the same place we snagged those tomahawks. Gonna be fun!Going to grind our own burger today, will update with pics when completed.
Excited to see this. I have always wanted to do more grinding and blending but damn, can’t find the time.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: May 03, 2020, 10:19:08 AM »
Going to grind our own burger today, will update with pics when completed.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: May 03, 2020, 08:28:30 AM »
AST, are you still using the rub recipe I got from you years ago? I can't seem to get bark quite as dark as you have on that butt.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: May 02, 2020, 08:05:36 PM »
Next weekend. It. Is. On. Those bad boys were just packaged yesterday, less than 10 miles from our house. As Tyler Childers says... Eatin' Big Time! 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 23, 2020, 06:52:26 PM »I bet ramps would be really good in some slawHa! You know it!
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Bought another 2 pounds today...
Too bad they're earmarked for other projects lol
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 23, 2020, 06:42:56 PM »
Holy friggin crap, man.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: April 23, 2020, 10:38:46 AM »YO LOSERS, CHECK OUT MY BF'S RAMPS!Lmao.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: April 23, 2020, 08:32:54 AM »Nice instagram photo, nonetheless. You're like the Forrest Gump of ramps.Lol, the gf insists on me taking photos of all this stuff for her to post on FB and rub it in her coworkers stupid faces.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: April 20, 2020, 05:43:16 PM »
It's not the best presentation/photo, but tonight's Asian pork belly with ramp mashed potatoes is amazing. 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 15, 2020, 05:59:46 PM »
Damn WV dial-up internet strikes again!
*shakesfist*
*shakesfist*
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 15, 2020, 05:58:31 PM »What is a Lucy?Juicy Lucy. Burger with cheese in the middle. Liquifies during grilling and is amazing.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: April 13, 2020, 07:41:18 AM »Scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, grilled cheese, homemade cheddar biscuits, we put em in everything we can.Welp, I looked up ramps and see they are a type of wild onion. I just ate a few from my yard the other day. They are very strong tasting and make your breath stink for days. I grew up in Western Kansas and they grow wild there in pastures. I would pick them in the spring and would sauté them. I would put them on grilled cheese sandwiches and on hamburgers. I had quit eating them around HS time due to bad breath problem.I enjoy them in scrambled eggs
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Just cleaned up an old hand crank meat grinder this weekend. Going to add some ramps to some quality cuts and have some Ramp burgers!
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: April 12, 2020, 04:41:36 PM »cDubya I remember last year you had a super secret ramp spot. iirc you said it would take a year or two to really know if it would be reliable. How’s it looking this year?I do! I planted ramps from seed 3 years ago now, and the spot has produced plants the past 2 years. Sadly, general consensus is to let a patch grow for 7 years before starting to harvest from it. Ramps don't fully mature until they've had 7 years of life cycle. (Anything younger than that doesn't yet produce seed pods, and therefore is not sustainable)
So, yeah, I have a patch, but now that I know theyve established, I'll have to wait another 4 before touching it.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: April 12, 2020, 01:39:22 PM »
More ramp goodness comin' in hot. We buy about 4lb a week as long as we can get them. Gf made some Ramp Kimchi with the greens today, as I was pickling the bulbs. Threw in some jalapeños to kick up the bite. 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 12, 2020, 09:34:11 AM »
One week into aging the smoked cheese. Had to give it a taste. Still crazy smoky, may do less time on the smoker for the next batch. Look at that color, tho! 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 10, 2020, 08:10:20 PM »Okay, so I only have a few pics, but it was crazy simple.Cold smoked pepper jack cheese with wild ramps. Can't wait to try it after a few weeks!
I need a bit more process explanation here...
-Ramps mixed into melted pepper jack? Or did you make your own cheese?
-Any melting salts or anything to do that without the cheese breaking?
-What is your cold smoke set up?
I have more questions, but I think it would be easiest if you just wrote out the instructions. Thanks in advance, looks awesome.
Store bought pepper jack, a couple dozen ramps (all a matter of taste and availability)...
I used 2 1/2lb of cheese and 30-ish ramps.
Melt cheese low and slow so as not to separate the oils from the cheese too much (low/medium low on stove top).
Once cheese is melted, add finely chopped ramps and stir until combined.
Quickly transfer cheese/ramp mix to wax paper/oil lined dish of choice for refrigeration.
Chill until solid.
Remove ramp cheese from dish(es) and place on open rack that will allow airflow.
I cold smoked mine with a pellet maze for ~2 1/2 hours. Color was amazing, but taste is TBD as they are refrigerating/aging for the next 3 weeks.
Key to cold smoke is keeping the cheese at <90°. The maze pellet smoker stayed around 82-86°, but ymmv. Keep a close eye on it.
Hope this has enough detail, but feel free to ask follow ups. Sorry, but I forgot to snap pics of the double boiler step.
We vacuum packed the cheese in 3 different packages and will let them age for longer periods as we taste.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 06, 2020, 03:45:34 PM »
Cold smoked pepper jack cheese with wild ramps. Can't wait to try it after a few weeks! 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 04, 2020, 05:23:49 PM »
It turned out alright... 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: April 04, 2020, 01:50:17 PM »
So, it's Ramp season. 4lbs of them has so far turned into... Ramp and hot pepper ferment, ghetto rigged pepper jack and ramp cheese(2 pics), ramp dip, dehydrated, and finally, pickled. 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 04, 2020, 01:44:33 PM »
Half way there... 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: April 03, 2020, 08:36:54 PM »
First smoke sesh of the year tomorrow, got that butt all rubbed up and resting tonight. As always, thanks to AST for the go-to dry rub. Will post updates as we progress with this 8lb beauty... 
